The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1851-08-09
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Ar the attention sf the beepls Of the united
States has been recently difseted 70 the tfesent
aspect Of our relations with Mexico,s and to the
difficulties growing out AZ the Tsbusntspec grant
and a. many erroneous mprs~sions ~ 70 the facts
Of the case have been prevalent, the Tehusntepec
Company deem il their duty TO plsce before Ike
public In u succiuct ! manner - poefibIe. the
history Of the grant, and the nature 81 the tide
which 4 vested n them. - q :,
On the III March. 1870. Santa Anna. ths p.e.;.
dent Of the Repuhlic ~ Mericc, ~ ;n.sss.5 -
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eInu'en. = IeA'co gess numerous 'meoesast pFiv-
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Of communicated, - yose uaray for the purpose
o. enabling him to establish conneclop ~ etesm
oeswesn the two seas, acrnss the lsthmus 81 Te-
. noen'epec e',hss ~ rallFead O wasef
=. On the Sen February l643 the 0ovesnnsat OF
Mexico issued orders to the 0ovesuofs Of the de-
Partments Of Oajscs and Vera Cruz within whose
limits tho lsthmus 10 coinprised,) diredting that
Garay should be put in possession Of The vscsnt
land conceded % him By the first decsse, and that
lifra ahs1A ka Az
Of the enterprise. Thess orden were issued by
Nicholas Bravo, then Pfesident Of the Republic;
and on the sams day another decree was issued BY
the same President, declaring that ia the grant of
vacan, lands were compsehended Ill lands which
had been previously granted by the 0ovsrnmens to
natives or foreigners, and which remaaed unishab.
tied and uncultivated issl y 80 80 4 n 8 IN
These derrees were executed bv the ,ioesl .usho.
rites, and Gaiay was pat il acss,si poessss;oa of
the lands. .
On the 9Th October, l643, Santa Anus, Who was
again President. issued decree. ssstnr thst the
surveys bv Garav had been con6lnded. and fhs
works about 10 Be beeuo. and ordefine the CIV.
ernment OF Oaisca and Vera Cruz e furnish con-
victs to the number Of ,hre, hundred, 70 BE- en-
ployed on the work.
On the 2Sth December, 1s43, By smother decree
of Santa Anna, the period Of Commencing the
works ON the ls,hmus, which, under the original
grant, was TO expire on the 1st july, 1874 was
extended to the 1st july. 1S4J
In the fall OF winter Of 1874 Santa Anna was
no longer in power ihe country was exposed 70
constant internal convulsions. resulting from the
struggles for power Of dif1.rent leaders. who "a
pidiy succe sdtd each o. her in ihs Presidency, and
in the beginning Of IS45 the difficulties with The
United States had already assumed menacinR
character Garay became satisfied that the time
allowed him was insufficient for uFsanizing en-
terprise OF such magnitude, and in June, 1645, he
ma ic application 70 the Mexican Congress, asking
further deiay, soliciting additional privileges and
iaciiities ior the Introduction 81 su Necessary ma
te'iais ana supplies. and psAylng tnat iunnef 10.
aocemenls. IN the way o. Exemption IRON taxes and
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The administration Of Paredes was attscked And
subverlsd bv Mariauo d. Salas. A. tns h.sd of ~,
armei force; the Congress was dissolved. And S,.i
las took posseasioB an iic,ator Of the supreme exc
culive power. This advent of Salas was marked
by cons quences much more important than those
which usually accompany the numbsrless pronun-
ciamenos which have occurred III that couatry.
The entire system of government was revolution
lied the form was changed from central or a
rlbution OF the several Slater of the republc WEI
hxed the most important administrative measurea
organ'zeo; the liberty Of the press established, etc
All these measures which now exist in MEXICO.