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Polk rightly believed that he had to restore diplomatic relations, so he sent a special temporary envoy to Mexico. The Mexicans expected that envoy, John Slidell, would offer an indemnity to settle the Texas question, after which Mexico would receive him or someone else as permanent minister.
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However, when U.S. President Polk does send an envoy to Mexico, the mission is not to talk about Texas (which is regarded as a closed case by the Americans), but to talk about the purchase of the Mexican territories of California and New Mexico.
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Polk faced the possibility of war with Mexico, which broke off diplomatic relations with the United States as a result. ... Polk sent an envoy to Mexico, with an offer of $20 million and a pledge that the United States would pay all American damage claims in exchange for what is now California and New Mexico.
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James K. Polk, President of the United States at Washington, D.C., to the Congress of the United States. A special message calling for a declaration of war against Mexico. ... I transmit herewith a copy of the correspondence between our envoy to Mexico and the Mexican minister for foreign affairs, and so much of...
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An envoy of the United States repaired to Mexico with full powers to adjust every existing difference. But though present on the Mexican soil by agreement between the two Governments, invested with full powers, and bearing evidence of the most friendly dispositions, his mission has been unavailing.
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I transmit herewith a copy of the correspondence between our envoy to Mexico and the Mexican minister for foreign affairs, and so much of the correspondence between that envoy and the Secretary of State and between the Secretary of War and the general in command on the Del Norte as is necessary to a ... JAMES K. POLK...
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Up | President Polk's Inaugural Address | President Polk's Message to Congress on the Mexican War | President Polk Declares War on Mexico ... I transmit herewith a copy of the correspondence between our envoy to Mexico and the Mexican minister for foreign affairs, and so much of the correspondence between that envoy and...
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In 1845, Polk sent an envoy to Mexico City to offer Mexico as much as $30 million for present-day California, Nevada, Arizona, and New Mexico. The envoy, however, was never even allowed to make the offer and instead was ordered out of the country.
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By the time the envoy reached Mexico city in December 1845, the news of his proposal was out and Mexican nationalists were furious. ... The Mexicans refused to receive the envoy, who wrote to Polk: "Be assured that nothing is to be done with these people until they have been chastised."
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