Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1843-12-21
Some miscellaneous, and other mat
ter, necessarily deferred this week.
. The United States and Mexico.

The Documents from the Secretary of
State consist OF a Report from the Secretary
on the subject Of our relations with th. Ger
manic Association or Customs Union, and of
recent correspondence between the auihorl-
lies of the United States and those of the
lsepubic of Alexlco.
In this correspondence will be found the
declaration by the Minister Of Mexico, re.
'"rted TO ~ the Annual Message of the
President as an annunciaiion by the Govern
ment OF that Republic Of n determination to
VISIT decision To annex Texas To the United
States by formal dcclarnt ION Of war
The language OF The Mexican Minister in
'hls country to the Secretary of State n
Translated, literally bears oui the construc-
ton put upon it by The Message. That is Ia
say, that Minister plainly enough afIirms that
on the annexntion of Texas to the United
States being determined upon, the Mexican
Government is resolved To declare war SO
soon as II receives information Of such an
act"
Tbs declaration. not only in anticipation
oi what has not taken place, but without any
foundation which the Government Of AleXIco
ought To have placed confidence in. Is Ger.
lalnly IN Dad taste, aud might well be deemed
offensive, II, upon consideration of all the
circumstances. my intention to offend could
be inferred or supposed. Dat, far from such
an intention being prcsumuble. we find that
General AlmoDte, IN his letter Of the IItb of
November, IN answer To the letter of the
Secretary of State treating The language
'bove referred 10 ns al offensive threat, says
that he considers It his duty "to repeat to the
Secretary of State. ~ order that he may be
pleased to communicate il To his cxcelency
the. President. that neither lie nor his Gouern-
nient haze intended. aud that It should not
have been supposed that they would have
intended. To cast mputaiiOn (agrnviar) upsn
ihe Leg,slaiee body, and much less 10 aa,aon
ISL The EyecuiiUe as 10 iis duties His desires
have tended solely to the maintenance of
The peace and harmony which onaht To sub
sIsi between two nelshboring and friendly
natious,p &c.
In the abscpcc Of the original letters of the
Mexican auih0rIlics (which haye not been
sent To Congress we cannot undertake To
say whether the translation of The passage
which has given oili'nce to the President be
or be not literally correct. But, admitting
the translation To be exact. We must. Bowevcr
we may blame the indI,crciion uf the Ian
gnagr used, admit also The force of the posi-.
tive dlscuilOer bv the Mexican Minister of
any design to ntfcnd which, considered in
connexioh' with the exemplary idclliy which
Mexico is, under all her enlLarsessmenls
honorablv fulfilling her treaty siIpulalions
with the United States, is demonstration to
our mlnd that the lasl ,bing the Government
Of Mexico dreams Of is seeking quarrel
With the Unued States.
The safest course To arrive at a true un-
derslandIng OF the ground taken bv the
Government of Mexico, appears to US TO be-,
looking beyond the language employed 10y
her Minister to this country, to rcsor, to the
founldlnhead, and see what the President of
Mexico himself has said, through his Secre-
,ary for Foreign Affairs, to Gen. Thompson,
our Minister at Mexico The fllowlng is
the language employed by that iuncliouury,
being evidently the same which Gen. Al
monte was instructed to employ in his cor
rcspQndence with our Secretary OF Stale:
"rhc Mexican Government has collected
sufficient evidence, published IN abundance
by the American press, that proposition is
10 be submitted 10 the deliberations of the
Congress of the United States ut its ensuing
session TO incorporate with them the so-called
Republic Of Texas and, although his ex-
cellency the President hopes that an autho.
rty SO circunIspect will defeat design so
unjust and an attack 50 decisive on the rights
o! the Mexican nation over that territory, he
has ordered the Undersigned To declare to
tho Hon. Wuddy Thompson, with view that
he may submit It Ia his Government that The
.Nericdn Government pW consider equivalent
10 declaration Of toar against the Mexican
Republic The passage Of an act for The incor
poration of Ieras wiM The territory Of The
United States the certainty Of the fact be.
ing sufficient Tor the immediate proclamation
Of war, leaving TO the civilized world TO de-
termine with regard to the justice Of the cause
Of the Mexican nation in a struggle which il
has been 50 far from provoking.'-.Nationai
LnieHgencer.