The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-08-28

F. 80 cortspoddrnee d. In. baum 5e Sih.
the Mexican MInIder-The Invsstfgaiion
--AfKairs Of hIsHIeO.-The Mexican Claims,
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.,l. lqWAsHtN6fos,Apg, Is, 1851
Gov Letrher will leave ia ihe SarsDca
ior Vera CruE, on his return TO bis post
as munster To- Mexico. ob The 22d. !
pternme he will take opt specialinstrnc
lions and Pn~ers in relation Ia the 70
elamatInns recently made 10y the Mexi
can Government. under The llth article
Of The treaty Of Guadslonpe Hidslen; IN
'elaiinn To ne Tehauntepec ttep,y. and
The rights ~ The Tehaunrepec company.
held under the grant To Carey; and p oh
ably also in relation 10 the stvetalclams
which our Board Of Comuii. .sioners prn
nonnced valid as against Mexico, -sm
The Hargous. or Voss claim. has brep
made separate subject of inquiry. The
Gardiner claim will. of course. be one oi
the prominent subjects of investigation.
The President let II bs recollected. him.
self requested the investigation nf the
Gardiner case befTe the grand jury, aud
at the suggestion Of one of Mr. Gardin.
er's counseI and he also promptly took
measures for thorough inve+tigation in
Mexico of the merits nf the claim. ..
He did not. however. intend 10 confne
the proceedings here or ia Mexico To thr
Gardiner case. None dF the claimant.
who we're cIammouS against Gardiner
$ s'Iicired an investigation into their own
claims: but without their request. he IN
dsrtnk the task. which was certainly
very kind and cousiderate. Some Of the
results are. according To runnDr. abput Z
be manifested; and you may not be sur
pi-ed 10 hear. soon of some aIresis. d
The President had the discerpment tc
see that. if the Gardiner claim was made
out Of hard swearing. the other claims
were likewise prubabiy composed Of the
same material. Also in case the Gar
diner claim should be found good it would
not follow that the other claims were also
good There is as much probably more
'l-resson for investigating int0 a half d'iz
en- claims that could be named. as int
the Gardiner claim. ., iasi .5 ...a1 sd.
The London Morning. Chronicle. il
some remarks upon the present relation
between Mexico and the United State.
says thai "such things sometimes leadt
war" 1t will not be surprising if ar
other war with Mexico should arise. 1 h
late war had its origin in the claims 8
cilizsns of this country IN Mexico fn
, sl,pliation' and the next war may be bro
about ny our reluctance To pay claims 3
Mexican citizens for spolialipns II W
can fight t., enforce payments Of claims
we can fight also 10 resist the payment 0
claims. If accounts ate 10 be settled b.
war. il does moi matter on WHICH side th'
balance is, whether. in our, faynr or a
gains' US, f... ....,.......,., e., s..,.,,gt-
After having made war on Mexico 4
Irnfnrce the claims nf our citizens. we arr
now husy in rffimts 10 prove thai all thes'
claims are fraudulent. Nm claim wa
allowed by, the Board. which, by some .
the claimants the emselVes,is not pronounc
ed fraudulent. l. N,ls,e,.,,e.,l s1t l..,,
Where is the Pamperol, Some sa
she is taken by the Dops. Others sa
: she has put into some port in Hayli. A
gain. it is believed that Lopez: hayln
| landed somewh re, detains the Pamper
10 secure his own escape. While tn
Fillibusteros are about in these seas, ?
in 1922 81 would be proper 9 prqyid
for the security OF our own packet shipi
3 lon.