Excerpt from Speech of Mr. J. H. Harmanson, of Louisiana, on the Mexican War: Delivered in the House of Representatives, February 12, 1847 Now, M1. Chairman, if this war is unjust, unconstitutional, and damnable, why did these peculiar patriots vote for it? If it is so, they criminate themselves. They confess their own guilt. We thought the war unavoidable and just on our part; we voted for it, and thus did what we considered our duty. They, by their own confession, violated duty, and perpetrated what they profess to consider foul ih jasnoe. 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.