The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-06-07
THE MEXICAN INSTRUMENTS.
We republish the following report from the Sec
rotary of State, to which we have alluded. We
find il in the "North American" of Philadelphia:

Ind II IN the "North American" OF Philadelphia;
ITO the President Of he United States.
The Secretary OF State whom has been referred the
petitions Of John Baldwin, claimant under the convention
with the Mexican government OF the s0th January ls4s
despatch Mr. Shannon to Mr. Calhoun the 2st of Sep
TENDER last translation OF the note of Mr. Rejon the Mex
Minister for Foreign Affairs to Mr. shannon therein
erred to letters of Mr. b. E. Green
Mr. Calhoun dated 18th December and the other 25h
January last and extract from the act of Congress- ap
proved March last entitled making appropra
tons Tor the civil and diplomatic expenses Of the govern
ment.
These papers contain all the information the possession
Of this department relative TO the supposed pay met by the
Mexican government OF the instruments under the conven
ton referred to- which were due on the 3Oth OF April and
the s0th Of July 1s4A
I'd of September last and that he had
been informed by the Minister OF Finance in note OF the
nth Of August that the instruments due on the 30th April
and 3 July had been paid to the agent appointed by the
government of the United States.
1.-THE Minister Of Finance apologies for his delay in
muncatng the information to Mr. Rejon account of the
| business Of that department
MIR shannon in his despatch to Mr. Calhoun instead OF
communicating the Information contained in Mr. Reons
simply had received it, states the fact absolutely
paid on the August when manifest that the date
does not relate to the time Of payment but Is merely the
date OF the note OF the Minister Of Finance to Mr. ReJon II
that the official notice of the publish
ed in the Madisonian to which Mr. Baldwin refers,
based upon the Information contained in Mr. shannon des
1T will consequently be for the President determine
whether under the circumstances the proof OF the
by the Mexican Of the nstaments in question
is sufficient warrant the payment by this government to
the claimants pursuant to the act Of Congress Of the Sd
"Agreeably to the Presidents directions, Mr. Baldwin
petition is herew it'll returned.
JAMES BUCHANAN.
"DrpARrMESr OF STATE,
| Washington May D. ls4S"
1t appears that the President is not satisfied, by
these documents that the case has been made out TO
authorize him to pay the instruments under the con-
tingent appropriation made by the last Congress.
aho
derake to come at the very liberal conclusion that
"we are, therefore, warranted in believing that The
government means not 10 be satisfied Of The fact
Of the payment Of .Merico, until annexation is
cons,lnamaied?" We cannot even conceive what
the "annexation," or what its contamination"
has to do with this matter As the docu-
| ments stand in the possession of the government,
there is clearly no positive evidence that the install
ments haze been paid by the Mexican treasury. Even
admitting the fact, as stated by the Washington
correspondent of the New York Herald, how does
it mend the matter or dissipate all doubt
tTo corroborate this assertion give you an extract
from private letter. dated Mexico May 49, received by
person in this city, who has kindly permitted copy it,
have informed the Secretary the Treasury upon the
Mexican holds his receipts for the install
ments of Mexican indemnity due In April and july last
The pa made in orders the treasury drawn
English house here and this gov
leased from all claims account Of those two instruments
But the question is does Mr. Voss say, that either
he or any authorized agent, did present the drafts
to the treasury ofMexico, and that they paid
We hear of 'ihe orders but these orders paid
And if the treasury refuse TO pay them, for
want of funds or from whatever consideration it
may be, does the existence of the orders re-
lease the government Of Mexico from all claims, and
| subject our treasury to their payment We know
that such is the statement of facts presented in ano-
Their private letter, addressed to another dstin-
guished officer of our government. How, then,
any liberal man can blame the President for not pay
ing the insalment in this state of the question: we
cannot, for the life of US, conceive. We shall
probably hear more Of the matter when Mr.. Shan
| non, who is now daily expected in the United
States, shall arrive at Washington.
Since writing the above, we have been favored
with the following statement from gentleman who
has derived it, as he Thinks from the best authority:
r voss received from Trgueros Minister of the Treas.
ury drafts upon the treasures of different interior depart
mentsto wit: Guadaajara, Guanajuato and Zacatecas
These drafts he placed in the hands Of Jayem Jamison
Co. of the mest English commercial houses in Next
CO. requesting they should be for collection.
They sent and accepted conditonaly to he paid
there should be money collected and coming
into those treasures wherewith TO them. II
pected the four millions Of dollars levied for the Texas
war collected and that these drafts would be paid
herefro But the revolution put stop to the collection
| of all taxes and the drafts are still unpaid