The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1844-07-23
THE UNITED STATES AND MEXICO.

Under this caption the lntelligencer of this
ing declares itself 'hearty tredn Of The papers
lating to the ac lsition of Texas. The most i'm
portaAt papers tina, have yet appeayed on the sub
ect, the recent correspondence between our Charge
| and the Mexican Minister Of Foreign Affairs, and
the most important that has yet taken place, the In
eligencer places on its second page, while every
thing heretofore that has been published in that pa
| per favorable to Mexico and dsparaging ts this
country, has found more conspicuous place the
third page. The last correspondence furnishes evil
dence indicating the President from the aspersons
| cast on him quite recently by the lnteligencer.
That accounts for its being placed in obscure
part of that paper.
Nolonger ago than Friday last, the Inelligencer
charged the President with giving ut,erance to false
hood. in stating in a communication made to the Sc
nate, that "no messenger has been sent to Mexico
order to obtain her to the treaty with Texas
Notwithstanding this declaration made by the Chief
Magistrate the lntelisencer asserted that the mes
senger, Mr.. Thompson, "was instructed to make
direct approach and overture to the President of the
Republic"
The President in another part Of his commu MICA
lion to the Senate, stated that &" messenger has
been deputa'ed to our Minister at Mexico bearer
Of the despatch already communicated TO the Senate
This messenger the lniellgencer dignifed with the
title Of Minister II the United States !" and, by way
Of mpeachng the character of the President it ad.
ded sent without the consent or knowledge Of the
Senate whilst the treaty yet before that body :"
The official correspondence, which the Intelligent
Ger Published this morning and which caused ii to be
,1v -
son was bot mere messenger, and The Intelligencer
admits that to be the "fact" Tha, paper has not
however, the candor to withdraw it's offensive impu.
taions on the President in lis efforts TO impeach bis
veracity.
The lntelligencer has the hardhood and meanness
sti to cndeavor 10 sustain by implication its asser-
lions, in saying that it to be quite probable
too, that, as he was not likely to have received any
"rffen instructions the subject, this agent may
not be able to susta in himself in the eyes either of
the President of Mexico, or Of the Sovereigus at
home" An impotent and ridiculous come off,
What Minister despatched to make proposition,
to foreign potentstt of the Importance involving
millions of dollars and perhaps peace or war, to be
furnished with no wriiten Instructions Is this the
diplomacy of the lnielIigencerl Who ever heard of
The Ike before2
But, according to the Intelligencer we are to see
what Mr.. Thompson will say as to the dispayage-
m,nt Of has diplomatic character and the eontnpt Of
The representations which he made in the name of
The Executive of the United States to the President
OF Mexico" In this, the Intelligencer endorses the
statements made by Santa Anna, as TO what passed
between him and Mr.. Thompson, notwitbstandin
the latter was Z" a mere messenger-a letter carrier
"A minister without any priiien insructionsl This
no doubt, the IDtehgencer felt itself bound in loyol
duty 10 do.
Would the Integencer like, in the SEQUEL, TO be
informed of the fact which Mr. Thompson obtained in
Mexico, and has communicated since his return
deeply impieang its ho nor, honesty purity, and in
teguty, establishing all Of which, It has long been
suspected' If Mr. Thompson is good witness in
one case, as the lnteigenccr AYERS he will be equal
ly good in the other. " III the Inteigencef give
direct answer to this interrogaoryl
In regard to he Only single grain of fact" which
the lntelgencer could find in the bushel of,tssb
which our paper of last evening contained, we have
only TO say, that is more than we were able 10 find
in tive columns of " ash which the InelIiqencer com
tanned few days Stree, on the Zoll Verein treaty