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1830-1846 - Page 1503
by United States. President - 1846
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The Addresses and Messages of the Presidents of the United States ..., Volume 2

United States. President - Presidents - 1846 - 968 pages
...exists, and, notwithstanding all our efforts to avoid it, exists by the act of Mexico herself, we are called upon, by every consideration of duty and patriotism,...given in August last, " as a precautionary measure," against invasion, or threatened invasion, authorizing General Taylor, if tl emergency required, to...
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Congressional Serial Set

United States - 1846 - 722 pages
...exists, and, notwithstanding all our efforts to avoid it, exists by the act of Mexico herself, we are called upon by every consideration of duty and patriotism...given in August last, "as a precautionary measure" against invasion, or threatened invasion, authorizing General Taylor, if the emergency required, to...
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The Republic of the United States of America: Its Duties to Itself, and Its ...

Nahum Capen - Mexican War, 1846-1848 - 1848 - 350 pages
...war exists, and, notwithstanding our efforts to avoid it, exists by the act of Mexico herself, we are called upon by every consideration of duty and patriotism,...honor, the rights, and the interests of our country." * * When the sum of $10,000,000, and an army of 50,000 men, were authorized by almost an unanimous...
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The War with Mexico Reviewed

Abiel Abbot Livermore - Mexican War, 1846-1848 - 1850 - 312 pages
...war exists, and, notwithstanding our efforts to avoid it, exists by the act of Mexico herself, we are called upon, by every consideration of duty and patriotism,...honor, the rights and the interests of our country." On the same day, a bill passed the House of Representatives, 174 to 14, and, on the subsequent one,...
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Political Landmarks: Or, History of Parties, from the Organization of the ...

Banks and banking - 1851 - 300 pages
...avoid it, exists by the act of- Mexico herself, we are called upon, by every consideration of cluty and patriotism, to vindicate, with decision, the honor,...given in August last, "as a precautionary measure, 5 against invasion, or threatened invasion, authorizing General Taylor, if the emergency required,...
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The Political Text-book: Or Encyclopedia. Containing Everything Necessary ...

Michael W. Cluskey - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1860 - 794 pages
...exists, and, notwithstanding all our efforts to avoid it, exists by the act of Mexico lerself, we are called upon by every consideration of duty and patriotism...honor, the rights, and the interests of our country/' Mr. Boyd of Ky. moved the following as a ubstitute for the first section :— "Whereas, by the act...
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Lives of the Presidents of the United States of America from Washington to ...

John Stevens Cabot Abbott - Politics, Practical - 1867 - 524 pages
...exists, notwithstanding our efforts to avoid it, — exists by the act of Mexico herself, — we are called upon by every consideration of duty and patriotism to vindicate with decision the honor, rights, and interests of our country." The war-was pushed forward by Mr. Polk's administration with...
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Recollection of Men and Things at Washington, During the Third of a Century

Lawrence Augustus Gobright - History - 1869 - 424 pages
...As war exists, and notwithstanding all our efforts to avoid it, by the act of Mexico herself, we are called upon by every consideration of duty and patriotism,...honor, the rights, and the interests of our country." On the same day, a bill was reported to the House of Representatives, responding to the recommendation...
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Recollection of Men and Things at Washington, During the Third of a Century

Lawrence Augustus Gobright - History - 1869 - 432 pages
...As war exists, and notwithstanding all our efforts to avoid it, by the act of Mexico herself, we are called upon by every consideration of duty and patriotism,...honor, the rights, and the interests of our country." . On the same day, a bill was reported to the House of Representatives, responding to the recommendation...
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1819-1880

John Thomas Scharf - 1879 - 878 pages
...exists, and, notwithstanding all our efforts to avoid it, exists by the Act of Mexico itself, we are called upon by every consideration of duty and patriotism...honor, the rights and the interests of our country.' The President • invokes the prompt action of Congress to recognize the existence of the war, and...
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