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States and the Mexican Republic. on the ll,h
of April, 1899. And the United States equally
agree to assume and pay all rccamatons of cit
liens OF the United States against the Govern
ment ofthc United Mexican States not previous
/ ly decided, TO an amount not exceeding three
millions of dollars which have arisen prior to the
18th of May, 1885, and which shall be adjudg-
ed TO be due BY commission established by the
Government of the United States. whose decs-
ions shall be definite and conclusive Provided
always, That in deciding on the validity Of the
said demands, the commission shall be guided
and governed by the principles and rules pre-
scribed by the first and fifth articles of the I'M
ratified convention, concluded in the city Of
Mexico on the Goth of November, lS43, and in
no case shall they give Judgment in favor ofany
claim not embraced by these principles and
rules. And the United States, for the present
and the future, exoncrate the United Mexican
States from any of the said demands whatsoev-
err. which may be admitted or rejected by said
board of commissioners"
! lie reqaires payment OF our unliquda,ed
clams--he requires the expenses OF the warand
in addition to these, he requires that they shall
sell him Just as much territory as he sees fit to
4 buy at his own price-tlis is the indemnity and
security he wants. Are Senators prepared to
sanction these views Can they face the indig-
nation of the world, after having insisted on
them Here is government cntcebcd-broken
down-a people misunderstanding II natural at
tachment to the homes of their br,h--to the soil
beneath which moulder the bones of their faith
ers-and because they do not choose to sell their
country and themselves. the President saws the
war must be prosecuted and carried into the Vi
tai parts of Mexico. We'll now. the course of
the President seems to me decidedly reprehensi-
bic. Perhaps have commented upon it in a
manner not quite becoming to this place. hope
not.
cannot help remarking in Justice to him, that
he has not shown disposition for war in all
cases. think in the management of the Ore
gon treaty he exhibited christian mcekness t.
surprising degree. But he did not inherit the
blessing of the meek lie did not get the land
/. lie would not submit to arbitration. Well. how
did he settle it?
: Let Mr.. Packenham, the British Minister, tel
/ his own story.
WASHINGTON, June l3. 1916.
; Ny Lord In conformity with what | had the
! honor to state in my despatch NO. GS) of the
| 9TH instant, the President sent a message or
Wednesday last to the Senate, submitting fol
the opinion of that body. the draft of convention
for the settlement of the Oregon question, which
was instructed by your Lordship's despatch
: (No. 49, of the 18th May to propose for the ac
ceptance of the United States.
l "Alter few hours deliberaton on each O
? the three days, "wednesday, Thursday and Fri
2 day. the Senate by a majority of 80 votes to II
? adopted yesterday evening resolution advisin!
S the President to accept the terms proposed by
J.. her Maicsty's government. The President die
: not hesitate to act on this advice, and Mr.. Blu
y chanan accordingly sent for me this morning
=; and informed me that the conditions offered by
! her Malestys government were accepted by tn
government of the United States, without tn
n addition or alteration of single word.
i IL have the honor to be, &C.
c ar. PACKENHAM.
:, The Right Hon. the Earl of Aberdeen"
l. lie takes 1t Just exactly as It was cooked II
; for him, very much as sick children are direct
r ed to do when they have an unpalatable dose {
q medicine to take-"shut your eyes and o?e
l. your mouth and down with it." Now hay
o not word to say against the settlement OF tn
II Oregon question but it seems TO me that
r would have read a little better in history, if
!, had not been preceded by so much bustern
and Dragging. And it was a little amusing,
l. see the effect it had on our eastern Democrac,
II The man who did not 90 for 81 : 40, was
e Federalist, a Traitor; and some were so zealol
&c that they even got up to 81 : 49,. Upon the
- the treaty came like thunderclap and they ha
he to reverse the steam suddenly that it can
: nigh producing fatal collapse in the party.
To But, sir, the President is not SO entirely wa
y like in his nature as his conduct to MeXi'
20 would Indicate he has other and milder qua
I'll ties; he surely has none Of that terocous sp'
ri characterised by the poet as
IT. That stern Joy which warriors feel
a. In oemen worthy OF their Steel
10 It is colder country at 81 : 40. Now,
right in the position have taken here, the que
IS, ton is, what is the duty of the American Sc
ate; What are they TO do ? To go on and vc
III these ten regiments The honorable Senat
Id from Kentucky the other day said he did Il
at know why regulars were preferred to volunteer
do not know that do. But Yankees que
ne sometimes.
War is to be made. sir not only upon McXc
IN but on the free laburers Of the country, and t
e. first onslaught is To be made in the shape of Il
es on tea and coffee and it is the patronage whiI
ut the creation of these ten regiments is TO give hi
As which he thinks will enable him to effect it, al
10 the President has probably come tothc concl
Is. sion taught by the experience of the past, tn
p- with the patronage of ten regiments at his cot
t, mand, - some m'ngS may b. done as rel
0fiters."
o. think the Senator from Kentucky, with i
il great acumcn, if he looks through his gasse
to may discover why the President prefers res
" lars.
y wen, why cannot Senators VINO tninh WI
N me. that the war is wrong, radically wrong, con
IT out and declare so by their votes Why ;
1t here denouncng the President, and then be gui
he Is of the inconsstency-WI,h all Difference
ic say t--of voting men and money 10 carry q
e the war Why, il is said il would be unpopl
lar to withhold the supplies. Are we afraid
NJ trust the people with a great question of right
Is Sir, think those who are afraid To trust II
Is people, undcrrate them. Are men afraid to {
$ that which is right because il may not be popt
Is lar! Sir, it is this ghost of the unpopuarlty
= opposition to the war, which seems to sit like
le nightmare upon American statesmen Sir
5, think there was more truth than poetry in VIII
l. was said By a western man. lie said he q
III caught by opposing the last war, and he did n
SIS mean to get caught agan-he intended NOW
III 90 for war, pestllence and famine And tht
r there is good deal of that feeling in the count
nj now. Men are afraid to take bold stand.
1t is said that the people have already decide
m this matter; that they have settled that the "
e. shall be prosecuted, deny it entirely | d
L. not believe it. People have settled it ha'
s, never met among the people, one in ten vi
lie thought the war was right, or thought that
c. would be right farther To prosecute it.
5, believe sir, that the heart of this whole pc
in pie is sick of this miserable, temporzlng polio
which is putting Justice, and right, and trul
L. out, in order that eXpedlency may walk in an
a. govern, control, and direct our actions. ! Wis
" that the experiment might be tried by Congre
Sc OF acting and voting on this matter according