New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-03-08
BY THE MIDNIGHT SOITHERN NAIL
THINGS ~ wAsHINGTON
TrenfY with MEXICO.

,.;,h Mexico which supustcs iur tie cstap'hme"'
and pernetuity Of State Religion ~ al ''fr''"y
,Ied,o liz. nit,d states to be forever beyond The
,..ch I'D, .h, rover of Congress IL provides not
merely or the tole- alton AID equal privileges i'he
rs,h. Inc religion t., which nobo'y object. nor
thu, there shall re fail aud permanent '''lfiiy
70 all ecccs,tlch property corporations &c D''
,hs, crcicsiast,s .l-.iictiou shall exist and crr.e
.is,ticsl inmuni,i,. aud exemptions he maintained
NJ, tb,y cxist aud are maintained m Mexico ana
other & s,nnr countries ani That tils Jifsli''i'h
ma, b. exercised in the coded territory - Any
er,ie,ia,tirsl fun,ronarics ont OF o. No" say
s.nstors-whst are these ecciesiastica Jdrisd'
tons ID they stop a: the nero fctuiA-'oh "'
spiritual matters AMI possess ~ n re uin'i's
l'rr, than as sr.rtJal regulations as thr AZ
. ,t.,t., ,l the Pore II exercised ~ England aud
,,r,r protesiaut countries By no means Ih,y
,.al,r special iumuLilies sni privileges upol the
er,l.. iast.cal huiy -ant 10" IS 'thpfN as WI
"a spifItasl IA many 'as,t. II - said WI no'
say Yn vhat authority that these provisions " .,'
not - thin the pr,. tui to- Treaty placed h Mr..
Tnl-T = hands out tnat Nt Mas pf'hii'" ~ W" "
assent - their insertion.
IN short hcreis 1ac great hruity M'xlco-S-
~ az, siveu - unItrstaLi-is Mt hkey ID agree
t1a cessiOn Of territory "ithou. an express st'pu
ston nat there shall be al established reiison III
such territories aud that the Cs'hol' religion.
Tan Senators agree t. any such stipulation Not
.urri, from Auy obie ton 10 the sih'lic religion
but to- any religion recognized as state rehSoh
and T. be maintained rs such. Is her" not such
| ,,ior between Church and State as the genius ~
our Institutions and the ietu. ct our people revolt
at J am not sure that senators VIII apropcr -
ard Dr the solcna,tes aud OBJ eating ior'e 81 thef
oath ol oA.,r can sanction such apro'ison.
/ nave seen its,stci IN Papers OF other cites IMAM
tins tha, Mr. Wts,tsR leafs on Ia oPPp''uVi "
. tL. Trcst, that be- has made speeche. hong
i .,se,h.s about the " i'mot Proylsn sud other snV
cts Connected with tbe treaty. or arisus from rs
Consideration am not disposed To believe ,na
F NJ HFR.tEU has made any So speech uet ne
t,.u,,.tt.nrd even the W iimot Pruviso d"uo''
,,a,s. ! bsvs reason 10 believe there has been uo
P ,,,,ortnnity 50 far whatever may have been MS
ii.po,iti1n "a introduce Argument upon the SUD
cc,. ..r,....
senators have been eager TO tell, aud al ~hp Knew
h.. ,iey.and principles viii be disposed II believe
} H.. ,robab,y thinks Il xpedieut and derogAtory
4 I, T.. .ha-actcr Of our Government to act upon
p,p,r negotiated without authority and IN contempt
I OF order He is understood as q nave put TITS
our,tion In the Senate the law 90 last session
soprourieting the : l 900 900 provides that such
amount Of money shall be paid whenever a frosty
/ . .,euad by the authorized agents OF the two Gov
. crnments shall BE- duly ratified by Mexico at
! the last dates from Mexico Mr. TRisI aud nls lei
low laborers the British Consul and Ctargc 4 ~
Cl,res. we're doing their utmost to get quorum oi
me Mexican Congress together what would be
the position of things here II the next mai from
Mexic1 should bring 10 adyices thar the - VVV'V'
had been actually paid TO Mexico, after the rati'a
tinn oc thi, treaty uO, signed By any authorized
b s,e,,r of the United States Would country
be bonnd for the payment-and If not, what would
be the consequence of rcfussi upon our relations
with Mexico
Mr. WEBsTERs more general objection IS sup
posed to be that while he would be willing and
+ !. rendy to obtain a very liberal boundary for
. rexes AMI 70 obtain il convenient n pos, on the
Pacific he will not. under any circumstances con
sen, to the admission oi new states formed out "t
the Territories of Mexico. and With such popuia
ton as exists there In this objection W his many
/ Wing Senators concur. and viii not abandon their
ground | do not say enough to defeat the Treaty.
In the me antimc there is great pressure from
q certain portion OF the commercial interest Tor n
confirmation of the Treaty which they suppose
would make times better TOR business operations 4,
and a much stronger and less reasonable pressure
from a large taoncy interest SDriHging oW ~ me
kopc Of making i1rge sums from me ioan. COmbl-
nations have been formed to take the loan Deepen
den, upon the fate of the Treaty combinations OF
as great political as financial power.
Still the debate continues and is likely 10 last
nearly the whole week. Senators the most AK
ious Tor peace-and | know no. one otherwise
are the most doubtful OF their own vote and OF
their friendsl In truth. scarcely Senator has
made an irevocablc determination IL Is stated.
with vehement confidence that Mr. WEBSTER Will
ClLHoUN is also mentioned as designing a speech.
Between these two distinguished gentlemen there
s not such concurrence in views as could he wished
The general argument used by the Wings who
advocate the ratification of the Treaty is" II we
10 not take this cesscn of territory great as 1t 49,
we soon will be obliged TO take more. Ihs-ru
NOR says-is the great argument OF Mr. MAhGCA
and less authoritvely) OF Sir. CRIrTEsDEs. w ME
by other Whigs it is answered, not without lndlg
nation" Who will obliee US Are We not free to
act Shall we not be in this place, hereafter. IN
the same strength as now Why cry out that we
are already in self imposed chains =
RI the Wings will but stand firmly together
say the Senators Of the latter party they can
command peace ~ honorable snd a speedy
pesce--such peace rs by their union and temper
ate action they obtained IN the case OF Oregon.
MIR POLK, uncalledor declaration that he VII
never consent to ady Treaty that lives US less ter
ritory should meet with no consideration What
emphatic declarations he made regarding " n
clear aud unquestionable title To the whole OF 4
gon"-wth wha, Q lame and impotent conclusion
How mighty was he in pronse--how tmlt and
. ialse IN action
Beside. after the adjournment Oi the Conven
ton at Baltimore IN May next 1t now seems evl-
dent that Mr.. POLK will be oOe OF the least import
I ant citizens ol the United states. His own party
will be eager to slight hlni.
That the Treaty will he confirmed still hold ,
/ but with modifc atoms 10 render again necessary
the action of the Mexican Congress