New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-01-02
PROTEST BY THE MEXICAN MINISTER.
The Correspondence on the Subject.

WAsmsGrov Dee ~, 1851
! In order 10 understand the precise situation of
| affairs on of which aries the correspondence at
present going Oh between Mr.. Romero, the Minister
OF Mexico here and Secretary Seward brief retro
syect OF NJ may not be Improbable.
Thore are grounds for the belief that the facts ahou,
10 DO stated will be confirmed ly official documents,
when the correspondence on tie subjects treated Of
shall be published. In the absence Of these doom
menls the following statement may be relied upon
| substantially true:
| In February last the Mexican Consul at New.
York informed NJ. Romero that vessels were leaving
that city carrying provisions and articles contrsband
of war to Vera Cruz for the use OF the Alice, whose
troops were then at tia, port. TIE Mexican Minis-
| ter, without delay, advisei Secretary Seward Of
thc.o facs. and at the same tme Tut 70 him TIE
question whether the United Sites intended 10 he
neutral in tho pending war. and made the suggof-
tion that If that were he.r purpose, they should PIT
stop to tho eXpor,at .ons irom New York tLe. go
ing or.
! TIE Secretary Of State il Lis answer 10 this COM
! munceiioI took tie ground that the y. 5. dill not
recognize state Ct war is existing between Mexico
snd tie allied powers, ire later having landed al
Vera Cruz csicnsibly as friends and being still
caeod il negotiation with Mexico. TIE Secretary
Of State added ;m il was fer he nteres. Of Mexico
tat tie United States should take tits position, s1'e
! fle dSpond'nt uTp'. VI Tor supplies Than
the allies 10 whom Europe open, and thSt there.
fore il WIS FOR her advantage that We sholld ireHi
10th her and tie allies fonj- and export 10 each
what Wa wanted.
| To THE Mr. Romero replied &C epiing Mr.. Sew
ard prud es and propositions, and Saying that ne
was perfectly will that to Alues should be
allowed to export Provisions and articles con'EGbaud
Of war, 4 tie sino Jf.yegC were extended 70 bis
GoSernmeut. Thur the matter stood until July lar,
! Wien an agent 4 tie Juare1 Gov rnmcT having
been aIprit,d u tie understanding with Secretary
SeNaId came to ,lis country t. Purchnse arms.
Tie frs effort Wa r. buy tom from tle Govern
neat He failed IN ilis, bn, was toli that alhoug,
the Covefoneni nad none - SCI, ha conid export
then TO Mcxioo II he could aTH..nge for ileir par-
,lls, f9u, private Jar ies.
Aiier some dItcu'ty tho agent ege-,ed IA purchase
Of about thny-fi1 thousand 5000 Belgian mus
l,ie, eli,rci 20 lercu-son lock with fifteen nit
lion lj,Cco,(oo l.ioursion oAIt aud few thousand
fnte1e and pistols. Io loaded IA vessel with those
articles. ard ~ lied fo-A c'oant,e 10 Maianorar,
that uoh being he only Quo open At the tine, Ms
Tanrico and Vera Cruz were then IN IT, possession
Of tie enemy. Collector Barney on the 2isi OF
! August refused 10 gran. tie clearance w!.h)u. f.
tiCcal Kermit from Sec. Ctdse, llcadn. lie ibsiruc-
tons TO be effect tia; sucA permit was neccssary in
he ere q all ycs-es defirng to 60 70 Mt'am)r~.
that uor; being convenient ,nfrep0' for the Rebes
Icing aIlised Of hi. freeh difficulty, NJ. Roner
lid tie case before Secretary Seward, "ho referred
lin to secretar Chase, 10 whose province ito ma
| tel propery belonged. Accordingly on the -'tn 81
| Aupust, Nj. Romero called ON Secretary Case,
who wa ut lrf willing 70 Authorize the expectation,
Int after seeing tie si Of articles embraced ~ the
cargo, said that le did lot feel at liberty 10 permit
such large exportsiiOn, unless tie Secretaries OF
Wlr and Navy authorized it. A memorandum was
thereupon drawn W compnsng schedule Of tie
cago, AID the suggestion chat the guns being Bel
oiou unskets altered 10 percussion locke worth blt
81 apiece cnsh, would be Of use T. our soldiers.
Assistant Secretary Iiarrinso called upon the Sec
| ,etnrics named above with this memo randmn.
Mr. Wellcs raw no objection to the ropDsed pro-
preceding But Mr.. Stanton declined in writing to
" relax the order heretofore made prohibiting such
eyIorations.'
UIon thi, Mr. Romero went 10 Secretary Chase
|
which lad but about 10000 eighty Thousand stands
! Of aIms for three hundred thousand 900 SOL
| diere were 30 pressing that he word waive the ar
gument ON principle, il permission could be granted
| him 10 tend smaller number OF arms than those
| named in his invoice. He also took occasion 10 re-
mind Nj. Chase that his objection ~ tbs irrt inter
view bad been no, to allowing any bul to allowing
| 20 many arms to CO. and asked him 10 fix number
| that he would permit 10 Lc exported. To 'hls Sec
rethry CT .se enrwered that matters at present
| stood lie could not clear vessel carr lng single
pnn cut Of the country, since the Secretary OF wars
| order against such exploration war very clear, aud
| he Lad declined to relax it III this case.
! 1t il noteworthy tiist, in previous interviews,
| neither Secretary Cha,c nor Collector Barney had
referred, directly indirectly to the existence at
the alleged order but had spoken in manner incon
siselt on the iacc of it, with their knowledge Of It's
| existence.
Rebuiled in this way, but receiving an ntmation
that there might be no objection TO the expectation
Of few thousand stand Of arms, If 1t could be done
without tic official knowledge OF the Government,
| and not under IL clearance Ia Mex'car port win
which France might be disposed TO quarrel. tho
rarjes that had sold the arms TO Mexico made ar
nnaements for a rour eebont passage for them Co..
hector Barney refused clearance to Nassau, on the
p,ound that munitions oil war carried there ware
yer, likely to ind their way 10 the Rebels Bu he
cleared the srIls for Quebec Canals, whence At
vas in ended 10 send them 10 Matsmoras although
before such clearance was granted, on the %'h OF
3Oth Of August, Secretary Ch~e had Issued