The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1844-12-19

OF respect which he has denied to the Mex
lean republic and is Government, which he
has SO many times in his note OF the 18th of
October, denominated barbarous? Is it that
the Government of the United States is SUI
pc rior in dignity, or does its legation possess
the right of falling short in so grave a man
ner in its Intercourse with a Government 10
whom it has refused those observances which
are due, as a matter of courtesy, TO private
individuals?
Mexico could with justice advance a
claim for reparation of these injuries, and
would very easily obtain it,ifthe American
Government, in place of desiring to cultivate
relations of good understanding and friend
ship, did not seek for opportunities toshift or
change the issues-pfovoking a rupture which
the Government of the undersigned has en-.
deavored, andwIll still endeavor, TO avoid.
This Government would have been able to
return insult for insult, employing the same
language, haughtily discourteous, which char
acterized the two former notes o ftbe Amer
Eican Embassy, more particularly the last one
but it knows TOO we'll what is due 10 itself,
in seeking 10 shield itself from opproBrium
in the eyes of The world on a question in
which justice and reason are on its side.
If Mexico has been compelled TO refer to
important acts by which TO showthe disloyal-
~ of two Administrations and of the South
ern people Of the u. States, it was because
no other resource was left by which 10 make
her rights pllpable, as well as the injustice
by which it is sought TO arrest from her an
important portion of her territory, the ac-
QUESTION of which had been thought necessa-
ry by all parties and Administrations of the
American Republic for twenty years, as is
proved by the note of the American legation
of the 18th of October last. Nevertheless,
The Mexican Government has aimed TO limit
itself TO that which was necessary to make
itself understood in the matter, manitesting
alwaysIn It's discussions the consideration
due to a majority of the American people,
from whose representatives it looks for sails
faction for the want Of respect exhibited in
this matter by the actual President of
the Republic, and whose respectable SEN
ale and distinguished men, like Adams and
Clay, have given to Mexico proofs of their
justification of its course.
Thus, the Government of the undersign-
ed, far from finding any motive to withdraw
the note which it directed TO the American
legation on the 3ist ult., the more the sub
|ject is considered the more it is convinced
of the necessity of allowing it to stand inthe
terms in which it was Transmitted, feeling
that it has not exaggerated those facts which
it has used TO expose 10 the world the sys-
tenn of falsehood which has been pursued to-
wards Mexico for twenty years, and which
the note of the American legation of the IA
OF October abuhdanlly corToborates.
For the reasons above expressed, the I'M
designed has Instructions to insist uponjh his
note in every particular, and at the same
time to repeat that if it should happen that
the actual Government of the UnlIed States,
by Entertainments upon the rights OF NIexico,
interrupts the relations of friendship which
the Government of this Republic has sought
and will seek in good faith TO maintain, the
Mexican Administration. accepting the hard
condition which it is forced TO adopt, will
repel the unjust aggression made upon 1t,
and hold the Government of President Ty-
Ter responsible for all the evils which may
|ensue.
The undersigned reiterates with these
reasons to his Excellency Mr.. Shannon, the
assurances of his very distinguished consid
Grafton.
MANUEL CRESCENCIO REJON.