Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1848-07-19

lawfully given by the general government
of each in conform ity with its own consli-
tuiion.
ARTICLE VI
The vessels and citizens of the United
States shall, in afl time, have free ,nnd
uninterrupted passage by the gulf of Cali.
fornia, and by the river Colorado below its
confidence with the Gila, to and from their
Possessions situated north Of the boundary3
line defined in the preceding article; il be-
ing understood that this passage is 10 heby
navigating the gulf of Californias ana The
river CofoFado, and not BY fandt, without
the express consent Of the Mexican govern
ment. -e.--
If, by the examinations which may be
made,il should be ascertained to be pracrca-
be and advantageous to construct road Ca
nal, or railway,which should in whole or in
part run upon the river Glla, or, upon its
right or its left bank, within the space Of
one marine league from either margin of
the river, the governments Of both repub-
lies will form an agreement regarding its
construction, in order that it may serve g.
qually for the use and advantage of both
countries.
ARTICLE VII.
The river Gila, and the part OF the Rio
Bravo del Norte lying below the southern
boundary of New Mexico, being, aggreea-
bly, to the fifth article, divided in the mid
die between the two republics, the naviga-
tion of the Gla and Of the Bravo below
said boundary shall be free and common to
the vessels and citizens of both countries;
and neither shall, without the consent of
the other, construct any work that may i'm.
pede or interrupt, in whole Or in part, the
exercise Of this right; not even for the
purpose Of favoring new methods Of navi-
CATION. Nor shall any tax or con.riba-
ton, under any denomination or title, be
levied upon vessels or persons navigating
the same or upon merchandise or effects
transported thereon, eXceptin the case of
landing upon one Of their shores. If, for
the purpose of making suid rivers naviga-
BILE, or for maintaining them in such state,
it should be necessary or advantageous to
establish any tax or contribution, this shall
not be done without the consent Of both
governments. --.
The stipulations contained in the pres
ent article shall not impair the territorial
rights of either republic within its estab-
llshed limits. .....-
ARTICLE VIII. g.,
Mexicans now established in territories
previously belonging to Mexico, and which
remain for the future within the limits of
the United States, as defined by the pres
ent treaty, shall be free to continue where
they now reside, or to remove al any time
to the Mexican republic, retaining the prop
erty which they possess, or disposing there
of, and removing the proceeds wherever
they please, without their being subjected,
on this account, to any contribution, tax,
or charge whatever.
Those who shall prefer to remain in the
said territories, may either retain the title
and rights Of Mexican citizens, or acquire
those of citizens of the United States. But
they shall be under the obligation to make
their election within one year from the
date Of the exchange of ratications of this
treaty; and those who shall remain in the
said territories after the expiration Of that
year, without having declared their inten-
ton to retain the character of Mexicans,
shall be considered to have elected to be-
come citizens Of the United States.
In the said territories, property Of every
kind, now belonging to Mexicans not estab-
lished there, shall be inviolably respected.
The present owners, the heirs of these, and
all Mexcans who shall hereafter acquire
said property by contract, shall enjoy with
respect to its guarantees equally ample, as
if the same belonged to citizens ofthe Uni
ted States.
ARTICLE TX.
Mexicans who, in the territories afore-
said, shall not preserve the character of Cit
liens of the Mexican republic, conforma-
bly, to what is stipulated in the preceding
article, shall be incorporated into the Uni
ted States, and admitted at the proper time
Ito be judged Of by the Congress Of the u
nited States) to the enjoyment Of all the
rights of citizens Of the, United States, &C.
cording to the principles of the Constitu-
ton; and in the mean time shall be main
tained and protected in the enjoyment of
their liberty and property, and secured in
the free exercise Of their religion without
ARTICLE X
TStricken out.
ARTICLE XII.
Considering that great part OF the ter
ritories which, by the present treaty, areI
to be comprehended for the future within
the limits of the United States, is now oc-
cupied by savage tribes, who will hereaf-
ter be under the control of the government
of the United States, and whose incursions
within the territory of Mexico would be
prejudicial in the extreme, it is solemnly
agreed that all such incursions shall be
forcibly restrained by the government of
The United States whatsoever this may be
necessary; and that when they cannot be
they shall be punished by the
said government, and satisfaction for the
same shall be exacted-all in the same
way, and with equal diligence and energy,
as if the same incursions were medltated or
within its own territory, against
its own citizens. ..
1t shall not be lawful under any pretext
whatever for any inhabitant of the United
States to purchase or acquire any Mexican,
Or any foreigner residing in Mexico, whol
nay have been captured by Indians inhab- ;
ting the territories of either of the two re-
oublics, nor to purchase or acquire horses,
mules, cattle or property Of any kind, stol.