Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1848-03-02
THE. TREATY.


,,.a.,,b Of Mr. Adams prevented the Senate last wteb
u acting finally upon the Treaty OF Peace negotiated
. Ar Iris, with the Mexican Commissioners. alter hls
.,s,. had been revoked, and which treaty had been
IN. President laid before that body With reconmen
-, that they ratify the same. The correspondents ot
NY Herald gives some Of the details Of the sever
! ,,,;cles The boundary is pretty much that hereto
Indicated the Rio Grande until Is crossed by thu
,.,h.rn line Of New Mexco--ihen westwardy "hhthai
~ mill it interse:ls the river Gila-hen down teat
,.,u and following the division hue between lFpef
a Lower California, 10 the Pacific. which II strikes a
60. s,oucs south Of San Diego. Grants u lands made
Nex,cans be,re the treaty 10 b. respeeted-lhe sane
9Th tespect In grants in Texas prior to 1886 The L
;,.J States 10 pay fifteen mioas OF dollars, Including
t ,L,ee millions already VOTED. which is 10 be paid on
h ratification Of the treaty by MeNco-and To assume
III. nav men, Of all claims against Mexico by American
.;,;zcns as well the millions adjusted as the LA
a;,v far the three millions admitted. The Treaty
81 commerce. Of 1881 is revived for years The troops
IN he Withdrawn with in three months unless the SICK
r a,on should intervene. Many Of the articles oi de
,al Of no consequence are "'enuoned lhe man"
,o,,s are the cesson of New Mexico and .per Cab
,,,, far the consideration OF eighteen or twenty
,,ons of dollars of which fifteen are to be paid 10 Mex
led, and the remainder 10 our own citizens
Nmhinc very definite has leaked out as 10 the tate ui
the Treaty. lis generally believed that The Preside y
desires its ratification. There is opposition 10 It, on 'e
par, Of some in the Senate, but we see no reason u
tuub, that it will receive the sanction OF the constitution
al majority. The Union las mys'liyIhg arlcie upon
the subject in which We are referred 10 he fesiat'
Message accompanying the treaty. IL andet''Nas WI
correct the errors Of others. but does not put 'o very
inellicible statement Of its own. II certainly has ''t
appearance OF taking great credit 10 the Administrator
., ,,. frosty Nbo knows but that Mr. Polk may have
been humbuggng the public all The Tine that he he'''
did recall Mr. Trs, and that the treaty WAS made IN
der his authority True, the Union denies this, o"'i
who places any confidence in the Union, whcn II pre-
s,nds to speak of Cabinet secrets! day or t"o noel
will suffice To pat period 10 The state oi suspense III
,yh.h the public mind has been kept for the last ten
a,vs In the meantime, hope Mr.. Senator Allen
ma, not succeed al hanging Gen Scott and MI inst
for High Treason.
,lhs net clerk Of MI buchanan, who is the medlun''
ofcommnnlcation between him and the pablo, writes
10 the aIlim.,e Snn--of which paper and oi the Pha
delnis Ledger he IS the Washington correspondent
rs follows
1.-The treaty. which al first encountered formidable
oppsilion u" II Bemoefac senaorslS ghans s'fenS'"
losing il and can pssriy slate that bni hve o
81. W oppose Treaty in toto. Calhoun, fuleebHi
Ter and Hunter viii "a for IT, Three W h9s are sun
hoJinu out but tiss rs sufficient Ia defeat IT.
.rhough 1t is horrible example to be set 10 ihoSe !
,yho come after u.s. allow unauthorized agent oil h
Government 10 Inake treaty with foreign p'"er sun
the work is partially done III accoiance wIts TIE views
the DE partnent Of ) expr ssd previous occasion
IN April last Since then Mr. Trst has been been cal
lad home and snce then ordered To leave everything hex
had there commenced alone and return without IT,"
ther negotiations.
The treaty has as Informed you. object lonahie can
Iectug certain ,tr, interests III lexis and Gal
Drna These els the President has recommended
be modified and sccrdinclY they will be modified
The Presidents expose the subject rs an able and
nastrrly prnduct,on.
"A uuded treaty. therefore, we shall have and that Y
withou, much discussion, think. The mlr iratares "t
the treaty will be accepted but thu spulaoes which
seem be intended 10 put money peoples pm
r,s will be ken out or modified Query! Will the /
treaty 50 modified suit Mr. Michntush2 And has not lhr
nap who brought il about the power to break n.y.
The correspondent Of the \. Y. Courier, unIer date
Washlngion Feb 22d, says
Il have ascertained to-day that Cd Benot will g.
against the treaty aud that Gen Cass would # Nc were
,lid Of bens riiculed the lict Is, the treaty Will
in all probability be confirmed"