Polk's War Message
Summary: Polk had tried his hardest to preserve and improve diplomacy with the Mexican Government, however with the arrival of a Military Coup in Mexico, the highest officials refused to even see the American Envoy, and had him thrown out of the country. In addition, Mexican troops had been threatening AMerican forces camped out on the border, and had then attacked a small patrol of American Dragoons, shedding American blood on American soil. In Polk's view, Mexico an the US were already at war, as the Mexicans had attacked us, and thus Congress must support further military action to defend the property, honor, and territory of the USA.
(A large part of the tensions between the US and Mexico was the Texan Revolution, and the subsequent annexation of Texas by the Union, which Mexico viewed as the US stealing their land).
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