Daily American telegraph., 1852-01-13

| in order that, conformably to the stipulatons
contained in the certificate Of one hundred and
fifty thousand dollars, which has been forwarded
to Edmund ]. Forstall, in virtue of the contract
entered into by him with the government on the
l4th instant, in advancing the aforesaid sum
| that the same would be refunded in full to him
| on the payment of the next instalment of the in
demnity due from the United States-your Excel
ency will be pleased to apprize that government
Of the fact accordingly, per original duplicate,
| triplicate, and quadruplicate; and / have the
honor of enclosing copy Of said orders accord
ingly, in order that your Excellency may be
pleased to give that government notice Of the
fact.
"God and liberty LACUNZA.
''To his Exc'y the MINISTER PLENIPoTENTIARY
Of the Mexican republic in Washington"
[Traaslaton Mo. 81 ,...s
Department of Interior and Foreign RelatonsDupcate
No 1874.
| "Aduance of taoo hundred thousand dollars Of the
indemnity.
"NATIoNAL PALACE,
"Mexico, December 20, 1850.
20 Most EXCELLENT Sir: In q note dated the
9th of December, his Excellency the Minister of
| Finances writes to me as follows:
MosT EXCELLENT SIR His Excellency the
| President has requested that would make the
present communication to your Excellency, in
order that, conformably to the agreement con-
tanned in the certificate Of one hundred thousand
dollars, which has been forwarded to Edmund
j. Forstall in virtue of the contract entered into
| by him with the government on the 23d instant,
| in advancing the aforesaid sum-that the same
| would be refunded in full to him on the pay
ment of the next instalment of the indemnity
| due from the United States-your Excellency
will be pleased to give that government proper
notice of the fact, per original duplicate, tripli-
| cate, and quadruplicate; and in order that your
Excellency may give said government the re-
quired notice. have the honor of transcribing
| them to you, with the renewed expression of
| my consideration.
"God and liberty! LACUNZA.
To his Exc'y the MINISTER PLENIPoTENTIARY
of the Mexican republic in Washington"
Upon this we must remark, that when Mr..
Webster transmitted through you, this report to
the Senate he was not aware that we had in our
possession letter from Mr.. De Ia Rosa, stating
| that he "had had various conferences with that
gentleman 1.-THE Secretary Of State) in relation to
your (Mr. Marks's) contract" 1t is, nevertheless,
most surprising that he should have ventured to
make such report, when he authorized Mr..
Bayly to state to the House of Representatives
that there had been great deal Of correspondence
between the Mexican Minister and the Mexican goU-
| ernment and Mr.. Webster" on this matter. That
| there. may be no mistake, we quote from the
| Congressional Globe" I'd session, 31st Con-
gress, page 700:
"Mr Bayly resumed. He MR. Bayly) was
free to confess that, in the beginning of this mat
| ter, he had thought that the Secretary of the
Treasury was the proper person Ito pay the in
lint fha ~ had oh
that the decision of General Taylor's Cabinet, in
| giving it to Mr.. Clayton, was correct. There
had been great deal Of correspondence 6etVeen the
| Mericdn Minister and the Mericdn government and
Mr.. Webster. That correspondence could not
have been carried on by the Secretary of the
Treasury, he having no function to correspond
with foreign governments. 1t must have been
carried on by the Secretary of State; and nothing
| could be more awkward or inconvenient than that
| the Secretary of the Treasury should have the
management of the matter, when the correspon-
dence in reference to it should be carried on by
the Secretary Of State"
Changing the words "a great deal of CORE
spondence" to "various conferences" Mr. Bayly
is correct, and his statement to the House con-
forms to the statement of Mr. De la Rosa By
the correspondence between the Mexican gov
vernment and Mr.. Webster" we presume Mr.
Bayly alludes to letters addressed to Mr.. Webster
| on this subject by members of the Mexican gov
eminent but these, like the letter from the Mex
lean Minister Of Finance to the Secretary of the
Treasury, above referred to, were friendly and
unofficial letters setting forth the advantages Of
Mr.. Marks's contract to both governments, and
the great desire of Mexico for its speedy con-
summation.
You win see that by the report made to you
by Mr.. Webster, and by you transmitted to the
Senate, a question of veracity is raised between
Mr.. Webster and Mr. Bayly, which we leave those
gentlemen to settle for themselves.
Your Excellency, however, will see that the
report transmitted through you to the Senate
also raised question of veracity between Mr. De
la Rosa and Mr. Webster. Mr.. De Ia Rosa had
verbally assured us that he had, in various inter
views, explained and urged the matter on Mr..
Webster, as he had been instructed by his gov
eminent to do. He had also assured us by letter
| that he had had various conferences with Mr.
Webster on the subject, and he referred the SEN
ate to Mr.. Webster for the information. We had
no doubt of the truth Of his assertions. We be-
| lieved him incapable OF stating an untruth for
any motive, and we knew that in this case he
| could have no motive to do so. He had been in
structed by his government to communicate the
information to Mr.. Webster; and we knew that,
if he had failed to do so, he would not have re-
ferred the Senate to Mr.. Webster for the infor-
nation, when the result would necessarily con-
Wet him, not only of failure of official duty, but
| of falsehood.
/ We knew, however, that, in the absence Of
other evidence, the Senate would take the report
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