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ton 70 the disputed payment Of instalmonts which
when Obtained and completed, will form the subject
Of separate DESPATCH
Enclosure No. IL
Mr.. SidsH to Mr.. Pshs.
MEXICO, December 20, lS45.
The undersigned, envoy extraordinary and min
lister plenpotentiaTy Of the United States of Amer
ca, has the honorto acknowledge the receipt, tn,
7th instant Of the note Of your exeellency, dated
the 10Th instant, in reply TO that of the undersigned
OF the 18th instant. BY this note the undersigned
is informed that 1.-THE delay which has occurred il
his reception, and consequently in the reply TO his
former note Of the 9th instant announcing his arr-
val in this capital and presenting copy of his ere
dentias, has proceeded exclusively from certain diff
6eul,ies presented by the tenor of his credentials
compared with tho proposal made by the United
States, through their consul, 10 treat IN friendly
manner respecting The affairs Of Texas by person
whom they should name to that effect for which
u has been necessary TO submit the said
dentlas TO the 'dcidneR' Of the council of govern
ment."
Your exeellency further says that you twill in
form me, without the loss Of moment, OF the re-
suit, assuring me, in the meanwhile, that the gov
eminent of Mexico is ready TO proceed in conformi
ty with what il declared in its reply TO the proposal
made through the consul"
The undersigned has delayed until now reply ing
to the note of your eScellency, in the expectation
that the promised information OF the result OF the sp-
plicatlon TO the council Of government would have
made him acquainted with the precise character OF
the difficulties in relation to his credentials to which
allusion is made. Having been disappointed in
this expectation, and presuming, from the silence
Of your excelency, that the question submitted is
sull pending before the council, the undersigned
begs leave to call the attention of your excellency
TO what he supposes to be Misrepresentation on
the part Of your excellency, Of the proposition
made by the United States, through their consul,
Mr.. Black, the 18th Of October last, and It's ac.
cePlance by the Mexican government, as signifed
by the letter ofyour excelency OF the 18th Of 0cto-
Der to the consul, II the undersigned be mistaken
in this, his error must be attributed 10 the very
vague manner in which the difficulties res pectng the
tenor Of his credentials are alluded TO. By refer
ence TO the letter above mentioned Of the consul
your excellency will find that Mr.. Black was in
struced, Sin the absence Of any diplomatic agent
IN Mexico, 10 ascertain from the Mexican govern
ment whether they would receive an envoy from
the United States, ntrusted with full power to ad-
just all the questions in dispute between the two
governments" and to say "shout the answer be
IN the affirmative, that such an envoy should be i'm
mediately despatched TO Mexico" In this letter,
not only was no suggestion made of disposition to
treat the isolated question of Texas but no ref
erence whatever can be found in IL to that question:
excepting so far as it was comprised in the inquiry
whether the Mexican government would receive an
envoy ntrusted with full power to adjust all ques-
tionn in dispute between the two governments.
In reply to this letter, your excellency, under
date of the 18th Of October, said that, "although
the Mexican government is deeply injured by the
United States through the acts committed by them
IN the department Of Texas, belonging TO this ma
ton, my government is disposed TO receive the COM
missioner Of the United States who may come to
this capital with full powers to settle the present
dispute IN peaceful, reasonable, and honorable
manner; thus giving new proof that even in the
midst OF its injuries and of its firm determination to
with contumely the measure Of reason and peace to
which 1t is invited by its adversary" r
The undersigned will not permit himself TO aDtci-
pate the possibility Of any obstacle being iDerposed
oy the Mexican government to prevent the renewal
OF its diplomatic relations with the United States,
and the opening, in due season, of negotiations for
the termination of all existing difficulties and he has
not presented the foregoing extracts from tho CORES
pondence which led to his appointment to the dis
tinguished trust with which he has been honorcd by
the Executive Of tho United States for the purpose
OF commencing an argument in relation to his GRE
denuals (Which would now be premature, and
which he hopes will not be at any time necessary,
but simply for the purpose of recifying an error
into which your excsllency has Gas he is bound to
beeve) inadvertently fallen, in stating that the Uni-
ted States had proposed to treat the subject OF
Texas.
Inc undersigned, IN closing this note, begs leave
to call the attention Of your excelency to the oms-
sion of your excelcncy to address him by his pro.
per title which he presumes is accidental Although
the undersigned is not yet received by the Mexican
government as the accredited agent of that of the
United States still, bearing, as he does, commits
sion from the President of the United States estab
fishing his diplomatic character, that character
should be recognised in any communication adj
dressed to him. The undersigned trusts that he
will again have occasion 10 refer TO this subject
He would not perhaps do so, were it question
of mere etiquette; but in the present disturbed state
of the country, contingencies may possibly occur
during the tendency OF the question submitted tc
the council ofgovernment, in which he might have
occasion to reclaim the privileges and immunites
which his commission confers upon him. .
The undersigned tenders to your excclency
&c. &c, ...i. ,n.. :
JOHN SLIDELL. .
His excellency MANUEL DE La PEsA PENA.
Minister of Foreign Relations
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