American telegraph. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1851-1851, 1851-09-19
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rFrom the Union Of this morning.l
The Tehuantcpec Grant.

We find in the New York Express the follow
| ing notice, issued by the Mexican Vice Consul
in pursuance of q decree of the Mexican gov
ernment, resembling the privilege granted to
6aray in regard to right OF way over tho
isthmus of Tehuantepec, and which privileges
have since become the property Of American
citizens. 1t is to be hoped that neither the long
| absence OF the American minister to Mexico
from his post Of duty, nor the fatality which
appears to have attended thus far the negotia-
tons and proceedings Of this Administration in
regard to the affairs of our neighbors of this
continent, whether under an English protector
ate at Nicaragua OF a Spanish despotism ut
Cuba, will prevent our Government from OBJ
tanning suitable redress for so manifes, breach
of good faith on the part of the Mexican author
tiles
Vice consulate Of the Republic Of Mexico, in
| New York---ln conformity to the decree Of the
federal Congress of Mexico, as follows:
"Ministry of Interior and Foreign Affairs
Your excellency, the President of the United
Mexican State. To all the inhabitants of the
republic be it known that the general Congress
has decreed as follows:
"The decree of November 5, 1916, is de-
clared null and no longer existing, because the
provisional government of that period, in virtue
Of the faculties with which it was then invested,
had not the power to dictate it; consequently,
the government will take measures TO have the
above declaration Immediately produce its de-
sired end, respecting the privilege granted to
Don Jose Garay "A. M. Scilonio, president Of
the senate Pedro Escudero Echanove, depu-
tado presidente; Manuel Gomez, senador secre-
tario; Leon Guzman, deputado secretario.
therefore. order it to be printed, pub
lished, circulated, and truly obeyed. National
Palace, Mexico, May %, 1861. Mariana Arista
To Mar,a nrt;, AL II
communicate it to you for the necessary ends.
God and liberty, Mexico, May %, 1851. Jose
Maria Ortiz Monasterio." u
The undersigned, vice consul Of the republic
Of Mexico, by order Of his governments, makes
known to all whom it may concern, that the
said government will not permit any person
whatsoever, representing Don Jose Garay, or
acting in virtue of his extinguished privilege,
| TO undertake the work of opening way Of
| communication between the two seas by the
isthmus of Tehuantepec; and all persons who
in future may attempt it will be considered as
breakers of the laws of Mexico and punished
conformably to the circumstances, seriousness,
aud extent of the offence. He also makes
known that neither Minatitlan nor Ventosas,
nor any other point Of the isthmus, is port Of
entry for foreign vessels, notwithstanding that
this fact has always been notorious; and that
those which go there will be subject to the
penalties that the Mexican laws impose, and to
the hostile treatment to which they will there
by have given cause. R tlsF Eh
The legal state of the aboye-expressed mat
| ters is only meantime that the Congress of
| Mexico disposes of the manner in which the
said communication between the two oceans
shall be opened TO the world. hn43
.us a.1 WDI. GEO. STEWART, aaa
Vice Consul for the Republic of Mexico.
New YORK, Sept II, 1851.