American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1846-04-18

pesL duVICe can give MN Is Ihat Wnlch
heard once given to member of Congress, not
to speak until he had something to say.
The question then REQUIRED on ordering the
resolution, amended to a third reading, and it
was decided as follows;
YEAs-NIossrs. Archer, Ashley, Atherton,
Bagby, Barrow, Benton, Berrien, Calhoun, Ca
meron, Chalmers, }. Nj. Clayton, Crttenden,
Corwn, Davis, Dayton, Dix, Greene, Hay
wood, Houston, Huntingdon, Jarnagin, John
son, of Md, Johnson, of La, Lewis, McDuflie,
Pennytacker, Phelps, Rusk, Sewer, Sim
mons, Speight, Turney, Upman, Webster,
NAYs-Messrs. Allen, Atchison, Breeso,
Bright, Cass, Thomas Clayton, Dickinson,
Evans, Fairfield, Hannegan, Jenness, Semple,
Sturgeon, W,estcott-I4.
So the resolution was ordered to be engro:s-
ed and read third time, and was finally
passed.
Our AFFAIRS WITH Important
Correspondence. We find in the New Orleans
papers, the correspondence between Mr. Slidel
and the Mexican Government. The follow
ing abstract we copy from the Delta
The correspondence shows that on the LIST of
March, Mr.. Slidell addressed u communca-
ton to the Mexican Government, requiring a
definite answer as to its intention TO recog-
nlZe him as Minister or not, in which he says:
"On the 10th Dec, the undersigned was in
formed by MIR. Pegna y Pegna, that difficulties
existed in relation TO the tenor of his creden-
tals, which made it necessary to consult the
Council OF Government thereon, and on the
Goth of the same month he was advised by Mr..
Pegna y Pegna, that the Mexican Government
had decided not to recognize him in his capa-
city of Envoy Extraordinary and Minister
Plenipotentiary.
To this communication eff the Minister of
Foreign Relations, the undersigned replied I'M
der dates Of the Goth and Gath Dec, rcfuting
the reasoning by which the refusal to recog-
nze him was attempted to be sustained, vindi-
eating the course pursued by his Government,
and declaring his intention to proceed to Jala-
pa, there to await instructions, adapted to an
emergency so entirely unlocked fer.
He has now received these Instructions
The President of the United States entirely
approves the course pursued by the under
signed, and the communications by him adj
dressed to the Mexican Government.
Had the then existing Government continued
in power, as no alternative would have re-
manned, the undersigned would have been d.
rected to demand his passports.
The President of the United States would
have submitted the whole case to Congress
and called upon the nation to assert its just
rights, and avenge its injured honor.
The destinies of the Mexican Republic
however, having since been committed to other
hands, the President is un0iLLing to take a
course aVhich ,OOutd inevitably result in War,
a0ithom making another effort 10 arert so great d
calamity.
lie wishes, by eXhausting every honorable
means Of conclIation, to demonstrate to the
civilized world, that If its peace shall be dis
tuIbed, the responsibility must fall upon Mex
leo alone.
lie is sincerely desirous TO preserve that
peace, but the state Of quasi hostility which
now exist on the part of Mexico, is one which
is incompatible vih the dignity and interests a
The United SiateS, and it is for the Mexican
Government TO decide, whether it shall give
place to friendly negotiation, or lead 10 an
open rupture"
To this request he received an answer, dated
at Mexico on the l2th of March, peremptorly
refusing to receive him, and declaring, among
other things, that ''the Supreme Government
had declared beforehand that they would look
to this declaration, the negotiations were Of
necessity to be ended, and war was the only
recourse of the Mexican Government" The
letter (Which is too long for republication in
our columns) then proceeds TO reiterate, in
most offensive tone, all those charges of peril
dy, spoliaton and aggression on the part of the
United States, with which we have become so
familiar, when proceeding frem the dgnitares
nj For
To this communication Mr.. Slidell replied
on the 18th March, He demands his pass
ports-replies in an able and conclusive man
ner to the twenty times refuted calumnies Of
the Mexican Mlnister-and concludes:
"The undersigned has already exceeded the
limits which he had prescribed to himself for
reply; the question has now reached point
Where words must give place to acts
While he deeply regrets result so little con-
templated when he commenced the duties Of
his mission of peace, he is consoled by the re-
Election that no honorable efforts to avert the
calamites of war have been spared by this
Government, and that these efforts cannot fail
to be properly appreciated not only by the peo-
pie of the United States, but by the world"
The passports was despatched on the 2lst
and the Minister retired.
If there be not war, then we do not under
stand the meaning of words-and if it be not
followed up by active measures on our part,
then has the time arrived when every dog,
from the English mastf to the Mexican cur,
may shap at and bite us with IMMUNITY,
DEAD. A son the Hon. John G. Spencer,
late Secretary Of the Treasury, died recently
on the coast Of Africa. He was purser on
board the U. S, ship Marion.
The UNICORN. This steamer had not reach
ed Halifax on Saturday last. The Caledonia
is nearly due, and will be followed by the arriv-
al Of the Great Western the last Of next week,