I suppose,
after the bank debt shall be paid, there will be some money left, out of
which I would like to have you pay Lavely and Stout twenty dollars, and
Priest and somebody (oil-makers) ten dollars, for materials got for
house-painting. If there shall still be any left, keep it till you see or
hear from me.
I shall begin sending documents so soon as I can get them. I wrote you
yesterday about a "Congressional Globe." As you are all so anxious for me
to distinguish myself, I have concluded to do so before long.
Yours truly,
A. LINCOLN.
RESOLUTIONS IN THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, DECEMBER 22, 1847
Whereas, The President of the United States, in his message of May 11,
1846, has declared that "the Mexican Government not only refused to
receive him [the envoy of the United States], or to listen to his
propositions, but, after a long-continued series of menaces, has at last
invaded our territory and shed the blood of our fellow-citizens on our
own soil";
And again, in his message of December 8, 1846, that "we had ample cause
of war against Mexico long before the breaking out of hostilities; but
even then we forbore to take redress into our own hands until Mexico
herself became the aggressor, by invading our soil in hostile array, and
shedding the blood of our citizens";
And yet again, in his message of December 7, 1847, that "the Mexican
Government refused even to hear the terms of adjustment which he [our
minister of peace] was authorized to propose, and finally, under wholly
unjustifiable pretexts, involved the two countries in war, by invading
the territory of the State of Texas, striking the first blow, and
shedding the blood of our citizens on our own soil";
And whereas, This House is desirous to obtain a full knowledge of all the
facts which go to establish whether the particular spot on which the
blood of our citizens was so shed was or was not at that time our own
soil: therefore,
Resolved, By the House of Representatives, that the President of the
United States be respectfully requested to inform this House:
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