to have been aggrieved in contravention 'of our laivs and treaties." This application of the treaty to Mexican complaints was exceedingly convenient; but its application to Amcriran complaints was indignantly refused by Sir. Ellis in his reply of the 15th November of the same year. He declared that " the ojsinion ex- officers of the customs should not be made subjects of ne- gociation, for the reason that Americans have the same means of redress in the tribunals of the country as the Mexicans themselves. Nevertheless, the government will not decline to examine the complaints preferred by Mr.
Elhs. These, it will be recollected, had been reduced to thirteen, and they were thus answered :
- As to Mr. Baldwin, whatever may hafe been his wrongs, he ought to have sought redress in Mexican courts. It was probable his behavior had been improper, as six criminal prosecutions were pending against him. The government had no power to interfere between liti- gant parties in courts of justice ; but it had signified to the authorities the wish that justice might be awarded to Baldwin with promptitude and impartiality.