The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1848-03-10
Northern Speculations on the Trist Treaty.

We copy the following abstract of opinions, etc,
from the New York Globe of the 29th ult.:
THE TREATY ONCE MoRE.-The Philadelphia
Spirit of the Times has the following remarks in
relation to the Treaty:
it sta all tie talk ABOUT the opposition in the
only seven Senators will go decidedly aganstit
The President has wisely recommended certain mod
original pro EusSe entirely too much cs e Of ce
tam oe nations at our expense This effect will promptly
Ws taxi bs h rs s 3ed T that the Of
Whoe-t will be calculated to reflect great credit the
President and at the same time show how unscrupulousy
t nf opposition have m'epesnsd him all along upon the
The Treaty and accompanying documents have
been printed, and probably We're laid before the
Senate yesterday 1t seems to be generally con-
coded that there IS one article in the Treaty that
will excite strong opposition All grants of land in
Texas made to British subjects by Mexico prior to
the Texan Revolution shall be confirmed by the
Treaty. 1t is said That these grants include some
of tie richest lands in the State, and that this
clause of the Treaty will be powerfully opposed by
the two Senators from Texas. If there is such an
article in the Treaty. and these grants are extern
slve, that clause ought not to be ratified.
In two OF our city papers yesterday-the Post and
should depend upon the validity of the grants that
if they We're valid, the Courts of the Union would
confirm them, no matter what the Treaty contained
respecting them. The Post remarks as follows:
Those grants Of land by the Mexicen @ said
from Texas are said to make the article concerning them
strong ground Of opposition to the treaty. and other MEM
cognizins them the part Of Government
tie those lands fairly the authority which conveyed
n the Sa b OF ss G BE- a be mo s me a
that effect Of no on the other hand the grants were
throw the consequences OF 1t upon us.
The Tribune has the following remarks:
In the first place the Texan Senators who ardenty desire
Sierra are at least will strenuousy resist the treaty basns
and s'sn The
is very absurd p5etext by the way for the s Courts
nothing were said of them in the ueaty.1
We are not prepared to endorse this view of the
case. Such a recognition by our Courts of the va
dity of these grants might take place. We see
what difficulty we have in consequence of having
recognized the validity of grants of land in own
State made by foreign power, prior to the Revo.
lutionary war. The Van Rensselaer, grant, and
others, should be a warning to all who favor the
recognition in such cases. In the first Constitution
of our State, these grants We're recognized in pro-
vision something like the following: "All grants
ofland made by any foreign king, prince, or poten-
tate prior to 1T76, shall be valid, and all subse-
quent grants shall be void'' All subsequent chan
ges in our Constitution leave this clause untouched
The anti Republican nature of all such grants-the
evils they inevitably lead to in after times-shoud
admonsh us against future recognition of the va
lidity of such grants. What we have seen for the
last ten years in Albany, Columbia, Schoharie, and
Rensselaer, counties in this State, ought to convince
us all that such grants are destructive to public
order, morals, and happiness. .4,.g..
If there is such clause spoken OF in the treaty,
it should never have our vote, had we the privilege
of voting on the question. National law, no doubt,
would favor their recognition, if they were not
fraudulently made, and were made prior to the de-
claration of the Independence of Texas. But the
law in this is far behind the spirit of the age
ulster sentiment prevails on questions of this
nature:
Mexico will not refuse to ratify the treaty. with
this article stricken out. She has lost all means of
efectnal resistance and we hope this clause may be
expurgated by the Senate. The correspondent of
the Philadelphia North American has the following
surmses, which may not be uninteresting among
the numerous reports now afloat:
But there some ground of fear in another quarter. The
Treaty brought about mainly through the agency ofthe
the foreign merchants the instruments of his ability and
skill They merely moved the pieces while he directed the
active part without sufficient motive and without
tons from Lord Pamerston What likely than that
meditation There has been too much effort and labor be-
slowed by the agents OF Great Britain to have condera
Well if the treaty is returned without the article confirm
ing the British titles in Texas will the diplomatic Iepresents
having rated 70 Mexico the question one Of no par
the sn Of e%s s to her by
If the agent of the Roschds has advanced two millions
another az sape to B ii influence IN Meee and soe
rangenent be effected by which these grants should
tween ss n M esee and Great Britain; may "
The Treaty provides for exchange Of notifications within
citations are closed. A rejection of the prejet on either
There is what is called secret article in the Treaty, which
provides that the EXCHANGE OF may be extended
of farther correspondence the amendment Of the prot
side-at all events the provision was wise one-