The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1847-10-16
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PROPOSITIONS OF MIR TRIST.

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,ca md the United States of Mexico, with
ant onv exception whatsoever All hostili-
aos nv sen or land shall ccase Immediately
and dciiniiively as soon ms the publications.
sbolI have been exchanged by both parties,
Apr. .. All prisoners of war made by both
,orlics, both on sea and land shall be liber-
d,cd ms soon as practicable after the exchange
Qualifications ofthis treaty, Beside, it is IL
grccd that if any NoXcau citizens should be
prisoners Of the Cumanches, or of any tribes
afIndipns within the limits of the United
safes, the Government ofthe United States
will endeavor to obtain their return 20 their
names. according to the treaties existing with
chose Indians.
ART. 3. As soon ms the present treaty shall
have been duly ratified by the United Suites
nrMeylco, orders will he issued without de-
Inv TO the Commanders of both parties, both
an sea and land that hostiitics are suspend
cd. and that such suspension shall be strictly
observed after the exchange
Qualifications Of the present treaty, all the
ports, territories, towns and possessions of
every kind, which may have been captured
Iy the United States from the United States
Of Mexico during the war, except those com
miscd within the limits ofthc United States
rs defined by Article No. 4 ofthis treaty, will
he given up without delay and without occa-
swing any damage, or without any cXporta-
IN ofnrtillery, or public property captured
originally in said ports or towns or which
may be therein at the ratification ofthis treat
Asst. 4. The dividing line between the
iwo Republics, will commence in the Gulf
of Mexico, three leagues off land fronting
the mouth of the RIO Grande, thence upward
hy the middle of said river to point where it
touches the meridian line of New MeXico
thence toward the west to the longitude of
the southern limit of New Mexico, ut tho
angle southwest of the same; thence toward
the north To the longitude of the northern
line of New Mexico, until it is intersected by
the first arm of the Rio ella, 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 a direct line TO the same and
descending by said arm and by the said river
Gila until It's discharge into the River Colo
RADIO and thence downward by the Colorado
and the middle of the Gulf of California TO
the Pacific Ocean.
ART ). In consideration of the extension
oftcrritory, as defined by the preceding arti-
Gle and by the slipulations which will appear
in Article No. s, the United States abandon,
forever, all claims against the United States
otMcYicO, on account ofthe expenses of the
var and beside this agree to pay to the Uni
ted States ofMcXico, S.. The sum is
not spcciied.l
ART. &. In consideration of Article No. i
the United States agree % guarantee and pay
10 the claimants all the obligations which are
now due and which may fall due according
10 the Convention concluded between the
two Republics in the City of Mexico on the
Both January, 1913, and to provide for the
payment Oi'the decisions given in favor ofthc
claimants, given under n Convention between
the United States and the Mexican Republic,
Nrlo data 90 Ia I Ith nd H.,
United States also agree to assume the pay
mrnt ofthc claims Of citizens of the United
states not previously decided against the
Government OtthC United States of Mexico,
up to Il sum which shall not exceed three
millions of dollars, and which shall have o.
rlgjnated previous to the 18th May, 1916, and
which also shall have been acknowledged ms
just debts by n tribunal of commissioners APP
pointed by the Government of the United
States, whose decisions shall be defimliVe
and binding, provided that on deciding on
said demands, the said tribunal shall be gov
rrocd by the principles and rules prescribed
Ivy Articles Nos. and ) of the Convention,
not ratified hut concluded in the City of Mex
Ico on the Goth of November, lS43;and in no
ease shall decision be given in favor of any
claim unless it is regulated by these primc-
pies and rules; and the United States by this,
and forever after, eXonerate the United States
oIAleXico from all responsibility to these cIu-
mants, whether rejected or admitted by said
commissioners.
ART. 7 Merely states that in case Of any
difficulty in the settlement ofthe claims, the
archives of the Government are to be at the
service of the commission to ascertain the va
ldty of the claims.
ART. s. The United States shall have in
pcrpetuity free ofany tax or claim whatsoev-
er for the produce ofther own country or the
produce introduced under their flag, the
transportation of goods through the isthmus
wTehuantebec, for or from the Pacific, by
my means ofconveyance now IN existence,
'orto be established hereafter, by canals or
railroads.
ART. 9. All the goods introduced during
fhc occupation of the country by the United
States shall be free from either importation
or internal duties and free from confiscution.
ART. 10. The article of nmiry. commerce
and navigation, concluded in the CITY of Mex
lco on the 9Th ofApril, 1881 between the two
powers, shall be renewed for the period of
eight years after the ratification ofihs treaty;
each party having the right after the expira-
ton of that period, to terminate the same by
notice of one year.
ART. IL. This treaty will be approved and
ratified by the President of the United States
OfAnerica, with the appreciation and consent
ofthe Senate, and by the consent of the u
nted States of Mexico with the full approba-
ton ofthe General Congress; and the ratifi-
cations will be exchanged in the City of
Washington within the period of--months
from the date on which it may be signed or
as soon as possible.
MEXICAN PROPOSITIONS.
Leaving aside for the present the first ill
structions from Santa Anna to the Mexican