The Yazoo Democrat. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1844-12-17

1t is q lucky thingthat these unruIy children
OF GH1 tropics HuVo KNOCKED up war oetween
themselves, the result OF which, we hope, will be
to prevent from ine1tFieabIe OmbaEraSSment our
Minister there. We have before US a copy Of
the N. O. PicNyunO Of the 4th instant, contain
ing the reply Of WILSON SHANNON, dated 9Th No
vember, to the letter Of M. c. RECON, dated 9Th
Of the same month. Shannoh's reference to the
elaborate letter Of RCjon, we would have been
inclined 10 believe, meant to convey censure,
had not his own reply exceeded any thing of the
kind, in vouainOus detail, that il has ever been
our fortune to meet. Three.fuurths Of its inn
mensity S devoted to an attempt to disprove the
premises which Rejon established and reasoned
from, on the peruSal OF the note of Shannon, da'
ted the l4th Us enormous length precludeS our
giving it entIre.) l'he letter insists that Texas
is free and an independent government-that
she, as a nation, 10 ct perfect liberty to make
dispoIition Of herself as may best suit her con-
venience or wish, without attention in any way
being paid to the demands or asserted claims on
her r ads by Mexico. Il also denies the United
States having any claim TO Texas-that the
purchase in 1903 is not considered to be made
an argument in the efforts Of fine United States
to annex Texas, and that Rejon's false assertions
in regard to the conduct Of Gen. JacksOn--are
,ungentIsmanly! This much might do prOba-
bly,. But bis letter when getting so far, not be-
ing Of sufficient length, he, in continuation,
says;-
"The undersigned refers to these facts as con-
elusive, not only to dispFove the calumnies
against the Government Of the United States,
which it iS the purpose Of His Excellenoy, Mr.
Reion, 10 impress upon the people Of Mexico,
but alec to show that in forbeaFing TO accept
the annexation Of Teas, for 50 long period,
when rendered BY those who alone had the right
TO do %, and who had achieved her indepen-
denoe Of Mexico, and in renewing the assurance
that sic Is nov adopted in no spirit Of hostility
70 Mexico, and that, II annexation ii oonsum-
matsd tha uaitsd States viii be prepared T. ad
just All Questions growing out Of Il, including
that OF boundary, on the most liberal teFm'." his
Government has given the strongest proofs OF a
detire to preserve the relations Of peace and good
viii with the Government and peoples Mexico;
and the undersigned tales this occasion TO say,
that should those reatinns be disturbed, or should
tie goDsraalsaf Of derico 6ail hereafter 20 reeeiue
the e0ulPeasaii0n which the Government Of the
United States, Zoe the sake o. preserving those
relations, s0uld willingly hare eipen Coz terri
torE over which Mexico does not now, and can
not hereafter, exercise jurisdiction, che Mexi-
can people must charge the Loss which they viii
thus sustain 10 bis EEosllenoy, Mr.. Rsjon, and
the GoFeroment by whose Orief bis notes Of the
sirt ult and the 9Th inst. we're written"
That it-MeEie0 hes no claim m Texas nor
any night % the oouutry. Texas is free and
an Independent nutiua-sEgo, she has foil right
% Do al che plsarsl With her own isrritoFy---
What 'uu Of nousy ShalI the Uniiss States Pes