The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1849-08-30

cessarIy understand ought with the aid Of his con
sciences 70 have kept him aoof from the influence Of Mr.
Such would have sirangled birth the dis
cusson in the Congress Of the United States which
this subject its last session In permitting his name
be mixed up in the quabble which parties abandoned
themselves that occasion, cannot what service
Mr.. De la Rosa has rendered to his country.
The Mexican press better understood its mission IL
saw without regret that the interests of Mexico
compromised in the press took no notice of the SQUAD
be-and we sincerely congratulate Il upon It's course
Most happily this fire Of last The Mexican
government will follow its minister upon the slippery
ground where he would lead them. We know further that
in the United States the origin and real object Of the par
liamenay comedy gotten up by Mr. Benton is understood
These remarks exhibit degree of candor and faiI
dealing towards our government, which should put to
shame the acpus spirit manifested by leading journals
of the wing party They are entitled to great weight
from the source whence they come, and they vindcae
the conduct of the commissioners at Queretaro, and the
course pursued by the late President from every
Of suspicion No one can read them and retain exat
ed opinion OF the feelings which prompted the official
article in the National Inteigsncer The Trait Union
asserts positively that the Protocol twas nothing more
than the me morandum Of conversation reduced to wr
ting and published for effect to answer Mexican political
and "that the government OF Mexico has
never interpreted these explanations otherwise than did
Mr. Polk in his message to the Congress Of Washington
on the sth OF February last" This view Of the is
confirmed, if it needs confirmation, by the Protocol it.
self for that paper states that conversations had been
held between the commissioners Of the United States and
the Mexican Minister for Foreign Affairs, respecting the
alterations in the original treaty made by the Senate. and
that il was agreed record the explanations which had
been given That record the Protocol of Queretaro,
which is upon its face written memorandum, and moth
ing more, OF the verbal explanations which Messrs Cliff
ford and Sewer had been authorized to make. Mr.
Buchanan had instructed them perform their duty
much as possible by personal conferences them
that diplomatic notes were to be avoided unless in
Of necessity These instructions, the writer in the Ma
lion Iategencer says, limited the commissioners 'to
the verbal expression Of opinions to the amendments
made by the Senate" This assertion, it will be seen. is
made without any regard to the facts and may be taken
as fair specimen OF the candor OF its author.
We think it unnecessary, after what we have said to
show that the explanations of the treaty with Mexico
contained in the Protocol in strict accordance with
the instructions Of Mr. Buchanan, and entirely
sisent with the provisions OF the treaty But as we do
not intend refer to this subject again, we will consider
that branch Of the question.
The Senate of the United States made seven amend
ments to the original treaty but the Protocol refers only
to three Of them, to wit:
The substitution of the third article of the treaty Of
Louisiana for the ninth article of the treaty of Guada
lupe.
Q The suppression OF the tenth article and
g. The suppression of the concluding paragraph Of the
twelfth article of that treaty
The first explanation contained in the Protocol is as
follows:
The American government by suppressng the ninth
article of the treaty of Guadalupe, and substituting the
third article of treaty of louisiana did not intend to d
nish in what agreed upon by the aforesaid
article ninth in favor Of the inhabitants OF the territories
ceded by Mexico Its understanding is that all of that
is contained in the third article of the treaty of
Louisiana In consequence, all the privileges and
ties-civil, political, and religious-whch would have
been by the inhabitants Of the ceded territories
il the ninth article of the treaty had been retained will be
enjoyed by them, without any difference, under the article
which has been substituted.
This explanation il will be seen. is in accordance with
that given by Mr. Buchanan in his letter The Mexican
minister for foreign affairs. which is admitted to be cor
rect Mr. Buchanan, speaking Of the article substituted
for the original ninth article, says:
This article substantially the with the original 9th
article but IL avoids unnecessary proxity and accords
with the former safe presidents Of this in the
treaties by which acquired Louisiana from France and
Florida from Spain.
The Protocol says no more than what Mr.. Buchanan
had said before that paper drawn up The original
article of the treaty contained many spulaons which
entirely superfuous, nasmuch they guaranteed
to the inhabitants OF New Mexico and California rights
which they would possess under the constitution Of the
United States independent Of any treaty stipulation
whatsoever But the writer in the National Inegencer
withholds the original ninth article OF the treaty, and
gives in his own words version OF its contents which
is calculated to misead the public Among other things,
he that special privileges gwen to the Cath
Ollie Church. and peculiar relation recognised be-
tween the members OF that church and their clergy
naming in Mexico by the ninth article in the treaty OF
Guadalupe But these assertions not justified by he
words OF the treaty. and they made in order to
ate the impression that the amendment OF the Senate had
destroyed these Objectionable features OF the treaty and
that the explanation contained in the Protocol intend
ed to einstae them. AS we have said BEFORE the ninth
article Of the treaty Of Guadalupe gave rights to the
people of the territories coded by Mexico which they
would not have under the constitution OF the United States
Neither does the third article Of the treaty Of Louisiana
enlarge the rights guaranteed by our constitution TO all
the citizens of the United States the ninth article
of the treaty had been stricken out without substituting
the third article OF the treaty Of Louisiana, the rights OF
the inhabitants would not have been altered in any man
ner: For neither the treaty il originally Stood
it was amended, awarded to them any civil or religious