LAD #11 Message of President Polk, May 11, 1846

President Polk addressed Congress saying that the relations between the United States and Mexico were not very good at the time. Polk says that he really would like to be at peace with Mexico, but at the time they can't be because the Mexican government isn't treating United States citizens very well. We tried to send an envoy to help repair our relations with Mexico, but the Mexican government refused to meet with him. Mexico then came to United States soil and killed our citizens. The minister of foreign affairs then went to Mexico to try to fix the dispute between the two countries. Slidell the minister of foreign affairs arrived and the Mexican government treated him nicely. The main goal of this meeting was to regain peace between Mexico and the United States. The army was then called in to settle the dispute that could not be solved peacefully. Slidell accomplished nothing and went back to the United States. Next there was a threat that Texas would be invaded by Mexican forces. The force started in Corpus Christi. We then sent another envoy to Mexico and he again was not received. The fighting then moved to Del Norte, and the army received orders not to be aggressive towards Mexican citizens. Polk wants to end the fighting with Mexico.