Evansville weekly journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 184?-18??, 1848-03-02
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IMPORTANT NEws.-We publish in another
column of our paper, intelligence confirming
that given last week, of the conclusion of a
treaty of peace with Mexico.
The terms of this treaty are not yet known
but there is reason for believing that it is very
similar, ifnot identical. with the provisions of
the project submitted by Mr.. Trist in the ne
gotiations at Tacubaya, last August. In this
Treaty they cede to US the territory this side Of
the Rio Grande, orrather agree that that river
shall be the boundary line between the two
countries; thence north, along the southern
limit of New Mexico, to the State of Sonora,
until it strikes the river Gila; thence down the
Gila to its junction with the Colorado, thence
TO the Pacific, below the Bay of San Diego.
This will include all the State of New Mexico,
and nearly all of Upper or Alta California, not
however, including the important bay of San
Francisco, but reserving to the United States
the right to establish a shipping agency or de
pot OF supplies at that place. In return foI
these concessions, our government, of its own
will and choice, tenders to the Republic oil
Mexico, the sum of three to five millions of idol
lars, more to enable the Mexican Government
to organize and carry the treaty into effect
than as a compensation of the territory requir
ed.
Such are the outlines of the Treaty which
MIR. Trist has negotiated with the Mexican GOV
eminent, and meets, it is said. with the approx
al of Gens. Scott, Butler and Smith. The edi-
tors of the Delta are induced to believe that the
Mexican Government and Congress have ap-
proved this treaty and that this approval ha:
been communicated by special express, and i.
now IN its way to Washington.
Persons fully informed in regard to affairs in
Mexico, assert that the present Government l.
the strongest that has been established in Mex
leo for many years, andis fully adequate, with
out the aid of General Scott and of our army
TO enforce any peace it may conclude. 1t ha:
collected around it the strongest men in the
country, whoare pledged to uphold it in It's eff
forts 10 bring about a peace. It is believed
that the present is a favorable opportunity, thu
most favorable which has presented itself sine,
the commencement of this war, or that is likel,
to occur, for the conclusion of a satisfactory ant
practicable peace. The evidence of the incli
nation of the Mexican Government to peace, i
to be found in the address OF President Pena
Pena, through his minister, Luis de la Rosa, il
reply to the manifesto of the State Government
of San Luis, in which he says that it is the pol
icy of his Government to make a peace-tha
he intended to do so, and that the United State
were willing to accept terms honorable to bot
parties.
The next most interesting question is-wha
course will the Government in Washington
pursue in reference to this treaty? It is wei
known that Mr.. Trist had been recalled, anC
that his persistence in negotiation was a posi-
tive act of disobedience of orders. How hi
conduct viii be viewed by the President, say
the Delta. depends, we presume, upon tn
opinion which his Excellency may entertain 0
the Treaty his rather contumacious Ex-Minis
ter has concluded. 1.-The approves the Treaty
can he with justice condemn The negotiator
IF the terms are satisfactory, can he reject then
because they were not made bysone with full
power and authority? Will not the subse
quent ratification and afirmance of the treat
dispense withany previous authority in the ne
g~otiator? If MIR. Polk takes this view of tn
matter, he will, no doubt, overlook the disobe
dience of MIR. Trist, and submit his Treaty /
the Senate. But if he is not pleased with tn
terms, he is under no obligation to consider
a Treaty duly signed and concluded, and requi
ing only the ratification Of the Senate to Civ
itfull validity. He may treat it as a tende-
as the overtures of Mexico, and appoint con
m~issionels to meet and discuss them.
We await with much curiosity and anxiety
to hear what reception Mr.. Trist's Treaty ha
met with ia Washington.