Mexico, the steps taken were immediately made known to the minister plenipotentiary of that country, with the most explicit specification of the objects for which, and for which alone, the discretionary power to the commanding officer on the frontier was given. The President did not doubt that, on the actual occurrence of any of the evils anticipated, or on satisfactory evidence of imminent danger of them, the commanding officer of the troops on the frontier had an indisputable right, in defence of the United States, or in protecting Mexican territory, according to the stipulation of the treaty, to occupy any position on either side of the line supposed to divide the two countries, which might be necessary to enable him to perform either of those duties. Yet, he deemed it proper, from the peculiar circumstances of the contest in Texas, to limit that discre tion by special instructions to move towards the Mexican side only under a state of things which should make that step justifiable in the eyes even of those who were disposed to watch every movement on our part with suspicion and jealousy.

You will perceive that Mr. Gorostiza, in his conference with me, distinctly admitted our right, in the event of hostility to the United States by Mexican Indians, to invade the territory of Texas, either to prevent intended injury,

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for redress for injuries it was out of her power to guard against, and the cruelty of seeking for satisfaction of weakness, which was due only from guilt, the President will not-cannot believe that Mexico, in the present condition of affairs, will consider her character or interests in the slightest degree injured; and you will dis inctly state to that Government that, until they have a force competent to perform the treaty stipulations near the frontier, he will be compelled to regard every indication of dissatisfaction as founded not upon the principles of national law, but on a groundless suspicion of the intentions of the United States.

I shall send, with this despatch, a copy of the President's message at the opening of Congress, from which you will be able to draw additional evidences of the just and amicable intentions of the Chief Magistrate. The President desires that you should give such explanations to the Mexican Government as these instructions will enable you to make; which, if received in the proper and friendly spirit in which they are offered, will, he trusts, remove all ground for doubts and anxieties, if any have been entertained on the subject.

It would be gratifying to the President, if this communication, which you will have to make to the Mexican Government, was limited to these explanations. Unfortunate

quently, he seeks to avoid the force of that admission, by confounding the principle upon which it obviously rests with the right of making war for a violation of treaty engagements. You will find no difficulty in showing to the Mexican Government that it rests upon principles of the aw of nations, entirely distinct from those on which war is ustified-upon the immutable principles of self-defence-up in the principles which justify decisive measures of precau

ng people. The grossness of the error of placing it on he right of war, as also the folly of relying upon that mode of redress, you can render obvious, by supposing that hosilities were, under present circumstances on the frontier, about to begin, our fellow citizens, of all ages and classes, o be exposed to massacre, their property to destruction, and the whole frontier to be laid waste by those savages Mexico was bound to control. Until these evils happen, on Mr. Gorostiza's theory, we have no right to take a position which will enable us to act with effect; and, before we do act, according to our promises under the thirty-third article of the treaty, after the frontier has been desolated, ve must demand redress of Mexico-wait for it to be reused-and then make war upon Mexico. We are quietly o suffer injuries we might prevent, in the expectation of edress-redress for irreparable injuries from Mexico, who id not inflict them, but who was, from circumstances, vithout the power to prevent, as she would be, after they vere inflicted, without the power to redress them.

To

nake war upon Mexico for this involuntary failure to comly with her obligations, would be equivalent to an attempt • convert her misfortunes into crimes-her inability into guilt. If these injuries had been committed, and our complaints made to Mexico, what answer could be given to declarations of the Mexican Government like these: "We had not power to prevent the evils of which you complain. Our inability to perform our promises was well known to you. It was your duty, having the means, to prevent these evils. We expected this would be done; and if, unwisely, you have suffered them to be inflicted upon you, while we regret infinitely what has occurred, we can only express our regret, and call upon you to consider that your vengeance should fall not on Mexico or her citizens, but upon the tribes who committed the cruelties on your frontiers, or upon the rebellious people (in Texas) by whom those tribes should have been restrained?" In determining upon the Precautions authorized by him to avert evils that could not be repaired, to avoid the mockery of calling upon Mexico

with the Department, without the authority of his Government, is believed to be unexampled in the history of diplomacy, and was not decorous to the Government of the United States. The extracts from his correspondence with his own Government, and his introduction to the whole, contain statements and comments defamatory of the Government and people of the United States, and obviously intended to injure the character of both, for honor and good faith, in the eyes of the world. This pamphlet, although not circulated generally among our citizens, was in the hands of editors of newspapers, who have published ex. tracts from it; and the President has been informed that two copies of it were sent by its author, at the moment of his departure from the United States, to some, if not to all, the members of the foreign and diplomatic body accredited here. This act, still more extraordinary, because it almost immediately followed the communication of the President's intention to direct that explanations, which he believed would be satisfactory, should be made to the Mexican Government, has excited but one sentiment among those to whom it is known. In directing you to make known the publication of this pamphlet to the Mexican Government, the President does not doubt the truth of the declaration made by its author, that this publication was his own personal act, for which he had no authority from his Govern ment; nor will he permit himself to suppose for an instant, that it will adopt or sanction conduct so glaringly violating all the decorum of diplomatic usage; so disrespectful to the Government and people of the United States; so unworthy the representative of a respectable Government; and so well calculated to interrupt the harmony and good will which ought to subsist between the United States and Mexico.

How far the character of the Mexican Government for decorum and justice, and an honorable desire to maintain a respectable rank among the civilized nations of the world, require a distinct manifestation of its just displeasure at such an extraordinary step, are questions that belong to itself alone to consider and decide.

In giving you this instruction to make known to the Mexican Government the conduct of its envoy, without a demand of reparation at its hands, the President is influenced, as well by the explicit disavowal of the envoy of all participation on the part of his Government in the act complained of, as by the sincere conviction, already expressed, that a step so reprehensible will not be countenanced by it. But if, contrary to all just expectation, the Mexican Government shall adopt that act, or give sanction to it, by approving of their minister's conduct, the continuance of diplomatic intercourse between the two countries can no longer be either useful or reputable to the United States. However painful may be the consequenthe honor of the American pe people requires the President to instruct you, as I now do, in that event, to demand your passports, and to return, forthwith, bringing with you all the archives of the legation, to the United States.

ces,

Mr. Perrine to Mr. Ellis.

CONSULATE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Campeachy, October 4, 1836.

SIR: I transmit to you copies of two official letters to the gese politico of this city, to neither of which have I yet received any written reply; nor has either the American seaman been delivered, or his protection been returned to The gefe politico professes to be as friendly and

grateful to me as any Mexican can be to an American. He has verbally told me several times that he was doing all in his power to obtain said American seaman, by writing to the commander, and by even visiting the squadron; that the officers have falsely assured him that the sailor had been sent ashore; and that he was only waiting for ins arrival to return said sailor and his protection to me, with an official reply to my communication. As, however, I know these people too well to believe that said sailor will be released, and as I am informed that several other American seamen are also impressed into the Mexican service to fight the Texians, I write this communication with the hope that you will obtain an order from the Mexican Gorernment to have all such Americans set at liberty, to prohibit any further impressment of our sailors, and to punish all their guilty oppressors, past, present, and future. I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant, HENRY PERRINE

Hon. POWHATAN ELLIS,

American Minister in Mexico.

Mr. Borrough to Mr. Forsyth.
CONSULATE OF THE U. STATES OF AMERICA,

Vera Cruz, November 22, 1836.

SIR: It becomes my duty to reveal to you the facts of an outrage, not less monstrous in principle than, perhaps, grave in its consequences, committed by the authornies af the Mexican Government in this place on the persons of citizens of the United States, composing a part of the m

val force of the United States Government.

The United States ship Natchez, under the command of Master Commandant Mervine, and to which the subjects referred to were attached, arrived at this port on the 25th of October, and came to anchor, as usual, near the " land Sacrificios." On the following day, at an hour previously stipulated by the authorities, the customary civi ties of friendly Powers were interchanged. The officem of the ship now honored us with occasional visits, dispos ing of their boat's crew, when at the city, as circumstances rendered necessary and convenient.

It was on the 2d instant that Mr. Renshaw, passed midshipman, belonging to the said ship Natchez, arrived at the mole, and who soon after appeared at my office, heat ing a note from Captain Mervine to my address. This be ing presented, he informed me that he should return in the course of half an hour and take charge of any letters that I might require him to carry to the ship. Scarceir fifteen minutes had elapsed when a gentleman called and desired me, for "God's sake to hasten to the mole;" that the boat's crew of the American man-of-war were attacked and being murdered by the Mexican soldiery-the guard at the gate; that several of the men were already much injured, if not actually killed. I quickly repaired to the mole, where I beheld two of the boat's crew of the United States ship Natchez prostrate; and from the evidences of personal violence, (their bodies being literally covered with blood,) I supposed the vital spark extinct; and therefore proceeded to the boat lying at a short distance from them, and in which I discovered six other seamen belonging to the said ship. They were somewhat intoxicated, and also showed marks of a personal combat, and who were writhing under the wounds which I was informed they had received from the Mexican soldiery, boatmen, and others of the country, and by whom it appears they had been attacked; the former using, in the conflict, their cutlasses and bayoneted muskets, whilst the latter assailed them with fragments of stone, clubs, knives, and such other missiles as chance had thrown in their way.

By this time a number of soldiers had collected, and among whom were likewise officers, occupying a position near the boat of the Natchez, the former having their

deadly weapons, their arms poised in the direction of the crew, and the officers, with swords in hand, all apparently much excited. The seamen were at this time quiescent, under the charge of Mr. Renshaw, who had reached the mole some minutes previous to my arrival, and to whom it is just to say, that his officer-like conduct, on this occasion, reflects on him the highest credit, and to whose authority the seamen at once yielded, but on whom I was apprehensive that the soldiery would have fired, and which there is reason to believe was meditated, and would have been tacitly sanctioned by the officer of the guard, had Don Manuel Rodriguez, the captain of the port, at this awful juncture, not interposed his authority; who, being moved by feelings of humanity, not less than of justice, in behalf of the already half-murdered crew, averted the bloody deed.

It may not be amiss, perhaps, in this place, to state, that I am informed the above-named officer entertains the opinion, in common with many of his countrymen, not influenced by prejudice, admitting the military tribunal to be ex officio empowered to take cognizance of the affair in question-a point which he is unwilling to concede. No charges of a magnitude worthy the notice of the Mexican Government can, or ought, in anywise, to rest against

the boat's crew of the Natchez.

Returning to the more pertinent points of our subject: it being conceived by Mr. Renshaw, and justly so, that the seamen were incapacitated for duty, being naimed and otherwise disabled, and that it would be jeopardizing the lives of all to embark for the ship, the weather being boistprous, and a heavy sea running, he appealed to me, asking how, or in what manner, he should dispose of his men? Apprehending the consequences of any renewal of hostilities, and as a incasure of necessity, for the personal security of the said boat's crew against further violence, I recommended their being, for the present, placed in charge of the captain of the port, and to whose care, at the request of Mr. Renshaw, they were accordingly intrusted for safe-keeping, subject to the order of Mr. R.; and all of whom, with the exception of two, were put in temporary confinement. These, being badly wounded, were sent to the hospital for the benefit of surgical aid.

At an early hour next morning, an officer arrived from the ship Natchez, and who was the bearer of a letter from he commander, addressed to the commandant of marine at this place, expressive of his regret at the occurrence of the previous day, and in which he assured the commandant of marine "that, on an investigation of the affair, if it should appear that the boat's crew of the ship Natchez, under his command, were the aggressors in the case, they should receive condign punishment."

This letter being presented, was read and returned to the commander of the Natchez, with a verbal message from General Vasquez, the then military commandant of the State, and to whom it had been submitted by the authority of the Marine Department.

An application being made to the captain of the port for the release of the seamen, I received for answer, that "an order having been issued from superior authority to detain them, he regretted not having it in his power to comply with my request." I now waited on the military commandant general in regard to the men, who informed me that the "mariners, my countrymen," "whose liberation was asked, had outraged the laws of the Mexican republic; had assaulted the military guard at the mole; and for which offence, the penalty, by the criminal code of MexiCo, was a sentence to at least six years' hard labor in the public streets, and to which they would be condemned and made to suffer, should the charges be substantiated;" and who accordingly refused to order the liberation of the said

seamen.

The commander of the United States ship Natchez now

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addressed a communication to the above-mentioned authority, under cover of note from this consulate, protesting against the detention of said seamen, and demanding their liberation, but which was disregarded by the aforesaid authority.

Captain Mervine, not being able to obtain the release of the boat's crew of the ship under his command, unlawfully detained by the authorities of this place, left for Pensacola, via Tampico, on the 10th of this month.

I have to inform you that the seamen still remain in prison, and whose fate and final destiny must depend on the Government of the United States, or such measures as may be adopted by the representative of the United States at the city of Mexico for their liberation.

I have the honor to inform you that the facts, as detailed, have been submitted officially to the notice of the chargé d'affaires of the United States at the capital of this republic, and who has been pleased to say that he will do all in his power to procure the release of the American seamen held in confinement by the arbitrary acts of the authorities of Vera Cruz.

I deem it proper to state, that all communication with the said mariners has been precluded me. Three several notes, addressed to the highest functionary of the local Government, requesting permission to visit them, and to minister to their comfort, have been written.; all which has been denied me: thus contravening my official immunities to the prejudice of citizens of the United States shut up within the walls of a damp and loathsome prison, and who are enduring all the pains, privations, and sufferings of mind and body, incident to a state of incertitude and inquisitorial discipline.

With the assurance of my high respect, I have the honor to be, sir, your obedient servant.

M. BURROUGH.

The Hon. JOHN FORSYTH,
Department of State, Washington.

Mr. Burrough to Mr. Forsyth.-Extract. CONSULATE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Vera Cruz, December 1, 1836.

SIR: My respects to the Department, No. 51, will have apprized you of a recent outrage committed on the persons of citizens of the United States at this place.

The sufferers on the occasion were James Hover, Henry Hebert, Richard Freeman, Daniel Groves, John Williams, Samuel Long, John Davis, and Samuel Molden, of and belonging to the United States sloop of war Natchez, and who have been detained and imprisoned by the authorities of this Government, to the prejudice of the public service of the United States, without any just cause for the arbitrary measures pursued.

I have now the gratification to state that the above mentioned seamen were released from confinement on the 25th ultimo, and delivered to the charge of this consulate, and who are retained at the expense of the United States, subject to the order of Commodore Dallas.

I regret to add, that the health of the aforementioned mariners is much impaired, not only from the wounds received from the Mexican soldiery on the morning of the 2d November, but from their subsequent confinement in a humid and loathsome prison, (appropriated to convicts,) for the period of twenty-three days, on a short allowance of food.

I have the honor to be, sir, most respectfully, your obe

dient servant.

M. BURROUGH.

The Hon. JOHN FORSTTH,
Department of State, Washington.

After a strong opposition on the part of the foreign merchants residents in this capital, the forced loan authorized by an act of Congress of the 16th of June last has been ultimately enforced. In general, they permitted their stores to be embargoed, and their goods to be seized, to an extent sufficient to cover the amount of the loan apportioned to each, and the expenses of the embargo; at the same time, citizens of the United States, by my instructions, formally protesting against the right of this Government to levy such contributions on them. As it is contemplated by the American merchants who have suffered by this measure to enter a claim for satisfaction against the Mexican Government, I shall be pleased to receive from you, at your earliest leisure, instructions as to the course I ought to

Mr. Forsyth to Mr. Ellis.

DEPARTMET OF STATE, Washington December 20, 1836.

81R. With regard to the forced loan authorized by an act of the Mexican Congress of the 16th Juue last, I am directed to instruct you that, if the exaction which that Government made by it were a mere tax or contribution levied upon the inhabitants generally, our citizens resident in Mexico would have no right to complain, as they are subjected to such charges by the treaty. If, however, in its execution, (as from No. 18 appears to have been the case,) the law should be construed to authorize a loan or contract, really compulsory, you will persist, in conformity with the instructions heretofore given you, in demanding redress. Where practicable, this might be afforded by a return of the property taken, in kind; and where not, by the payment of the value in money, with full indemnity, in either case, for the damages sustained.

I have the honor to be, sir, your obedient servant, JOHN FORSYTH.

POWHATAN ELLIS, Esq.,

Chargé d' Affairs of the United States, Mexico.

Mr. Ellis to Mr. Forsyth.
LEGATION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Mexico, October 15, 1836.

Sin: I have the honor herewith to transmit to you a copy of my note to his excellency Jose Maria Ortiz Monasterio, acting Minister of Foreign Affairs, in relation to an outrage recently committed on the flag of the United States by the Mexican authorities in Vera Cruz. The ac companying copy of a letter from Marmaduke Burrough, Esq., our consul at that place, contains the information upon which I acted.

These renewed and aggravated instances of insult and aggression on the flag of a friendly Power, I trust will re. ceive the marked reprehension of the President of United States. So long as they are suffered to pass by without notice, so long will they be continued by a people who have heretofore shown but little respect to the rights of

others.

I have not heard from the Minister of Foreign Affairs

since his note of the 3d instant, addressed to me in reply to mine of the 26th ultimo.

I have the honor to be, with great respect, your obedient POWHATAN ELLIS.

servant.

Hon. JOHN FORSYTH,
Secretary of State, Washington city.

Mr. Burrough to Mr. Ellis. CONSULATE OF THE U. STATES OF AMERICA,

Vera Cruz, October 8, 1836.

SIR: I have to inform you that outrages of a serinar character have this day been committed by the Governmen: authorities of Vera Cruz, on the flag of the United States The American brig Fourth-of-July, of Baltimore, where Shubael G. Rogers is master, was this morning taken forcible possession of by officers of this Government; the master placed under guard, and finally, with his officert and crew, driven on shore. The Mexican flag was hoiste under the fire of a gun, at 1 P. M.

The master, I take occasion to state, has not signed, yet, any bill of sale or other document of conveyance; the consignee and agent of this Government for the purchas the said vessel, being unprepared to comply with all the requisitions indicated in the letter of instructions which the master bears, as vendor, from the owner, Mr. Edmin Didier, of the city of Baltimore.

The said master has entered protest before me again the proceedings had by the Mexican authorities; and how the case will terminate, is yet doubtful. Fortunately, be United States ship Boston is still in port, and, at my quest, will remain a day or two longer. I shall conte with the commander of the Boston in this case, and fa nish him with copies of the depositions of Captain Rogen and his officers; and may have it in my power to give you further information on the subject in my next.

I have the honor to be, sir, most respectfully your eb ent servant, M. BURROUGH

Hon. POWHATAN ELLIS,

Chargé d'Affuires United States at Mexico. P. S. Captain Rogers has put into my hands the amou claimed for payment of seamen, as required by the act of Congress of the 28th of February, 1803, in relation t discharge of seamen in a foreign port; but who has, a ably to the ship's roll and shipping articles of the big Fourth-of-July, violated the requisitions of the first secti of the above act referred to in your official communicat

of the 1st instant.

М. В.

Mr. Ellis to Mr. Monasterio. LEGATION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. Mexico, October 14, 1836

The undersigned, chargé d'affaires of the United State of America, begs leave to represent to your excellency the he is advised by the consul of the United States at Vers Cruz, that, on the 8th instant, certain Mexican officer) boarded the American brig Fourth-of-July, of Baltimor, S. C. Rogers, master, then lying at anchor in the part of Vera Cruz: forcibly took possession of her, placed th captain under guard, and finally compelled him and ba crew to go on shore; at the same time supplanting the fig of the United States and hoisting that of this nation, under the firing of artillery.

The undersigned will refrain from making any comment on this extraordinary and unexpected outrage committed on the flag of his country, under a full conviction that the acts were perpetrated without the knowledge or author of this Government. He will, however, remark, that y excellency must at once see the enormity of the offects. as well as the measure of redress expected under sucht

of the United States. [Translation.]

The undersigned profits of this occasion to offer to Mr. Monasterio the assurance of his personal esteem and very distinguished consideration. POWHATAN ELLIS.

To his Excellency

JOSE MARIA ORTIZ MONASTERIO, Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs.

Mr. Forsyth to Mr. Ellis.-Extract. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, December 9, 1836.

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With regard to the affair brought to the notice of the Department in your No. 29, I have to state that the Navy Department is in possession of information that the ownts of the brig Fourth-of-July are content. You will consequently desist from claiming her, or damages for her deention, as American property. The circumstances, however, under which the vessel is represented to have been eized by the Mexican authorities, afford such strong presumptive proof of a design on their part to insult the flag of the United States, that you will, on that point, press or proper satisfaction. Acts of that character, proceeding rom whatever motive, cannot be overlooked by this Gov

rument.

I have the honor to be, sir, your obedient servant, JOHN FORSYTH.

POWHATAN ELLIS, Esq.,

Chargé d' Affaires of the United States, Mexico.

Mr. Ellis to Mr. Forsyth.

UNITED STATES SHIP BOSTON,

Balize, January 12. 1837.

SIR: I avail myself of an opportunity which presents

tself at this moment, to advise you that I took my depart

ire from the Mexican capital on the 28th ultimo, and thall use every exertion to reach Washington city, with he archives of the legation, by the 1st of February. I have the honor to be, with great respect, your most Obedient servant, POWHATAN ELLIS.

Hon. JOHN FORSYTH,

Secretary of State, Washington City.

PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF MEXICO.

Message from the President of the United States, transmitting his correspondence with General Santa Anna, President of the Republic of Mexico, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 16th instant. January 1, 1837, read, and ordered to be printed. To the Senate of the United States :

In compliance with the resolution of the Senate, dated the 16th instant, I transmit a copy and a translation of a letter addressed to me on the 4th of July last, by the President of the Mexican Republic, and a copy of my reply to the same, on the 4th of September. No other communication upon the subject of the resolution referred to has been made to the Executive by any other foreign Governrment, or by any person claiming to act in behalf of MexiANDREW JACKSON.

co.

WASHINGTON, January 18, 1837. VOL. XIV.-A 33

COLUMBIA, (in Texas,) July 4, 1836. MUCH ESTEEMED SIR: In fulfilment of the duties which patriotism and honor impose upon a public man, I came to this country at the head of six thousand Mexicans. The chances of war, made inevitable by circumstances, reduced me to the condition of a prisoner, in which I still remain, as you may have already learned. The disposition evinced by General Samuel Houston, the commander-in-chief of the Texian army, and by his successor, General Thomas J. Rask, for the termination of the war, the decision of the President and Cabinet of Texas in favor of a proper compromise between the contending parties, and my own conviction, produced the conventions of which I send you copies enclosed, and the orders given by me to General Filisola, my second in command, to retire from the river Brasos, where he was posted, to the other side of the river Bravo del Norte.

As there was no doubt that General Filisola would religiously comply, as far as concerned himself, the President and cabinet agreed that I should set off for Mexico, in order to fulfil the other engagements; and, with that intent, I embarked on board the schooner Invincible, which was to carry me to the port of Vera Cruz. Unfortunately, however, some indiscreet persons raised a mob, which obliged the authorities to have me landed by force and brought back into strict captivity. This incident has prevented me from going to Mexico, where I should otherwise have arrived early in last month; and, in consequence of it, the Government of that country, doubtless ignorant of what has occurred, has withdrawn the command of the army from General Filisola, and has ordered his successor, General Urrea, to continue its operations: in obedience to which order, that general is, according to the latest accounts, already at the river Nueces. In vain have some reflecting and worthy men endeavored to demonstrate the necessity of moderation, and of my going to Mexico according to the convention; but the excitement of the public mind has increased with the return of the Mexican army to Texas. Such is the state of things here at present. The continuation of the war, and of its disasters,

is, therefore, inevitable, unless the voice of reason be heard

in proper time from the mouth of some powerful individual. It appears to me that you, sir, have it in your power to perform this good office, by interfering in favor of the execution of the said convention, which shall be strictly fulfilled on my part. When I offered to treat with this Government, I was convinced that it was useless for Mexico to continue the war. I have acquired exact information respecting this country, which I did not possess four months ago. I have too much zeal for the interests of my country, to wish for any thing which is not compatible with them. Being always ready to sacrifice myself for its glory and advantage, I never would have hesitated to subject myself to torments or death, rather than consent to any compromise, if Mexico could thereby have obtained the slightest benefit. I am firmly convinced that it is proper to terminate this question by political negotiation.

That conviction alone determined me sincerely to agree to what has been stipulated; and, in the same spirit, I make to you this frank declaration. Be pleased, sir, to favor me by a like confidence on your part; afford me the satisfaction of avoiding approaching evils, and of contributing to that good which my heart advises. Let us enter into negotiations, by which the friendship between your nation and the Mexican may be strengthened, both being amicably engaged in giving being and stability to a people who are desirous of appearing in the political world, and who, under the protection of the two nations, will attain its object within a few years.