The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-10-25
Singular Correspeadcnee.
Hx4a A0RDMARY LBffDRS FROM fHH BLACK rOLrfI-
CLANS OF THE NORTH TO GE'. ALMONTH DURING
THE MEXICAN WAR
NRv Yonx Feh,v 10th IRf7


Bx4RAosDIrARY LBffBRS FROM fHn BLACK r0LrrI-
CLANS or THE NORTH TO GE'. ALMoNrB DURIxa
NHw Yons, reb'y 10Th, 1917.
To GEN ALN0NTE:-
Dear Sir-On che receipt Of this Letter, you wiz
be informed that yours to the 18th Of Nov duly
for the kind and expressive manner with which you
write 1t to me Although am not Mexican by birth,
yet in feelings am Mexican, and sucn. with your
kind invitation. will write to you, from time to
time, and hope that the int rchange Of our views,
win be agreeable to you as it will be pleasing to
me. Tho communication that you promis to trans
nit to me- "thro' some friend" viii wait for with
to make V.p in ehs country. w5o tho
energy OF the government will be actively employed
in Mexico have carefully examined che subject
that submitted to you in my last Letter, ana beg
leave to say, that my views have not been change
by time, an i assure you, sir, that am ready 70
confront our enemy, and as soon as hear from you
and the necessary arrangements can DO made for
be able to see, that the plan be arrange without
communicating its contents to moro than two or
three persons and the vigorous manner with which
design to execute it, it would enable me to parsl-
ire the energy Of the government the out set Of
the operation. The most Of the troops of the line
are in Mexico or soon will be; aud the arms
that designed to use, would enable mo TO cope
successfully with any irregular troops that could be
brought against me But whether succeed IN OBJ
tanning the means necessary to enable mo to take
part in the contest or not hope the result OF the
The subjec. that is paramount with me is, to 500
union, = union among the people and peoples lead
crs, which viii enable you to present soled front
to the enemy OF our country. feel some soioitude
about the financial affairs Of the country, and hope
that you may sue ,ced in adopting some plan that
will prove equal to the exegency Of the war. am
convinced, however, that you will be Obige to issue
Bills Of the denomination Of 50, $l0 900, $50. and
$lOD for tho use Of the army, and for the general
purpose Of The government II tho annual expenses
Is greater than the income, you must be able to
| uEnu Tow ba Aanna and fail in dOn
80, it will prove desatrous to tho army. The emf
ton of paper money, we told that 1t originated
with the Spanish army in Spain, and think that II
you refer to war in Europe. with NAPOLEON, you will
see that England depended mainly upon the Bank
Of England which for thirty years did not pay any
specie, and ] hope that it will be possible for
oeived as a currency Of the country in oil the De-
paYtments in Mexico If each Department would
gaurentee the redemption Of . certain amount in
many years, and the clergy would assume . part Of
tho amount, and it tho government would rooeive
the for Dues think you would be able to issue
about 25 900 900 every ear for three four years
But: II should be able to take the field; the war
would not last four years between Mexico and the
United States. To enable lou to meet your engage
ments, for the purchase Of military stores, Ss if
the amount contributed by the clergy and the De-
partments should be IN part gold and silver, think
that you would be able to manage your financial af
| fair with more facility then you will BIO able
to do under the present system Your annual income
must be equal to your annual expenses, and II not.
/
/ you do it unless you could obtain money upon the
credit Of the Government! The Idea of the respect
i've States in Mexico paying sufficient sum. or the
/ church as a mode to furnish the Government with
the means for conducting the war will in my opio-
ion fail unless 1t could be done in such way rs to
make it work with harmony. 1t the churches would
pay TO the Government the annual income above
their expenses, and charge . or per cont for the
use OF it, and would consolidate the interest with
the lone. during the war, think 1t would add
much to the vieor of the Nation in conducting the
/ ftactI 4 70 Gnsah rha
i views upon this fpancial question, but must for
bear, unless you should desired by you, hops sir,
you will appreciate my motive for adyertipg TO this
subject and attribute it only to my anxiety for you
as tho financial egsnt Of your country, and for her
prosperity. will expect to hear from you soon, and
in tho main time you will bear from me again.
an, Dear, Jour obj sery't. and devoted friend
oil your country, LEWIS IL. PUTNAM.
NV DEAR FRIEND DEC q, 1916.
The false. parrish exaggerated, and ipfIamma tory
statement in Folks message, of supposed or pre-
tended wrongs done by Mexico to the United States,
is producing its effect upon the ignorant and super
Gcial even among wings and opponents OF the
We may DO able, in some measure, to do away this
impression, by giving the facts as TO ourselves, aud
details of the wrongs and insults Whi,h Mexico can
array, as an or sat: but you that it takes
= long time for tIath told by private citizen to
overtake falsehood flying on the four winds from
the Presidents lips. Nov, it does seem to me that
certain document, issued with equal solennity,
and from an equally conspicuous source in Mexico,
is demanded. Permit me to suggest some points
as proper to be treated Of.
l. The real nature Of The pretended injuries as being
to private persons and private property, and not
public wrongs national indignities and as being
also the results OF mistakes Of subordinate GERS in
apply ing your laws, or the ordinary Of taking
private property for public USE a. in the Impress
has never refused due indemnity, nor indeed in
airy case, when it should be found to be due.
z. The wrongs and outrages committed by snug
Cling and by national vessels Of tLe United States
! involving most palpable national insults, the
eiopemcnt of vessels from your harbors, when in
custody Of officers Of the government, and the car
rying oil to sea, in one instance, if more of
Of those officers. Also the capture Of your public
vessels by ours, merely because they were engaged
in executing your revenue laws against smugglors,
and endeavoripg to enforce and maintain the
thority OF the nation in Texas. and on its c0asss
.. The Outrage Of Com. jones' (probsbly tho re-
suit Of secret crders at Monterey. You know Jones
says that he aimed to do in the new state Of things,
(Which he pretends to suppose,) what the govern
ment would order, wcro they to communicate with
him Also, the outrage committed by the dlcrt, CT
think the vessel was caled) at San Diego, and tho
! pre- eminent outrage (undcr pretexts insulting TO
common senso) Of Gaines invasion Of Mexican terri
4. The utter neglect and refusal Of our govern
ment to make any satisfaction, or give any indem-
nifty tor pccuniary damage in any Of these casos.
They did not even bring Jones to court Of inqisry,
thing never before omitted in such case, though
the excuse wcre far moro plausible than Jones'.
/ Why should they rot have inquired into the mat
ter! Jones not within the jurisdiction Of Mexi
and she, and, in fast, but our government,
could proceed against him, and elicit the facts
which the two nations had right to have spread
before them. They were, in my opinion, AFRAID Of
the defence which Jones could mako.
s. The repeated attempts to obtain Texas by
COLLATION.; under Jefferson in lSU56, as stated by
MIR. Gorostiza; the military irruptions, with the
cornivapce Of the government, rs stated by Will
knson; the final application for gran. of detriot
ms IN asylum for Cdtholies prosecuted in the United
States; the perjury by which others obtained land.
and their frauds thereupon: the abolition Of slavery
and the slave 'raao in Mexico; the pcrtinacious and
insoent attempts to make Mexico the siare-catcl,r
Of the United States; the audacious threat (repeat-
edly used for obtaining such stipulation) that the
American slaveholders would come and take them
By force, and the g0verr ment demand indie unity
for them; the attempts of Ponsctt get Texas his
interference for that purpoee in tho domestic dissen-