The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1847-10-15

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Obligations impose upon me.
have the honor to be your Excellen-
cy's humble seryant.
A. LOPEZ DE SANTA ANNA.
Propositions made iu the Late Ne
gOtiaiiOns.
By way of Baltimore we have %receiv-
ed from the New Orleans Picayune the
substance of the propositions made both
by Mr.. Trist and the Mexican Commits.
%sioners. And first, the substance of Mr..
Trist may be given as follows:
ARTICLE /. There shall be a firm peace
between the two countries, and a cessa-
tion Of hostilities as soon as the ratifca-
ton of the treaty is exchanged.
Art. 9. All prisoners of war shall be
liberated as sool as practicable after such
exchange of ratifications; and if there be
any Mexican prisoners among the lndi-
ans within the United States, the govern
ment of the United States will endeavor
to have them liberated.
Art. 3. AS soon as the treaty shall be
ratified by Mexico, orders shall be issued
to commanders Of both parties, by land
and sea, to suspend all hostilities; and i'm
mediately after The exchange of r%atiica-
tons of the present treaty, all the ports,
territories, towns and possessions of eve
ry kind, which have been captured by
the United States from the United States
Of Mexico during the war, except those
comprised within the limits of the Uni
ted States, as defined by Article No. A.,
of this treaty, will be given up without
delay; aud without occasioning any dam
age, or without any expectation of artil-
cry, o + public property captured origin
ally in said ports or towns, or which may
be therein at the ratification of this trea.
ty.
Art. A, The dividing line between the
two Republics, will commence in the
Gulf Of Mexico. three leagues of land
fronting the mouth of the Rio Grande,
thence upwards by the middle of said
river, to q point where it touches the me-
ridian line of New Mexico: thence to-
wards the west 10 the longitude of the
southern limit of New Mexico, at the an.
gle south west of the same; thence to-
wards the north of the longitude of the
nothern line of New Mexico, until it is
intersected by the first arm of the Gila;
or if it should not be intersected by any
arm of that river, thence to the point of
said line nearest TO said arm; thence in
q direct line to the same, and descend
ing by said arm, and by the said river
Gila. until its discharge into the river
Colorado and the middle of the Gulf of
California TO the Pacific Ocean.
Art. s.. In consideration o fthe prece.
ding articles the United States aban.
don all claim forthe expenses of the war
and agree to pay Mexico $-(sumu not
specified.)
Art. 6. In consideration Of Article No.
4, the United States agree and guaran-
teeto pay the claimants all the obliga-
tions which are now due, and which may
fall due according TO the convention con-
Guided between the w Republics, in
this city Of Mexico, on the 30th of Janu-
arp, 1S43, and to provide for the payment
ofthe decisions givenin favor ofthe claim,
ants, given under a convention between
the United States and the Mexican Re-
public, under the date of the l1th of A.
pril, 1889.
And the United States also agree
to assume the payment Of the claims
of the United States, not previous
ly decided against the government of
the United States of Mexico. up to a sum
which shall not exceed thirteen millions
of dollars, and which shall have origina.
ted previous to the 18th of May, 1916,
aud which shall also have been acknowl.
edged as just debts by a tribunal Of com,
missioners appointed by The government
of the United States; whose decisions
shall be definite and binding, provided
that on deciding on said demands the said
tribunal shall be covered by the princi-
pies and rules prescribed by articles Nos.
| and 5, of the convention, not ratified
but concluded in the city of Mexico on
the Goth of November, 1S43; ard in no
case shalla decision be given in favor Of
any claim unless it is regulated by these
principles and rules; and the United
States by this, and forever after, exon
crates the United States of Mexico from
all responsible to lhese claimants wheth-
or rejected or admitted by said commits
%sioners.
Art. 7. Merely states that in case of
any difficulty in the settlement of the
claims, the archives of the Government
are to be at the service of tho commission
to ascertain the validity of the claims.
Art. s.. The United States shall have
in perpetuity, free of any tax or claim
whatsoever, for the produce of their own
country or the produce introduced under
their flag, the transportation through the
lsthmus of T~ehdanatepec for or from the
Pacific, by any means Of conveyance now
in existance, or 10 be established horeaf-
ter, by canals or railroads.
Art. 8. All the goods introduced dur
ing the occupation of the country by the
United States, shall be free from either
importation or internal duties, and free
from confscation.
Art. 10. The articles of amity, com
MERGE and navigation. concluded in the
city of Mexico on the 9th of April, 1881,
between the two powers, shall be renew-
ed for the period Of eight years after the
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