The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-02-02
No. 1913.

afbltfary act has inspired me with. To see th
person who has encouraged the industry of tn
country; who has raised this mining district fror
state OF oblivion to be of the first in the re
pubic; who supports upwards of five hundre
families, and is the cause of the prosperity of tn
whole district; who has invested a ca pitai of I'D
wards of three hundred thousand dollars and ha
never .nterfered in matters of politics, nor givel
! any cause of complaint; who has always helpe
the government. whenever 1t has called on him
with coplcus sums to behold i again say, he VIII
has all these recommendations made the target O
revenge OF government cannot but inspire hor
1ror. Your honor is witness, as are also all tb
| authorities OF the department that have worke,
Two years, investing a capital of three hundre,
i thousand dollars in raising and causing this min
eral district to prosper, which was in state of de
cay, and which is at present in most fourishins
state OF prosperity. 1t is also well known that my
presence is absolutely requisite for it's prosperity
and cannot look with indifference on the arbitra
I ~ law that obliges me to abandon to the plunde
and cupidity of evil doors my extensive property
/ my brilliant and hattering future. ! therefore
Eolemnly protest, as best can by law, against thu
law of expulsion of the 2lst of October of the pre-
sent year, issued by the government of the Stat,
CT San Luis, as illegal, arbitrary, and unjust
furthermore protest against such an unjust act al
being contrary to the laws of nations contrary Il
the customs of other countries, and in diametrica
opposition to the treaty between the Mexican re.
public and the United States, that grants six
months to the citizens of both countries established
on the coast to settle their business and wear to
those in the interior, after declaration of war
further protest against said law, because it obliges
| me to abandon precipitatcly, in the peremptory
term OF twenty four hours, my extensive mining
property, Hacienda de benefcio,) refinery stock
of ores grain, and effects ores 10 state Of ANAL
gamatlon, and every thing appertaining to this
kind of business. For the reasons here set forth,
and as lar as havea right by law, protest and
hold the government of the State, and that of the
whole nation, responsible for the damages, inju-
rles, disturbances, and losses that my interest and
business suffers, and charge it with whatever am
debarred from realizing by a stoppage of my bus-
ness, the losses may encounter or expenses in
cur All OF which have the honor of making
known to your honor, that you may forward the
same to the supreme government of the State for
the desired end.
l reiterate to your honor the considerations of
my respect, GEORGE A., GARDINER
And at the request of the party interested, give
thls IN Rio Verde, on the Doth of June, 1S4S.
MANUEL VERASTEG vi.
J. Pro GUTIERREZ, Secretary. .
PREFEcT's OFFICE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF Rio
VERDE.
enclose to you the original answer which have
received from the supreme government of this
State, respecting the authorization of your books
and documents BY this prefecture, by which you
will see that this just step has been approved
protest to you the assurance of my particular
esteem.
God and Liberty. Rio Verde. July 8, 1s4s
MANUEL VERASTEGUI
Mr.. GEORGE A. GARDINER.
The undersigned, Envoy Extraordinary and
Minister Plenipotentiary of the Mexican republics
certify that the foregoing signatures Of Don Man
uel Verastegui, project of the Department of Rio
Verde, of the State of San Luis Potosi are legiti
mate, and the came that he in all his official
acts. l q q -r5-e
LUIS DE LA ROSA.
WASHINGTON, November %, Is49.1 81. lI.TE
.GovERNMENT OF THE STATE OF SAN LUIS PoTosI
His excelency, the Governor, having informed
hImsef OF your honor's note of the 26th june in
which you inform him that you have certified the
books and documents of the American citizen. Mr..
George A. Gardiner, with relation to the DANA ges
and injuries that his mining business of Sierra
Gordo suffered in consequence of the supreme de-
cree of the 2lst of October, 1876 by which he was
expelled, his exceliency approves of this step in
the cause of justice there do not appear in the
expulsion of this individual suspicious of any kind
having been victim of general law, without
having individually given any motive whatever,
and returns said documents, according to thair re.
spective IDEAS gtfiEIa1 sa 5s7.
reterate to your honor my esteem and consid-
eration 7aiHs8F z4aIaHzs.= .gs.5 1ss
God and liberty. San Luis Potosi, July the LIST,
lS40. LUIS GUZMAN.
To THE PREFEcT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF Rio
VERDE. 81
+ The undersigned, Envoy Extraordinary and
Minister Plenipotentiary of the Mexican Republic
certify that the above signature of Don Luis
Guzman, secretary of the government of the State
he uses in all his official acts.
- LUIS DELLA ROSA.
WAsHINaroN, November go, ls49.
Also the dispositions of Juan Soto, Antonio Ma
rim, w. p. johnson, and William Jackson, taken
in September, lS49, before Simon de los Santos,
third constitutional alcalde and Judge of the first
plea of Cadereyta Jmines; also the dispositions of
J. b. Smith and Sebastian Pacheco, taken in Sep
tember, 1S49 before Jose Antonio Leal first con-
stituiona alcalde, and President of the City Coun-
Gil of Linares. These dispositions are certified by
the officers who took them, and the official certifi-
Gates of the officers before whom they were taken.
or purport to have been taken, certified and the
official character of said officers is certified by Tho
mas w. Slemons, Consul of the United States at
Matamoros, Mexico. There was also an official
certificate, or affidavit in relation to the nature
of Gardiners title to the silver mine in the Sierra
of Huasteca. county of Lagunillas, in the prefec
ture of Rio Verde, in the State of San Luis Potosi
That paper ls not copied, into the testimony, and
was not before the committee.
The foregoing embraces all the TESTIMONY and
papers filed at or about the time of fling the me-
mortal OF Gardiner. Subsequently,, in January
and February, 1850, the dispositions of John
Charles Gardiner, Colonel William Gates, and c.
j. Learned, esq. were taken and filed And these
several papers, to wit the book of account of daily
expenditures and receipts; the order of the Gov
ernor Of the State of San Luis Potosi, Gardeners
protest, the six dispositions taken in Mexico in
September, lS49 and the three dispositions taken in
the United States, as tar the committee have as
certalned, are all the proofs that were before the
Board of Commissioners during Mr.. Corwin's con-
nexion with the claim
All OF these papers, whether they state the truth
or not, are genuine. 1t is proved by witnesses |
from the State Department that the certificates Of
Siemons, the American Consul at Matamoros, and |
the certificate of Mr.. Rosa, the Mexican Minister,
are genuine. Jose Antonio Barragan, comptroller /
general of rents of the State of San Luis Potosi,
one of the principal witnesses, by whom the claim
is proved to be fraudulent swears that the certih-
Gates of Manuel Verastegui and J. Pho Gutierrez
hoo IF ITO nd
against his expulsion from the country are genu I
inc. The certificate of Luis Guzman is the only |
certificate that is disputed. Mr.. Barragan says it
is not genuine, while Mr.. Rosa, the Mexican Min.
ister certifes to its correctness. There is among
the papers brought from Mexico in relation to the
Gardiner claim a statement of Llis Guzman,
dated December, 1851, in which, after describing
the statement of Verastegui in relation to the
protest, he says there exists no such paper in
his office, nor copy of his reply thereto, there
ought to do, ii it is genuine And because the
paper bears date July l., 1848, instead of July 8,
l848, when the fret mail from San Luis Potosi in
that month left for the direction of Rio Verde he
thinks it is forgery. He does not, however, deny
that he gave such certificate, but merely states
that there such papers in his Office as there
ought to be, if it is genuine. All the proof depo
sitions, and documents that were before the Board
when the claim was allowed, and passed as valid
claim in March, 1850, are therefore shown to be
genuine, except the certificate of Luis Guzman,