The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1847-10-16
LOUISVILLE, KY: SATURDAY OCTOBER 49, ls47

books, registers, or documents may he in its pos
session or power, which may have been asked
for from said Secretary of State, who shall i'm
mediately lay them before said board of commits
sioners: Provided, aisceys, That when said pe
tition shall be made by any Of the claimants, the
facts which they expect to prove by such books,
registers, documents shall have first been sta
ted under oath or Affirmation.
Arr. 8. The Govsrnment the United Next
caS States hereby forever comedies aud guaran.
ties o the Government and citizens of the United
States the right to transport across the Isthmus
Of Tehuantepec, from see to sea, by whatever
means of communication may at the time ex.
ist, whether by land or water, free from all
tolls or charges, all article whatsoever the natu-
raj products Of the United States or the products
of its manufactures, OF by the products and
manufacturers of any country whatever belong
ing to the Government or citizens of the United
States well as the free right Of passage TO all
citizens of the United States. The Government
Of the United Mexican States equally comedies
and guarantees to the Government and citizens
of the United States the same right of passage
for their merchandise and the articles aforesaid,
as II grants TO its own citizens, by any railroad
or canal which may hereafter be constructed
across said lsthTnus, whether by the Govern
ment Of the United Mexican States, or by its au-
thorzation, paying only such tolls as may be es-
tabished; and rs other Soea more onerous tolls
shall be i,sPessd - ~ct1hecs6d upon the articles
or merchandise mentioned belonging TO the Gov
eminent and citizens Of the United States, or on
the persons Of said citizens for passage over said
railroad or canal, than shall be charged or COL
lected for the same articles and merchandise be-
longing to the Government or citizens Of Next
co, or whatsoever foreign country, OF he per-
sons of its citizens. None of the said articles,
be they what they may, which may pass over
this lsihmus from sea 10 sea, in either direction,
whether by the present communications or by
any railroad or canal which may hereafter be
made, with the object Of being transported TO
any port of the United States, or of any foreign
country, shall be subject 10 the payment of any
duty whatever, whether of importation or ex-
portaton. The two Governments by this ar
ticle PROMISE with as little delay as possible mu-
tuaily TO agree upon and establish such regula-
tons as may be deemed necessary to avoid fraud
and smuggling in consequence of the right of
way hereby granted and perpetually guaranteed
10 the Government and citizens of the United
States.
ART. 3. All the effects, commodities. or n,er-
chandise which have been introduced during the
war, by whatsoever port or place of either par
ty, or by the citizens or subjects of any neutral
rover, while the same has been in the military
occupation OF the other, shall be permitted 10
remain Tree from contiscaton Of any charge or
duty which there may be on the sale or exchange
OF 'hem, or ON the expectation Of the said pro-
perty from the country; aud the proprietors
are hereby permitted 10 sell or DISPOSE of said
property in the same manner in every respect ms
II the importation Of the same had been made in
time OF peace, and mad paid the duties according
10 the laws oil each country respectively.
ART. 10. The treaty offriendship, commerce,
III al. ~
co, on the 9TH Of April, in the year of our Lord
1881, between the United States of America
and the United Mexican States, and each of its
articles, with the exception of the additional ar
ticles, are hereby renewed for the term of eight
years, from the day of the exchange of the ra-
tihcations of this treaty, with the same effect
and virtue us if they formed part hereof; il be-
ing understood that each Of the contracting par
ties reserves to itself the right at any time after
the said term of eight years to terminate the
same, giving one years previous notice TO the
other party.
ART. ii. The treaty shall be approved and
ratified by the President Of the United States of
America, with the appreciation and consent OF
the Senate, and by the President of the United
MvAioau States, with me previous appreciation
of the General Congress; and the ratification
shall be exchanged in the city of Washington
within the period Of - months from the
date Of the signing Of the same, or sooner, if
practicable.
STATEMENT OF THE MEXICAN PRESIDENT.
Statefnenf Of the Most Excellent President ia a
Ministerial Council.
"AuGUsr %, lS47-The armistice which the
General of the enemy asked having been agreed
to, and II being necessary to appoint upon the
part of the Mexican Government Commission
ers who should hear-nothing more--the pro-
positions Of peace which the Commissioner of
the United States might wish TO make in the
name Of his Government, Don Jose joaquin de
Herrera, Deputy General, ID. Antonio Moniar-
din, Magistrate of the Supreme Court, and ID.
y ntonio Garay. were appointed; sending them
at the same time the notification of their APP
pointment, in which they were notified TO meet
to- morrow at II o'clock at the Ministry of Re-
tations 20 proceed with the Minister to the resi-
dence of the President. in order TO receive their
instructions agreed to in Ministerial Council.
"The Minister of Relations win form memo
randum, which the Commissioners will take
with them, and which the President will place
in their hands. BY this they shall be restricted
TO their true mission; which, for the present, is
no other than to hear the propositions of peace
which the Government of the United States
pretend to make TO the Mexican Government,
| Immediately making known 10 il (the Mexican
Govcrnment) the contents Of the propositions,
that they may be duly examined, and that the
President and his Ministers may act upon them.
| The Government will reserve TO itself to give
| TO the Commissioners sufficient instructions to
| enter upon the preiminares Of The negotiation,
| consulting the Minister of Relations as far as
| may be necessary to the discharge of their COM
mission, and certainly not agreeing to any thing
without the previous appreciation Of the Gov
| ernment."
The Mexican commissioners were instructed
to offer treaty upon certain bases. August
3lst, these commissioners declared that they
could not negotiate under the instructions given.
The result was that Mexico offered the follow
ing as her utimatum'
ART. l, Is merely expression Of a desire
that there may be a firm and lasting peace be-
tween the two Republics.
ART. 2. STIMULATES that all prisoners taken by
land shall be given up after the treaty is
signed, and that any Mexicans who may be- prs-
oners of the savage tribes Of Indians within the
limits of the United States, shall be given up by
the Government of the United States and return
to their homes.
ART. 3. All the forts, towns, or territory and
artillery taken by the United States shall be re-
turned to Mexico.
ART. 4. The dividing line between the two
Republics shall commence in the Gulf of Mexico
three leagues from land in front, from the south
ern mouth ofthe Bay ofCorpus Christi, to run in
a straight line through said hay to the mouth OF
| the Rio de las Nueces: to follow thence the
course of that river to its source; from the
source Of the river Nueces astraght line will be
| traced until II meet the actu, frontier Of New
Mexico in the east southeast part. 1t will thence
follow the actual frontier Of New Mexico by the
east, north and west of New Mexico. until i,
meets latitude 81, which shall serve as the boun.
dary Of the two Republics, from the point al