Weekly national intelligencer., 1848-02-19

ultmatum inadnassbe It is important that we understand
perfectly the substance and effect of this transaction The
first demands of the conqueror according to the habit Of dpo
macy--generaly, think, very bad hab-embraced
than to be insisted The project presented by Mr.
Ts proposed line of boundary between the countries
giving the United States besides Texas proper lst the
country between the Nueces and the Rio Gande; 3D. the
whole Of New Mexico 3D. the whole Of the Caonias
1t asked also for certain privileges Of transportation aud transit
across the shmus Of Tehuantepec And in consideration
these demands if conceded proposed three things the
part of the United States s to renounce all claims for the
expenses of the ID to and pay the claims OF
own citizens Mexco 3d. pay Mexico such additional
pecuniary compensation for the territory acquired it
might be worth and above the amount OF the claims
Tie offered by Mr.. Trs stated TO have been irom
fifteen 10 twenty millions Of doar-,he demands the Com
missioner having first lowered the ulnaum Of the
President This nmaum excluded from his demands Lower
California and the right OF way the sthmus of Tehuan
tepec In these conferences them the final and Ultimate de-
mand of the President was that Mexico besides giving up
Texas proper should cede the United States h the
try on the left bank Of the lower Rio Gande 3D. New Mex
co and, 81, Upper California And for this he would make
the stpulaons and payments just mentioned.
Now, before this ultimaum announced the Mexican
had presented their counterproect of treaty
and Is important that understand how far Mex
leo willing and offered go, in making concessions TO
the demands oihe President Their plan Of treaty propos-
ed boundary which yielded Texas proper to the United
States stipulated maintain the desert country between the
Nusce and the Rio Grande in its uninhabcd state
ona tfonter equally and beneficial both countries
and cedcd to the United States half Of Upper California
including the port and bay Of San Francisco Upon this
tension of our limits by the grant OF Mexicofor the
ory acquired in California alone would have an equal
to that Of States like New Yok required that the
United States should assume and pay the claims of c
zcns on Mexico and should pay such further sum of money
Mexico The value Of acquisitions should render just
The country the left bank of the lower Rio Grande and
territory of New Mexico with the whole Of Lower part
Upper California the Commissioners refused yield The
preservation of their country the Rio Grande and of New
Mexico with loyal inhabitants and the and
property belonging them, the Mexican nation and under
its jurisdiction they declared bo condition sine qua non
Of peace sMexico" it declared "wouId not sell her
citizens herd of cattle - "Mexco would not put price
on the attachment Of citizen the land that gave him birth -
OF the preservation of these countries Mexico
inconsistent with the ultmatum Of The President The
erences therefore, broken off, and the resomed
essential here that do the error Of sup
posing that the negotiations for peace failed any other
ground than that just stated Nothing else had any influence
or tendency towards this result The President would not
perm, his Commissioner to make terms of peace with Mexico
because she would yield far least his demands
TO Iexas boundary 1ranue ana cede New
Mexico TO the United States addition the cesson Of half
of Upper California, which she offered to make. This
the sole why the conferences broken of and the
renewed We have forgotten that three mad
mssibie propositions of minor Importance inserted in The
counter project Of the Mexican Commissioners but
positively that they had influence whatever in aresng the
negotiations for peace. We appeal to the record in the
We cannot be mistaken In the last instructions given by
the Mexican Government to the Commissioners of that Power
dated the day before the counteproec presented to Mr.
Trist il solemny declared 'In New Mexico and the
leagues which intervene between the right bank of the
Nueces and the e bank of the Bravo lies the question Of
peace or war" Mexico presented no other utimatum-no
condition sine qua Of peace but this She present
ed some ciais-she offered propositions for the consc
ration and acceptance Of the American Commissioner bu,
they be insisted In reference to these the
Mexican Commissioners, after stating the point which the
conferences broken off, expressly declare "The Other
points touched upon in the project appeared easily SET
tied. such least the opinion formed during the con
erences is absurd to suppose that Mexico would
allowed the on thousands her citizens
70 be sacrificed, her whole army 10 be up and dsspaed
and her proud capital TO be taken merely the claim which
she impose import duties again foreign goods
which had paid such duties the "conqueror on
that other claim Of damages done her citizens by the
say progress Of in the The matter on which
the parties separaedand the whole the ultima
tum the President demanding the dsnembcmcnt Of Mex
co far beyond what the Government Of that country wout
consent to.
There two other points in this connexon abou
which essential should not fall error One Of then
this that the United States had claim ofsh-excep only
what might from conquest in any part or portion
Of the territory which the Pesden, resolved to force ro
the unwilling hands Of lis proprietor and sovereign And this
Of the country which he demanded lying
the left bank Of the Bravo, il is Of New Mexico on both
sides of that rver Of California We are bold 10 say that
who has given himself the trouble to understand the
facts and who has any just perception Of the difference be-
tween nl and fuuH, and between right and wrong can
doubt the truth Of this position We know the contrary has
been asserted in high paccseven by the President Of the
United States and again, in the solemn FORM
well hy psrsans and politicians Of high and low degree
all the land Nevertheless the truth we have stat
ed -reng the pancst facts, open and read Of oil men,
and which cannot be argued of from mpcrhable records
TIE question Of title does not argument There is no
thing in the case argue about Unless man may give
himself valid title to his neghbos property By making
ded u tohiDlse neither Texas the United States had
the slightest claim Of le antccedent this war; to the coun-
Try the left bank Of the Rio Grande The reader who ha.
done Us the honor look into previous articles in this jour
nal in relation the Mexican war, will expect need
that we should say this matter in this place
Another point to be noticed here, and firmly fixed in our