Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1846-05-23
taF0HfAET FHtM WAaHttereH The
President On the 1ttb Instant, sent IN the fol,
lowing me sEHge 10 Congress,
MESSAGE or TIE pRE 3tndNT.

lowing the sEHga 10 Congress.
MESSAGE or TIE PRESIDENT.
WAsHt74fJN, May II, lB4j,
IT. NE Senate and HJHss N Representatives
The existing state II The relations bstwse
Tie United States aud Mexico, renders i pro
per that | should bring The suBjagt To lie rpI
sjlHfatign IT Congress, In iiY message i
the coin nsHtHUsnt NJ your present session
tie state If these relations, tia causes wltt
led 10 The suspension If dfHlUtnafia intafGputs
bet Wseh the two countries III March, t9i7
aud The ftng=eohiinnad and Hafadrpsss
wrongs and injuries BuHHltttHd by the MaHi
can GtypfnmsHt on citizens Of The UDifHt
Bra'es in their persons aud property, wsft
bripi spt forth
Al 10 facts and opinions which YeFe thsr
lall bafofe vol were carefully considered,
tatrnl better express ny present conviction.
VI tila tunl tigfi 6f%afliifs 1B III hat Time, thai
b. referring Yuu ~ thai communications
The strong desire 10 establish peace will
MaHirB On lt1pial and honorable terms, AM
Tia readiness of this q ,vafntnent 10 regulate
and adjust aHf boundary aud other causes ii
difference with that Power on Hpth fair AID q
r1itHhin principals aa would lead ~ phftntnehI
relations Of the nJHt friendly nature inju=
cod the, in September l4at, IT, seek lha
"a opening uf dipIn Matte relations be 'Waar
the W Gt9p',i =. E,erY msasure adopted OF
olf part had fnf ito object tie i1riheranfe 81
ihass desired results IN communicating t.
Congress = sittin I statement NJ the %iItifiHs
which We had suffered Ff,tn Ma4irn, and
Wlith have braH "aetafhuiatihu, during a ne.
ttei If more than ~ Yaafs, every expression
that tpuIi fnnd ~ ihlfatna The people II Magla
80, az defeat or delay a padifiG results. was
carefully avoided, Al h WY Of The United
Htatpa repaired ~ Mexico, with full powers
to adjust every existing difference Bat
thaiirh pleasant 80 tho Mexican soil By aule5
Be1t bel waen the two governments invested
with full powers, and bearing evidence If Tie
muat OuaoIly dispositions, he mission his
bunn npavtillrut. The Ma4ifan Government
n1t only refused 10 receive him o. listen 10
his Propositions, bit aftat, a long continued sps
rtss Of n,aHafes, have Al Last Invaded onr ter
rilnfy and shed The blood Of our fellow. titi4
sala ~ uiF own soil
Il nrw becomes my dutY II state more IN
ln'stl tho or gin. progress. aud failure nf that
mission u pifaHuttp of tia iistfttltrHta
given IN SsptrnhHf l1si, a. inquiry was nade,
un Tho llli - sluhaf Hlj, 10 The INST friend
II trrrt=, ttftf++++=+A+ t+ff 1LAt-+t=tt4 H IAIHHAttH+4, #
the Minister fuF F1faiuD Alttirs. vile her HE
Mexican q tafHnant "would receive an En-
vnY from The u, States entrusted with FilI
. wars te ADJUST All the question IN dispute
between tho two tinvsruHsnts - with tho a.
sufanfr that. "shnHid ihs answer liz in The
affirmative, such al Envoy woHli ba imna.
dated dispatched to Mpsirn" TIE A]tssiaan
At.-4.-.. a.. H. t3ttt { t.tt..a .. nj. ia
NATIVE anRNhfl H. this inquiry requesting At
Uhs same time that our naval turta at Vera
ErH5 might ba Withdrawn, Ieat lie continued
presence might ASSUME The appearance Of
ma1afr aud coercion pending The negotiations
This force we immediately Withdrawn, On
the luh November 1915, Mr.. Ithn StidaIi. Of
La, was commissioned bY tn1 aa Envoy Ey=
ttaofjtnaty and Minister i'ianJpuieniiety II
he Uaitpi States 10 Mexico, AMI was pntrlats
cd with full powpf# IA adjust both tHa ataas
tons al tho Texas boundary and Vt iHdauinlf
ratlon to our etiitrnat The redress If the
wf1igs Of our Gittg ma naturally and inzspara=
bly, blended ttarlr with tho question If hun
The settlement If tha ono question. in
apy tnfratt view uT Tie F%uhlast, Involves that
Of tho othrr. lnouid not. 6ir a moment nn=
terrain the idea that The claims OF our much.
and long@auIlsFin4 t%itisenH. many Of
which had estatrd f0t more than twenty years,
7hunid DO postponed a. separated from the
Ut lha boundary qHeation,
Mr. Alldpll arrived 1T Vera Cruz on tho 18th
November, aud was roufteuuaIy received hy
aHlh0fltiea 81 that city, hut lhp Ghlvffns
tn8nt VI GENERAL Herrera WAS then t]uttefjnr
10 Ia iall The revolutionary or opposition
party had @Feised upon the Texas uuos
10 effect ur hHHtnn liz overthrow. ia
determination 10 feafdre friendly ]teiattunH
with The IT, States and Ia receive our Minis.
.er 10 negotiate for tho snttlument Of thI=
question " Il Violently aaaaiIab, and " Ar tnada
he great theme Of danuhriafion against II.
The Government Of General Herrera, there
a good reaeon to believe. was pinrafaly dasj.
to receive our Minlster but il Welded
o tho etor,n raised by itR enemies, aud on The
LIST December refused 10 artFedt Mr.. 9hdsll
'pon The most frivolous p]reteSts, Those ARE
Ulty aud ably eNpnHad ia the note of Mr., Sill
Of The gath December laet 10 the Mex
an 1itnI ter OF Foreign Rotations, herewith
transmitted, that deem it uHnetozaary to en-.
or into further dead on this portion Of the
Five daYs after the date Of Mr.. sltloIl's
10 Gen Herrera ytei led the govern.
hent - Gen. Paredoa without a etfuggle,
nd on the Both Of December reatpapd the
Presidency. This revolution Was accomplish.
d adIcly by the army, tie people having Ia
.en little pari IN the contest q ID thus the
uPrcno power In Mexico passed into ia
lands If a military leader.
Determined TO leave no effort uatried 10 Of.
oct an amleahle Adiaattapnt with MeSian | |
Mr.. Sljdell to present his cfedon-
tats TO The government Of Gen. Paredea. and
10 be Officially. received by him. There
you'd have heen less ground 70, taking this
ter, had Gen. Pareiea como into power by
regular constitutional auct esaton. In that
went his Administrator you'll havn been
ttuftderrj but u mere constitution continusn.
q at III government OF Gen. Herrera, aud
no refusal Of the latter to receive our Nina.
'r would have been deemed conclusive, I'M
m lntlmatlon had been givon hy Gen.
'aredas of hts desire To reverse tho decision
I his predecessor.
But the Government Of Gen Paroles owea
i existence 10 a military revelation, BY
.htch the sabsisting constitutional authorities
Nd been s0bVerted.-.r The form OF govern.
lent was entirely changed, az well aa all the
= '"'e''"''a''Ss '9 Nhu"i u was autnillS-
red.
Under these circumstances, Mr.. Stilell. in
BED enco to my direction, addressed a note
the Mexican Minister of Foreign Relations
ader date OF the LIST March last. asking to be
.celved by that Government, in The diploma
character to which he had been appointed.
his Minister, in his reply under date of the
Bib March, reiterated The arguments Of hs
'edecessor, and, in terms that may be consi. J
red as giving jus grounds of offence to the
and People Of the u. y, denied !
e application Of Mr.. SljdelI, Nothing. there {
re, remained for our Envoy but to demand I
S passports aud return to his own country. :
Thus The government of Mexico, though, !
lemnlY pledBed hv @nfiHlal acts in O.lnher :