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...(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, has invaded our territory and shed American blood upon the American soil."39 The crucial information Lincoln says is missing has to do with the village Taylor...

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...requesting recognition that a state of war existed with Mexico, stating, "After repeated menaces, Mexico has passed the boundary of the United States, has invaded our territory and shed American blood upon the American soil." BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. A PROCLAMATION. Whereas the Congress...

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...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 upon the American soil. She has proclaimed that hostilities have commenced, and that the two nations are...

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...the April 24 battle, Polk sent a message to Congress, on May 11, informing its members that "Mexico has passed the boundary of the United States, has invaded our territory and shed American blood on American soil." Declaring that "war exists" between the two countries, Polk asked Congress for a...

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...at James K. Polk Quotes, www.home.att.net/ -jrhsc/polk.html. 24. Polk asserted that the Mexican army "has passed the boundary of the United States, has...invaded our territory and shed American blood upon the American soil." At the time, he was aware that the assertion that the Rio Grande was the southern...