Correspondence of James K. Polk, Volum 8Univ. of Tennessee Press, 1969 - 588 pàgines V. 1. In the second half of 1845 the focus of Polk's correspondence shifted from those issues relating to the formation of his administration and distribution of part patronage to those that would give shape and consequence to his presidency: the admission of Texas, preparation for its defense, restoration of diplomatic relations with Mexico, and termination of joint occupancy of the Oregon Country. For the most part the incoming letters tended to urge rather more militancy on the Texas and Oregon questions than Polk would adopt, and notions of national destiny registered a singular theme of buoyant confidence in taking on both Mexico and Great Britain if military action should be required. President Polk and Secretary of State James Buchanan succeeded in both using and controlling the surge of nationalism that heightened expectations for expansion westward. Polk and Buchanan agreed on the importance of reestablishing diplomatic relations with Mexico, but the President chose to take a personal hand in managing the selection and instruction of John Slidell, whose departure for Vera Cruz would not be made public until he had arrived in Mexico. Polk wanted to give the fledgling Mexican administration of Jose Joaquin Herrera a chance to compose Mexico's differences with Washington free of contrary pressures from Great Britain and France; and he fully understood the price that Herrara might pay for a peaceful settlement of the Texas question. If Mexico required more than $6 million for the purchase of their two most northern provinces, as provided in his instructions, Slidell might agree to any reasonable additional sum. Slidell's mission probably never had much chance of success, for without control of his military the Herrara administration could neither give up its claim to Texas nor overcome British opposition to the sale of New Mexico and Upper California. Within but a few days of Slidell's arrival in the Mexican capital, Mariano Paredes y Argilla organized a military coup, put the Herrera government to flight, and on January 2, 1846, declared himself interim of president of Mexico. Polk left on the table his predecessor's initiative to divide the Oregon Country at the 49th parallel with all of Vancouver Island going to the British. The summary rejection of that offer by the British minister to Washington, Richard Packenham, so angered Polk that on August 30th he formally withdrew all prior offers to settle the dispute. The British foreign secretary, Lord Aberdeen, disavowed and assured the U.S. minister to Britain, Louis McLane, that no ultimatum had been sanctioned by his government. Buchanan tried in vain to soften Polk's decision to initiate further negotiations, but he had determined to give the required one year advance notice prior to abrogating the treaty of joint occupancy. Accordingly, in his First Annual Message to Congress Polk asked for a joint resolution terminating Oregon agreements with Great Britain. Polk received high praise for his Message and its hard line on Texas and Oregon. In addition to the texts, briefs, and annotations, the editors have calendared all of the documents for the last six months of 1845. V. 2 & 3. In the second half of 1845 the focus of Polk's correspondence shifted from those issues relating, to the formation of his administration and distribution of party patronage to those that would give shape and consequence to his presidency: the admission of Texas, preparation for its defense, restoration of diplomatic relations with Mexico, and termination of joint occupancy of the Oregon Country. In addition to the texts, briefs, and annotations, the editors have calendared all of the documents for the last six months of 1845. Entries for unpublished letters include the documents' dates, addressees, classifications, repositories, and precis -- Amazon.com. |
Continguts
From George M Dallas September 3 1844 | 3 |
From Jonathan I Coddington September 11 1844 38 | 11 |
From John K Kane September 16 1844 | 75 |
From John I DeGraff September 19 1844 | 89 |
From David T Disney September 20 1844 | 98 |
From David M Currin September 23 1844 | 111 |
From Robert Armstrong September 26 1844 | 124 |
To John P Heiss September 30 1844 | 137 |
From William E Cramer November 13 1844 | 316 |
From J George Harris November 15 1844 | 322 |
From Iveson L Brookes November 18 1844 | 329 |
From Julius W Blackwell November 19 1844 | 335 |
From Robert Armstrong November 21 1844 | 341 |
From Gouverneur Kemble November 21 1844 | 347 |
From John M McCalla November 22 1844 | 354 |
From Levin H Coe November 23 1844 | 358 |
To Charles J Ingersoll October 4 1844 | 151 |
From Timothy Kezer October 6 1844 | 156 |
From Albert Gallup October 9 1844 | 170 |
To Cave Johnson October 14 1844 | 183 |
From William C Bouck October 17 1844 | 197 |
From Archibald Yell October 20 1844 | 205 |
From John Carr October 23 1844 | 218 |
From Collin S Tarpley October 26 1844 | 231 |
To Clement C Clay October 29 1844 | 244 |
From Cave Johnson November 2 1844 | 257 |
From John K Kane November 4 1844 | 266 |
From John McKeon November 6 1844 | 279 |
From John McKeon November 8 1844 | 293 |
From James M Porter November 11 1844 | 307 |
From Benjamin F Butler November 12 1844 | 310 |
From Mary and Robert Atherton November 29 1844 | 371 |
From Cave Johnson December 1 1844 | 385 |
From Aaron V Brown December 5 1844 | 398 |
From John O Bradford December 9 1844 | 411 |
From Andrew Jackson December 13 1844 | 425 |
From Robert Armstrong December 16 1844 | 436 |
From Silas Wright Jr December 20 1844 | 452 |
From Cave Johnson December 26 1844 | 467 |
From Aaron V Brown December 30 1844 | 480 |
From John P Gordon September 4 1844 15 | 486 |
From Isaac Toucey October 20 1844 204 | 512 |
From John Anderson September 11 1844 37 | 550 |
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Frases i termes més freqüents
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Passatges populars
Pàgina xxi - The proof is fair and satisfactory to my own mind, that Texas once constituted a part of the territory of the United States, the title to which I regard to have been indisputable as that to any portion of our territory.
Referències a aquest llibre
Tennessee: the Dangerous Example; Watauga to 1849 Mary French Caldwell Visualització de fragments - 1974 |
A Jackson Man: Amos Kendall and the Rise of American Democracy Donald B. Cole Previsualització limitada - 2004 |