“During the day [Polk] had signed the bill which recognized (not, as the Diary says, declared) a state of war, and had issued the necessary proclimation. So the United States had its war at last on May 13, 1846, though it had begun in April.”
“During the day [Polk] had signed the bill which recognized (not, as the Diary says, declared) a state of war, and had issued the necessary proclimation. So the United States had its war at last on May 13, 1846, though it had begun in April.”