Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1846-05-05
From the sangamon Journal.
United States and lIexisO.

Dtn instant contains the correspondence
between Mr.. Slidell, our late Envoy 10
Mexico, and the late Mexican Minister of
Foreign Affairs. We avail oqrselyes of
the synopsis of the correspondence, pub.
lished in the New Orleans Delta.
II appears that on the Ist of March. Mr..
Slideli addressed communication to the
Mexicans Government, requiring a defn.
itlve answer as to its intention to recoc.
rnize him as Minister or not, in which he
says: ~
sassAsns the 18th Dec, the undersigned
q was informed by Mr.. Pegna j. Pegna, thai
vdithcultLes existed in relation to the tenor
4 OF his credentials, which made it necessn.
elTy 70 consult the Council of Government
thereon, and on the 20tb of.the same
month ne was advised by Nj. Pegna y
-fegna, thatthe Mexican Government had
decided not to recognize him in his capac.
,.Aiyaot envoy extraordinary and minister
MISUNDERSTANDING. - -
o this communication fille Minister
eot Foreign Relations, the undersigned re.
ePlledl under dates of Doth and 9th Dec,
aretuting reasoning by which the refusal
ito recognize him was attempted to, be
sustained, vindicating theco pursued
-iRy ms Goyernment and declaring his in.
!entlon topreceed to Jalapa, there to await
y1nslEuctlons adapted to an emergency so
entirely unlocked for.
-9s.sss:4e, has now received these instruc.
tons. The President ofthe United States
esaslrely approves the course pursued by
ashe Undersigned, and the communications
addressed by him to the Mexican govern,
meat. -
stI. HAD the thenexisting government con-
unned IN power, as no alternative would
Pave remained the undersigned would
have been directed to demand his pass.
ports. 3sat 49, - s. r., -.
sisig The. President of the United States
YOU'D have submitted the whole case to
Congress- and called upon the nation to
assert ats just rights, and ayenge its in
sJared honor. a , ~.
aGsa"Ihei destinics Of the Mexican repub-
llc, however, having since been commit.
stedto other hands, the President is unwil.
9hug to take a course which would inevi.
tauly resustaina Var, without making an.
-iotherle effort to avert so great a calamity.
lie '.He wishes, by exhausting every hon.
horable means decentralization, to demon.
,Rstrate to the civilized world. that if its
peace shall be disturbed, the responsible
~ miIstfallGpon Mexico alone.
she is sincerely DESTROYS TO preserve
that peace but the state of quasi hostility
which now exists on the part of Mexico,
is one which is Incompatible with the dig.
nifty and interests of the United States.
and it's for The Mexican government TO
decide, whether it shall give place to
friendly negotiation or lead 10 IN open
rupture. 'u:oE .ssia aNa -h
d. 10 this rogue st he ,receivcdlan answer,
dated at Mexico on the 18th of March,
fedl1Pt0Eilx Eetllsing 70 receive him, and
declaring among other things that s'tho
Supreme Government had declared be-
5torehand that they would look upon an
nsxation as acasuS bclli; confornably to
this negotiations were of necessity to be
neAdedy and war the only resource of the
Mexican Government The letter than
proceeds to reiterate the complaints and
charges which have heretofore been made
aby tho Mexican Government against the
-zUsStates. tSse Z szi .4r5aIq1 81
asiSIo this communication Mr.. S.ideA re-
4Plied enthes Eth Of March. He demands
yhisi,Ra ports--and after answering the
scharges made by the Mexican minister,
-ceneindes by saying
The undersigned has already exceed
led the limits which he had prescribed to
Ghinself. for reply; the question has now
reached point phere tcordS must giiire
place 10 acts. sg7s @
sfWhile; he deeply regrets result so
little contemplated when he commenced
the duties of his mission of peace, he is
cpnsoled by the reflection that no honora-
DE eUOrts W overt tho calamities of war
have .oeen spared by this government, and
that these cannot fail to be properly ap.
4Preciated, not only by the people of the
Unised States, but by the world s.-,4s,s
eaoT The passports we're, despatched on the
s2lsbs and the Minister retired. is aq
sd3 dggo1di -777TTf T77f7IT-7 za2e 98ssg
y MELxvcHoLY lAccIDENr. On Sunda,
.last a Mr.. Philips, d young man, was founss
dead in North Fork Precinct. ten mile,
from this place, shot with rife bullet il
his forehead. He was lying al the foo
lof tree; his hat still on bis head, his RI
file lcaded across his lap, and his stnrkey
carp fallen from his hands beside him.
He, had gone. out .ontho morning Of til,
day previous for the purpose Of furke,
shooting, and 1t is supposed TO have beei
Killed BY one of those understandable fatal
-iti6s which frequently occ0r, IS some 9th
-eshuntef installing him for 4 turkey
H'he spot from which the SHOT was fire,
could be well distinguished, about 81