Excerpt from Speech of Mr. Breese, of Illinois, on the Three Million Bill: Delivered in the Senate of the United States, February 23, 1846 Whereas the Government of the United States are en gaged in war, and it being desirable that the same should be prosecuted with vigor and energy on the part of this Gov ernment, and terminated as speedily as possible by taking the capital of Mexico, if necessary to its honorable termina tion: Therefore. 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.