The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-07-29

GEN. ARIsTA AND THE ANNEXATION FORCE
Ry-THE COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER AND THE He.
RALD.-Our contemporaries of the Commercial
Advertiser in republishing from the HERALD o.
Wednesday the Arista correspondence, genuine
and spurious upon the subject of the annexation
of Mexico are somewhat perplexed concerning
the origin of the forgery. They ask for further
information upon several points and are very
particular and precise in their specifications, as
will appear from the following extract from
their leader of Wednesday afternoon. They
say that -
There is, however, something connected with this
matter which ultimately concerns the press and
people Of the United States. How came that forged
letter into circulation here, in connection with the
genuine letter to which it was proessedly O reply
The sentences respecting annexation, which appear
in the spurious letter from Arista the work of
translator somewhere. The HERALD gives the fol-
lowing statement
II will be obsefv that the reply CT General ArstA
the Minister Of War dated 18th of May-the day of
the month which the British steam packet egolary
leaves Vera Cruz for Havana route to England. The
ged annexation lstter, presume must have been
published Havana after the departure the steamer
from that port at least its departure to
off the opportunity of refutation at that point
The consequences that the forgery published in
the Diario de Ia Marina widely circulated in this
country and in Mexico in advance OF the genuine docu
ment. Our translation from the Dioro also given
in good faith because that paper however violent and
vulgar be occasionally, have always considered
Journal not only Of considerable authority but of some
respectabiiity.
Now, if the editor OF the Herald himself trans
lated the document from the Dorioin other words,
if the translation was made in the Office Of the He
RAID from a number Of that paper-it would be clear
that the fraud was perpetrated either by some one
on board the British steamer, which is scarcely pro
babe on the passage between Vera Cruz and Havana
or that was in the fha
paper But either by design or through inadyertance
the language employed by the HERALD may be under.
stood in two different senses; either that the transa
ton was made here, that it was sent from Havana
as bona fde translation from the Diar,o and
given in good faith TO the HERALD's readers.
Meaning no impairment or improper interference in
our contemporaries business, and being sincere and
earnest in the reasons about to be assigned for the
inquiry, we wish the HERALD would distinctly say
whether the translation was made by itself at New
York, whether it received, as a translation,
from Havana If the latter then il is plain that the
disgracefu fraud was practised by the Havana jour
nal; that because Of the vglant supervision OF the
press there, il was probably committed with the
knowledge, If not by the order, Of the government
and conclusions would follow which would Justify all
that has been written about the petty tyranny, dis
honorable tricks, meanness and dupicity of the Gu
ban government.
We opine however, that the HERALD will scarcely
assert that the version Of Aristas letter which il
published was translation made in its Office from
the Uiari0 Of a date which il will assign. But az
here is clear case Of forgery somewhere and Of
bold imposition upon the American press aud Amer.
can people-not equalled by the frauds practseJ BY
the Cuban janta when II supplied the press with
false manifestocs-we will ask the HEGALD's aid in
another way. So many facts nave been exaggerated
and falsifed so many positive fasehoods have been
circulated here professedly coming from Havana
that we should like TO detect their source. We know
some things connected with g Havana correspon
dence that cause US to treat it with very general
disregard and one of the editors of the Express
who has examined the matter for himself has opened
the eyes Of many respecting the sources whence such
" correspondence" Il derived. That the mass of
such correspondence is unworthy of conidence-is
in fact, fraud upon the American public-is plain
from these facts These protested letter writers in
cefsar'ly complain that II Il not safe = po,. letter