Excerpt from Speech of Mr. Breese, of Illinois, on the Mexican Question, and the Ten Regiment Bill: Delivered in the Senate of the United States, Monday, February 14, 1848 Sir, in my view of the duty of nations disputing about a doubtful right, 'we would have been per fectly justified by declaring war against Mexico on her refusal to receive our minister; for, sir, it is incumbent on the contesting nation to negotiate, and submit to an honorable compromise. Lfa na tion will not do this, the other party to the contest has a right to resort to arms to compel an adjust ment of the question, and though war does not decide the right, yet a victory usually puts it in the power of the successful party to enforce a compli1 ance with the demand - at least this is so under stood among civilized nations. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.