The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1848-04-06

fixed up some kind Of bargain and signed
1t, and oil course according 10 my orders
we have nothing to do bu, 10 stand still and
wait fos The two Governments to cllnch the
nail"
"Bu,," says Ginefal, you know Mr..
Tflst has no right 10 make a treaty sny
mose than | have, for the President has or.
dered him to come home; and il be has
made treaty its no better than piece Of
blauk piper, and you shouldn'. mind H."
dom, know any thing sbou, them mat.
tets," says he, :" can't 90 behind the cur.
tain TO INQUIRE what little msnpuvres are
going on between the Pfesiden, and his
Commissioner. Mr.. Trsl came out here
With his regular commission to make irea.
y. lie has b'ough, me a treaty, signed
by himself and the Mexican Commission
efs; ind ny orders are TO cease hostiliiies
OF course ~e can do nolhln else but halt
and stack our arms"
swell" says GIneral i, amt RICH, /;
,ts bad business; i'll break up this grand
annexip plan tina, was Jest going on 50 nice
that we nights 60, through with i, 10 year
or two more; and then il i'll bother the
President mos, TO death sbou, his election
Tor the second term. 1ha, treaty must he
stopped; i, tnas'nt be sent lone and II!
60 right and see Mr.. Trist abou, it,"
So Of wen, and hunted up Mr.. Trist,
and had talk with hin. Says !, "Tns.,
hos's this They tell me you've been ma
king a treaty with these Mexlcsns."
Shouldn't wonder if had" says he :
" that's les, wha, come on, here for"
We'll. must say, sir" says ~ think
this 10 q pretty piece Of business. How DO
you dare to do such thing? You know the
Pfes'dsn, has ordered you home"
"ies." says he, land mean to 60 home
as soon as | &C. through the job he sen, me
TO do"
"Well now" says "Trisl, claim to
know what the Preslden, is about. aud what
he wonts, aud l'n his confidential FREUD
and private ambassador out here, and
shall take the liberty to Interfere IN this bu
sness. This high handed doiugs Of yourn
must be nip, oil IN the bud. Wha, sort oil
q bargain have you been making! Jest lei
me look at the treaty."
Cant do IT," says he its half way Il
Vera Cruz by lhi. time; sen, il off yes
terdav."
Blood and thunder !" says "then you
have knocked tho whole business in this
head, sure enough. You've committed an
oulras eous crime. sir, and grea, shame /;
and don't you know, sir, tina, great crimes
deserve great punlshments | don't know
.hat Col Polk will do; but know ~hat
my friend old Hickory would do If he was
alive; he would hang you RICH, up 10 the
first tree he would come at"
"Wbs,. hang me for doing jest what |
was sent here TO do :" Gays he. For I've
made Jest such bargain as the President,
told mo to make only Iee,le better one"
THAT'S nothing here nor there" says
|. "you know circumstances alters cases.
And you know we'll enough, or you ought
to have sense enough to know, that, as
things now stand, The President don, van,
a treaty. Now. says | Mr.. Tris,, answer
me one plain question Do you thlok you
have any RICH, at oil TO make a treaty af.
ter Tho Preslden, has ordered YOU homo ?"
"Well," says be, think circumstances
alters cases too and when the President
ordered me home, suppose he thought |
couldn't &c, through the job he sent me 10
do. Blu, though, could, and so KEEP,
lryln, and I've 60, through with it a, last.
and done the business oil up according to
my frs, orders; and | don't see why the
Presiden, shouldn't he we'll satisfied.
"Weli." saws "~hai's the items Of
the bargainl What have you agreed upon!"
why" says he, 1--WE have the whole
of Teras clear to the Rio Grande We have
all Of New Mexico, and all of Upper Cali
forms. And We pay the Mexicans fifteen
million, of dollars, and pay our own citi /
zens FIVE millions that the Mexicans Owed
them. And We stop firing, draw our char
ses from the guns tina. are loaded. and so
home"
"WelI, now" says | "Tris', don't you
think YOU are pretty teller to make such
a bargain rs that at this time OF day The
will be mortified TO death about
il. Here we've been tightIn near about two
years TO make the Mes,cans pay over tina,
i, millions Of dollars they owed cur PEG
bio, aud now you've agreed that VIC shall
~, our hands in our pockets and pay /. our.
selves. The whole plan Of the war has
been carried on by the President upon the
,ighest principles to so straight ahead and
conquer peace, man fashion; and now
;ou'ye agreed TO back on, of the scrspe,
md BUY a peace, and pay the money for 1t.
You know very we'll the Preslden, has de.
Jared, time and agaln, that the war should
20 on ill we 20, indemnity for the past aud
ecuri,y for the iuiure--shem's his own G
words -ond now you've agreed 10 settle up |
Without getting one jo. of either. For the ]
,as, We are at least hundred millions Of |
olars out Of pocket, besides losing ten or v
illeen thousand men. As for the men, Z
pose you may say we can offset them a. d
'sins, the Mexicans we have killed, and as II
70 have killed more than they have, may v
e i, foo,s ur little in our favor, and that's q