The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1844-12-27
Ike News from Mexico,

that IS almost inevitable. The difficulty has
grown out Of the proposition TO annex Texas to
the United States, concerning which correspon.
dcnce has been kept up during the whole of the
past summer and which has resulted in some We
hatu "ofuS on oo'l Sides ana seems certain
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Me,ico undo, date of Som. ~ 1914 IN Which
,Gcr s,,,;r- =, o,e,, l,rn,h ho ,:ous - a.o
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power Of Texas to enter into the pro,os. i treat,
Of annexation. and in relation to the con,cmobi.
ed invasion of Toxas bv Mexico. Mr.. Shannon !.
instructed to protest, in strong language, AGAINST
the proposed war, and the manner in which i, is
intended to be conducted, and to accompany his
protest with the declaration that the Presiden.
cannot regard it with indifference bu. as highly
offensive to the United States.
In obedience 10 these instructions, Mr..
Shannon under date of Oct. 3lst, address,
ed note to the Mexican government,
with such protest. TO this Mr.. Rejon
the Mexican secretary of state, under the
same date replies, by charging the gov
ernmensot the United States. and the peo-
pie oil the southern states, with aglng first
induced citizens OF the United States to
emigraie' with view that, having become
ci'izens OF Texas, they nigh! revolt
against Mexico, and become an lndepen-
dent government, that they might thereby
contract treaties and annex themselves to
Inc United States; reiieraiIng that the
government and southern people had trea-
leu Mexico with ialSehood and bad faith,
ana that The purpose was to obtain pos
session oil Texas by intrigue, usurpallon,
uecepuon' &C., Tor the purpose OF extern
uihg slavery. 10 mat part OF Governor
shannon ieI'er "hicN protests against
we manner oil carrying on The war-Mr.
keJon admits that the purpose OF MeNi-
co Is 10 eX'ermlna'e the present inhabl-
tahls OF texas, men, women and children,
without regard 10 age sex or condition.
anu 'ie reason Tor DONG so is mat Next
co sees III 'l'e conduct OF the governments
OF freSiuen' Jackson ana Tyler, anu the
sou'hefh people OF me onited States,
cause 10 apPrehend still further encroach-
men's on The Mexican territory, and that
'he responsibility rests win The govern
men' anu southern people OF the United
States, VINO have, by their bad faith and
dlsIoyai conduct made II necessary Tor
MEXICO 10 wage Inc war IN mai manner
10 ms note, MT. shannon replied that
ne could hold no communication with the
Government OF Mexico, mat was not res
pecllul to himself and to the Government
and people OF The United States; that the
note IN question contained unjust charges
and unlounded lmputallons against the
Government and people OF the United
States, conveyed IN language so offensive
that he could not reply to them, and that
lie therefore demanded that II should be
Withdrawn.
10 this Mr.. Rejon reJoined, that the
charges against the Government OF Presl-
dent Tyler, and the southern people OF
the United States were true-ilat Mr..
Shannon did not reply because he could
not con,rovert the facts, that the Govern
ment of Mexico relied upon the majority
IN the American Senate and upon the peo-
pie OF the northern States, and especially
upon such men as Messrs. Adams and
Clay; and that so far from Withdrawing
the previous note, the only regret OF the
Mexican Government was, tina! they had