...course of the United States, he had the unblushing effrontery to declare that " after reiterated menaces Mexico has passed the boundary of the United States,...has invaded our territory and shed American blood on American soil," 2 and further, that " war exists, and, notwithstanding all our efforts to avoid...

...States, and, ignoring Mexico's reasonable claim to the country between the Nueces and the Rio Grande, asserted that "Mexico has passed the boundary of the...invaded our territory, and shed American blood upon American soil." Two days later Congress issued a formal declaration of war, and threw the onus of striking...

...States, and, ignoring Mexico's reasonable claim to the country between the Nueces and the Rio Grande, asserted that "Mexi-co has passed the boundary of...invaded our territory, and shed American blood upon American soil." Two days later Con-gress issued a formal declaration of war, and threw the onus of...

...by Taylor soon reached Washington, and on May 11 President Polk sent a message to congress declaring that "Mexico has passed the boundary of the United...invaded our territory, and shed American blood upon American soil. War exists, and, notwithstanding all our efforts to avoid it, exists by the act of Mexico...

...announcing this reached Washington, Polk sent a special message to Congress (May 12, 1846), in which he said that " Mexico has passed the boundary of the United...invaded our territory and shed American blood upon American soil, and war exists, notwithstanding all our efforts to avoid it, JAMES K. POLK. Mr. Polk...

...Mexicans. This act brought about a formal declaration of war on May 13, as, according to President Polk, "Mexico has passed the boundary of the United States,...territory, and shed American blood upon the American soil." On May 8 Taylor attacked the Mexicans who were posted at Palo Alto, and although both armies encamped...

...WAR AND POLITICS A long and involved diplomatic history preceded President Folk's simple announcement that "Mexico has passed the boundary of the United...invaded our territory and shed American blood upon American soil." Rightly to evaluate these words, the reader should bear in mind that the mission of...

...reached Washington the evening of Saturday, May 9th.3 President Polk had already decided, in con ormity with the judgment of all his cabinet except Bancroft,...territory, and shed American blood upon the American soil," * and with the unanimous concurrence of his cabinet he sent the message to Congress, Monday, May nth....

...States, and, ignoring Mexico's reasonable claim to the country between the Kueees and the Rio Grande, asserted that "Mexico has passed the boundary of the...invaded our territory, and shed American blood upon American soil." Two days later Conpress issued a formal declaration of war, and threw the onus of striking...

...to the Bio Grande, and the capture of Thornton, and announced that " now, after reiterated menaces, Mexico has passed the boundary of the United States,...invaded our territory and shed American blood upon American soil." As war existed, and existed " by the act of Mexico herself," duty and patriotism required...