Weekly national intelligencer., 1854-12-02
THE UNITED STATES AND MEXICO.

The annexed letter, which We find copied into the
Union, being international matters, it is due To
our Minister to Mexico, as well us to our relations
with Mexico, that we place it in our columns:
LEGATION or THE UNITED STATES
MExIoo, NOVEMBER 4, 1854
DEAR SIR: read with little modification the repuS-
LEGATION cfn article in your Journal from Texas paper,
headed Another Outrage III Mexico. The painful dis
closure of " three American citizens confined for tov
years in stone and filthy dungeon and tortured with0at
trial or legal condemnation coupled with the public
peal for the sake humanity LET there be something done
in the matter If citizen OF the United States has any
protection abroad let it be known For what object do
have Minister in Mexicc?' comes thrsagh q journal
from the native city Of this Legation that makes the
proof the more painful
1t is true the statement OF the aggrieved parties
having at several times written letters to the Amerca
Minister at Mexico, is qualified with the charitable
apology that it is supposed that he has never receyra
them" The highly respected gentlemen from Georgis
Mississippi, Arkansas aud Tennessee had their syDpa
hies very properly excited at Of protracted suffer
ings which they permitted to witness. When AZ
Durango however and where there is Consul Unit
ed States agent to watch American interests {shs
distance from the capital not exceeding hundred and
Fifty mies,) communication direct to the Minister
would have commanded earlier attention ana relief than
intelligence couyeying reproof through crouious and
uncertain pubic channels, which accidentally found
place in the columns Of cne Of the journals received as
this Legation.
Itwas fortunate in this respect it detailed com
plants OK the crude hand of violence towards American
ctESnS Whefe III was most sGoId De
There has been time, therefore lost in institutiDg
inquiry into the statements Of personal outrage detailed
in the Evening News aai opporturey, there Is
an American citizen IF respectabity aud character
engaged in business parango, this Legation has ayn
cd itself Of his TO thorough inYestig-
ton Of the causes Of aes and Of the cruel penalties in
aicted Therc need be no alarm apprehension THAI
the pledges Of tue inaugural viii not be- redeemed TO thh
full meascra oEreclanatou BY this Legation.
In justice 70 thoss, However who have preceded tht.
present ncUmbent in the responsibilities Of the Mexican
mission it ought 10 DO said that, ponderous docket
OF wrongs persons and property found on record and
all Of which had been adjusted in the provisions Of n
treaty which the rejection by the Senate has i'll adyiseiy
reopepcd for unpleasant litigation the outrageous pro-
cceiings against Shirley Rodgers and Gaines are NOT
noted The records IN the Office expose correspondence
the subject, there any Just grounds for The
belief that any letters addressed the subject Of crie
ances by American citizens have either been neglected or
intercepted.
Whatever may be the utirnaons Of violations Of seals
during the periods Of dstrust and alarm the mails D
the experience of the Undersigned have been con5nce
with regularity aud panctuay, and the suspicious Of
the denominations ntmated arise from the external break
age Of the waters. The correspondence of this
Legation throughout Mexico has been seriously inter
rupted Official letters to the Rio Grarde have been
regularly acknowledged; though since the disturbances
in that quarter public agents have complained that they
have not enjoyed the privilege Of the first peruss
Respectfully, JAMES GADSDEN.
Colonel CUHSNGHAM,
Editor Of the Charleston News.