Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1840-06-06
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duNVHNTfnN WITH MExiDU.

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bssa suspended ut ths pafpsssJ The Hsass q.
solved iissif ihts Gvtsmilsas VI The whols VI
The STATE sf The Unisa I'M. uafIand Ia ,hs eh.i'1
IN ,bs tilI hsfetprvts reported hsni The Uotntnita
lee III Fatsisn Atfiifs, entitled IA Bill ID estty
inip effect 4 UsD,sa,isn bel ~ssh tbs United
state, and ,hs Mssitan ttsputiis.'
This bill having bssn tssd@=
Nj Gushing sslt liz wsuid mi htsaln The
itBuss fut,hst than 10 ssy 4 rev wcids IN ssp'shs
sliou Ut The tessans why. ubdpt The ditse.iai 81
the UoMMttes Oh Futeish sifiifs. he had called
~ Ibis bill ff setisa. .
/, Wa knpwn thai n,pth time had ELAPSED
s%btsinins a treaty with Mesito for The li4diaa.
lion Of The clai ~ VI put eitits,s. A tfsaty had
Al isHs.l, bps,, concluded ur5t, just std equitable
,sttns, Ont Of .hs ptpvisishs of !. ~ss ttist ths
itiht esMnis.ion ID he sppvintsd should Hes
,uslty ssssMbls Al Washington sllbin .l,fes
months sfset ths exchange pf he ratification 'gf
the Treaty. 'rbst exchange ,seh place Oh The 7th
If Artil, and t~tefefyte, The e%atntHissi 'neis. uute'
The Treaty, THUS. liz appointed and inusi sstnslly
assemble hers within ,htss tho i.hs Of that
,ime. Uthet~ise. The treaty t,us. bs u, I'll end
and " course, The tpiaticHs between The Uhittl
| state. snd Ms.iet would ssaih be .hts~h sui 10
ses. II was important theisfofs thstI the bill
sisuid be speedily pssssd Ii otdsf tia, The Pres
iisn, n,ial. make tls spppih,nsas sua that The
commissioned. slauld assemble.
1hsfs w. slsv another ts,sap. Tbs .ts#ty
p,stijed ,jai tbs iva uotetnhnants slio1ld I'd itsss
\ ioln. us,s 10 thu kins sf PtU.sis, Uniting him
In A., ~ sthtet unapt ,,is treaty. shd " h. lpelih.
ri b set, that Tbs Queen of Vfsst Britain Ut ths
| KIM VI Tie Netherlands, sbsutd he Invited ~ AZ,
IN ,bat e~spseityl He wss . othntlssd Ii state
TINT tls Ktaa If PsDssis had ethssntsd " st ~
nsbi,.t ,tbttefvfs ,Ns, difficulty wa. removed He
had ai.v received information fvtm me siea,thtoosh
4 private soutes, TIA, HE tso commissioners 81
the psi, u thu. ~ttepiLlie had been appointed
| M r's.ada and Nj Uas,iila-aentietasn " high
distinction N that eoui'fy, she might bs expect.
I'd s~pefIily; and u might lead 10 much ibtohss:
nisnts II tbs commissioners ei cut par, ~ete het
appointed. Tbttpfsss without s,ihs into the he
tail. VI The slli, unlsss ssHts further ~atire.iaa ~as
made ID u, be wcblA snth,i, II *ithsu. faHhet
tslnsntnis 10 The decision Of .the eaahi,,ss.
Nj t,swis Williams suggested ,ha, The sslaty
Of ss,5Do provided by this hill. FL. steh Of the
commissioners, was gt.slst Than II ought 10
be.
Nj Cushing entered into setas explanations -
10 The atdusus and peculiar ehstsetss u ,hs duties
imposed upon The commissioners, at,, and that.
| under al The circumstances, The c,ninlt,ss cf
| Way. aud Mean. had csrne Il, ,hs deeisie,, .hsi
The -s'siy ef $500 WAS spttopls.r, tfhs tohh.
nisslsnsts appointed under safiss. e,he, treaties
had RECESSED salaries At either ID, 900 81 $4,000,
bu, he was net aware that ihs a,neuh, IN any ease
had been less Than $4,000.
NJ Riss Garland inquired ef NJ Gushing
| whs, might he The probable amount II tlaitns
upsa .hs Mexican government. ~ sents " his
constituents had a seoj deal sf iBtett.t In thstp.
he wished sise IN know what WAS The p~teGa'is
value " The Mesican treasury nosss provided fit
In the 9Th .eeiisn. II he uatetsteeJ Tie condis
,i,n Of The Mexican treasury, and ths rate Al
which ,hsit sucks, peunds,& M. we're setd. they
were nut VI a very high ,s,s, ard he wished 10
Snow whether there were any provisions entered
into ~ which The treasury notes 10 he Issued by
tha, government ~ste 10 III Of airy mere value
than THEFT either steeks md securities, % whether
The elsimspts we're 10 he pa. N With these note.
4, The same tate af value ~ The bvaas. Ne, bore.
namely, . seduction At sbso, 40 PEI eent,
Mr. Cushing Mas mel able Ia yiale The specific
aggregate smaaDt Of The elai,ns by citizen. Or The
United States, because ,nsty " tbs amount. se's
unliquiJs,ed, tut he referred Nj q. u 4 dctss
nett which would exhibit mn enumeration Of The
ystteas claims, with 4 ealeuisitya ~ ~ the
aMsUht, Dc,
A.. IL the cthsf peint=ihe value u the Mssi.
can treasury neias-sMs q said, hs knew ,hs,
| Mexican be,ds and ethel etedits we're II n s,ts,
l.ptstisllnA. The fessens NJ Tbs, VA. 10 be feand
mi alone In tbs exhausted state II The Mexican
treasury. tat In The fac, that there was no 6ssd
mean. " ~p,svistsn fes The payment II these
bonds. thsy depended an ths .elseoey and ser
stal gseJ faith vfths Mexican Republic. And u
hi, treaty WIRE si,sn, Oh tina, peint. he should
esteem II VI much les. value than he did now
MI y. then explained ,hs, there WI. = p'evi'
sion In thu treaty which, 81 . evt,sih degree,
avoided that difficulty, BY making these treasury
notes directly ehsrssbls upon q si,sb soatte d
revenue to vii, The du,is. no. enly Oh impet,'
but exports ~ q. ~ leave a fait aud reasonable
prospect In relation 10 them.
Nj lewis Williams. sneveL u smsod The bill
by reducing the salaries Of The commissioned
from $3.50 10 $4,000. Which motion Wal
agreed 10.
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