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The udr Uhich n0aC crisis has been eau
sed solely on account If the territDry IF III
State Of Texas, II whuh the Republic q
Worth .7meric0 presents as n title the &C
If the same State, by which ii 0nnered a.
SELF 10 the .aIrM .4naerica c~Onjrdrdcy, G
Ter haring pr0cLaimed its independence q
Merlro. The Mexican Republic agreeing
as we have manifested TO you it dOes) OF
account of the owing indemnity, to the pre-
tensions of the Government at Washington
to the Territory of Texas, The cause of the
war has disappeared, and it should cease
since all the reasons for continuing it have
ceased to exist. In regard TO the other ter.
~ritories comprehenied in the 4th article oil
your project, until now the republic ofNortl
America has urged no title to it, nor did
We believe it possible that any would be al
legged. 1t, then, could not acquire them.
but BY right of conquest, or by that which
would result from sale or ccsSion, TO which
it would now force Mexico. But as We are
persuaded that the Republic of Washington
would not only absolutely repel, but would
hold in odium the first of these titles, and
as on the other hand, it would be a new
thing that wal should be made upon a peo-
pie for the simple reason that it refuses to
sell a territory which its neighbor wishes to
purchase; we hope from the justice Of the
Government and people of North America,
that the great modification which we have
to propose of the ~cession of territory with
out the State of Texas) which is claimed in
the said article i, will not be considered a
motive for continuing a wal which the wor-
thy general of the North American forces
has Justly characterized as unnatural.
In our conferences we have declared to
you that Mexico cannot cede the belt Of
land comprehended between the left bank
of the Bravo and the right of the Nueces.
The reason of this is not only the full Ger
tainty that the stated territory never has
belonged to the State Of Texas, but that it is
Of great value considered in itself. 1t is
that this zone with the Bravo at its back
the natural frontier of Mexico, as
much in q military as in a commercial point
view; and Of no people should it be-
claimed, nor should any people consent to
abandon such a frontier. But in order to,
remove all cause of dissension for the future
The Government of Mexico binds itself not
10 found new settlements or establish colo
MES in the space between the two rivers; in
manner preserving it in the depopulated
state in which it now exists, presenting e.
lual security to both Republics. The pres
s~rvation Of this territory is according TO our
Instructions a condition sine qua non
Of peace. Sentiments Of honor and delica-
.y (which your noble character will cause
you to estimate properly } more than a cal
c~ulation Of interest, prevent our Govern
ment from consenting to the dismember-
nent of New Mexico. On this point we
believe it TO be superfrous to add anything
to what we have already stated to you in.
our conferences.
The c~esssion of Lower California, little
profitable to North America, offers great
embarrassments, considering the position of
that peninsula, opposite our coasts ofSonora
from which + is separated by the Gulf of
Cortes.
You have given to our observations ON
subject their value, and we learned
satisfaction that you have been con-
by them.
Besides the preservation Of Lower Cali
fornia it would be necessary for Mexico to
retain a portion of Upper; otherwise, that
Peninsula would remain without land COM
nunication with the remainder Of the Re-
which would always be a great en-
oarrassment especially for a non-maritime
power such as is Mexico. The cession of
he part Of Upper California offered by our
government for the compensation will not
bring to the United States merely fertile
ands and in fact mineral wealth, but pre-
'ents the advantage of an uninterrupted
communication with its territories of Ore
son. The wisdom of the government of
Washington, and the energy of the Ameri-
ian people, will know how to draw album
liant fruits from the acquisition which we
low offer them.
In Art. 8 Of your project the concession
If a free passage by the Isthmus of Tehuan-
epec to the southern sea is claimed in IA
'or ofthe North Americans. We have ver-
'ally stated TO you that some years have
Elapsed since the government gave a privi-|
eye of this kind to a particular individual
afterwards transferred it with the au-
hority of the same government 10 English
objects, of whose rights Mexico cannot dis
'ose. You will not complain, therefore,
hat in this point we cannot accede to the de-