Washington telegraph., 1848-03-22

THH TRfarf or rface-our readers have al
ready been made acquainted with tho principal
features of the treaty now pending beore the
Senate of the United States II Is conceded, by
some, TINT it will pass that body with some mod.
iieOlIon as regards the 10th article, which pro.
sldes that all emgrc.sari9 or eoonialng grants
made by MeSIoo, ia Texas, prior to the year 1896,
shall be guaranteed aud confirmed hy.ihe United
States, The President, in his message 10 tho
Senate, transmitting the treaty, objects 10 THIS
provision, aud states that Mr. Trist had IA au.
thurily ia any ol his instructions for the insertion
of such an article. This il IS thought by nany
will BE- stricken out in the srualc, as we'll as
similar article IA relation 10 grants IN California,
aud IL this shape the treaty will receive the sane.
ton Of that body. Again others ART OF the opinion
thai the treaty will be fejeeled on the ground that
the negotiations were conducted and the treaty
eonoluded by an unauthorized agent, aud The
undue Interference Of foreign lunelonafy-hlt
Macintosh. the British Consul. ut whose insianee
1t is presumed the objectionable ieaiurrs found
place in the trraiy, The Washington eofespou.
dent Of the Baltimore sun, who appran 10 be we'll
informed upon the subject, in a letter of the la
says, the treaty S almos. sure to be rejected upon
these grounds The whifa, he says, viii % al
mest ia body against the ratification, and men.
tons as among those opposed to it, Messn, Bald.
win, Dell, 'Befien, CLARK, CorWin, DAVIS OF Mass,
Dayton, Johnson of La, Phelps, spfuauee, Up.
ham, Webster erillendca aud Clayton. And Of
the democracy also eppastd,oit-=Nessrs Ashley,
Allen, Atkinson, Benlou, nawnf., llannegau,
Houston, Lewis Moore aud Nles--a number he
thinks quite sufficient 10 reject il.
Alr BENTON made speech against the talf.
cation, which Produced u profound impression.
Mr. Webster also spoke in opposition 10 il What
the ultimate result will be, ,ims alone viii deter.
mine Il is more than probable, however, lbag
tie Objectionable features will be stricken out,
aud tho President advised 10 send pfaen eam.
missieaets to Mexico, wiih the treaty is ameudcd,
10 be Offered to the Mexican Government as a
counter proposition, ani ia case it should be ta.i.
fed By the Mexican Congress, the Senate woald
confirm 1t almost unanimously.
Ne notice but few objections made 10 the IN.
drmnity pruilered to Mexico, ior tho relinquish.
meni Of her right to California aud New Mckee
The oHgaal Instructions 10 Mr.. Sdell, included
in thoee 10 Nc Inst, which, says the correspondent
Of the Philadelphia News, wem yafied from time,
auihoHied him 70 negotiate for the acquisition Of
/ Upper aud Lower California aud New Mckee.
with the privilege Of the fIrhi Of way aefoss The
islhmns Of Iehuaniepee. foT thirty millions Of dol.
lah. fof Upper California and New Mexico.
with tins fghi twenty five millions. and f5f Upper
California aud New Mexico, wiiheu, The fi.h. of
way, but with the RIO Gtande US the boundary
twenty millions Of dollars, which Is the amount
agreed upon in the present. treaty between Mr
ftis, and the Mexican commissioner There
was also an instruction, says the same CORES.
poadvni, that u better could not le done. to ne.
gotiale fer the RIO Gtandc to its head waters, for
five miIlieas
So. Il the treaty now before the Senate should
be adopted BY Mexico, aaer Topping of the OBJ
ieeiionahle features, We would have 10 pay twenty
millions Of dollars, with the cot Of the war, nl,oai
one hundred aud twenty millions more, to say
nothing Of the hos Of thousands Of valuable lives,
iOr territory which there IA every reason 10 believe
Mexico would have parted with bciotc the wsf
commenced, lor an indemnify Of ten mIllous--
Yet, even this treaty, II amended Ia the pirlicu-
lars referred to, would be better than n eoniinua.
lion Of the mar, and we sincerely hope It may be
20 amended and adopted; but then We want to
hear no more ofindcmniiy ior the past and security
for thu future.