Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1847-10-14

lhad not attended, and that the government
should be instructed to endeavor, through
4 means Of their excellencies the governors of
1.-THE States, to procure a meeting Of the Con
iigFess. %
| have the pleasure So to inform you, in re-
ply to your note, iaHd to renew the assurances
1 Of my esteem.
/ A. M. .SALONiO.
/! God and Liberty! Mexico, Aug. 81, ls47.
To his Excellency :
The MINISTER OF FoR'GN s. INTERNAL ART
Points treated Of IN the conference acith the
( Commissioner Of the United, States, and
s achich are to serre as &basis for the .Ms1icaa
commissioners to the President
! by the Minister Of State, and approved by
! the President IN a cabinet meeting. This
I paper ,cas kept IN reserve, TO be delirered to
| the Mexican commissioners achea they should
be appointed and empowered to treat.
! Preliminary: The place of conference,
which must be halfway between the points oc-
cupied by the two armies.
! Also preliminary: ACKNOWLEDGING must
be made by the American commissioner, before
entering on the negotiation, Of the right of de-
{ liberation on the part of Mexico. That is, if
the intention of the United States has been to
augment their territory, why have they not
stopped with what they have in fact occupied ?
! If their object in coming to the capital is that
their right may be ratified by obtaining assent
+, to it, then they should give up all that is not
ceded willingly. Otherwise, let them con-
sumate their forcible occupation, and the war
will be continued.
( !. The independence of Texas shall be ac-
knowledged; an indemnity being agreed upon.
! 2. BY Texas, is understood the territory
! known bv that name after the treaties of 1919,
and when it formed part of the State of Goa
: hula and Texas; and not by any means the
territory between the Nueces and the Bravo,
VIII ch the Congress of the pretended Texans
claimed to belong to It,
3. A condition for treating with respect to
any other portion of territory, shall be- the e.
vacuation of all parts of the Mexican republic
occupied by them, and. the raising of the
blockade, leaving all our ports free.
4. Power is given to negotiate with respect
to port in Upper California.
5. By no means shall the 26th degree of
latitude be agreed upon as boundary, as it
would deprive the republic of all Coahuila, all
New Mexico, almost the whole of chihuahua.
almost the whole of Durango, all Sonora. part
Of Sinaloa, and almost the whole of Upper Cal
iforna; so that if port is to be ceded, and 1t
should be San Francisco, it shall be ceded as a
factory, and not as boundary.
6. Indemnity to be agreed upon for the port
[of San Francisco and road of communication
to Oregon.
7. Indemnity also for the damages, injuries,
and extraordinary expenses of this war car
ried on in the territory of the republic, as it is
concerning the territory that they have come
to negotiate, and have brought the war 10 the
capital. #s
8. Indemnity also for injuries to families and
property in Matamoras, Monterey, Vera Cruz,
and other cities, places, and settlements in the
republic, in consequence of the war.
g. Indemnity also for the depredaiions which
have been committed by their troops.
10. Also for the depredations committed by
their foraging parties, who. in the exercise Of
this license, have violated the law of nations.
IL. All claims or reclaEatons which they
have made, both those lquidated and payable,
and those unliquidated. shall be regarded as
satisfied or extingushed.
( r. The United States shall acknowledge
the validity of the titles Of owners of lands in
Texas held under grants made previous to its
declaration of independence. whether by the
general government or that of the State, and
| shall leave them the free use and profit Of
them.
| 10. The United States shall engage not to
permit slavery in that part of the territory
which they may acquire by the treaty.
! H. The treaty shall be framed upon the ba-
sis of reciprocity such reciprocity, however,
as may in reality exist, taking into view the
respective circumstances Of the two nations.
Is Not less than year shall be agreed
upon as the term within which the treaty is to
be definitely concluded. ~
l6. The guaranty of its fufilment shall be
sought by common consent In European
power, or in continental Congress.
II. The basis Of the latter shall be the re-
publican system throughout the continent, ex-
cept in Brazil and French GUIANA
l8. The treaty which may sbos concluded
shall not prejudice, in any manner. the priv
| ilige of the most favored nation which the re-
public has granted to other nations with which
it has made treaties.
! 49, Among the necessary arrangements,
stipulation shall be made for the return Of the
! Ailou ~ loUuCtS, anu uOuC ~
army shall enter the capital.
90 Restoration Of vessels and trophies.
e. And as general basis, 70 treat for
peace in the manner Of one who had trium PHI
ed, and who could still carry on the war with
advantage.
ANTONIO LOPEZ DE SANTA ANNA,
~. K. PACHECO,
T ". ROMERO, n
/ ALCORTA,
| RONDERO.
.MExicos Aug. "a, 1s47.
a true copy; o. MoNAsTERlO !
undersigned; eoninissione appointed by
the United States Of America near the United
Mexican States, clothed with full powers ii
treat and confer with any person q persons
equally smpsos cred BY the Mexican govern
inent, and = ptiate and conclude with him
" them u hung treaty Of peace, friendship.
and limits between the two republics, takes the
liberty to cali the attention Of his excellency
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