Daily American telegraph., 1852-01-12
DeE- See third page.
The Mexican Indemnity.

faith or the united states, pledged TO Mexico by
his predecessors, greatly to the injury of the
United States as well as of Mexico, we this day
commence the publication of the memorial Of
Messrs. Duff Green and Benjamin E. Green to
the President of the United States in which the
facts are fully stated.
an early day bring this subject before Congress
by memorial, in which they will present addi-
tional facts and circumstances deserving the most
careful consideration of that honorable body and
which should be well understood before the ap-
preparation is made.
MIR. BayIy, OF Va, and Mr.. Houston, OF Ala.
We thought we had done with Mr. Bayly. It
is not wish to hold him up to public scorn
more than is necessary for public justice and his
own correction. But he has again thrust himself
forward as the champion of Mr.. Webster and the
Barings, in the matter of the Mexican indemnity !;
has again wantonly dragged the name of Mr..
Green into the discussion has again attempted
| to deceive and mislead the House of Representa-
tves by representing the question at issue to be
the comparative pecuniary responsibility of Mr..
Green on the one hand, and of the combined
banking houses of Barring & Co., Rowland & As
pinwall, and Corcoran & Riggs, on the other
| This makes it necessary for us to notice him
again.
| Mr.. Bayly knows well that the payment of the
indemnity in the manner desired by the Mexican
government in no way involves any question Of
Mr.. Green's responsibility for that amount 49,
500,000) nor for any amount and his attempt
on Tuesday last to create such an impression, is
the most impudent attempt at imposition ever
practsed by sane man.
We have heretofore shown that there is pend
ing question of veracity between Mr.. Webster
and Mr.. Bayly, and between Mr.. Webster and
Mr.. De la Rosa However these questions may
be settled, there is also question of veracity
between Mr.. Bayly and Mr.. Bayly, which puts
him in q very awkward fix. Mr.. Clayton, Sec
rotary of State through official and unofficial
channels, invited the Mexican government to
send on to Washington drafts from the Sd and
4th instalments and promised that though the
Executive had no power to accept or pay said
drafts without the previous authority of Con-
gress, it would apply to Congress for the author
ity, which would doubtless be granted, as the
purpose was to protect both governments from
the combinations formed by the rich bankers
above named to speculate at the expense of both,
or, to use Mr. Bayly's language, to "plunder the
treasures" Of both.
On this invitation, the Mexican government,
having previously called a special session of the
| ity, forwarded drafts to the Mexican Minister,
with instructions to present them, and request
their acceptance, in fuflment of the invitation and
assurances given by Mr.. Clayton. Mr.. Webster,
who had succeeded Mr.. Clayton, refused to permit
them to be accepted, or to make the necessary
application to Congress Mr.. De la Rosa being
called on to communicate with Congress, through
the chairman of the Committee of Finance, de-
clined doing so from motives of decacy towards
Mr.. Webster, but stated, in writing, that he had
communicated the necessary information to Mr..
Webster, and referred the Senate to the Secretary
of State. Mr.. Webster, in reply, said that che was
| not aware that Mr.. De la Rosa had at any time
communicated to the Department of State any
such information" In this denial Mr.. Webster
was zealously sustained by Mr.. Bayly at the first
and second sessions of the last Congress; and now
again, on TUESDAY last ne enoeaVored 10 misleau
the House, by representing that the proposition
made on behalf of the Mexican government for
the acceptance Of its drafts was proposition
by Duff Green to pay the money for the United
States. But,
/ ooh what tangled web we weave,
When first practise to deceived
We cannot say that this was Mr.. Bayly's first
effort at deception, but it certainly was very
bungling one; for, in his eageness to sustain
the great head of his contemplated Union party,
and to aid the Barings to plumber the treasury,
he entirely overlooked the consistencies of his
story. AT the last session, (see Congressional
Globe" I'd session, 31st Congress, page 1907
Mr.. Burt asked for information how this matter
had got out Of the hands of the proper officer the
Secretary of the Treasury, into those of the Sc
cretary Of State. Mr. Bayly forgot himself, and
the truth slipped out. He said:
There had been great deal Of correspondence
6etveen the Mezican Minister and the Mexican gov-
eminent and Mr.. Webster. That correspondence
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