310 MEXICO. 
TEADE WITH MATAMORAS 1841. 
The whole trade of 1841 was carried on in vessels from the United States : 
Vessels 32 Tonnage 2,345 
EXPORTS TO THE UNITED STATES. 
Specie $352,766^ 
Hides 117,334 
Wool 15,943 
Horses and mules .... - 800 
486,834^^ 
IMPORTS FROM THE UNITED STATES. 
Countries 
where 
manufactured. 
Silks. 
Woollens. 
Cottons. 
Linens. 
Ironware 
and Ma- 
chinery. 
Paper. 
Jew- 
elry. 
Sundries. 
Total. 
Germany 
England 
Spain 
U. States 
France 
Havana 
$1,040 
2,340 
$25,046 
4,148 
$2,051 
146,280 
25,640 
31,480 
$40,947 
23,768 
6,597 
$3,921 
15,120 
270 
$1,680 
$452 
$246 
3,140 
8,060 
66,140 
5,334 
13,245 
$43,244 
203.195 
8,060 
106,900 
52,301 
13,245 
Tot.Values. 
$3,380 
29,194 
205,451 
71,312 
19,311 
1,680 
452 
96,165 
426,945 
It may be well for us to take heed of the gradual decline of our com- 
merce with Mexico, which has diminished to almost utter insignificance. 
I am not merchant enough to divine what are the commercial causes of 
this state of things ; but I can readily imagine, that, in connection with 
the general difficulties of the country, our trade has been seriously 
affected by the part which pur citizens have taken, or are alleged to have 
taken, in the insurrectionary movements of Texas. The rebellion in that 
province, the union of a portion of North Americans with its armies, and 
the sympathy of many others, expressed in a manner which I believe to 
be both unwise and illegal, have caused our people to be unpopular 
throughout the Republic, and have made the authorities averse to exhibit- 
ing that strict justice in our personal and commercial rights which should 
characterize the intercourse of friendly nations. Our citizens have 
been imprisoned in Mexico on frivolous pretences. Forced loans have 
been wrested from our merchants. Tribunals have been deaf to demands 
for restitution, and a mutual distrust has arisen, which has proved fatal 
in many instances to trade and intercourse. The effects of this will, 
however, be most strikingly exhibited in the following table, compiled 
chiefly from the reports of the Secretary of our National Treasury. 
COMMERCE OF THE UNITED STATES AND MEXICO. 
For the year ending 30th September, 1823, the imports and exports to Mexico and 
South America generally, were as follows : 
.mports $4,842,503 
Exports . - . - - - 3,229,343 
$1,613,160 balance in our favor. 
Of these imports $1,950,416 were in specie and bulhon. 
