The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1858-06-18

whether lorelSn or native, whose movable or fixed
capital ranges in value from five thousand dollar.
upwards. This protest on the part of Mr.. FORSYTH
grew out of correspondence between committee
| of American citizens residing in Mexico, and Mr.
Black, our Consul at the capital of the Republic
The whole of the correspondence between the Com
mittee and Mr. Black, and between the latter anc
Mr. Forsyth, is published in the Delta of the It'll
instant.
LEGATION THE UNITED STATES
Mexico, Nav %, 1858
HIS Ercellency Sr. Don Louis G. Cgerns Mu;s,o. .,
Foreign Relations: y
The undersigned, Envoy Extraordinary and Min
honor to inform His Excellencv the Minister of Re-
lations, that he has received, through John Rlack
Esq, the United States Consul in Mexico a com
munlcation from a number of citizens of the limited
! States residing and doing business in this Renub
lie, asking advice in respect to their rights and oh
ilgatl0ns, as such citizens, under the two decreos
| published by bando, on the 18th and 10th of the
! present month, directing the imposition and colIec.
ton OF a sudden and extraordinary .cantributiop ,,
and IN connection with it, the establishment of n
! "NatiOnal Bank" VI
1t has thus become the duty of the UNDERSIGNED 70
examine, carefully, the nature and purport of the
accreeS, thus officially brought to his notice and hn
has now the honor Of addressing his Excelanrv
MI Cuevas, upon the results of that examination
me TWO DEGREES in question have the same date
anu ny thelr tenure are to be taken and construed
& part
ana parcel OF one and the same general act. Rv
the ilrst, contribution is imposed for once o,Iy
vi aoouC one per cent, upon every capital of real
ana personal property, OF the value of not less than
nye thousand dollars, and not exceeding one milEon
hye hundred thousand dollars. This "c0ntribntnn';
is to be paid, oncourth in fifteen DAYS one fourth
i uays one lourth IN forty days, and one
lourth IN ty days from the date of the publication
VI tiie uecree; stringent regulations are provided
% lol lhe prompt discovery OF the amount ofproperty
possessed by individuals and for the collection ofthe
cohliioutloh that may be claimed upon it, pro-
lsioi 10 a'so ihaue or tne repayment of the soon
iihod vi III snareS Oh the National Bank, estab
nsheu oy tne second decree and the National Bank
Mlti lts capital and its stockholders
nf tho m''n 'ne general control OF the finances
Vi VIZ W. 1"tlon. tt
..cont;Int;o ~, 'ue chacter OF this so-called
| Prnm;s;nr. u n.to..,
Iremlsng statement which the undersigned OBJ
SCI .is I III Ilic DtnFo cc'", the government organ,
;nt nd ttt; vi tnese oecrces, that their OBJ
Sustain large bodv of too nulus sulhcient to
tber nroarass Of oi troops TO prevent the fur
@ p ~ g II ~ VI "n'uc anu nnally, to provide
tLP W. va: dlroIa bank ana promising also
tep of thn nn, V, ou'in oIhon' governor od an
| Loh. vi 'he nePa. tment OF San Louis Potosi-
W". 81 ~ 'ne hotice OF the undersigned by the
t,n @ ooisui, anu IN that city, levying a
tb bot;f or !orcea loan, with which to meet
tbe undnrsionod stntoo VI .,t .e enemies or order,
s.oont;h,,t;1 'I"ees tnaI; IN ms opinion, this
1 "ivi is uestltute OF all the elements of
lIsuidt isI u'A, put mas, on the contrary, all those
- - toIt'i:u'e IL :; : d forced loan.
t;on II ;s ;s,aaJs 'i 5 anu unusual IN Its incep-
VIZ oo' - 10 ll"scu' ana oy virtue OF any subssting
vi customary laws, put by virtue of sudden and
uheHPecteu decree. ltl to be enforced by rapid
anu stringent steps. 1t IS to take effect for once
only, 'Por ana sofa Vez." 1t is a tempororv f.
naciai eEpcalent suggested by the pressing neces-
stles OF clvii strife, and has no analogy with anv
ot taNation recognized and practised by ma
tlons, governed by sound and stable laws
Second 1t is partial, UNEQUAL and nniust in ;t
/ docs nNtpn ,lo..
and below which no contribution at all is laid and
estaoiishng large inequality in the bases of con
trioution by those capitals that within those cx
tremes.
w Ith these large exemptions from all "contribu
tlon,' and with these inequalities among those who
are compelled to pay, the undersigned must deem If
as dlilerlng, toto coeto, from lawful tax which.
from Its very nature, must be general uniform and
| Just.
! Third. 1t is irregular and unusual in its annro-
Prianon: From the statement already alluded to in
the Didrio Official, and from his own observotions
the undersigned is satisfied that tbn funds obto;j
| by means of this 1.contr;brt;o,n a -. "p'tilvu
employed, in the first instance to snsta;n 10
engaged in the civil war, now unhappiIy deyastat
| ing the country, and afterwards to form. in whole
or in part, the basis of the National Rank with th
| shares OF which it is proposed to repay If
Viewing this contribution" therefore. under all
lts aspects, IN its inception, its operation in the
objects to which it is to be appropriated and GnaI
~, IN its repayment, in certain exceptional cases
the undersigned is led rresistibv to the conclusion
that 1t does not come at all within the purview of
t.e theory or laws OF taxation, as these under
stoo anu exist among civilized nations, but that
.ic stripped OF It's ilimsy vail it is
e no naNeu iorced loan, and that. any citizen
;t;n to I p:lIes; VINO complies with its requ-
iaAeS nSeli IN certain sense party to
.ne PoiltS"t uissehsiohS OF the country, thereby
rendering himself obnoxious to censure and hate,
Jul out cAPoseu 10 subsequent eXactons, without ex-
~ "'u ~ " l.nou: a! llili..
Maxico nase arseS can the Government of
the shane Of forced iao, nn vi contrDuton IN
ITnitod SttS lo'ih upon the citizens of the
tati''a ot:t'eS inc Undersigned answers, unhesi-
~ III tre negative. lie holds that, even in
n oI VI uea'y stlpula,lons eXemptng them,
tbo sondft ; ciil pe .aid. lt Is clear, from
the nronert~ II h oi international law, that
Cie properly OF the citizen or subject in foreign
Govo,nT.ti unuer the protection of his own
of the at,r sun constitutes part
tborarnnoa9 "I"i'I vi MS natlon. Any power,
oia;,, 80 ~, II" nv lic loro OF the territory might
au ] tne property OF foreigner would be
80! nd 10 .he rights OF the individual
anu u those oi the nation of which he is n
A"Tr TI;"
nronort,, nf H. f; ~ 70 Ieiu hot 10 exempt the
PPt;s y. ai'e Sher rom lawful, customary
in tha Ind f .t Le eAcude all shadow fright
III " w ro'u vi 'he territory, 10 appropriate, destroy
\. uoniscao ms properly IN whole or in part
-; ~ nU ucCiee VI TIC loth instant does ap-
he Gouoy w t e " appropriate, 10 the u'" OF
canta d ;e VI eAlco, part OF the foreigners
opi'"'' n" II IL Is 'uhtted that the Supreme Gov
IInnlcnt can thuS take by forced loan, "contr-
III the nature OF forced loan one per cent
o the foreigner capital, then there is magina-
oe prihciPie 10 De lnterposed to prevent the Gov
ermhehC from taxing the half or the whole of it.
put thc voice OF Treaties is not silent upon this
SUBJECT; In the convention celebrated between
@reat sa at, brian and Mexico, at London, December
40 ArtiGe @ lVth, IT Is clearly and emphatica
nnon5 Prtish Srh;n o iorGed loans snail be levied
~, itisn Suects: In the treaty between the
- ottes ana MeXlco concluded April 5, 1881,
Of ~ e, broadly iald down that the citizens
g, t,e i.eo STAGES shall be placed on the
tbo int,s a. d aiSe 9 the most favored nation; From
unon tbn ,nipd aof a. ~ II: | lcd'S' no uouDG rests
the citizens of the United states and tbt ~. '
tribution' directed by it cannot be- in anv uoT
levied upon them. ""''
These principles, worthy to be observed and
maintained on all occasions, become of vital impor-