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bni harous is il that the Government Of the United
states is superior in dignity, or does its Legation pos
the right OF falling short IN so grave manner,
lis intercourse with Government 10 whom II has
refused those observations, which are due, as matter
# rourtcsy. 10 private individuals!
Mexiso could with Justice advance claim for repnr-
atom o these injuries and would very easily obtain
il, the american Government IN place OF desiring To
ru,ivrte relations of good understanding and friend
shr, did not seek fer opportunities To shift or change
the issues provoking rupture which the Govern.
irn of The undersigned has endcnvored, and will still
pndtnvor to avoid. The Government would have
been able to return insult for insult, employed the
satne language, hauehtly di courteous, VIII ch clnr-
acierzed the two former notes oi the American En-
hassy, more particularly the last one; but II knows
too well what IA due tn itself in seeking ~ shield itself
from opprol,lum in the eyes of The world on qics.
ton in which justice and reason are its side.
II Mexico has been compelled 10 refes to important
acts bv which 10 show the dlsoyaliy Of two Admin
stratiDns mud of the Suuthrrn people of the Uni Ell
Slnirs il was because no other recourse was left nv
which IL make her tights palpabc, ns well ms the IN.
justice by which it sought 10 wtest from her an I'M
porant portion oi her TERRITORY, acquisition of which
had cen thought necessary by all parties and Admin
straiions of the American Republic for twenty years
s proved by the note Of the American Legation of
the llth of October last Nevertheless, the Mexican
Government has aimed TO limit itself to that which
was necessary TO make itself understood in the mat
ter mnnifesring always in its dlscu sons The consde-
ration due to the majority Of the American people,
from whose representatives 1t looks for satisfaction
tor Inc want OF respect eShblied IN ms matter by The
actual President Of the R,pubc and whose rcspectn-
BILE Senate, and distinguished men. ike Adams and
Clay have given 10 Mexico proofs of their justification
of lis course.
Thus the Government Of the undersigned, far from
finding any motive TO withdraw the which it d.
tecied the American Legation on the 3st ult, the
the subject is considered the is convin.
ced Of the necessity Of following TO stand in the terms
in which il was transnte ed, feeling that it has moi ex-
ngerncd those facts which has used expose to the
world the system of fasehond which has been pnrs,i-
ed towards Mexico for twenty years and which the
note OF the American Legation of the IA Of October
| abnndnn,ly corrubor ties
For the above expressed, the undersigned
has instructions To insist upon his note in every par
lcuar, and AT the time to repeat that f should
happen that the actual Government of the United
States by encroarhments upon the rights of Mexico
interrupts the relations Of friendship which the Gov
.rnnen of this Republic has sought and will seek in
good faith to maintain, the Mexican Administration
accepting the hard conditions which it so forced &c
adopt will repel the unjust aggression made upon il
and hold III" government of President Tyler response
bic for all the evils which may IRE.
! The undersigned ei,eraies with these reasons to hi!
Excellencv Mr.. Shannon, the of his very
distinguished consideration
MANUEL GRE SCENCIO RECON.