Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1848-07-14
THE MEXICAN TREATY
By the President Of the United States of 4
mer1c1
PROCTAMA TT0N

n IAO-LA MA L ION.
Whereas a treaty Of peace, friendship, limits,
and settlement bet'ceen the United States of
America and the Meriean republic, uGs
concl,tded and signed at the city of Guada-
tupe H'datgo' ON the second day of Febru-
arg, one thousand eight hundred and fortv-
eaght, ach'ch treaty, as amended By the Sen
ate OF the United States, and being an the
Emgf'sh and Spanish languages, is acord
for e0ord as follows:
In the name of Almighty God:
Inc United States of America, and the Uni
TED Mexican States, animated by sincere de-
sire TO put an end to the calamities of the war
which unhappiIy exists between the two re-
publlcs, and to establish upon solid basis re
latIons of peace and friendship. which shall
confer reciprocal benefits upon the citizens of
both, and assure the concord, harmony, and
mutual confidence, .<ehereiasthe tw1 people
should live, as good >neighbors, have for that
purpose appointed their respective pIenipoten-
tlarles-that is to say, the President of the
United States has appointed Nicholas P Trist,
citizen of the United States, and the Pres.
dent of the Mexican republic has appointed
Don Luis Gonzaga Cuevas, Don Bernardo
Couto. and Don Miguel Atristain, citizens of
the said republic, who, after a reciprocal com
munlcation of their respective full powers,
have, under the protection of Almighty God,
the author of peace, arranged, agreed upon,
and signed the following
Treaty Of peace, Friendship, limits, and SETTLE
ment, 6etween the United States Of america
and the Mer1cdn republic
article 1. There shall be firm and universal
peace between the United States of America
and the Mexican republic, and between their
respective countries, territories, cities, towns,
and people, without exception of places or
persons.
ATt1cle 2. Immediately upon the signature
OF this treaty, convention shall be entered
into between commissioner or commissioners
appointed by the General in chief of the for
ceS OF the United States, and such as may be
appointed by the Mexican government, 10 the
end that provisional suspension of hostiIities
shall take place, and that, in the places occu-
pied by the said forces, constitutional order
may be re- established, as regards the political,
administrative and judicial branches, so far as
this shall be permitted by the circumstances of
military occupation.
article 8. Immediately upon the ratification
OF the present treaty by the government of the
United States, orders shall he transmitted to
the commanders of their land and naval for
ces, requiring the latter (provided this treaty
shall then have been ratified by the govern
ment OF the Mexican republic, and the ratif-
cations exchanged) Immediately 10 desist from
blockadIng any Mexican ports and requiring
the former (under the same condi1ion) to com
mence, at the earliest moment practicable,
Withdrawing all troops of the United States
then in the interior Of the Mexican republic,
to points that shall be selected by common a
Il,
exceeding thirty leagues and such evacuation
of the interior of the republic shall be COM
peted with the least possible delay; the Mex
lean government hereby binding itself to af-
ford every facility in its power for rendering
the same convenient TO the troops on their
march and in their new positions, and for pro-
noting good understanding between them
and the inhabitants In like manner, orders
shall be despatched to the persons in charge
of the custom houses at all ports occupied by
the forces of the United States, requiring them
(under the same condition) Immediately to de-
liver possession of the same to the persons
authorized by the Mexican government to re-
ceive it, together with all bonds and evidences
of debt for duties on importations and on ex-
portations not yet fallen due. Moreover, a
faithful and exact account shall be made out,
imports and on exports collected at such GUS
houses or elsewhere in Mexico by autho-
rity of the United States, from and after the
day of ratification of this treaty by the gov
eminent of the Mexican republic and also an
account OF the cost of collection, and such en-
tire amount, deductng only the cost of collec-
ton, shall be delivered to the Mexican gov
eminent, at the city of Mexico, within three
months oftor tho oychoOro IF ratificatiOnS
The evacuation of the capital of the Mexi-
can republic by the troops of the United States,
in virtue of the above stipulation, shall be
completed in one month after the orders there
stipulated for shall have been received by the
commander of said troops, or sooner if possible.
article Immediately after the exchange
of notifications of the present treaty, all cas-
ties, forts, territories, places and possessions,
which have been taken or occupied by the
forces of the United States during the present
war, within the limits of the Mexican repub-
lie, as about to be established by the follow
ing article, shall be defnitively restored to the
said republic, together with all the artillery,
arms, apparatus of war, munitions, and other
public property, which were in the said cas-
ties and forts when captured, and which shall
remain there at the time when this treaty shall
be duly ratified by the government of the
Mexican republic. To this end, Immediately
upon the signature of this treaty, orders shall
be despatched to the American officers com
mandng such castles and forts, securing a
gainst the removal or destruction of any such
artillery, arms, apparatus OF war, munitions,
or other public property. The city OF Mexl-
co, within the inner line of intrencbments sur
rounding the said city, is comprehended in the
above stipulations, as regards the restoration
of artillery, apparatus OF war, &c.
The final evacuation of the territory of the
Mexican republic, by the forces of the United
States, shall be completed IN three months
from the said exchange of ratfcations, or
sooner if possible the Mexican government
hereby engaging, as in the foregoing article,
to use all means in its power for facilitating
such evacuation, and rendering it convenient
to the troops, and for promoting a good I'M
derstanding between them and the inhabitants.
If, however. the ratification of this treaty
by both parties should not take place in time
to allow the embarcation of the troops of the
United States to be completed before the COM
mencement of the sckly season at the Next
can ports on the Gulf of Mexico, in such case
a friendly arrangement shall he entered into
between the general-in chief of the said troops
and the Mexican government, whereby heal
thy and otherwise suitable places at distance
from the ports not exceeding thirty leagues
shall be designated for the residence of such
troops as may not yet have embarked, until
the return of the healthy season. And the
space of time here referred to as comprehend
ing the sickly season shall be understood to
extend from the first day of May to the frs