...on Mexico's right to disputed land. Abe had read Polk's words so many times he had them memorized. "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...

...offenses, Polk said, had already exhausted the "cup of forbearance." He added, "After reiterated menaces, Mexico has passed the boundary of the United States,...territory, and shed American blood upon the American soil. She has proclaimed that hostilities have commenced, and that the two nations are now at war." Since,...

...brazen "attack" against innocents. The message he sent Congress claimed that "after reiterated menaces, Mexico has passed the boundary of the United States,...invaded our territory and shed American blood upon American soil. ... As war exists ... by the act of Mexico herself, we are called upon by every consideration...

...that concluded, "The cup of forbearance [has] been exhausted. . . . Now, after reiterated menaces, Mexico has passed the boundary of the United States,...has invaded our territory and shed American blood on American soil." Polk decreed that war existed between the United States and Mexico despite "all...

...small group of American soldiers in April 1846, killing eleven of them. Polk told Congress, "Mexico has invaded our territory and shed American blood upon the American soil." On May 13, the United States declared war against Mexico. Oregon Territory •«. in the 1850s Polk...

...that Mexican soldiers had attacked US troops on April 25. President Polk informed congress: "Mexico has . . . invaded our territory and shed American blood upon the American soil." Two days later Polk signed a declaration of war. After many US victories, on September 12, 1847, US...

...Mexican cavalry attacked on April 24, and there were casualties. President Polk reported to Congress, "Mexico has passed the boundary of the United States,...has invaded our territory and shed American blood on American soil." There was no halting the popular fervor, and Congress promptly declared war May...

...The patrol was wiped out by Mexican forces. In response, Polk declared, falsely, that "Mexico . . . has invaded our territory and shed American blood upon the American soil." Even before the incident, he had written in his diary that the United States had "ample cause for war."...

...war" (1.487).38 A similar account of events was the basis for Folk's claim in his 1846 speech that "Mexico has passed the boundary of the United States,...territory and shed American blood upon the American soil."39 The crucial information Lincoln says is missing has to do with the village Taylor occupied,...

...heard news of the attack, he used it to justify immediate war. He told Congress that "Mexico . . . has invaded our territory and shed American blood upon the American soil .... War exists." Although outnumbered, Taylor and his men force the Mexican army to retreat, following...