The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1846-12-25

: convention of The eleventh of April
$ 1889, was TO be paid to them on til,
= thirtieth of April, lS43, and 9th,
principal Of Tie said awards, and the
/ interest ccruing thereon" was slip
. nlated TO "be paid in five years
IN equal instruments every three
T. months" Notwithstanding this new
convention was entered into at the
= request of MeXico, and for the ptsr-
pose of relieving her from embarrass-
: ment, the claimants have only re-
ceived the interest due on the thir-
ticth Of April, 1913, and three of the
twenty instruments. Although the
payment of the sum thus liqudated
and confesscdly due by Mexico to
our citizens as indemnity for ac-
knowledged acts Of outrage and
wrong, was secured by treaty, the
obligations Of which are ever held
sacred by all just nations, yet Mex
leo has violated this solemn engage
mcnt by failing and refusing to make
the payment. The two instruments
due in April and July, 1914, under
the peculiar circumstances connect
ed with them, have been assumed
by the United States and discharged
to the claimants, but they are Still!
due BY Mexico. But this is not all
Of Which we have just cause Of COM
plant. To provide remedy for the
claimants whose cases were not de-
cided BY the joint commission under
the convention of April the eleventh,
1889, it was expressly stipulated by
the sixth article of the convention
Of the thirtieth Of January, lS43, that
ga new convention shall be entered
into for the settlement of all claims
OF the government and citizens of
the United States against the repub-
lie Of Mexico, which were not final
ly decided by the late commission,
which met in the city of Washing
ton, and Of all claims CT the govern
ncnt and citizens of Mexico against
the United States"
In conformity with this stipulation,
tLlrd convention was concluded
and signed at the city of Mexico on
the Goth of November, l843, by the
plenipotentiaries of the two govern
ments, by which provision was made
for ascertaining and paying these
claims. In January 1914, this con-
vcntion was ratified by The Senate
oithc United States with two amend
meuts which we're manifestly rca-
sonab!e in their character. Upon a
reference Of the amendments propo-
sed TO the government of Mexico.
the same evaSions, difficulties, and
delays were intcrposed which have
so long marked the policy Of that
| government towards the United
States. 1t has not even yet decided
whether it would or would not &C.
cede to them, although the subject
las been repeatedly pressed upon its
consideration.
! Mexico has thus violated second
time the faith of treaties, by failing
or refusing to carry into effect the
sixth article of the Convention of
. January, 1898.
Snch is the history Of Tie wrongs
which we have suffered and patient
~ endured from Mexico, through a
long series Of years. SO far from at
fordiug reasonable satisfaction for
the injuries and insults we had borne,
a great aggravation Of them consists
in the fact, that while the United
States, anxious II preserve good
understanding with Mexico, have
been constantly, but vainly employ
din seeking redress forpast wrongs,
new outragcs were constantly oc-
curing, which have continued to
increase our causes of complaint,
and TO swell the amount of our de-
mandS. While the citizens of the
/ United States were conducting a
lawful commerce with Mexico, un-
dera guaranty Of treaty of sanity.
commerce and novigation,' many OF
them have suffered all the injuries
which would have resulted from
open war. This treaty instead Of
aiiording protection TO our citizens,
has been the means of inviting them
into the ports Of Mexico, that they
might be, as they have been in nut
merous instances, plundered of THEN
property and deprived Of their per.
sonal liberty, if they dared insist OF
thoir rights. Had the unlawful sci.
cures of American property, and tn,
. violence of personal liberty of oul
= citizens, to say nothing Of the insults
; to our flag, which have occurred il
, the ports Of Mexico, taken place OF
l the high seas, they would thcmsclvc
: long since have constituted a stat,
, of actual war between the two coun
t tries. In so long suffering Mcxic,
I TO violate her most solemn treat,
= obligations, plumber our citizens o
D their property, and imprison thei
$ persons, without anorling them an
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