...forcing the issue. A war message was sent by him to Congress, and on May 1 3, 1846, it was declared that by the act of the Republic of Mexico a state of war existed between that government and the United States. War was welcomed by the Mississippi Valley,...

...days later declaring, "War exists by the act of Mexico herself." On May 13 Congress affirmed that, "by the act of the Republic of Mexico, a state of...exists between that Government and the United States." By that time General Taylor with 2,000 troops had already won the battles of Palo Alto and Resaca de...

...to separate the preamble, which blamed Mexico for the outbreak of hostilities ('whereas by the act of... Mexico, a state of war exists between that government and the United States'), from the rest of the bill. On the fmal vote 174 congressmen backed the declaration, 2o abstained, and...

...Instead Democratic majorities, on party-line votes, adopted a carefully worded preamble asserting that "by the act of the Republic of Mexico, a state of...exists between that government and the United States" and attached it to a measure requisitioning troops and supplies. Outraged Whigs responded accurately...

...the constitutionally prescribed Declaration of War, a preamble was hastily inserted stating: "Whereas by the act of the Republic of Mexico, a state of war...exists between that government and the United States." Members were confronted with the unpalatable options of either sanctioning the administration's dubious...

...opponents John Davis of Massachusetts and Thomas Clayton of Delaware. On May 13, 1846, Congress declared, "By the Act of the Republic of Mexico a state of war exists." Polk was authorized to recruit 50,000 soldiers and given ten million dollars for military expenses....

...America and their territories."1 And, in 1846, the preamble of the act of Congress says, " Whereas, by the act of the Republic of Mexico, a state of war...exists between that government and the United States." In 1798 Congress declared the United States to be freed and exonerated from the stipulations of the...

...to the inhabitants of New Mexico, in which he advised them of the intentions of his government: As, by the act of the republic of Mexico, a state of war...exists between that government and the United States; and as the undersigned, at the head of his troops, on the 18th instant, took possession of Santa Fe,...

...proclamation which produced a most salutary effect upon the people. IE this document he says :ss "As, by the act of the Republic of Mexico, a state of war exists between that government and the United "Lt. Emory's Account, page 6. "Ex. Doc. No. 60, pages 170-171. States; and as the undersigned, at the...

...which produced a most salutary efect upon the people. In this document, he says : "As, by the acts of the republic of Mexico, a state of war exists between, that government and the United States; and as the undersigned, at the head of his troops, on the 18th instant, took possession of Santa Fè,...