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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1896 edition. Excerpt: ...put, while the subject of annexation received due consideration. The tariff question was presented in a manner that led to the adoption by congress of measures subsequently known as "the tariff of 1846." Next in importance to the great question of the Mexican war was the discussion between the United States and Great Britain regarding the Oregon boundary, which was settled to the satisfaction of all parties. May 7, 1846, the Mexican troops first opened fire on Gen. Taylor's command, at Palo Alto. There was no hesitation on either side, and a sharp engagement ensued, in which the American loss was nine killed and forty-five wounded, and the Mexicans, though greatly superior in numbers, were forced to retreat. Several other battles were fought, and the Mexican force retreated across the Rio Grande, and left the American army as occupants of what seemed to have been its exact destination, and sustained President Polk's assertion that the correct boundary of the old Mexican state of Texas was the Rio Grande river. He sent a special war message to congress. May 11, 1846, wherein he declared, without reference to the negotiations then pending, that Mexico had "at last invaded our territory, and shed the blood of our citizens on our own soil.' War with Mexico was duly declared, and an act passed giving the president 50,000 men and $2,000,000 with which to carry it on. The whigs were all the while opposed to the war, and Abraham Linooln, who was at the time a member of the house, introduced what became known as the "spot resolutions," which called upon the president to designate the spot of American territory where the outrage had been committed, but, notwithstanding their opposition, the whigs generally supported the war...


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  • ISBN-13: 9781234562083
  • Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Publisher Imprint: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 618
  • Spine Width: 32 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1234562081
  • Publisher Date: 01 Oct 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 1089 gr


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