 | D. W. Meinig - 1986 - 656 sider
...war. Polk declared to Congress and the nation that by sending an army north of the Rio Grande, "Mexico has passed the boundary of the United States, has invaded our territory and shed American blood on American soil. She has proclaimed that hostilities have commenced, and that the two nations are... | |
 | Willard Carl Klunder - 1996 - 416 sider
...these discussions, Polk sent his message to the Congress.28 The president succinctly stated: "Mexico has passed the boundary of the United States, has...territory, and shed American blood upon American soil." Whigs readily accepted only the fact that American blood had been shed, but Polk immediately called... | |
 | Robert Walter Johannsen - 1973 - 993 sider
...grievances between the two countries, the President declared that "after reiterated menaces, Mexico has passed the boundary of the United States, has...invaded our territory, and shed American blood upon the American soil." "As war exists, and, notwithstanding all our efforts to avoid it, exists by the... | |
 | Harriett Denise Joseph, Anthony K. Knopp, Douglas A. Murphy - 1997 - 137 sider
...cited two reasons for Congressional recognition rather than declaration of war: first, that "Mexico has passed the boundary of the United States, has invaded our territory and shed American blood upon the American soil," and second, "She has proclaimed that hostilities have commenced, and that the two... | |
 | Theodore Laidley - 1997 - 185 sider
...best efforts to reach peaceful accommodation, his "cup of forbearance had been exhausted. . . . Mexico has passed the boundary of the United States, has...invaded our territory, and shed American blood upon the American soil."6 Congress responded two days later, May 13, 1846, with a declaration of war that... | |
 | Kathy Sammis - 1997 - 128 sider
...portions of it. President Folk's war message to Congress (1 846} 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... | |
 | Dean B. Mahin - 1997 - 233 sider
...labored all day Sunday on the war message. It was delivered to Congress at noon on Monday, May 11, 1846: the boundary of the United States, has invaded our territory, and shed American blood on American soil. She has proclaimed that hostilities have commenced and that the two nations are now... | |
 | Lars Schoultz - 2009 - 496 sider
...Monday, Polk submitted his war message to Congress, declaring that "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... | |
 | Gary Noy - 1999 - 467 sider
...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... | |
 | Manuel G. Gonzales, Manuel González Prada - 1999 - 322 sider
...President Polk went before the Senate, where he delivered his famous speech declaring that "Mexico has passed the boundary of the United States, has invaded our territory, and shed American blood on American soil." "The message," the historians Michael C. Meyer and William L. Sherman have concluded,... | |
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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... 
