Speech of Mr. Reverdy Johnson, of Maryland, on the Bill Making Further Appropriation to Bring the Existing War to an Honorable Conclusion, Called the Three Million Bill Delivered in the Senate of the United States, February 6, 1847 (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Speech of Mr. Reverdy Johnson, of Maryland, on the Bill Making Further Appropriation to Bring the Existing War to an Honorable Conclusion, Called the Three Million Bill: Delivered in the Senate of the United States, February 6, 1847

It is the declaration, therefore, made in, the act of 13th of May'that makes the war a just one on our partl The fact itself is made to depend, by the amendment (if the Senator, 'exclusively on that simple declaration Well, then comes his therefore. What I have read is the whole' pre;' amble to the amendment.

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