Millard Fillmore actually said...

"My own views of the national liability upon this subject were expressed in the note of the Secretary of State to Mr. Calderon of the 13th November, 1851."

"Such an act would tend to confirm that friendship which has so long existed between the two nations and to perpetuate it as a blessing to both, and I therefore recommend it to your favorable considera..."

"I transmit to Congress a report from the Secretary of State, on the subject of the disorders on the Rio Grande frontier"

"I recommend the legislation which it suggests, in order that the duties and obligations of this Government occasioned thereby may be more effectually discharged"