A Mexican cavalry unit crossed the Rio Grande and ambushed an American patrol, killing or wounding 16 American soldiers. Two days later, Congress declared war, and the War with Mexico began. Not everyone favored war. Some people felt that the conflict was unjust and did not see the need to declare war.
It would cause war with Mexico and enhance slave power.
Oppose, wars are a bad thing, why would you support it
because back in te days people couldn't survive
Some members of Congress felt that President Polk's declaration of war on Mexico had been spurred by American tactics that were too aggressive. Some felt that the war's real goal was to acquire more slave territory.
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Didn't like the way Lincoln was running it. Some of these people were called copperheads.
They felt it simply wasn't their war to get into because the war was in Europe
More southern lands only assured the long term continuation of slavery.
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Some were in opposition only as new territories might become slave states and a few because it would be a match up between a professional light heavyweight and a promisng amateur fly weight.
the whigs did not want conquered territory to become slave states
A Mexican cavalry unit crossed the Rio Grande and ambushed an American patrol, killing or wounding 16 American soldiers. Two days later, Congress declared war, and the War with Mexico began. Not everyone favored war. Some people felt that the conflict was unjust and did not see the need to declare war.