United States. Congress A short statement of the causes which led to the war with Mexico...

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GLC#
GLC05162
Type
Books & pamphlets
Date
June 1848
Author/Creator
United States. Congress
Title
A short statement of the causes which led to the war with Mexico...
Place Written
Washington, District of Columbia
Pagination
8 p. : Height: 22.6 cm, Width: 14.8 cm
Primary time period
National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
Sub-Era
Age of Jackson Lincoln

Title continues "showing the inconsistent course of the Whig party on the subject." Record from Congress detailing contradictory Whig votes in the 29th and 30th Congresses, first supporting the Mexican War and then declaring that it was "unnecessarily and unconstitutionally begun by the President of the United States." Abraham Lincoln's name appears in the voting lists.

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