Lad #10 Polk's war message

In 1846, President James Polk addressed the Senate and House of Representatives and the purpose of his address was to discuss the issues of the American relationship with Mexico. The message states that the Mexican government has committed wrongs on United States’ citizens. Polk wanted to develop a peaceful relationship with Mexico. However, as he tried to solve and settle issues with Mexico, including boundary disputes, Mexicans became more hostile toward Americans. Onc General Paredes became the military leader, more problems between America arose. Problems worsened even more because the border between Texas and Mexico on the Rio del Norte was continually disputed and Polk wanted to have volunteer troops there to protect the United States from invasions. Yet, Mexicans did attack and kill and injure Americans. As a result of thes bad relations, commerce between America and Mexico stopped and both countries befitted from this. At the end, Polk says that he is willing to renew neogtiations and solve problems with Mexico diplomatically. However, it seems that Polk thinks that war was the only option to solving the issues.