manifest destiny

…With ample indemnity for the past, then, and with such security for the future- with achievements in arms which any nation might envy- with an extension of territory to the Pacific, which gives us some of the finest harbors in the world with an im

Civilization and Christianity protest against this reflux of the tide of barbarism and anarchy.

The immediate cause and main goal of this war—led by the slaveholders of this country, (with land speculators and slave traders)---has been to grab the large and valuable territory of Texas from the Mexican Republic, in order to reestablish the SYSTEM OF

Thirty thousand rifles on the Oregon will annihilate the Hudson Bay Company, drive them off our continent, quiet their Indians, and protect the American interests in all the vast region of the Rocky Mountains.

She has proclaimed that hostilities have commenced and that the two nations are now at war.

Reading 5:
Now we ask, whether any man can coolly contemplate the idea of recalling our troops from the [Mexican] territory we at present occupy...and...resign this beautiful country to the custody of the ignorant cowards and profligate ruffians wh

Reading 5:
Now we ask, whether any man can coolly contemplate the idea of recalling our troops from the [Mexican] territory we at present occupy...and...resign this beautiful country to the custody of the ignorant cowards and profligate ruffians wh

Polk's War Message, 1846
Reading 4:
We have been asked to believe that the inhabitants of Texas have been fighting to maintain the sacred principles of Liberty, and the natural, inalienable Rights of Man:---whereas, their motives have been exactly

…With ample indemnity for the past, then, and with such security for the future- with achievements in arms which any nation might envy- with an extension of territory to the Pacific, which gives us some of the finest harbors in the world with an im

Now they have consented to negotiate for peace, without requiring our ships to leave their coast and our troops to desert their territory…Does anyone now believe that their spirit is not humbled, and that the sense of their own inferiority will not ind

Now they have consented to negotiate for peace, without requiring our ships to leave their coast and our troops to desert their territory…Does anyone now believe that their spirit is not humbled, and that the sense of their own inferiority will not induce

Anglo-Saxon foot is already on its borders....All this without agency of our government, without responsibility of our people--in the natural flow of events, the spontaneous working of principles....

She has proclaimed that hostilities have commenced and that the two nations are now at war.

Reading 5:
Now we ask, whether any man can coolly contemplate the idea of recalling our troops from the [Mexican] territory we at present occupy...and...resign this beautiful country to the custody of the ignorant cowards and profligate ruffians wh

Reading 5:
Now we ask, whether any man can coolly contemplate the idea of recalling our troops from the [Mexican] territory we at present occupy...and...resign this beautiful country to the custody of the ignorant cowards and profligate ruffians wh

Now they have consented to negotiate for peace, without requiring our ships to leave their coast and our troops to desert their territory…Does anyone now believe that their spirit is not humbled, and that the sense of their own inferiority will not induce

Reading 5:
Now we ask, whether any man can coolly contemplate the idea of recalling our troops from the [Mexican] territory we at present occupy...and...resign this beautiful country to the custody of the ignorant cowards and profligate ruffians wh

Anglo-Saxon foot is already on its borders....All this without agency of our government, without responsibility of our people--in the natural flow of events, the spontaneous working of principles....

The immediate cause and main goal of this war—led by the slaveholders of this country, (with land speculators and slave traders)---has been to grab the large and valuable territory of Texas from the Mexican Republic, in order to reestablish the SYSTEM OF

As war exists, and, notwithstanding all our efforts to avoid it, exists by the act of Mexico herself, we are called upon by every consideration of duty and patriotism to vindicate with decision the honor, the rights, and the interests of our countr