A history of the United States . y some at the North that the South,having secured in Texas a large addition to slave territory,was now indifferent about the expansion of free territory. As Mexico had never recognized the independence of theRepublic of Texas, she protested against its annexation toCauses of ^^^ United States and promptly withdrew herthe Mexican minister from Washington. The rupture of diplo- matic relations under such circumstances usually leads to war and it did so in this case. Furthermore a massof claims of American citizens against Mexico had accumu-lated in the State Depa
A history of the United States . y some at the North that the South,having secured in Texas a large addition to slave territory,was now indifferent about the expansion of free territory. As Mexico had never recognized the independence of theRepublic of Texas, she protested against its annexation toCauses of ^^^ United States and promptly withdrew herthe Mexican minister from Washington. The rupture of diplo- matic relations under such circumstances usually leads to war and it did so in this case. Furthermore a massof claims of American citizens against Mexico had accumu-lated in the State Department, and Mexico had persistentlyrefused to recognize them or to submit them to arbitration. As Mexico refused to be reconciled to the loss of Texas andits annexation to the United States, she refused, of course,The south- ^^ agree upon any boundary. Santa Anna hadera bound- agreed to the Rio Grande as the southwesternaryof exas j^Qy^^iary of Texas, but his entire arrangementhad been repudiated by Mexico. As a Mexican province. Period of the Mexican War 299 Texas had extended only to the Nueces River. The southernbank of the Nueces was occupied by the Texans, but fromthat point to the Rio Grande the region was Polk came into office he determined to adjust thesematters and also, if possible, to acquire California, which wassparsely settled and not likely to continue in the hands of aweak power like Mexico. Polk had the foresight to see theimmense importance to the United States of the Pacific Great Britain been permitted to acquire the whole ofOregon, she would inevitably have acquired California tooand thus shut us off entirely from the Pacific. Negotiationswith Great Britain and with Mexico were simultaneouslypushed by him with characteristic vigor. Polk hoped to arrive at an amicable adjustment withMexico, but in case diplomacy failed he was prepared for November, 1845, he dispatched John Slidell sudeUsto Mexico with the hope of reestablish
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