New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-02-22

g. IN. puroo.e Of nominating candidates for the on
-, a. p,..sen, snd Vice President Of the United States,
.re 10 transact such other business IS SHAH be deemed sx
psdssn.. yo
IIMEs HoRNER, JAMES THAfEk'
8 PHILLIPS pHGSIx, L O. CANNON
SETH {. HAwLkf.
ALsAxT, Feb. Is. ls4s.
Pence with Mexico
We believe the most inveterated skept'os VIII
&c longer doubt that TREATY OF PEACE ha' oeen
n.,o,,.,sd st Mexico which sweeps away every
,,s.ex, for a longer prosecution Of the war and
will oonstrsin the Executive, however reluctantly
~ oo,.sp, TO its termination. The responsibility
Of making this Treaty has been assumed by zen
Scott, though Mr.. Tnst doubtless had iul sna'e
IN in negotiation As the President neither nan
nor wished to have any representative IN Mexico
authorized to effect such negotiation or even "
receive proposals, it was necessary that some one
should take the responsibility Of Selling the most
favorable moment and concluding Treaty anu
the whole country will rejoice that Gen Scout n"'
dopsso. It is stated that he has secured all tna'
even Mr.. Polk has ever demanded In the way Oh
territorial acquisition-thst is oil this side oil The
Rio Grande, with the balance Of New Mexico al
ofUpper California, with the great rocky desert
which separates the two, making the parahel o.
usN. lat our Southern boundary to the Pacihc'
and giving as more than half what was Mexico
twenty years ago This, we suppose, IA to consti
,ute the Indemnity for the Past, while, IN the
way of Security for the Future, we are pledged
70 maintain az army Of Twelve Thousand IN Mex
,co until affairs shall become settled-in other
vyords. we are to uphold the Peace Government
against the Military adventures who would other
wise be making the Peace an inexhaustble pre-
tart for pronunciamientos and attempts at heyo-
luton This is not pleasant but it is great deai
better than having to maintain Sixty or Seventy
Thousand men there, and feed as well as pay ana
cloths them We presume the Mexican Govern
mept 10 at least to feed its borrowed defenders
The pecuniary consideration we are to pay Tor
,h. enormous cession Of Territory is said to be
very small.
Mai Van Buren, and Mr. Freaner, bearers OF dis
catches from Gen. Scott are both reported to have
reached Washington, as Mr.. Freaner surely did Oh
sunday Mr. #. left Mexico express on the Sd
inst and arrived in Washington on the Goth
probably the quickest trip ever made between the
two cities Had Mr.. Folks emissary sent out to
.uoersede Gen Scott and send him to Perote Tor
trial been equally light footed, this Treaty would
prob ably have persisted without ever seeing the
light As is, we predict that Mr.. Polk Will mol
xap,urs TO withhold it from the Senate though he
NAV seek to give it a bad name. That however
will avail him nothing. The Senate will promptly
rs,ify il If not, the House will stop feeding the
War
The ACQUISITION of territory stipulated by TINS
treaty we deem any thing but desirable and couio
,ss have peace without New Mexico, or any part
OF the Rio Grand valley We should esteem It lar
preferable. Upper California had but few Mexi-
can inhsbjt hts, has been measurably lankeeizeo'
and could never revert to Mexico whatever the
Treaty might propose but New Mexico is essen
usllv Mexican. and TO maintain authority there
will coat us millions to no good purpose whatever.
The valley of the Rio Grande is very sParsey set
lied. below Santa Fe, on the east bank, and Will
more easily fall under our dominion; but its ara
nls portion is too narrow. the stream itself Toe
crooked. to form proper National boundary anc
We sbsll soon have the Texas game played oyel
again in Coahuila and Tamaulipas But sufficient
un,o the day Is it's own evil let US rejoice that w
have Peace
Now, quibblers and twaddlers who have glide
and sidled along for two years crying-'It is 10
soon yet to ssitate the Slavery question-walt II
we have any territory for your Proviso to operat
upon what 10 your next dodge We stand f
FRrr Soil FOR FRri LABOR, and against Il
extension Of Slavery over one foot OF territory b
voud the Rio Grande The question 10 no long
abstract and distant, but real and present. VIII
do you say to 1t E0tr ?
~ john QUINCY ADAMS, twill be seen oy
Telegraphic dispatch from Washington was est
day struck with paraly sis while in the discharge
hisduties in the House Of Representatives ana
mediately conveyed home In estate OF lnsensioi'i
Both Houses thereupon adjourned
We mourniuly spprehend that Mr. Adams
never resume bis sest-that his earthly career