Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1844-12-25

tanning such insulting language towards
his government, and charging ii with de-
ceit, intrigues, usurpatlon and ialsehood,
should be Withdrawn, as he could only
permit himself as agent OF his govern
ment, 10 hold communication III respect
full terms.
The reply of Senior Rejon is ingenious;
and he very adrotly treats Gov. Shan
mons refusal 10 hold longer communca-
ton with his. government on such terms,
as a stacking out" from the discussion,
and virtual acknowledgment that the
conduct of the United States alluded 10
could not be defended. He utterly relu.
ses to Withdraw, but rciterates the charges
of his note.
Gov. Shannon's rejoinder is a long,
able and complete document, putting the
position and conduct of his government
a light which defes the carping or com
plant Of the most prejudiced, and over
whelming poor Rejon with mass proof
as to the perfect fairness of the United
States and the unmtigated ignorance or
unmtigated lying of Senior Rejon, ;ha.
perhaps was little looked for.
After announcing that The determination
of Senior Rejon 10 insist upon his note,
leaves the legation of the United States
no alternative but to suspend all commu.
nications with Mexico until instructions
can be obtained from Washington, he
states that nevertheless to prevent the
misrepresentation of Senior Rejon from
misleading public opinion with the Mex.
can people, he will reply to them.
He then goes into history of the ne
gotia,ions under former administrations,
for the acquisition of Texas-things which
could not but be well known TO the present
government OF Mexico-exposes Senior
Reion's forgeries from messages Of Gen.
jackson; demonstrates the independence
Of Texas equally by conquest and by the
destruction of the old constitution of "a,
the only one which could have bound her
to Mexico; repels the charge that the Tex
ian revolution was insiigaled by this gov.
eminent; and insists that eight years of
separate existence and recognition by
other nations of her independence, places
Texas in a situation TO treat as she choos-
es with other nations. The following pas
sage we select as a sample o. his manner
of reducing Senior Rejon to the dilemma
Of pleading either ignorance or falsehood:
"Did not His Excellency know that almost
every administration Of the American govern
msnt, for the last twenty years, had endeayored
10 acquire the claim Of Mexico to the territory of
Texasl Does lie not know that Messrs. Adams
aud Cay, of whom His Excelleucy now makes
such favorable mention, mHde two attempts to
negotiate with Mexico for the acquisition Of
Texas; one in 1925 and the other in 1897! And
does he not know, also, that The negotiation was
Afterwards renewed by Geu'l Jackson and Mr.
Van Buren,, and that President Tyler, after
Mexico had lost her right of sovereignty, and
Texas had becemet DG lure us veil as DE FAcTo,
an independent and sovereign power, sought by
negotiation TO acquire the same terriIoryl
1.-The undersigned repeats Does not His En-
ccllcncy Mr.. RECON know all these facts? and
asks, how eau he, knowing them, say that the
reference by the undersigned 10 a TACT thus
known to all the world, and especially to tie
Mexican government and TO Mr.. RECON himself,
has Just revealed the Gasehood with which
Mexico has been so long trcated.n
But we commenced the notice of this cor.
respondence principally 10 direct atteu
lion to the only circumstances of much i'm
porlance connected with it. Senior Reion's
note, refusing 10 make withdrawal of his
FIRST is tho only one we have seen pub
lished, and this is perhaps one of the most
singuIarly impe rtinent missiles ever direct.
ed 10 a representative of our government.
The peculiarly about it which will be first
detected is, that il is written in the most
correct Englse style and idiom; and per-
haps Senior Rejon had but little more to do
with its composition than he had with that
Of Mahomet's Koran. The turn of tho
sentences, the mastery Of the style and
words, all show that il has been composed
by an individual who thought IN The Ian
guage he was writing. English intrigue
was no doubt here at work. Take the fol-
lowing extract for example, which is, we
believe, the cumsicst in the note:
"The Mexican government has aimed to limit
itself to that which was necessary TO make itself
understood in the matter, manifesting always
in its discussions the consideration due to the
majority Of the American people, from whose
representatives IL looks Tor satisfaction Tor the
want Of respect exhibited in this matter by the
actual President of the Republic, and whose
respectable Senate, and distinguished men like
Adams and Clay, have given to Mexico proofs
Of their Justification Of lite course"
This passage will not only show the pc
culiarities of style we have mentioned, but
the talk of the "majority of the people,"
"the actual president" "respectablc sem
atc," and distinguished men, ''like Adams
and Clay" shows that the note is the off
spring of one who had fully caught up tho
slang. whangery Of the wing presses here
as to John Tyler's treason, and who had
fully enlisted his hopes in the "majoriy
of the American people," soon turning
out this actual president and putting in