The daily union., 1854-11-23
UNITED STATES AND MEXICO.
LEGATION or THE UNITED STATES,
Mexico, November 4, 1854

Legation or THE UNITED STATES
Mexico, November 4, 1854
DEAR SIR; read with little modification the repsb
lcaton of article in your journal from Texas paper
headed Another Outrage in Mexico" Inc painful dis
closure of three American citizens confined Tor -four
gears in and filthy dungeon and tortured without
trial or legal condemnation coupled with the public APP
peal the sake of humanity let there be something done
in the Ii citizen of the United States has
protection abroad let IL be known For what object do
have minister in Mexico n through journal from
the native city OF this legation that makes the reprooi the
painful. -t 80
II Is true the statement of the aggreycd parties shaving
at several times written letters to the American minister
Mexico is qualified with the charitable apology that
is supposed that he has received them The high
respected gentlemen from Georgia Mississippi Arkansas
and Tennessee had their sympathies very properly excited
scenes of proracted suerngs which they were permit
ted to witness When Durango however, and where there
no consul United States agent to watch over American
interests 1.-THE distance from the capital not exceeding two
hundred and fifty miles, communication direct 10 The
minister would have commanded earlier attenuoh ana re
lief than intellgenc conveying reprooi through cir
cuous and uncertain public channels which accidentally
found place in the columns of one OF the journals received
at this legation -
1t was fortunate in this respect detailed complaints
of the ude hand Of violence towards American citizens
where it important it should be known There
has been time therefore lost in nstudng an inquiry
into the of personal outrage detailed IN the
Evening News and opporunely there u an Amer
lean citizen of respectabiy and character engaged IN
business at Durango this legation has avaed itself OF his
services thorough investigation or the causes OF
arrest and of the cruel penalties inflicted There need be
alarm apprehension that the pledges or the inaugural
will be redeemed the full measure OF reclamation by
this legation
In Justice to those, however, who have preceded the
present incumbent in the responsibilities OF the Mexican
mission it ought be said that ponderous docket Of
wrongs to persons and property found record and all
of which had been adjusted in the provisions OF treaty
which the rejection by the Senate has -advsedy rcopened
for unpleasant litigation, the outrageous proceedings
against Shirley Rodgers, and Gaines are not noted The
records in the office expose correspondence on the sub
ec there any just grounds for the belief that
letters addressed the subject of grievances by American
citizens have either been neglected or intercepted
Whatever may be the nmatons OF violations Of seals
during the periods of dstrust and alarms the mails from
the experience of the undersigned have been conducted
with regularity and punctualy and the suspicious Of the
denominations ntimated arise from the external breakage
of the wax waters The correspondence of this legation
throughout Mexico has not been seriously interrupted Of
fetal letters to the Rio Grande have been regularly
knoweged though since the disturbances in that quarter
public agents have complained that they have not enjoyed
| the privilege of the first perusal.
Respectfully,
JAMES GADSDEN
| Col CUNNINGHAM,
Editor of the Charleston News