The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1866-01-13
CONGRESS- MEXICO.

In the u nited States House 0ERepre
sentatiyes on Tuesday message wa
received from the President, and ther'
was an interesting debate Oh reconstruc
tion. We copy as follows from the re
port ofthe proceedings in the Lateliigen
Ger: aI
TO tho House Of Representatives:
In compliance with the resolution o
the House of Representatives of the 1871
nItimo, requesting information in re
gard TO steps taken by the so-called En-
perOr of Mexico, or by any European
Power, to obtain from the United State
recognition ofthe sO-called Emperor o.
Mexico, and what action has been takei
in the premises by the Government o
the United States, transmit a report
from the Acting Secretary of State, ant
hepapers by which it was accompanied
ANDREW JOHNSON.
Washington, January 5. 1866.
The first Of these papers Is n cOmmu-
nication from Senior Arroyo to Mr.. Cor.
win, dated March 2, 1865, in which he
expresses desire to see Mr.. Seward
extraordinarily and to ascertain
"wilether the Mobilization recognition
of our cOrsuls can be obtained, because
of the embarrassments which exist i'm
consequence of their rehabilitation,
and while in Mexico the exercise oftheir
functions has been continued without
embarrassment to the American con-
suls, and that the Government which
was that of Don Benito Juarez does not
exist, either de .tdcto or de jare.
A memorandum by Mr.. Seward notes
that the Marquis de Montholon, OH the
18th of July, called at the Department
of State, saying that a special agent had
arrived from Mexico, bearing letter
from Macmillan to the President of the
United States, with papers making Ger
tain explanations relative to transac-
tions on the Rio Grande, upon which
the United States Government had made
representations to the Imperial Govern
ment of France. The secretary, on the
18th, after conference with the Presi-
dent, returned the letter TO Montholon,
saying that the United States was in
friendly communication with the Re
publican Government of Mexico, and
that therefore the President declined to
receive the letter or to hold Intercourse
with the agent who brought 1t.
AuHuSb MlulSttT nOiutlO
Acting Secretary Hunter that Don Luis
Arroyo assumes to act as commercial
agent in New York, without an exequa-
tur or other recognition by the United
States Government, and asks whether
the Government recognizes the right Of
Macmillan to make such appointment,
ar whether, as he believes is the case,
this Government only sees in the Re-
1onhlin of .Mnyinn a A haf xuanu IN ap,d |
France, without recognizing there Max
imilian, not even as a government de
.tacfO." The change, he intimates, may
seem to show that tie Government of
the United States tacitly recognizes
French Intervention in Mexico.
Mr.. Seward replies, August 0, that no
law Of the United States prevents per-
son from advertising himselfas CONSUL
but that this Government, in all its Of
fetal correspondence, has recognized no |
other government in Mexico except that |
of Juarez, and assures him that such |
agent. can perform no con-
sular act relating to the affairs of his |
in the United States. To |
prohibit him from attesting invoices and |
says the secretary, "would be |
to an Introduction of trade |
between the United States and those
Mexican ports which are not in possess
ion of the Republican Government of |
that country. The cousuls Ofthe United |
States in Mexico, who have their exc
quators from that government only,
themselves discharge duties as CONNER
cial agents, in the ports which are not
under the control Of that government, in
all respects like those which the person,
Arroyo, in the same way and to the
same extent, claims to do in New York
in respect to said ports"
Senior Romero, on the 18th, complains
hat no positive answer is given to his
Inquiries, and notifies Mr.. Seward that
he has submitted the correspondence to
MS government, and will wait for in
of which communication
Mr.. Seward makes a formal acknowl-
edgment November 18th, without fur
her explanation.
November 9th the Secretary of State
Minister Bigelow and repre-
'ents that "the presence operations
,fa French army in Mexico, and its {
maintenance of an authority there, is a '
cause OF serious concern to the United
States. Nevertheless, the objection of {
he United States is still broader, and l
includes the authority itself, which the
frehch army Is thus maintaining. That G
is in direct antagonism TO the q
'olicy of this Government, and the prin- {
iple on which it is founded. Every L
lays experience of its operations only
dds some new confirmation of the ius- d
ice of the views which this Govern t
lent expressed at the time the attempt a
D institute that authority first became I
nown. The United States have hith-
rtO practised the utmost frankness on {
nat subject. They still regard the at I
smpt to establish permanently for G
ign and imperial government in Mexi- 9