The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1847-12-16

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lIine Of - indemnay; and. n ssneiioned.
would Be- plblir seknosIsdgmens thai
Our e0unaFy was wong. and that ihe war
declared by c0ngIess wilh extraordinary
unanimiiy. Gas unjust. ard should BE-
abandonsd: N sdnlsslon unloanded IN
isei. and degrading 70 The national cha
raelsf.
The terms Of he treaty proposed By
ihe Uhiard States weTe not only jusl 10
Mckee. bUl. considering The character and
amount ofour claims. abe sniuslliahle snd
unpToyoksd cnnmeheemsnI ol h0slilities
By her. The expenses Of The var 10 which
We have been subjected. and The sueees.
which had attended our arms. we're deem
ed 70 be oi q masI liberal ehsrsrier.
The commissioner sf the United Stairs
sas authorized 10 sgree 10 the establish.
menI OF The Rio GTsnhe % The boundary.
IRON is entrance into The Gull 10 It's inter-
section wnh the southern boundary Of
New MexIeo. in north latitude sbonl
thir.y-Iwo degiees, and 10 obtain eetsion
10 The United Stats Of the provinces Of
New Mexico. and The Csliiorniss. and lhe
privilege oi the right Of wsy arross thr
lslhmus Of fehnnaIePee. The boundary
OF The Rlo Grande. and The cessI0n To The
Uniled STATES Of New Mexico and Upper
cslllnrnIa. constituted an ulIimsium ~h'eh
our commissioner was, under no eH-
eumstanets. TO yield.
That il might be manifest not only tn
MEXICO. but 10 all o,her nations. that the
United States we're not disposed 10
take sdSsntsge OF feeble power, by in
sisling upun wrestling from her all the
other provinces. including many Of her
principal towns and ri lies, which we had
conquered and held in our military occu-
patton, but were willing 10 conclude .
treaty in . spirit of lIbersluy, our CON.
missioner was authorized TO st,puls,e for
the restoration 10 Mexiro Of oil our other
conquests.
As the territory 10 be srqoired by the
boundary proposed nigh, be est'mssed to
be Of greater value than fair equivalent
for our iusl demands, our commissioner
was authorized TO .Iipulsie for the pay
menl OF such additional peruniary consi-
deralion as was deemed reasonable.
The terms Of . treaty proposed by The
Mexican commissioners were wholly in-
admissible. They negotiated as il Mex
leo we're The victorious, and not the yan-
pushed party. They must have known
that their ulumstum could never be sc-
cepud 1, required the Un,ted States to
dismember Texas, by surrendering 10
Mexico that part Of the territory OF that
STATE lying between the Nueces and the
RIO Grsnde, included within her Limits by
her laws when she was an independent
| Republic, and when she was annexed 10
the Unlled States and admitted by Con-
gress az one Of the States Of our Union
|, contained no provision for The payment
by Mexico Of The Just claims OF our cili'
zens. |, required indemnity TO Mexican
ciuzens Tor injuries they may have sus'
tanned BY our iroop' in the prosecution o.
the war. II demanded the right for Mexl
co TO levy and collec, the Mexican tariff
oil duties on goods imported into her port'
while in our military occups,lon during
,he war, and The owners Of which had paid
10 officers of the Unired States the militia
~ contributions which had been levied
upon them; and il offered TO cede to the
United States for a pecUniary considers
ZION ,hs, part OF Upper California ls ing
north OF latitude ,hir,y-seven degrees
Such were the unreasonable terms pro
posed BY the Mexican Commissioners.
4 lie CesSluu W uC OH'"u S'a'SS "
Mexico Of the provinces Of New Mexico
and the CALIFORNIA;, as proposed by th'
! Commissioner oil the United Sites, Il wal
! believed, would be more IN accordanc'
with the convenience and in.eres;s OF boil
nations than any other cess'on OF terrific
~ which il was probable Mexico couI'
be induced to make.
II is manifest to all who have observed
the actual condition Of the Mexican gov
eminent, for some years past. and al pre-
sent, that if these provinces should be re
tanned by her, she could not long con'inu
to hold aud govern them. Mexico Is to-
feeble power to govern these provinces
lying as they do al a distance OF more sha
thousand miles from her capital. and,
attempted to be retained by her, The.
would constitute bu, fnr SHIRT time. eve
nominally. part Of her dpminions.
This would be especially the case wi,
}, Upper California. The sagaeily of pow
erlul European nations has long SINCE d
. reeted their attention to the commerci;
;n,nor,,oca IF that nroyinre and there ca