...Resaca do la Palma [May_8, 9] were known in the States, Congress had declared [May 11, 1846] that, "by the act of the Republic of Mexico, a state of...exists between that government and the United States ;" authorized the President to raise fifty thousand volunteers, and appropriated ten millions of dollars...

...because he had not an inch of solid ground under his feet. Filled with a proud consciousness 1"Whereas by the act of the Republic of Mexico, a state of war exists between tbat government and the United States." Stat. at L., IX, p. 9. he had declared that he did not care...

...our numbers, which the reports of ignorance and fear had vastly magnified.' 10 ' Proclamation ! As by the act of the republic of Mexico, a state of war exists between that government and the US , and as the undersigned, at the head of his troops, on the 18th took possession of Sta Fe, . ....

...our numbers, which the reports of ignorance and fear had vastly magnified.' ''' ' Proclamation ! As by the act of the republic of Mexico, a state of war exists between that government and the US, and as the undersigned, at the head of his troopa, on the 18th took possession of Sta Fe, . . .he...

...second power of a lie," and is only rivaled by the parallel falsehood of Congress in declaring that " by the act of the Republic of Mexico a state of war...exists between that Government and the United States." In the message of the President referred to, he recommended that a considerable sum of money be placed...

...west of the Rio Grande, and consequently beyond the limits claimed by Texas. — PROCLAMATION ! " As by the act of the Republic of Mexico, a state of war exists between that government and the United £i States, and as the undersigned, at the head of his troops, on the 18th instant took possession...

...Register, tutional authority vested in them, have declared by their act bearing date this day, that p< 327' by the act of the Republic of Mexico, a state of war exists between that Government and Fr "" °,f,"declaration the United States." The President in his message to Congress recites many and...

...Eeslstcr' authority vested in them, have declared by their act bearing date Form of "deeiathis day, that by the act of the Republic of Mexico, a state of war ™t">nofwar." exists between that government and the United States." mi T-» • -i j. • i • j....

...between the two Governments in real combat, and on May n, 1846, Congress passed an act declaring that "By the act of the Republic of Mexico a state of war...exists between that Government and the United States." Simultaneously that body appropriated $10,000,000 to carry on the war and empowered the President to...

...Parties took it up. From that time on it * The Whigs denounced as a falsehood the declaration, " Whereas, by the act of the Republic of Mexico a state of war...exists between that government and the United States." The Liberty party opposed the war outright, regarding it as a huge, unjustifiable scheme to acquire...