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. 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.