The daily national Whig. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1847-1849, 1849-02-05
CON G II II SIS.
SATURDAY, February 3, 1919.

over yesterday, unul Monday,
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
! Mr.. Stephens asked leave 10 offer the following
resolutions, which were read for information viz:
! Resolrsd, That the President Of the United States
\ be- requested 10 furnish this House with correct
| copy oil the original treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
entered into on the I'd Of February lSi9 by Nicholas
p Tris on the part ofthe United States and Luis O.
Cueyas, Bar nado Cont, and Miguel Artristian, on
the part OF the republic OF Mexico and particularly
those articles in said original treaty which were
stricken out or amended by the Senate OF the United
| States.
Resolred further, tina, the President be further re-
quested 10 inform this House whether there Is any
evidence in the Department of State ofan agreement
and assurance made by our commissioners with
| the Mexican Government before the ratification by
said Government Of said amendment substantially
| In the following words.
Protocol Of the Conference previous 10 the raiifica
lion and exchange of The treaty ofpeace between Am
brose II. Sewer and Nathan Clifford, Commissioners
and Ministers on the part of the United States and
Don Luis dc Rosa Minister OF Foreign Affairs for
the Mexican Republic.
In the city Of Queretaro, on the 26ih day Of May
lsl6 AT n conference between their excellencies Ma
than Clifford and Ambrose H, Sewer, Commission
ers OF the United States in the full powers from their
Government 10 make to The Mexican republic suita-
bic explanations in regard TO the amendment which
the Senate and Government Of the Z. s. had made
in the treaty of friendship limits and dehnitive set
tlement between the Two republics, in the city Of
Gaudaloupe Hidalgo, February2, l64e, OF the pres
ent year, and his Excellency DON Luis de la Rosa,
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the republic of Mexico
it was agreed TO- after adequate conversation respect
ing the changes alluded To- 10 record in the present
protocol the following explanations, which their
aforesaid excelencies the commissioners gave in the
name Of their Government and in iulhlment of the
Commission conferred upon them, near the Mexican
repubc. The American Government. by suppress,
ing The ninth article Of the treaty OF Gaudaoupe, and
substituting The third article OF the treaty Of Lcu
! siana, did not intend to diminish In any way wha
was agreed upon by the aforesaid ninth article in
favor OF the Inhabitants OF The territories coded by
Mexico Its understanding Is, that all OF that agree
ment contained in the third article OF The Louisiana
J, treaty.
In consequence, all the privileges and guarantees
civil, religious and political, which would have beer
possessed by the inhabitants of the ceded territory Il
the ninth article Of the treaty had been retained will bt
enjoyed by them without any difference under thu
article which has been substituted. 2. The Amer
lean Government, by snppressng the tcnth article o
the treaty Of Gaudaloupe, did not in any way nenG
TO annn The grants Of land made By Mexico In the
ceded territories These grants, notwithstanding tn,
suppression OF this article Of the treaty. preserve tn,
legal value which they imay possess, and the gran
tees may cause their legitimate tillos 10 be actnont
eyed before the American tribunals.
Conformaby to the laws of the U. S., legitimate Ii
ties any description Of property personal and real
existing in the ceded territories are those which wer
legitimate titles under the Mexican law in California
and New Mexico, up TO the 18th day of May 1916
and in Texas up to the I'd of March, 1896 B. Tht
| nrt, No.
concluding paragraph Of the twelfth article of the
treaty, did not intend TO deprive the Mexican Repub
lie of the free and unrestrained facility of cedng
veyng, or transferring, (nt any tiuie as it might
judge bcst) the sum Of sl2000,000, which tho same
Government Of the United States is 10 deliver in the
places designated by the amended article.
4 And these explanations having been accepted by
| the Minister Foreign Affairs Of the Mexican Repub.
| lie, he declared in the name of this Government that
with The understanding conveyed by them, the same
Government would proceed 10 ratlfy the treaty o.
Guadalupe, as modified by the Senate and Govern
| ment Of he United States.
In testimony of which their cxcecncles, the afore-
said Commissioners, and the Minister have signed
and sealed, in quinuplicate, the present protocol.
Signed NATHAN CLIFFORD, Il. 81
Signed AMBoSE II. SEWER, IL. ST.
| Signed, LOUIS DE LA ROSA IT, 81
| A communication was laid before the House signed
by the Secretary Of the Senate and the Clerk Of the
/ House, saying that, in Difference 10 the Senate, who
passed resolution extending the time for receiving
proposals for the public printing until the nth In
stant and In order TO give the House an opportunity
TO act upon the bids and that they will agaln
next Wednesday.
The House. after being In committee, passed seven
private bills, and then adjourned.
f-.a ----aaD .
NJ Guizot has been employing the leisure hours
of his exile In writing treatise on French Democ.
racy Its publication in Paris is announced:
While in Office, as prime minister TO Louis Phil
| lippe this illusirous writer published in the Revnc
Francois dissertation on Democracy, which Is char
acterzed by The strongest traits of his powerfully
analytic mind This pamphlet, translated into Eng
| lish has gone through several editions In London
The work now announced Is said to be an ampif-
cation of the essay which appeared in the Revue
| Whatever judgment may be formed Of NJ Guizot
as statesman, there can be no diversity OF opinion
concerning his extraordinary ability as a writer.
An intellect OF great profundityis characterized in
him by clearness like that of chrysta His
mind seems to be solvent which reduces every sub