The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1848-03-05
The Mexican Treaty.

has heen re erred to the consideration of the Senate
and which is dignifed in some quarters with the
| name of a Treaty of Peace What action the
| Senate will take upon the thing, will not pre-
sumo to guess but we indulge the hope that the
whole scheme will be rejected: the dignity, the
honor and the interests of the country demand
that the deliberations of that distinguished body
should lead to such a result.
| Bv whom was this 50 Treaty" made Was II
made in accordance with the instructions OF the
Government, and by any authorized agent thereof
So far from it, that the authority OF the gentleman
styling himself a So Commissioner has been re-
peatedly and distinctly dsavowed, and the General
in command of the forces never had any authority.
either by virtue of his office or by special deega
/ ton. to make any Treaty whatever Mr.. Trist
and Gen Scott acted, therefore, in the character of
private citizens-the without authority, and the
other contrary, it is believed to express Instructions
| Had Washington Or John Adams, jefferson or
| jackson, been President, document coming from
| such source would never have been submitted to
| the Senate; and the gentlemen who have assumed
the authority to negotiate il would not long have
remained IN the enjoyment of freedom, much less
of command and honorable station. The motives
of these gentlemen, i'll usurpng the control of the
foreign affairs OF the Government, We're undoubt-
eddy good, but their conduct is none the less fla
grant violation of duty and propriety, unsanctoned
by usage, and punishable by law.
With whom has this Treaty" been made !
With the Government of Mexico! Far from it.
The gentlemen assembled at Queretaro are in no
respect the Mexican Government. Their power is
hardly recognized in the city where their head
quarters is located and beyond its limits neither
their persons their acts needed respected
They are in the present enjoyment of nominal au-
thority, unconsttutionally exercised even according
to Mexican forms-and they remain undisturbed, I'M
imprisoned Or unshot only because the immediate
vicinity of the American army, which has taken
them under its protection, renders any attack upon
them dangerous If our forces We're Withdrawn,
not week would eiapse before this pretended
Government would be overthrown, Its agents pun.
ished, its acts dsavowed, and the war recon-
menced with increased bitterness. A peace con-
Guided with such GOVERNMENT could only be
maintained by supplying it with an army to sustain
its authority-in other words, by converting war,
commenced against the rulers of Mexico, into one
in behalf of those rulers against her people.
But this " Treaty." concluded by such fit and
proper persons-what is it Divest it of all VERDI
age, and it can only amount to this "The United
States, forced into O war by Mexico, has for two
years prosecuted that war at vast cost of life and
treasure, and with d success unparalleled in the
history Of modern times 1t has conquered the
greater portion Of the Mexican territory, End is now
IN position to take and retain quiet possespGn Of
the whole, Under these circumstances, the United
States will abandon all that portion Uf lis conq,ests
which is OF ever can be Of any value to Mexico
will assume the debts Mexico owes to our citizens
and will, in addition pay to the gentlemen calling
themselves the Mexican Government Fifteen Mill
ions of Dollars for the privilege of retiring from the
country"
Is this the entertainment to which we were in
vited Is this what the President calls Indemnity
for the Past and Security for the Future! Is this
to be the glorious return for Toll, and Battle and
Victory! Yes--this is all This is the great pro-
ject for peace which the President of the United
States has submitted to the grave consideration Of
its Senators, If sanctioned, We shall have-a peace
perhaps But by it We shall lose the northern parts
Of the States Of Tamaulipas, Nueva Leon CoaIluila
and Chihuahua, i'll our possession, with the
great military line of the Sierra Madre-whicl
nanked by the Port of Tampico, and fortified at its
only practicable passes of Victoria and Sallillo,
would have been strong natural and safe political
boundary-and will be thrown back upon the Rio
Grande, to engage in petty and perpetual border
warfare. We shall surrender the States of Vera
Cruz, Puebla, Querttaro and Mexico-.he Ports OF
Acapulco, Mazatlan, Tampico, Tuspan, Avarado,
Tabasco and the all-important Port of Vera Cruz
and the Castle of San Juan-and We shall be al
lowed TO retain the Provinces of New Mexico and
North California - Provinces of which Mexico
could never gain possession for day even We're
every soldier of the United States withdrawn from
the soil The hunters of the mountains the fish
ermen of the Pacific, the Mornons. and the south
ern branch Of the great Oregon emigration, have
settled the destiny of these territories for For
the privilege of making all these sacrifices, and
retiring from the contest, undertake TO defend
Mexico against the Indians her northern frontier
and to pay her Fifteen Millions of Dollars After
this display, the world longer doubt our
generosity. 1t may laugh at folly. 1t may turn
up It's nose in contemp! ut our magnificent schemes
and insignificant conclusions. 1t may regard our
rulers the most timid and short-sighed of men,
But this censorious world will be bound to admit
that, for wariike and victorious nation, we are
the most generous specimens of humanity with |
which the earth has been adorned and blessed
But, after all, will this Treaty. if ratified
produce a peace Only while our army is on the
spot, to overawe the turbulence of the people and
punish the treachery of the pretended Government
Let the fifteen millions be paid and the forces be
withdraWn-how long would it he before that
money would be used in fitting ont new army
and how long afterwards before hosiiies, great or
small would be recommended The conclusion |
of this Treaty would only produce a revolution in
Mexico, and furnish the means of a new war. we |
would have, not only the disgrace fastened upon Us
which would accompany such transaction. but we |
would be further pmhed by the reflection that it
came without solitary advantage, even the one so
craved by some under any crcumstances-peace.
SUBLIME EXPREssIoN.-Deahof Mr.. AdamS-
1t is stated that the venerable exPresdcnt Adams
just previous to his final breath, opened his eyes
with an understandable resignation and calmness. |
and uttered the following expression:
- So, this is the last of earth | content
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