...government not only refused to receive him, or listen to his propositions, but, after a long continued series of menaces, have at last invaded our territory,...the origin, progress, and failure of that mission. lit pursuance of the instructions given in September last, an inquiry was made, on the thirteenth of...

...special message, on the llth of May, announced to Congress, then in session, that the Mexicans " had invaded our territory and shed the blood of our fellow-citizens on our own soil." , 28. What did Congress do ? Congress declared that by the act of the Republic of Mexico, war existed...

...(the envoy of the United States) or listen to his propositions, but, after a long-continued Beries of menaces, have at last invaded our territory and shed the blood of our fellow. citizens on our own soil.' "And again, in his message of December 8th, 1846, that ' we had...