of * " The messenger bearing the budget was instructed to remain in the city of Mexico one week.'''' Rep. of Cong., 1st Sess., 29th Cong., Vol. 4.
0^ State," appeared in the city of Mexico, bending beneath a load of fifty-seven wrongs, for which, in the name of the American Government, he demanded "justice and satisfaction."
Of these complaints, it may readily be imagined, many were in the highest degree most insolent and ridiculous.
Let one suffice:—In 1829, Mexico was invaded by a Spanish force, and a printing press in Tampico, said to have been American property, was destroyed by the invaders. Eight years after the occurrence, Mexico is for the first time informed that she is held responsible by the Federal Government, for an act committed by her enemies in time of war. We can judge of the effect of such a claim upon the Mexicans, by supposing a demand of the French king upon the American Government, for payment of injuries received by one of his subjects, from the British troops while in possession of the city of "Washington.