The Yazoo City Whig. [volume] (Yazoo, Miss.) 1844-1851, 1846-09-04
From lbr National lntelhee lcer.
The United States and Mexico.

We give The most conspicuous placein mr.
coIrmns TODAY TO the official history Of the
Presidents confidential message TO the
Senate, (prior to his public message 10 both
houses) and the Proceedings Of the Senate
thereon; which we are enabled to do 5y tie
Injunction Of secrecy having been Fsioesed
the e(rom on the motion ofa Senate la a.l1
= to the Administration The sntJGct of
these papers and proceedings is of entirely
TOO great Importance 10 require from us any
invitation to our readers to give them an At
Ieniive perusal.
Proceedings Qf't5c Senate, and Documents
commute fed thereto, from arhich the
injunction If secrecy baa bern TPmorec
an relation (? fairs bct8eea the United
.StmfS and IIrrico.
In ggeccatire Session. Senate Of TIE EH;te>s
States, Tuesday Aug 4!h lS46.
The following message Vas received from
the President OF the United States By FIR.
Walker his Secretary.
(Confdentia1)
WASHINGTON, Aug,.a, 1875
To tho Senate oftic United sizes:
Ihere*';t communicate TO tho Senate,
the cops al a letter, under { az Of The = III
utimc tfon the SeCrela@A 81 S'afa q lie
United States ~ the MtTs,cr Of soseis
Relations Of tho Mexicag' l-@pnbif+, - IS
proposing 10 OPEN neRt lions aad =
cIude treaty O. neace, sh : shae aC tst
III question: IN u~ntf e. Ec.a 9a : 10 $50
Republic Considering the relative row>
er Of the TWO countries, The glNfjohs events
which have already signaljzed or arms, and
lie sti's ~je' copditlen OF Af9xfcQ 5@
~, cas-el.e that any poiatoF na.,ona ads.
cuold exist @-c' "a u 10 preFeu1 n IN
making fhls@oIqf.dgs Equally anxious to
terminate. by peace honorable to both
pa,ies, as va originally T. avoid the ey,
istinn war | Save deemed my duty again
. extend the olive branch TO Me,ico.
5honld the Governmental the cub &C
cept the offer in the same frie spiI. by
when it was dictated. nego atoms will
speedily Commence for the c clasion of
treaty. r.
TIE chief dl Gully 10 be anticipaifd in
the negotjatt0E - the adjustment III she
boundary between the, {Rriies, by linz
which shall at nee be ;s4tctory DR. con
venjent to bot, and -ch a. Meth will
hereafter be inclined Il disturb. This is
the best m lie 6 per-s afal peace ana good
lnristhourhood between the two republics
Should tho Mexican Govarnmanl, ia order
10 accomplish these oiqrcT< - willing 20
~ede arr portion of their teas to the
United stayes, We bdpfst 70 49, ffskEr Il tair
! equivalent; Just and honuFaU35 peace, e.
ing our purpose ia terminating The pfosecQ
itQn Of the war.
Under ....ise circumstance and consider
-qthe .}aas,ed and d .. acted condition
,,f-6esNcA can Repub, c, II might ccome
ue5e IS : 4 order TO restore peace til :,
:. s.iluld' ha,l N my power 10 advance a
ipoltiop of.lhe cons r.itioh money for -aay
'cession Of lerr.toryWAi@h maybe T. -. me
.Mexic I So q nment might NOR ing
to ava - me ,aymeht, Of the ~ p AZ
the tre r. syIa -st,r@4d b. the s.. 'e;
!, r. an apj:opHai,.Js to : y? in.' = acct
: ulata By Congress; adi 'he necessity ioT such
"a DIZZY might defeat the object altogether.
+ | wopid therefore suggest ENether 1t might
not be- $ X. for Congress jo appropriate a
sum SHeh DIS they might consider adequate
for mis- purpose, to ~ pad, If necessary,
immedist,l, upon Il g raufCeiien of the
.reaiy by Mexico The disbursement OF this
money would, Of course, ge accounS>a fol
at the treasury, &c! as So. set service 'Aeney
bat like other expenditures.
Two recedenls for such proceeding
exist in pa.2 history, during the aam.nistra-
ton Of MIR. jefferson. to which would cal
vour attention. On The goth of FEBRUARY
1903, an act was passed aPProPrating &c.
100000 "for the purpose OF defraylng an!
extraordinary expenses which may be incur
res in the intercourse between the Unite.
States and foreign nations, 10 be applied
; under the |frTSlion of the Pre- sdent of IL
r United States, who shall cr.4se an accoun
D of the expenditure thereof to be laid befor
p Congress as soon ae may be-" And on III
? 18th Of FEBRUARY, 1907, an appropriation w
;, made Of the same amount and in the sam
i terms. The obiec in the first case was I
/, enable the Presids Mt to obtain the cessio
r of Louisiana, a1l in the second that of sh
p Foridas. In neither case was the mone,
= actually drawn from the treasury, and
s. should hope that the result in this respe,
'r might be similar Oh he present occasio
r though the appropriation is deemed expo
ep dient as precautionary measure
p refer the whole subject to the Senat
Executive session. If they should cones
in opinion with me, then recommend Il
passage Of law. approprating such SD
as Congress may deem adequate, TO be ust
:. BY the Executive, Unnecessary, Co tbe@pr
- pose which base Indicated.
ar. In the two cases to which have referrr
ar. the special purpose Of the appropriation 4
ar not appear on the face of the law, as q
o. af might have defeated the object, neither,
s. the same reason, in my opinion, oughs
now 10 be stated,
~ aIsn enrnrnrr icaie To the Gnnaln !