The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1844-12-23

RECON would be.
Bot inasmueh as the undersigned is forced 10 be-
iese that the msre presentations Of his note of the
I4th ultimo aud the reiteraton Of the unounded
charges and unjust imputatons against the Govern.
ment and Southern people OF the United States,
tanned IN the notes Of his ExceeDcy, are intended 10
| instead the public opinion OF the people of Mexico
ana 10 excite an unjust prejudice IN their minds
against The Government aud people OF the United
STATES and, inasmuch his Excellency in bis note
OF The 7lh instant, endesvors to make the people Of
MEXICO believe that the reason why the undersigned
did not reply TO these upiounded charges and impua
'ohs is not the reason alleged by the undersigned IN
MS note OF the 4th instant but because they true
| and cannot be denied, the undersigned therefore
a'aiis himself Of this occasion TO correct his Excel
iehcy misrepresentation Of his of the l4th ul
timo, and also TO repe the charges and imputations
contained IN The notes of the 3lst umo, and the 9th
Instant not for the purpose of indicating The honor
| vi character oil his own Government, but that the
people OF Mexico may be disabused, and the conse
quences OF the dscoureous and unjust conduct OF his
| LAcelency Mr. Relon in the premises may rest with
Tue Government and people of Mexico, who are re-
sponsible therefor, and that they may be without
| apology If they adopt and justify the same.
| The undersigned is further induced do this be-
cause The publication of his Excellencys notes OF the
oist uimo and the 9th instant, and the comments OF
| 'he Official newspaper thereon, leave no room to
douo as to the purpose for which they were written
and published
i
SAID that the acquisition of Texas had been policy
long cherished, and deemed indispensable to the safe
" and welfare of the United States and had accord
ng'y been an object steadily pursued by all parties,
ana made the subject Of the negotiation by almost every
administration for the last hoeniy years" His excel
lency MIR. Rejon seized upon this declaration and
says that It has s repeaied the tasehood toih ohieh
hertco has been long treated - and this charge,
which the records OF his own Government fully dis
| prove Is repeated in all the phases which the most
| m nIr and 81, Nd
not his excellency know that almost every Admins
tralon OF the American Government for the last
twenty years had endeavored TO acquire the claim OF
Mexico to the Territory of Texas Does he not
know that Messrs. Adams and Clay, Of whom his
Excellency Mr.. Rejon makes such favorable
mention, made two attempts to negotiate with MeXl-
co for the acquisition of fexas-one in 1895 aid the
other in 1927 And does he not know also that the
| negotiation was aterv ards renewed by Gen. jack
son and Mr. Van Buren,, and that President Tyler at
ter Mexico had lost her right of sovereignty, and
Texas had become, de jue well de Jacto, an ill.,
dependent and sovereign Power, sought by negotia-
ton to acquire the same territory
The Undersigned repeats Does not his excellency
Mr.. Rejon know ell these facts I and asks, how can
he knowing them, say that the reference by the I'M
dersigned to fact thus known to all the world and
especially to the Mexican Government, and to Mr.
Reon himself, has 'jusi repsalsd the Jaisehood Nth
,ohich .herco has been SO long treated"
| There has been no time, during the whole period
mentioned, that the Government of Mexico did not
know, nor has the Government of the United States
at any time during that period attempted to conceal,
its desire to acquire Texas This his excellency Mr.
Reon knows TO be true and yet he makes the charge
that the note of the undersigned of the l4th instant
has 'Just revealed it, and would persuade the Mexi-
can people that the Government and people OF the
United States have for twenty years entertained Sc
cre purpose and resored to improper means Tor the
acquisition Of Texas, and that TO him belongs the
honor and the credit OF having the proof and
indicated the rights of Mex coand when told hatsuch
a charge is ujustly unfounded msre presentation
OF what the undersigned had said, the charge Is
again repeated IN the note of the 9th instant in terms
even more offensive The undersigned cannot believe
that his Excellency does not know that the fact that
the acquisition Of Texas "has been made the subject
OF negotiation by almost every Administration Tor the
last twenty years" is argument TO prove that the
Government of the United States has treated Mexico
with ''falsehood,' or attempted to acquire Texas by
artifce improper means and he Is therefore com
PEELED believe that the which has been made of
that fact, stated in his note Of the l4th is mis-
representation intended TO create false mpre
the minds OF the people OF Mexico, and TO create
pre- uGice against the Government and Southern peo-
pie of the United STATES and he regrets TO believe
that his kXcellency finds IN the present condition OF
the Government or people of Mexico any thing to
| Justify proceeding so fragrant and unjust.
The belief that the interpretations Of the note
| Of the undersigned was Intentional and that the
| charges
made for The purpose OF creating an unjust prejudice
| in the minds of the people OF Mexico against the
Government and people OF the United States, IS fur
Their confirmed by the manner in which his EXcellen-
CIV has referred to President Jackson, and the fact
that his Excelency has made false quotation or
what is equivalent therso, palpable mlsrepresenta
tion Of his official communication TO the Congress Of
the United States.
His EYcellency asks if President Jackson, "in a
message which he addressed to the Chamber of Req
reseutatives in December 1885, and this when il
proposed TO recognise the independence of Texas
did not confess that such act would " be regarded
as grispous injustice 10 Ncrico aud that the United
States oouid be sbjec 10 the blacklist for H. mas
much The Ter had emigr0ied from thence and
sought this recognition pi the manifest intention Of OBJ
iaining their Incorporation pith the United States"
The undersigned has examined the official drcu.
ments and can find message of President Jackson
containing the language imputed to hun. Why does
his Excellency mpute TO President Jackson language
which he did utter' The answer is found IN the
character given to President Jackson, and the use
made by Mr. Rejon of the false quotation. The
purpose was to charge the United States with en-
deavoring " TO give 10 The occupation Of Ttras tiun
uheb icoiid take from IL the odllm Of bartfaced
pahonr and to introduce President Jackson Is a wit
ness to prove the charge in its most odous aspect
To give greater weight TO the language imputed 10
President Jackson, his Exceency says that be was
of the warmest parlisans OF annexation against
whom grave charges have been made or having sent
Gen Houston to Texas to realize his designs :" at
the same time saying he forced by regard TO
truth nd Justice TO conf $50 that 10 recognise the in
dependence Of Tros 1oud be regarded griepons in
Justice 10 .Nerco aud that the United States iooud be
subject 10 the blacklist oensurt for IL
Does not his excellency Mr.. Rejon, by misquotng
President Jackson mputing TO him that which he |
did not say, by way of giving greater effect to the
charge which his Exceency makes against the Uni- |
ted States furnish the conclusive proof that be
himself believes the charge as made by himself to be
untrue2 For who can for moment believe that if
his Excellency could have sustained the charge made
by him ly fair and true quotation, he would have
adopted one so unfair and ncorrecti To believe this
would be TO suppose that his Excellency prefers TO
sustain the charges which he feels called upon to
make against the United States by fasebood rather