The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1849-02-16

ers and the minister, have signed and
sealed, in quinluplicate. the present pro-
tncOl.
NATHAN CLIFFORD. IL.s.l
AMBROSE II. SEWER. L. s.
LUIS DE LA ROSA" l.. 8.
And be IT, further enacted, That if such
paper is in the Department of State, the
President bo requested to inform the
House whether said commissioners, or
plenipotentaries, were empowered to
make said explanations and give said
guarantees, and by what authority they
we're so empowered; and whether the
said protocol has been submitted to the
consideration ofthe Senate ofthe United
States, and been sanctioned by consti-
tutional majority ofthat body.
And be IL further resOloed, That the
President inform this House whether he
was aware of the existence ofsuch proto'
col at the time of his proclamation ofthe
final exchange Of ratifcalions of said
treaty oflhe 4th day of July 1s4S.
At the instance of MIR. WENTWORTH, the
resolutions were so modified as to en-
brace call for the instructions given to
our Commissioners and the correspon-
dence with the Mexican Government sub
seqNent to the ratification ofthe treaty by
the American Senate.
AS it is sometime since the treaty of
peace was published by us aud that our
readers may be better enabled to judge
of the subject matter ofthe controversy,
we copy below: 1st. The ninth article Of
the treaty as originally published and the
third article of the treaty of Louisiana
which was substituted by the U. s. Senate
and referred to in the first explanation
of the protocol; Cd. The tenth article Of
the original treaty which was stricken
out entirely--and referred to in the second
explanation; Sd. An abstract ofihe twelfth
article, as il originally stood and as it was
modified by the Senate-referred TO in
the third explanation.
IXTH ARTICLE.
The Mexicans who, in the territories
aforesaid, shall not preserve the character
of citizens of the Mexican republic. con.
formally with what is stipulated in the
preceding article, shall be incorporated
into the Union of the United States, and
admitted as soon as possible, according
to the principles of the federal constitu.
tion, to the enjoyment of all the rights Of
citizens of the United States. In the
meantime. they shall be maintained and
projected in the enjoyment Of their liber-
ty, their property and the civil rights now
vested in them according to the Mexican
laws. With respect to political rights
their condition shall be on an equality
with that Of the inhabitants of the Other
territories Of the United States, and a,
least equally good as that of the inhabi
tants of Louisiana and the Floridas, when
these provinces, by transfer from the
French republic aud the crown of Spain
became territories of the United States
The same most ample guaranty shal
be enjoyed by all ecclesiastics and relig
ious corporations or communities, as vel
in the discharge Of the Offices Of thei
ministry as in the enjoyment Of thei
property of overy kind, whether individ
ual or corporate. This guaranty shal
embrace all temples, houses, aud edif
ces dedicated to the Roman Catholic
worship, as well as all property destined
TO its support, or to that Of fschools. hospi
tails. and other foundations for charitable
or benefcent purposes. No property o
this nature shall be considered as having
become the property Of the American
: government. or as subject to be by ii dis
= posed of, or diverted to other uses,
Finally, the relations and communica
ton between the Catholics living in the
> territories aforesaid. and their respective
ecclesiastical authorities, shall be open
free, and exempt from all hindranc,
, whatever, even altho' such authorize
should reside within the limits of tn,
Mexican republic, as defined by this trea
"; and this freedom shall continue, 81
: long as new demarkalon of ecclesias
tical districts shalt not have been made
conformably with the laws Of the Roma
Catholic church.
) Ill ARTICLE oFTHE TREATY OF LOUISIANA
o The Mexicans, who in tho territorie
!, aforesaid, shall not preserve the charaC
v ter of citizens of the Mexican republi
4 conformably with what is stipulated i
s the preceding article, shall be incorpora
3 ted into the Union of the United States
!. and be admitted at the proper time Il
# be judged of by the Congress of the Uni
}, ted States) to the enjoyment Of all III
rights of citizens of the United States, &C
o cording to the principles of the Constitu
o lion; and in the meantime shall be main
# tained and protected in the free enjoymer
!. of their liberty and property, and secure
i. in the free exercise oftheir religion with
out restriction.
y This ninth article, when the treaty wa
: published by the New York Herald
:, gave rise to more opposition than all tn
Q rest together. and this opposition opera
n ted upon the American Senate SO as t
Q cause them to adopt in its stead, til
third article of the treaty of Lousian'
. The reader will bear this in mind, in OK
amining the reasons given by Presider