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Brown, Charles : The War with Mexico. Speech of Charles Brown, of Penn., in the House of Representatives, Wednesday, February 2, 1848, In defence of the Administration on the Mexican War

Printed at the Congressional Globe Office, Washington, D.C.

Original publisher's beige paper wrappers. Text printed in black ink. No date, circa 1848. 5 3/4" x 9." Seven pages, complete. Pages are very clean and intact overall except for light age toning, moderate foxing, and some chipping and splitting along spine. A Very Good copy. A speech originally delivered before the United States House of Representatives on February 2, 1848 by Charles Brown (1797-1883), an American politician. He was a Democrat. Brown served in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1830-1833 and the Pennsylvania Senate from 1838-1841. He then served as a U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania from 1841-1843 and 1847-1849. In this speech, Brown focuses on vindicating President James K. Polk for his role in the Mexican-American War. His speech came directly after that of Alexander Stephens, a Southern Whig who had made his case against Polk and the war. At the time, the main accusation from the Whig Party was that the Mexican-American War was "unconstitutionally and unnecessarily" caused by Polk. To help build his case in defense of Polk, Brown refers to past correspondence by a number historical figures including that of Mexican President Jose Herrera, U.S. Consul to Mexico John Black, and Zachary Taylor. One of Brown's central arguments is that Polk, as well as Taylor, did everything in their power to peacefully settle the disputes between the U.S. and Mexico preceding the war. He argues that Polk had no intention of starting a war with Mexico and that Taylor lawfully ordered troops to the Rio Grande from Corpus Christi within the confines of the Texas border. Brown also addresses the controversy involving John Slidell, the U.S. Minister to Mexico whom Polk had sent to negotiate terms of peace. Brown acknowledges that Herrera had requested a U.S. Commissioner to come to Mexico City to negotiate peace terms and that Slidell was indeed not a Commissioner, but he believes Mexico's rejection of Slidell on the apparent grounds that the latter did not hold the proper title was "frivolous and insulting." One of Brown's last arguments in this speech is that the U.S. was forced into the war due to Mexico's unwillingness to negotiate with the U.S. on peaceful terms.. Book. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Soft cover

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