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have been gained by H. iOr Congress vas desesnin-

s:p - ~, ,aos, urgent manner that he would aoln-
don tho pretensons 0f Garsy, ana toAe the agents
OF the New Orleans company shou'u Apply afey,p
10 The governments az Mexico, assuring nim, a. the
as,ne time that said government had 40 relNgnance
"a il had been malioiousy asserted) 70 tcsll WITH
citizens OF the United States, IA consequence oil
hatred for their country. This proposal Vas equi-
iahle-it decorons, and calculated u secure
success having, Mt the sapac time, me advantage
Of avoiding all che difficulties, with positive benah.
10 the contractors Mr. Letcher seemed 80 aeSpt
il, ard even asserted that MIR. Benjamin would
speedily come over for tha. object THIS, however,
did not take place; aad time being tn rs nseIessty
spent, the moment at last arrived when bus
Excellenoy, 10 the assonshment and regret OF
M Unexpectedly announced TO the Minister
OF Relations. that be had received explicit in.
struetions from your Excelleney TO bring the nego-
6ations 70 a close, peremptory requesting the APP
prevail Of the treaty of tbs 29th Jsnnly 1911, WITH
ont consentng 20 any Of the notifications which
bad been proposed by the Mexican government
The history of these occurrences, with the oihclat
correspondence relating thereto. viii be presented
10 your Excellency by senior Don Mani. Larraozar,
Minister Plenpotentiary from this government,
who had already departed for Washington for the
purpose of giving you all the explanations which
the ease requires-and also to you of the sin
cere disposition the part Of Mexico, to N siatain
harmonious relations with the Unitel States
The aluminium presented by Mr.. Letchsr IS an
act which has Attracted much attention. and prepar
ed the general mind for the injury which IS inten1ei
10 Mexico den ing her in practice VIII " ~ eonoed
ed TO her in theory. to the right freely to APP
prove eject he treaty, especially when this right
la been exercised by your Eseci'ency IN this
same business, when yon d,sapwoyed o.
the trenty conc GUIDED on tho 22d of June,
lo60. Bat what is altogether inconprcheosbc
i this: that tho New Orleans company, hciug most
" interested il the matter, and th1 government OF
Mexico being wiling 10 advance the enterprise by
al equitable and p.tdent means, in order ., re-
ceNce she interests If Sai1 company with The least
possible sacrifice ot lis own ar5 without Bringing
two fiene'y nations into conf iet-all its PROPOSE
,iors have been r,iec,ej, aud that said company
have preferred rather 10 plant themselves ~ the
privilege Of Garay which presents insuperahle diff
entities and contingencies of all kinds. IN rer-
ccivinE this tsnaCity Of purpose, 50 ineompfe1eu-
sihe, IN pfeicTfing the impracteaoe TO shat wn,oh
was easy 81 aeheyement-a troublesome under
taking - one which w1S copyensnt-the eonclnsl on
is Irresistible that the object particularly aimed az
occasion 80 orpg the two countries into con
fiot; ana iaat with this intention, Mexico was re
Guirea 50 10 ghat il was knoyn she could not and
would not perform. Here. Mr. President, is -
seerst--a mystery which time win disclose, and
which 10 entirely uuknoWa 20 toe heads OF the two
republics for have douhJ thn5 your exce,cnry
Will feel as painfIlly affected l am, in seeing
the preference which is given 10 course bosot
With dangers, T. one which presents no obstacles
and that to - Interests of the company are saer
feed for shadow, ard for privilege so
utterly extinct as that OF Garay, when Mexico ten
ders them another which nothing elm take away
from them.
In this unfortunate business, however, there is
something more DaIe1st Than mere mystery thcrS
6eeep tons which have been carefully set afloat
with view to blind the judgment and lead astray
both the people and the President of the United
States. The first efforts were naturally directed
towards your Excelency, in order to convince you
Of tho rights of Garay, aud OF the legality of his
transfer to The company which now claims those
rights. To achieve this they have not been scru.
puious ss to The means 70 be used-those resorted
to being deceit and defamation through the former
they aimed to obtain the protection Of the govern
merit of the United States and with the latter to
deprive Mexico Of the sympathy and good will of NIL
mon, by representing her perdous nation. filth
lees to her word and to her pledges. These, Mr.
President, IRE the means that have been used by
nosc, who. specuiatng upon tN,s good faith of the
government and people Of the United States, have
sought TO throw the mantle Of the former over a
common place and private transaction.
The true history Of this affair, traced from the
fountain head and supported by authenticated docu-
ments, you will find in the accompanying. report
from the Minister OF Relations, the perusal of which
! recommend to the enlightened wisdom and probity
Of Your Exceency. In it you win find every thing
absolutely cyerything--for none of the facts have
been left out. or even exaggerated; the truth ap
pears in all its simplicity and nakedness; every
page bearing evidence that if there is any cause for
complaint, Mexico, who has been the victim Of every
kind of outrage, offensive to her character and de-
rogatofy Of her rights alone has the right TO COM
plain. i repeat, that recommend its perusal to
the impartial consideration Of the first magistrate Of
the nation, whose dnty it is to decide irrevocabiy,
concerning the preservation Of friendship with
dice, he may say, on closing the last page, whether
his convictions remain unchanged.
We are both of us accountable to God and to the
world, for the use We make Of the power entrusted
to our hands.
Although it was my wish TO leave to your own
honest convictions any opinion which may be form
ed on the perusal of that document, nevertheless,
think it proper to cali your attention more particu
larly to one point, in order TO counterac the in.
nuence OF O certain prejudice, which might find re-
sponse in your generous and noble breast.
Your Excellency reminds me of the necessity i'm
posed upon you, by your Office, of defending the in
ierests Of your fellow. citizens wherever they may
be, showing that the occasion might present itself
when this necessity would produce conflict be-
tween the two countries for the protection OF the
New Orleans company. understand perfectly
well the position Of your Excellency, but at the
same time, find that your judgment has been
Influenced by the unrighteous system OF which
have complained above, and by means OF
which the government aud people of the United
States have been led into error bcseech your
Excelency to read attentively the passages marked
on the 18th and 18th pages Of the enclosed report,
and cannot exist for the contractors for the right
Of way were especially bound to renounce their ale
glance to- and the protection Of, tho United States,
and of every other foreign power as the only cond,
tion upon which this right could be acquired. If
they did not think proper to renounce this ale
glance, they could not then, and cannot acquire e-
galiy the right to the concession OF Garay; and
not having acquired the latter, the only pretext IS
destroyed for the intervention Of their government
i do not doubt that, after considering seriously
these simple reflections, you will be persuaded that
the cause for this apprehended conflict is entirely
removed, and that your Excelency is perfectly al
liberty 70 follow the course dictated by your own
jus. and generous sentiments. Any line OF con-
duct different from this would be 70 create
difficulties repugnnnt to the dictates Of justice and
10 the interests Of both republics.
have heretofore shown what are the sentiments
Of the government Of Mexico, in relation TO open
ing the way Of communication by Tehaantepcc,
and also that IL favoraby disposed to treat with
contractors, whoever they may be. Thus enterprise
selves mostly interested in the matter do not take
any part in H. il viii be because they do not desire
it, or that other interests, Of private character,
are brought Ia conflict With the undertaking-in-
tereets which will certainly not be uphed 70 the
injury of the principal object, not even il their aban-
donment should jeopardize the peace, quiet, and
we'll being Of two friendly nations.
The opportunities which the government OF Next