Forty senators voted for it, and but two against it,--Thomas Clayton of Delaware and John Davis of Massachusetts.

Mr.Crittenden of Kentucky and Mr.Upham of Vermont, when their names were called, responded, "Ay, except the preamble." The bill was promptly approved by the President, and on the 13th of May, 1846, the two Republics were declared to be at war.

In the South and West, from the beginning, the war was popular.

In the North and East it was unpopular.

The gallant bearing of our army, however, changed in large degree the feeling in sections where the war had been opposed.