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The writer of the quote is Abraham Lincoln , the quote is from a passage written to James K. Polk . The passage was written to ask the current president about the beginning of the war , Lincoln thought Polk was lying about the origin of the war . It is acceptable to believe Lincoln was not a fan of the Mexican American war because he thought the Americans were at fault and the war and unprovoked and unjust . Lincoln does not support or believe Polk 's reasons for the Mexican American war . This is clear in the passage . Polk declared war on Mexico because he claimed they shed U.S. citizens ' blood on U.S. soil . Lincoln , however , believes that this may be false and says that the House has the right to obtain full knowledge of all the facts that go to establish whether the particular spot on which the blood of our citizens was so shed , was or was not at that time our own soil .
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