, 1862-05-01
DUB WASHINGTON LETTER,
History of the Allied Invasion
OF Mexico.
Secretary WelIeS and the Capture
Of New Orleans,

4 cart load Of manuscript, more OF less,
was sent into the House Of Representatives
from the State Department, few days Since
purI'orting to contain and set forth, ssThe
Present Condition of Mexico" For the pur-
pose Of mastering this Opaque question once
for Ell, and bringing it to the comprehension
OF the readers Of the TRIBUNE Us presented By
the latest official documents, I have fearlessly
assumed the task Of reading them through
obtained the proof sheets Of tile first instli-
ment (352 pages) from the Government print
ing house. The volume commences with the
correspondence between Mr.. Seward and Mr.,
Corxin, and then takes up the correspondence
Of the Mexican Minister Of Foreign Affairs
with the representatives Of Great Britain,
France and Spain at the city of Mexico; then
the correspondence between Mr.. Seward and
ME. Schurz, Alr. Seward and Mr.. Dayton, Mr..
Seward and Mr. Adams; then the whole
Of the English Blue Book relating
to tic subject; the correspondence be-
tween the military commanders Of the
allitd forces in Mexico and the authori-
ties OF the country, and vast amount of
miscellaneous documents relating to the IA
tional Debt aud fiscal revenues of the country.
No one can read these documents without
gaining u higher opinion than Is commonly
entertained Of the Intelligence and rectitude
Of the present Government OF Mexico. The
pretext upon which the allied invasion of
Mexico is based is the act of the Mexican
Congress of the 18th Of July, 1851, taking
from the interest fund aa amount Of money
set apart for tue payment of their foreign in
dehtedness, and applying it to general pur-
poses Of the treasury for the special purpose
Of subduing the Marquee rebellion and there
hy restoring peace and good order to the Re
publican act which rendered necessary the
rostponemcnt of all payments on account Of
the foreign Indebtedness for two years. OF
the sea, ,0Go, 900 of the public debt Of Mexico,
four-hfths is due to the English bondholders,
and Of this fonr-f -fflhs the greater portion bears
interest At the rate Of three per cent. per an
nu:n. The remaining iuconsiderabie sum is
due to France and Spain. There Ia, however,
4 large lot of Peter Funk bonds issued by the
Mra1non Government, which were bought up
at traction OF cent on the dollar, or at q
mere nominal sum, By German jew, which
the French Government seems to be "pro-
tcctiDg.'
Mr.. Corwin sets forth the poverty and en-
barrassments of the Mexican Government,
quite feelinSly in his letters, aud the sam
facts are frankly and unreservedly confessed
ty the Mexican Minister Of Foreign Affairs,
Zs1lacona The latter declares to Sir. c.
Lc1anox Nyke, the British Minister, and to
M- dc Sollyny, the French Miaistcr, that his
country is bankrupt tor the time being, and
that without taking the money belonging to
the Interest fund IL must remain u prey to
ns1auding bands of warfare, utterly unable
to preserve society, to collect its own reyen-
J,Eyl 41...rf IN r,xfy7 7fnfy,
In letter to N. dc soiiSny, dated July 81,
1>Gf, be says;
49, Truly the undersigned does not comprehend in
What nan1itr the dignity of France can he uft.d
cd Cd ~ ehls protest r,adc By an impoverished us
time coHt'uc carT5 Ing at heavy costs the wei yht
OF debt by which IL Is upprc-sed.
This. tTery unp7rjudiced reader must con
1ess, was honorable and straightforward, ac-
comIm1livd as it Was by he declaration that
Mexico IT carried ter public obligations as ST.
cred, and that she would employ the period sf
peace and good order consequent npon the
suppression Of the rebellion, diligently In the
s,1n"nt Of both interest and principal of her
foreign debt But N. de salIgny replied in
an exceedingly vitulerative aud insulting
Eote, denouncing Signor Zau1acocla, President
Jua1. z, and the whole Government Of Mexico.
Us bandntl and pest amOng civilized nations,
which Of course put an end to the correspond
ence. The Mexican Minister declined to hold
any further intercourse with II. de Saligny,
aid tie latter took down his sign aud left tue
capital: Signor Zamacoula subsequently ad-
dressed note Of considerable length to the
Mexican Minister at Paris, urging him to lay
before the Emperor . correct version Of the
affair, and asserting that NJ de SalienY had
cn1eIlalutd and protected at his house, IN the
city of Mexico, mali guant enemy of the
,overninent, whoAwas In Correspondence with
Msrquez and other rebels.
Sir c. Lenox Wyke, the English Minister,
h0Yk Ix1Hr- nd
ration throughout. If any body had right
to get in 8 passion about the decree of the
lHh Of July, it was he-tle rcoreseutatlye of
tiiths Of the foreign debt Yct he mere
+ add'es6ed q respectful protest to Signor
Za1nacona, and asked for explanations, which
thu latter gave, saying that Meaco
had been ps,iug her gold to England
at the cost Of the best blood OF
her cit:zeus, THAT is, sending abroad
the treasure necessary to be employed in re-
aud that Mexico now Confessed bankruptcy
and claimed respite OF TITO years in which
/ to vc-estahlish society distracted By long
| period OF recoiution, robbery and btoodshed.
! Mr. Cor~in com1nends the wisdom and fair
ness Of Mr. Wyke ia his letters to ou7 Cav
'rnmcnt, but says nothing about the repre-
I eehtatlons Of the other aggrleved powers at
| the Mexican capital
! The Claims oi the Spanish government we're
| three-fold: First, 3 smali portion oil the de-
| 1tffto ctoLi secpnu, <epaTAtlon 1or outraKeS
| on Spanish subjects, which ou1rages it was
| alleged greatly outnumbcred those perpe-
| trascd on any other class Of foreigners !;
| third, rcparatiou for the expulsion Of the
| Spanish Minister, Pacheco. To these de-
| 1napds signor Zamacouaa replied: First,
| aftcr enu1nerating the reasons urged to the
| English and French Ministers. that spain
| should be the last nation on ear:h to point
her finger at deEaulting governments,
| or to talk about making war upon
| that class Of governments; second, taat the
! outrages perpetrne6 on Spanish subjects were
| 1nly those which were accidental tn state o1
revolution, which were borne a!ike by for:
eieuers end natives, which It was ths purpose
Of President Juarez to redress as far 81 posi-.
bic, also that if these outrages outuumbered
those Perpetrated upon Englishmcn or French
nlep, i Was simply because there vera mans
more spanfarde than EDglishmen or French
men IN Mexico; third, TINT Minister Pacheco
mad been expelled for publicly espousing the
catee OF the enemies and traitors to the Cor
e1hment q Mexico. Pretty well ANSWERED
! ~ The remainder is ALREADY known. England
Ffsnce and Spain formed = conveatlon aud or
garized an Invasion. So utterly unpdncIpled