The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1848-03-22

MsMaA AZ AAsN "a Usas4AA@a - AAAsAAR - - -
o8Frrd Ihs Mexieans Psace, Hnd thxY
wosla'Hl lzke j. - goa'Es nothia h d
now baI % be a h0me. Cor he oar i
jesi IN the Fighi shape - q ..
Wei 300. af.sT 81 lhis Plain ndsirs-
lor fla 4 ny dsy - be Plaza SID bin
he slill kepl hsnglng ab01i heFr. dsy
alser d@y ard wrrk alaeE wesk, snd the
Sra I knew Es Nss snsk MI ahark b a'e'
ing inld Ihal Mr. TFisl had made lEessy
and GineFsl Sooa Mss 70 order an aEmis-
Ire. eould'nl handy believe ms rsv
., 6nL I posted night OF 70 6insTzi
Soon IN knox shat :: al mrsni.
-Ginsral. = SAYS |. are yOu going IN
Older IN armislirr 4
.Yes. Msiar Dosning." says he:
Mr.. Trsl AMI he MsSiean commission
eTs hare signed The prrliminsries Of lrea-
~. 50 Of eSsrse Ne shail have an srmis'
liee."
.weIl ms. Gineral." says I. - lon'l
think The Presidens viii thank you lur
that"
-c1n'i help hat SAYS be. - must
Ohey the orders nfihe Government. thanks
or no thanks. Aud uhen MT. fTisl was
sent Out here 10 make treaty. Was d..
recIrd. whenever The plan 0f a treaty
should be signed On both sides. 10 order
an aEmisiice. ahd uail Tor The Two Gov.
emmenis 10 rslify The treaty. Well. Mr..
TrisI and The Mexican Commissioners
have 81 lasI fixed M some kind OF bar.
gain and signed il, and Of course accord.
inc In my orders We have nothing 10 DO
bni 10 stand still and wait fnr The Two Go.
yernmenis 10 clineh The nail"
"Bni," says |. "Gineral. you know
Mr.. Trisi has no right 10 make = treaty
any more Than have, fnr The President
has ordered him 10 come home: and il
he has made treaty. il's ho.betier Than
= piece &C blank paper. and you shouldn't
mind IT,"
"Dun'I know any thing about them
Matters" says he. - can't 90 behind the
curtain 10 inquire what little manGuvres
are going on between The Presiden. and
his Commissioner. Mr.. Trist came out
here with his regular commission In make
treaty. He has brought me a treaty.
signed by himself and the Mexican CON-
missioners; and my orders are 10 cease
hosiiliiies. or course we can do nolhin
else but halt and stack our arms"
well" says |. q" Gineral. il amt right:
IT'S bad business /; it'll break up this grand
annexin plan that was jest going on So
nice that we might got through with il
in year or two more: and then il will
bother The President most To death about
his election for The second term. That
treaty must be stopped; il mus'nl be sent
home; and I'll 60 right and see Mr.. T,isl
about it,"
So off went and hunted mp Mr.. Tris,,
and had 4 talk with him. SAYS I, "Trisl,
how's this! They tell me you've been
making treaty with these Mexicans."
Shouldn't wonder if | hal. :" says he :
"thaI's jest what come out here for"
Nell. must saw sir." saps L.,
think thIs - pretty piece nt business.
How do you dare 10 do such thing |.
You know die President ordered you
home"
"Yes," says he, "and I mean TO go
home as soon as get through the job he
sent me To do"
"Well now" saws |. "Trisl, I claim
to know what The President is abort. and
what he wants. and I'm his confidential
friend aud private ambassador Out here.
and shall take The liberty Ia interfere in
this business. This highhanded ,loings
of yourn must be nipt or in the bud.
What SORT of a bargain have yon been
making! Jestlet me look at The treaty."
"Can'l do it," says he, ats half way
10 Vera Cruz BY this time sent il of
yesterday" -.~....
Blood and thunder I" says !, "ihen
you have knocked the whole business in
the head sure enough. You've commit
ted an outrageous crime. sir, and grea,
shame and don't you know, sir, that great
crimes deserve great punishments! Idoa'l
knnw what Col. Polk will do; but know
what my friend old Hickory would do IT
he was aIive; he would hang yon right
up to The first Tree he could come A..
Nha,, hang me fnr dung jest what |
was sent here TO dor says he. "For
I've made jest such bargain as the Pre-.
sidenl Told me 10 make; only lcelle bet
Ter one" @.s...
"ThaI's nothing here nor there" says
|, "you know circumstances alters cases.
And you know well enough, or you ought
To have sense enough 10 know, that, as
things now stand, the President don't want
a Treaty. New. says |, Mr.. Trist. an
swer me one plain question: Do yon
think you have any RICH, at all to make a
treaty after the President has ordered you
home p
WE'LL" saws he, II think circumstan-
ces alters Eases too and when The Presi-
dent ordered me home, | suppose he
thought | couldn't get through the job he
sent me Ia do. But thought | could,
and So kept trying, anil I've go, through