Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1848-03-22

Well now. aAer Ill this plain advice-l
for felt it my duty to be plain with him
he still kept hanging about here. day after
day and week after week. and the frst II
knew we was took all aback by being told
that Mr.. Trist had made . treaty and
Gineral Scorr was to order an armistice. |
could mt hardly believe my ears at first. !
posted right of to 6ineral Scorr to know
what it all meant.
General says l. '.are you going to |
order an armisticel"
"Yes, Major Downing" says he: "Mr.
Trist and the Mexican Commissioners have
signed the preliminaries Of a treaty, SO Of
course we shall have an armis.ice."
"Well now, Gineral." says I, II don't
think the President will thank you for |
that"
Cant help that" says he. 81 must
obey the orders OF the Government. thanks
or no thanks. And when Mr.. Trist was
sent out here TO make treaty. was di-
rected. whenever the plan Of a treaty
should be signed on both sides. TO order an
armistice, and wait for the two Govern
ments to ra,ify the treaty. Well. Mr.
Trist and the Mexic an Commissioners have
at last fixed up some kind Of bargain and
signed it, and of course according to my
orders we have nothing to do but to stand
still and wait for the two Governments to
clnch the NALL
But" says l. General. you know Mr.
/ Trist has no right 10 make treaty any
more than l have, for the President has
ordered him to come home; and if he has
srnadc treaty, it's no better than a piece Of
blank paper, and YOU shouldn't mind it,"
''Don't know any thing about them mat
tiers, says he, Il can't go behind the cur
tain to inquire what little maneuvres are
going on between the President and his
Commissioner. Mr.. Trist came out here
with his regular commission to make
treaty. lie has brought me treaty, sign
ed by himself and the Mexican Commits
sioners; and my orders are to cease hosti-
..aes. OF course we can do nothin else
but halt and stack our arms
| NV ELL" SAYS |, "Gineral it amt right;
it's bad business; it II break up this grand
annexin plan that was jest going on SO nice
that we might got through with it in a
year or two more; and then it will bother
the President most 10 death about his
election for the second term. That treaty
must be stopped; it muslin; be sen, home;
and III 90 ri ght and see Mr.. Trist about it,
SO off went and hunted up Mr.. Trist.
and had a talk with him. Says L, '.Trist
how's this? They tell me you've been
making a treaty with these Mcxcans.''
..Should'n wonder if had says he:
''that's jest what come out here for
"Well. must say. SIR" says l, Il think
this is pretty piece of business. How do
you dare to do such thing. You know
the President has ordered you home"
"Yes," says he. '.and mean to 60 home
as soon as get through the job he sent
me to do
..Well now,' says I. ''Trist, claim to
know what the President is about. and what
he wants. and I'm his confidential friend
and private ambassador out here. and |
shall take the liberty to interfere in this
business. This highhanded doings OF
yourn must be nipt Off in the bud. What
sort of a bargain have you been makingl
Jest let me look at the treaty.
Cant do it, SAYS he. s.it's half way 10
Vera Cruz by this time; sent it off yester-
day"
BLOOD and thunder!'' says I, '.then YOU
have knocked the whole business in the
head, sure enough. You've committed an
outrageous crime, sir, and great shame:
and don't you know. sir, that great crimes
deserve great punishments! Idon't know
what Col. Polk will do; but know VIVA,
my friend old Hickory would do if he was
alive; he would hang you right up to the
first tree he could come att
''What. hang me for doing Jest what
was sent here to dol" says he. "For I've
made jest such bargain as the Presiden
told me to make; only leetle better one ;
''That's nothing here nor there,'' says
"you know circumstances alters cases
And you know well enough, or you ough
to have sense enough to know, that, as
things now stand, the President don't wan
a treaty. Now, says I, Mr.. Trist answer
me one plain question: Do you think you
have any right at all to make treaty aftel
the President has ordered you home!''
"Well," says he, 81 think circumstance:
alters cases too; and when the Presiden
ordered me home, suppose he thought
could mt get through the job he sent rue te
do But thought could, and SO / KEEP
trying. and I've got through with it at last
and done the business all up according t
my first orders; and don't see why the
President shouldn't be well satisfied
. SWELL" says l, "what's the items of the
bargainz What have you agreed upon!'
"Why," says he. '.we have the whole 0
. Texas clear to the Rio Grande: we have al
of New Mexico. and all Of Upper Cali
, fornia. And we pay the Mexicans fiiteer
millions Of dollars. and pay our own citi
> zens five millions that the Mexicans OWED
: them. And we stop firing, draw our charge.
, from the guns that are loaded, and g
home.'
"Wel!. now" says I. "Trist, don't yo,
{. think you are pretty Teller to make such
a bargain as that at this time of day! Tn,
e President will be mortified to death abou
h it, Here we've been fightin near abou
v two years to make the Mexicans pay ovel
$ that FIVE millions of dollars they owed ou
people, and now you've agreed that W.
Z shall MT our hands in our nockefs and ma,