Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1848-03-18
Correspondence Of the Public Ledger
FROM WASHING eros,

"a fou will find nothing in athss other pspels in
fessrd 70 the treaty that have not mentioned
ia @y ls,'ers Ths Senate has licked. Mr..
Tris.s srsaiy into chs ps By amending vbsss or
lss Ave II 1.-The st'icies in the treaty, among
which thres veg impot!sr, oaeA : sy.,ss ,.sl
The fret was the striking 0u,e Of the -ssver.
sionasy right ia sume $50 miliicas Of scrcs( (ss
they are estima.ed) of sEmpressario, etsa,s,
made principally 10 Irish priests cad other Dti
tish eubjecis. as.s. suai - esd essaaa'' >
The aa was the extension Of 'he jurisdiciion
of,Mexiea, and thwMe b steus that ot the Pope
over the Catholic Church in The eedsd territory
THE Was. in my humble opinion, aavery impof.
tant amtnjment. Any one who knows the in.
eucnce Of the clergy. on sll people speaking the
Spsnish nlussc, viii appreciate what infinite
rneans the clergy, oil M.Aico would have had
by this clause to fo.neAt dsss lisiaction and die
cord, and 10 sow the seed Of sev.lt, if no, of re-
volution, in New Mexico and CsIisor6ia. The
present Pope, to be cure, ID liberal men, end
great man ;-he 10 by tar .hs most vHtuous
and able sovereign Of Europe ). but The Ponti6-
cal crown 10 elective, end there il no ieasVn to
think that his successor. whou, himself does
not kaow., will isllow in HE footsieps. e. i,r
What the Mexican. clergy can d. We zee in
the treaty which was made between them and
the British agent, Mr.. Mackintosh; and our d.
ploluatic. .kaight erraut, Mr. Trist Of the sorrow.
fui coau,ensnce. With the example Of the
late religious troubles in The Rhenish provinces
OF Ptussis, and the most recent troubles be.
tween the Catholic snd Protestant Csntons in
Switzerland, (Which we'll nigh led 10 Euro.
ruan war. and we're only checked BY Iard
pslmerston succeeding in most thoroughly du.
ping NJ. G,,izat,) before as, none but . very in
experienced or prejudiced person can call that
clause unimportsn; II would have been the
seed Of endless troubles, triAing in themselves.
but exceedingly vexatious il the aggregate, aud
admirably calculated To check the assimilation
Of the people Of the ceded territory TO the mode
Of thinking and acting, and the habits Of life Of
,ne people Of the United States. There would
have BEN the doctrine of mixed marriages--the
attempt made to con6ue the edscation Of youihs
IL Catholic seminaries, aud all the other means
by which church once dominant in country
tiles TO perpetuate and increase ito power.
would not have the readers Of the Ledger 10 un-
ders.and me that take the slightest part for or
ogsinst the Catholic religion. My remsrks re,
fer and are applicable to all other church estab-
lishments which exercise q controlling incu.
ence on their respective congregations.
The third amendment, which is Of the great
est consequence, is that which makes tie re.
naming twelve millions to be paid by US in
four yearly instruments, payable directly to the
Mexican government. On this subject have
already written you three days ago. and I have
nothing to add, except that the amendment
ment which does swny with transferable six per
cent stock ia the only tangible guarantee Of
the future, as long as il lasts, viz: for four
years.
II, in the meantime, revolution takes place
If Santa Anna himself acceeds to power, he
will before committing any depredations on our
commerce or the property Of our citizens, re.
member that within period less than twelve
due from our government, and that any rpolia.
tion which may be committed on our commerce
within that period will be deducted from the
amount. And the Mexicans also know. that is
knows that the frs, cannon ball fred on oar
frontier is--a receipt ip Iull for the balance.
March l3.
] have to correct my list efScnators who have
voted against the Treaty. There were but "A
and not Is votes east against it, % stated in the
Union and Herald. and in my published letter
Of Yesterday.
The vote stood against the ratidcst tiou-Aileu
A,chlson. B 'n,nn, Breese, Douglass. Lewis, and
Wesicott-7 Democrats; and
Badger, Baldwin, B rrien, Green, Spruance
Uphsm and Weber, Whiga
Phelps. Pesrce. Clayton and Houston absent
So every other Senator voted for the confirm
ation. Mr.. Corwia. Of Ohio, yoted.for the con
frm.,ion. and not against il, as stated in III,
Herald. and as I myself was induced to believe
His whole course on the Treaty was such ss Z
lead every one to suppose that he voted Tor il
ratification. You msy rely on il that the abov
statement 10 correct. So the majority for tn
treaty was "a, and not % as erroueously stated
Tho church article. which wee amended. nc
only referred to the jurisdicfion Of the Mexics
church over the Csihnlic Church in the cede
territory, but slso to the aboliiion Of the prip
'ege and in,mxnities Of thai church in the G.