...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...

...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...

...military operations further. It was on May 13th that congress voted, and President Polk proclaimed, that "by the act of the republic of Mexico a state of war...exists between that government and the United States." As to the popular sentiment in the United States respecting the acquisition of California, there is...

...military operations further. It was on May 13th that congress voted, and President Polk proclaimed, that "by the act of the republic of Mexico a state of war...exists between that government and the United States." As to the popular sentiment in the United States respecting the acquisition of California, there is...

...military operations further. It was on May 13th that congress voted, and President Polk proclaimed, that "by the act of the republic of Mexico a state of war...exists between that government and the United States." As to the popular sentiment in the United States respecting the acquisition of California, there is...

...for the conquest of California. While these events are in progress, Congress declares (11 May) that by the act of the Republic of Mexico, a state of war exists between that Government and the US; authorizes the 1846. President to raise 50,000troops, and (13) appropriates $10,000,000 to carry...

...military operations further. It was on May 13th that congress voted, and President Polk proclaimed, that "by the act of the republic of Mexico a state of war exists between that (jovernment and the United States." o As to the popular sentiment in the United States respecting the...

...Mexico, referred to by Congress in the preamble to the act of May 13, 1846, which recites that, " whereas by the act of the Republic of Mexico, a state of war...exists between that government and the United States." The question, " when did the War with Mexico begin ? " was decided by Secretary Ewing June 10, 1850....

...States of America and their territories."1 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...

...reconnoissance. Information of this action reaching congress on May 13, 1846, that body declared that, " by the act of the republic of Mexico, a state of war...exists between that government and the United States." At the same time congress placed at the disposal of the President, the militia, military and naval...