Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1848-04-05

ready to receive and consider their pro
posals. They must now first sue 70,
peace.
"What terms the President NAV be will.
ing 10 grant them will depend upon the fu.
ture events Of the war, and the amount o.
the precious blood Of our fellow citizens
and the treasure, which shall in the mean
time have been expended.
''Should the Mexican government desire
hereafter to open negotiations. or 10 pro.
pose terms OF peace. their overtures will
be immediatly transmitted to Washington
~ the commanding general, where they
VII receive the prompt consideration ol
he President.
''Shou!d you have concluded a treaty
before this dispatch shall reach you, which
IS not t'cipated, you will bring this treaty
with you to the United States. for the con-
sderatlon Of the President; but should
you, upon its arrival. be actually engaged
n negotiation with Mexican commission
FRS, these must be Immediately suspended;
but you will inform them that the terms
which they may have proposed, or shall
propose. will be promptly submitted to the
President On your return. You are not
to delay your departure, however, awaiting
the communication Of any terms from
these commissioners. for the purpose CT
bringing them to the United States"
Again, in n second letter from Mr.. Bu-
chanan to Mr.. Trist, we find the following
seli.enccs:-
"You VII have learned from my dis
patch No. ), of The 9th instant. that we did
not believe there was any truth in the state
nent Of the Mexican commissioners, that
you had made such a proposal. AS THIS
fact IS now placed beyond a doubt, TIC
President has instructed me to express IL
you his profound regret that you should
have gone so far beyond the carefully con-
sidered ultimatum to which you were limit
ed by your instructions.
$40 have arrested our victorious army
at the gates Of the capital for forty or fifty
DAYS, and thus to have afforded the Next
cans an opportunity to recover from their
panic, to einbody their scattered forces. to
prepare for farther resistance, in order that
in the meantime you might refer such pro-
posals TO your Government, would, in the
opinion, have been truly un-
fortunate.
with these considerations in view, the
President has directed me to reiterate your
recall"
The above comprise the portions Of Mr..
letters recalling Mr.. Trist.
which gave offence and drew forth from
him the insulting language contained in
his reply, dated Nov. %, from which we
extract the following:
"On future occasion, perhaps, should
ever find time to employ on a theme SO
with respect to the public in |,
ercsts, and SO unimportant in my own
eyes, SO far as regard its bearing upon my ,
selfpersonally, may exercise the privilege
If examining the grounds for the censure
last upon my course by the President, and
those upon which rests the be-
ief still entertained by me, that course T
vas calculated to attain the end corite1n- ,
plated by our Government, and was the !
only one which afforded the slightest pos
sibilhy of its being attairci; the end,
mean of bring'"s ABOUT treaty of peace
On thcc oasis, in all material respects, Of the
projet entrusted to me.
..For the present | will merely call at
fention to the fact that a mere offer to re-
fer a question to my Government consti-
lutes the only ground on which | can be
charged with having gone so far beyond
The carefully considered ultimatum to
which was limited by my instructions"
Whether this offer, under the circumstan-
,es and prospects Of the crisis when it was
made, was wise or unwise-l mean with
reference to the end desired by our Gov
q question which no longer
possesses any practical Importance; though
he time was when it constituted with me
subject of the most careful and the most
anxious deliberations; not because Of the
PERSONAL responsibility attaching to the
decision in which that deliberation result
,d-for that never occupied my mind for
an instant--but because knew, and felt,
hat upon my own decision depended, ac
,ording to every human probability. the
early cessation Of the war, or its indefinite
The alternative presented by
The position in which found myself was.
On the one hand, to assume responsibility. /
and keep that chance alive, with some
prospect at least-and, all things consi- |
lercd. as perhaps may hereafter take the
roublc to show, by no means prospect
% be despised under such circumstances
hat the adoption Of our projet might come
o pass"
VII AlASs Nneh gus o'A W S"y "''s ">
expects to leave on the 4th or 9Th Of De-
,cmber. on his return, but the next letter
rom him to Mr.. Buchanan is dated Fe-
oruary 2, transmitting the Treaty. in which
ne gives no reason for not returning. The
blowing, however, is the latter in full, and
$ both amusing and interesting
Sir: transmit herewith the treaty Of
peace. friendship. limits and settlement.
signed one hour ago, at the city Of Qua
lalupe; spot which, agreeably to the
ar,h, as being the scene Of the miraculous
appearance of the Virgin, for the purpose
II declaring that Mexico was taken under
Ter special protection.
During the negotiation-whichh has been
IN exceedingly laborious one, and has
sept me closely employed for several weeks
,as. durinu every day and night for as