 | Thomas Wentworth Higginson, William MacDonald - 1905 - 692 str.
...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 str.
...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 str.
...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.,... | |
 | Robert Marion La Follette, William Matthews Hardy, Charles Higgins - 1906 - 512 str.
...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... | |
 | James Albert Woodburn, Thomas Francis Moran - 1906 - 620 str.
...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 States,...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... | |
 | Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby - 1906 - 902 str.
...ignoring Mexico's reasonable claim to the country between the Nueces and the Rio Grande, asserted that "Mexico has passed the boundary of the United States,...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... | |
 | Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby - 1906 - 902 str.
...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... | |
 | Alcée Fortier, John Rose Ficklen - 1907 - 674 str.
...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... | |
 | Allen Johnson - 1908 - 432 str.
...POLITICS A long and involved diplomatic history preceded President Folk's simple announcement that "Mexico has passed the boundary of the United States,...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... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1909 - 550 str.
...Norte. But now. after reiterated menaces, Mexico has pass ed the boundary of the United Statei. lia• invaded our territory, and shed American blood upon...commenced, and that the two nations are now at war. As war exists — and, notwithstanding all our efforts to avoid it, exists by the act of Mexico herself... | |
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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... 
