The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1845-01-07

authority 10 arrest the arm now raised TO strike.
II il be too late let the blood unJustly and Illegally
shed fall upon the head Of those who have caused II
TO flow The Christian and civilized world will
Judge this act and will assign TO II ITS proper place
The undersigned has the honor 10 repeat, &c.
ALLEYE DE CYPREYE
From The Minister Of War and Marine 10 The
Minister Of Foreign Affairs Of Merico.
COP AND LIBERTY
MEXICO, July IL, 1874.
Mosr EXCELLENT SiR Having submitted to His
ExceIlency the President the communications ad-
dressed to you by the Ministers Of France and Spain in
their last notes of the 9th and 25h utimo His Excel
Iency has been pleased To direct to say you an
.wer that His EXcelIenoy the Minister Penpotentary
Of France relies principles entirely erroneous since
leaving aside his assertion that the Adventures
brought by Sentmanat were thrown upon these coasts
| by chance, and not by war, which needs reluta-
ton, as It is contradiced by the public noorety Of
the facts proving their capture while armed so fat,
that they killed Mexioans who, faithful to their du-
ties to their country, opposed those who undoubtedly
invaded the Republic-he insists in maintaining, that
the French found among those ADVENTURES shoudb be
tried as 10 ordinary cases, and not agreeaby 10 the
decree Of June II, l643 These French adsentu-
rers are already foreign to France to Mexico,
since by the 2st article Of the Civil Code of France
they not only lost their national character, but
regarded in France traitors TO their country. The
Mexican Government having, moreover, given to
that decree all the publicity usually given to all the
| laws and dispositions Of the Government, Of which
no one can plead ignorance the said Adventures have
been chsstised every one is, who renders himself
liable to the punishment established by that decree.
His Eroellency the President directs you to say 10
their Excellences the Ministers of France and Spain
that the decree Of June II, lS43, in question, a
law of the Mexican Republic now in force; that 80
far from infringing any right the national law, inter
national law, and the law of nations, all nleles-
ted in It's fulhment; that, in applying the punishment
imposed by it on invaders of the Mexican terri
| tory the President does no more than act Of
strict and necessary justice, has been acknowedg
ed by His Excelency the Minister PlenipoentIary
of Great Britain, in his polite note Of the Oath OF
June last aud finally that the fulflment of law
simply and purely is now in question: His ExcelIency
the President considers that matter entirely an
end waving the notice of certain remarks, which
the Baron de Ciprsye might have omitted, consider.
|
this nation. REYES.
| According to the ntimation conveyed by this
last letter, thirty eight Of the prisoners, incud
ing Frenchmen, Spaniards, three native and
SIX naturazed citizens of the United States,
were shot at Tabasco. Petit, the Captain OF
the schooner, escaped on the day of the execu-
ton, and after wandering for some time in the
woods and marshes, succeeded in getting on
board an American vessel, and reached New
| York. The mate, seamen, and passengers Of
| the William Turner were, by the latest
accounts confined in loathsome dungeon at
Tabasco, without any signs of intention on the
part of the Mexican Government, TO determine
their fate by trial or otherwise.
The replies of the French and Spanish Min
isters to the last extracted letter from the Mex-
| can Government, are in the same strain of
honest indignation with those previously given;
while the whole correspondence between the
Mexican Government and the British Plenpo-
Tertiary is couched in the most concilialory
terms. The demands Of Mr.. Bankhead for the
release of British subjects, are Immediately
complied with; and he in return acknowledges,
as the Mexican Minister expressly says in his
last note, the entire justice OF the proceedings
of the Government.
The affair has been represented to the French
Government, which has, as may be supposed
been much irritated. In late Paris paper we
find the following, which is most probably true,
and at least merits the attention of our Govern
ment
| "Lord Cowley (the British Ambassador at Pars,)
has had conference with the Minister of Foreign
Affairs relative to the complaints against Mexico
The last dispatches of NJ Alleye de Cypreye, adj
dressed to the Government clearly show the odious
conduct of the Mexican authorities, and the vexa-
tons with which the French merchants are over
whelmed but the English Government wishes France
to be generous, because Mexico is engaged in an ex-
petition against Texas, which might bring on a col.
lision with the United States. The support which
the Cabinet of London wants in this coniuncture to
afford the President Santa Anna appears to parayze
| our Ministry. However, notes are about TO be e1
changed between the Governments of France and
England and it is stated that the Cabinet of the Tuil
cries is disposed to guaranty in concert with that of
London, Mexico from all invasion from the United
States but on condition that Santa Anna shall offer
reparation for our murdered countrymen and give
satisfaction on the points complained of by the
French merchants established in Mexico England
is disposed to offer her mediation
From The Nashville Union.
THE WHOLE POPULAR VOTE-THE WING
LOSS IN The NATIVE AND ADOPTED
STATES OF THE CANDIDATES.
II we estimate the democratic majority 4, South
Carolina at $4,000 which is probably too low by 600
votes, the majority of Col Polk over Mr. CLAW in The
Union Is sirtyon thousand five hundred and three