LAD#12- Polk's War Message

President Polk's War Message was a speech given to the United States in 1846 addressing the war with Mexico. Ath and before this time, the United States had attempted to create diplomatic and peaceful resolutions with the Mexicans. Polk explains how tensions between the United States and Mexico had grown increasingly and were now causing instability. Polk says the the USA only wanted to peacefully solve the Texan border disputes. Polk's longterm goal was the create peaceful relations between us and our Mexican neighbors. He sent Slidell down to try and negotiate peacefully, but the Mexicans would not recieve him and no negotiations were made. Mexico certainly put the United States in a difficult position by refusing to accept any of our peace agreements. Troops were kept in Texas, but congress would not see this dispute as a real war. Polk's War Message, overall, was a message to congress asking them to see this as a real war rather than just a dispute.