The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-11-04
The Tehuantspec Grant.
DALr0 N, GA, Dot. ~, 1852.


TO THE EDITOR or THE HERALD.
have just received slip from . rooent number
Of ysur paper, (date net given), containing GEN.
municaten, under the nom de plSs Of Chivela, con-
nenting on my letter in relation to tho Gsrsy
Grant and Tehuantepec treaty, which appeared in
the HERALD Of the 9Th inst.
Chivela undertakes to answer my argument, by
charging that have "wantsnly and designedly falsi
fed the fact" in stating that ga document, oomuu-
ncated by the President Of Mexico to the President
of the United States-constituting an important
part Of the correspondence, and indispensable to
right understanding Of the issues between tho two
govemmeAts-was suppressed in the communication
from the Department of State to the Senate
Ch;vela says:-"Now / protest that there was
nothiDg-nsthing whstevor-in the possession of
the State Department, relating to tho articles as
above cited, which was suppressed from the Senate
But the numerous impressions at that department,
Of which he has endeavored to induce the belief
sst in the single extract from Aristas letter Pres
dent Fillmore, which ID as followG'rh true history
Of this affair traced from the fountain head and sup
ported by authentic documents, you will find in
accompany ing report from the Minister of Relations
the perusai of which recommend to tho snligLts
ed wisdom and prebity Of your Excolienoy
In it you will find everything absolutely
erythipg-fsr Of the facts have been left out
or even exaggerated The truth appears in oil its
simplicity and nakedness, every page bearing svi-
deoce that, there is any cause of complaint, Mex
leo, who has been the victim of every kind Of out
rage offensive to her character and dar0gat0ry to
her rights, alone has the right to complain 10
peat that recommend its perusal to the important
consideration OF the first magistrate Of the nation
whose duty it is to decide rrsvocably concerning
the preservation of friendship with Mexico 40 that
by reading it, without bias prejudice, he shall
say, on closing tho last psge, whether his oonvic
tions remain unchanged We are both of US account
able to God and to the world for the use we make
of the power entrusted to our hands
Immediately following this extract, Mr. Green
says:-sI cannot characterize this whole TRANSACT
tion more strongly than by simply referring to the
Fillmore by tho President Of Aexico-constituting
30 important part of the correspondence aad in
dispensnble to right understanding Of the issues
between the two governments was suppressed in the
Communication from tho Department Of State to the
Senate
Snow, Mr.. Editor, what will be Thought of q man
who has Wantonly falsifed fact, (and, too, with
the proper documents before him to correct himself
rs he certainly had, foI he xado anethor quotation
from the same document when mention the fact
that President Arsta letter and the extract quoted
were not suppressed, but were sent, with all the rest
of the correspondence between tho two governments
by President Fillmore to tho Senate ?-ths truth Of
which can be ascertained by referring to any Of
the Senate committee, who had the matter under
consideration, or by reference to Elk Doc, No, 81,
page 1859, and from the extract quoted from tho
same communication, page l6l ,"
have qaoted Chivea's language in full, and at
tho risk of being tedious, and now reply to him
not because doubt that the intelligence of every
reader of your paper will suffice, without my as
sistance, to detect the shallow artifce by which
Chivela seeks to misrepresent me-but because /
desire to call the attention of the people Of the
United States to the system of deception and mis-
repre- ntation Of which President Arsta complains
in his letter to President Fillmore, and by which
those whom Garay has enlisted in his servi,e IRE
seeking to mislead the people of the United States
into dsreputable and Ubiquitous war upon Mexico,
for the purpose Of forcing her to submit to the
just claims of Garsy-himself Mexican citizen.
The Lobos affair, and the private letter from the Sc
cretaIy of State to Captain Jewett was bad enough
But that was intended to promote an American sps.
culatlor Let not the people OF the United States
make war on . weak neighbor like Mexico, nor
cOmpromt their honor and interests to aid Mexi-
can In his speculat0ns on his own country
The most careless reader will observe that Chivea
seeks to induce belief that / said that Arista's
letter to President Fillmore was suppressed, aud
by showing that had yself quoted an extract
from that letter, which is given in Elk. Doc No 81
OF last session, page l59
did not say that Arista's letter was suppressed;
but did say. and nov repeat that an important
document. communicated by President Arista to
President Fillmore, to wit: the report OF the Minis
ter Of Relations, made by Arsta part and parcel Of
his cores ondence with Mr. Fillmore was suppress
cd. cal the attention of every honest and right
minded citizen Of the United States to the lang aage
OF President Arista, above quoted-to the earnest
ness with which he repeats bis request that that
document, containing ''the true history of that
(Garay) affair, traced down from its fountain head,
and supported by authentic documents" should re-
ceiye the important confederation Of the first
irrevocably concerning the preservation of friend.
ship with Mexico;" and ask, why was this docu-
ment withheld from the Senate and people of tho
United States!
When first read President Aristss letter, refer
ring in such terms to the report of tho Minister of
Relations, examined Elk. Doc. No. 81 carefully,
and not finding the Minister'S report therein, up
piled to the Secretary Of the Senate, and to tho
clerk in charge of the document room, for it, aud
was much surprised to learn that the Elk Doc. No.
81 contained all that had been com uuncated to the
Senate on the subject. then applied to the Mexi-
can Legation and obtained copy Of the Minister'S
report, published, believe, by the Mexican Consul
at New York; and have since learned, on what |
believe to be reliable authority that this suppress
State Department under the present rtgime-was
made the subject of complaint and remonstrance by
the Mexican Minister.
I wish here to remark, that I do not attribute
this suppression Of documents to Mr.. Fillmore. 1t
is impossible for him to read or examine all the
documents which pass through his hands, and /
confidently hope that when his attention is called to
this subject, he will relieve himself of the respon
sibility BY causing the suppressed document to be
sent to the Senate Immediately on its re-assembling
As to Chivela, cannot stoop to handy charges
OF falsehood with him, nor would notice his com
nunication, but that desire excite inquiry that
the people of the United States may find out the
truth This they will find in the suppressed report
of the Mexican Minister Of Rela lions, which dis
cusses all the points which Chivela charges me
with having suppressed, and shows concusively
that, in the language Of President Arista, 'f there
is any cause Of complaint, Mexico, who has been
the victim of every kind Of outrage offensive to her
character and derogatory of her rights, alone has
the right to complain.
Chivcla says that the Garay grant, having been
while in the hands OF the British, 8. was purchased
by Americans from the British holders and after
wards declared invalid by Mexico
This assertion has been frequently made by the
employees Of Gar,y, by way Of appeal to the prsju
dices and passions Of the American people. IL is
uncandid and untrue, of piece with the rest of
Chivels's statement. to which the author might
well be ashamed TO atlx his own name.
His purpose in reproducing this mis.statemcut Is