Washington telegraph., 1847-12-29

shonld the contingency occur making such
appropriation proper.
The doctrine al nn territory Is tho doc.
lline Of M indemnity, aud, II sanctioned,
would he public acknowledgement that
our country was wrong, mud that the war
declared by Congress with extraordinary
unanimill, was uuIusl and should be ahln'
dHned-an admission unlunled IN fact
aud degrading Ia the national ehafaeler--
The terms OF the treaty by the L. States
were not only jusl To Mexico, but, eonsid.
eriug the character aud amount Of our
claims, the unjHsiiitblr aud nuprosukcl
commencement uf hnslillics hs her, the
expense, ui the var, 10 which We have
been subjected aai the success which has
attended our arms wrro dremed 10 BE- of
must liberal character,
The commissioner Of the United States
was authorized Ia agree To the establish
meni OF the Rio Gianle as the boundary,
ffnm lis entrance into the gull 10 ils inter.
section Of the Southern boundary oi New
Mexico. in north latitude about ia degrees
and 10 obtain eession to the L. States OF
the provinces of New Mexico and the Cali
lafnas, and the privilege Of the tight Of way
aefnss the islhmus Of lehuanlepse. The
bouniary a. the RIO Giande aud the ecs
SION 10 the United States Of New Mexico
aud Upper California constituted a slipula
lion which our commander was under no
circumstances 10 yield. That il might be
manifest not ohy 10 Mexico hut 10 all
other nations. thal the United States were
not disposed 10 take advantage of u feeble
pawer by insisting upon Wrestling from her
al her other proviners, including many of
her principal towns and cities which we
Ind conquered and held ia our military
occupation, but wrrn willing 10 conclude
The treaty IN spirit Of ibrraliiy. our com.
missioner was authorized Ia slipalaie Tor
the restoration 10 Mexico VI all our other
eonqnesls.
A the territory to be acquired by the
boundary proposed nigh, be estimated 10
be Of greater value than fair equivalent
10 our Just demands, nir commissioner wa.
authorized 10 .tipu.s'c Tor ihe payment ol
such additional recmiary consideration as
vas deemed reasonable. The terms OF
the treaty proposed by tho Mexican Gov.
enment commissioners were wholly mad
missibe. They negotiated as IT Mexico
/ were The victorious and no, the yanqlishei
party, or they must have known their ulii
inatum could never have been accepted
Il required the United States 10 dsmember
Texas, by surrendering 10 Mexico that part
Of the territory Of that State lying between
the Nueccs and the Rio Grandr, included
within her limit, by her laws when she was
an independent republic, and when she
was admitted by Congress rs one Of the
States Of our MON. Il contained no pro.
vision ior the payment ofIhe just claims oI
our citizens Il required indemnify to
Mexican citizens for injury they may have
sus'a ned by our troops in the prosecution
oi the war. L demanded the right for Mex.
leo 10 levy and collect The Mexican duties,
levied on goods imported into her ports
whlc in our military occupation, and the
owners ol which had paid To officers o the
United States, tie contribution which had
been levied upon them, and il offered Ia
ceds to the T. s asa pecuniary consdrra.
ton, that part OF Upper California lying
norh Of lat. 81 deg. Such were the un.
reasonable terms proposed by the Mexican
commissioners.
The cession 10 the United States by
Mexico oiihc provinces Of New Mexico and
the Callornias, proposed by the commits.
sioncr ol the United States il was believed,
would be more IN accordance with the con
yenience aud interests Of both nations Than
any other cesslon OF territory which i was
probable Mexico could be induced 10 make.
II is manifest TO all who have observed the
actual condition OF The Mexican Government
for some time past, and AT The present time,
that, il these provinces should he retained
by her, she could no long continue to hold
and govern them Mexico is too feeble \
power to govern these provinces, lying. as
/ they do, at q distance oi more than u thou,
sand miles from her capital, and II attempt.
ed 10 he retained by her they would const
/ tutc but for a short time, even nominally, a
part Of her domnlons.
This would be especially the case with
Upper California. The sagaciy Of power.
lul European nations has long since direct.
ed their attention to the commercial impor.
tance olthat province, and there can be lii,
tie doubt that, the moment the U. $. shall
reIinqnlsh their present occupation of il as
indemnity, an effort would be made by some
foreign power 10 possess ii, either by con.
quest or purchase. lIno foreign Govern
ment should acquire it by either of those
modes, an independent revolutionary Gov.
ernment would probably be established by
the inhabitants and such foreigners as may
remain in or remove To the country, as soon
as it shall be known that the United States
should have abandoned it. Such Gov.
ernment would be too feeble long to retain
its separate independent existence, aud
would finally become annexed TO or n de.