Daily American telegraph., 1852-01-12

of the Mexican Minister throughout this affair
We call on you also to bear witness that all the
communication, one after another, of the Mexican
government to Mr.. De la Rosa, instructing him
to support Mr.. Marks's contract, and to !" urge
by all the means in his power, an arrangement so
beneficial to both governments, but at the same
time " carefully to avoid doing anything which
could wound Mr. Webster" were marked by the
same delicacy, by the same high and elevated
love of dignifed propriety. We call on you also
to bear witness that too, guided no less by our
own feeling than by the spirit of the instructions
of the Mexican government, have labored to
manage this matter in manner as little offensive
to Mr.. Webster as possible. We call on you to
bear witness that, at your own suggestion, we
endeayored. to compromise with those to whom
Mr.. Webster had given the contract, and have
been willing to trasfer our contract to them, to
surrender to them a part or all of our interest
insisting only that the good faith of the United
States government should be preserved that
the wishes of the Mexican government should
be gratifed; and that the drafts forwarded by
that government, at the invitation of Mr..
Clayton, and at our instance, should not be
returned dishonored. We call on you to
bear witness that we not only forbore to charge
that Mr.. Webster was actuated by q corrupt mo-
tive in the inception of this matter, but ourselves
wished to believe the con trary, and studiously,
carefully left open for him way of retreat We
had no part in, or connection with, the charges
brought against him by Mr.. Allen, Of Massachu-
sets; and had we anticipated them, we would
have endeayored to prevent their being brought
forward, as they were, to our prejudice. We fore
saw, as every sensible man must have foreseen,
that our interests would be prejudiced by raising
any such issue, which would divert the attention
of Congress from the true issues, on which the
strength of our case rested, namely: the assuran-
ces given by Mr.. Clayton, the wishes of Mexico,
and the duty of Congress, not only to crafty her
Wishes but also to preserve the good faith of this
government, by accepting or paying the drafts
which Mexico had been thus invited to send
on. We had therefore cautioned our friends,
in and out of Congress, to make no charges
against Mr.. Webster. And now it is with pain
and reluctance that we expose to view the moral
weaknesses which palsy his giant intellect. Out
of respect for his brilliant genius and the high
positions he has held in this government, we
would fain draw veil over his faults. But, sir,
we have forborne until forbearance has ceased to
be virtue. 1t is due to our own character to
the Mexican government, which, relying on the
assurances of the late Secretary Of State, and by
our own fundamentally, has been placed in a
false position, where its wishes have been con-
temptuously spurned-it is due to the people of
the United States and to our own government
that we should lay this matter before you and
the country in its true light.
copy of the letter of the Mexican Minister
above quoted was by US enclosed to the chairman
of the Committee on Finance, with request that
the information should be called for in the man
ner indicated by Mr.. De la Rosa. This led to the
adoption by the Senate of the resolution of the
10th February, 1851. In answer to that resolu-
ton, you sent to the Senate the following mes
sage:
nicating report of the Secretary Of State in
resolution of the Senate relative to the drafts drawn by
the Mexican the treasury Of the United
States under contract alleged to have been made with
/. ID. Marks.
g To the Senate Of the United States:
"In answer to the resolution of the Senate of
the 10th inst, calling for information relative to
a contract alleged to have been made by Mr.. l. d.
Marks with the Mexican government, l transmit
q report from the Secretary of State, and the doc
uments which accompanied it.
WASHINGTON, February l3, 1851"
"DEPARTMENT OF STATE,