The cup of forbearance had been exhausted, even before the recent information from the frontier of the Del Norte. But now, after reiterated menaces, Mexico has passed the boundary of the United States, has invaded our territory, and shed American blood... Massachusetts Quarterly Review - 145 psl.1849Visos knygos peržiūra - Apie šią knygą
| Benson John Lossing, John Fiske, Woodrow Wilson - 1902 - 554 psl.
...before the recent information from the frontier of the Del Norte. But now, after reiterated menaces. Mexico has passed the boundary of the United States,...territory, and shed American blood upon the American Roil. She has proclaimed that hostilities have commenced, and that the two nations are now at war.... | |
| Hubert Howe Bancroft - 1902 - 842 psl.
...of our citizens" — an admission that the boundary question was still unsettled — he asserts that "Mexico has passed the boundary of the United States,...invaded our territory, and shed American blood upon American soil."1 1 U. 8. Govt Doc., Cong. 30, Ses. 1, H. Ex. 60, p. 48. Benton, Thirty Years' View.... | |
| Guy Carleton Lee, Francis Newton Thorpe - 1905 - 596 psl.
...executive's knowledge when on May nth he sent his urgent message to Congress, in which he declared " Mexico has passed the boundary of the United States,...territory, and shed American blood upon the American soil," that a state of war existed and the legislative body should place at the disposal of the executive... | |
| Thomas Wentworth Higginson, William MacDonald - 1905 - 704 psl.
...Polk sent to Congress a special message, in which he declared that " now, after reiterated menaces, Mexico has passed the boundary of the United States,...territory, and shed American blood upon the American soil "; and that, " as war exists, and, notwithstanding all our efforts to avoid it, exists by the act of... | |
| Enoch Walter Sikes, William Morse Keener - 1905 - 560 psl.
...executive's knowledge when on May 11th he sent his urgent message to Congress, in which he declared " Mexico has passed the boundary of the United States,...territory, and shed American blood upon the American soil," that a state of war existed and the legislative body should place at the disposal of the executive... | |
| Thomas Wentworth Higginson, William MacDonald - 1905 - 692 psl.
...Polk sent to Congress a special message, in which he declared that " now, after reiterated menaces, Mexico has passed the boundary of the United States,...territory, and shed American blood upon the American soil " ; and that, " as war exists, and, notwithstanding all our efforts to avoid it, exists by the act... | |
| Cyrus Townsend Brady - 1905 - 352 psl.
...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... | |
| George Pierce Garrison - 1906 - 394 psl.
...recommending a declaration of war. Now, in formulating the reasons for the declaration, he asserted that "Mexico has passed the boundary of the United States,...territory and shed American blood upon the American soil," 4 and with the unanimous concur1 House Exec. Docs., 30 Cong., 1 Sess., VII., No. 60, p. 140. 'Ibid.,... | |
| Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby - 1906 - 902 psl.
...ignoring Mexico's reasonable claim to the country between the Nueces and the Rio Grande, asserted that "Mexi-co has passed the boundary of the United States,...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... | |
| Robert Marion La Follette - 1906 - 512 psl.
...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 States,...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... | |
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