LAD #12

In James K. Polk's message to Congress he starts off by explaining how the United States had attempted peace with the Mexican Government, but they did not withstand to this agreement. When the US sent an envoy to discuss peace with Mexico they rejected him and refused to speak about the matter. Polk points out that they not only rejected their outreach for peace, but invaded American soil which resulted in many casualties on our side. Polk goes on to state that he doesn't think they should continually allow people to get hurt over a simple land disagreement and thought they should take a different approach to the issue. He stated how Mexico doesn't seem to want to negotiate, a conclusion he came to after they rejected the envoy, John Slidell, when he was sent to discuss peace between the two nations. Polk presses on by saying how Mexico was unable to continue communication with America, let alone obey and respect the treaties they already had in place. Polk concludes his message to Congress by saying how after all of these instances with Mexico, the United States has no choice but to declare war.