Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1849-02-16
Secret Mexican Treaty and Protocol.

There has been considerable excitement
lately in Washington, respecting a Protocol
said to have been signed by the American
Commissioners and the Mexican Minister,
previous 10 the ratification Of the recent tTea-
~ by the Executive OF Mexico; and which,
it is affirmed, %nullifes the action Of the Amer
lean Senate upon the amendments Of that bo-
dy to said treaty.
De La Rosa, who signed the Protocol as
Minister Of Foreign Affairs of the Mexican
Republic, has since been appointed TO repre-
sent his government at Washington and hav-
ing incidentally alluded TO the document in
question, was urged TO furnish a copy, which
he consented 10 do. lis public appearance
created a great sensation, and endeavors have
been made 10 bring the subject officially be-
fore both Houses. On the 3fd inst, it was
introduced into the House as follows:
Mr.. STEPHENS Of Ga. s~ignifed his desire
to offer a resolution, directing an inquiry 10
be made Of the President respecting a Trea-
ty with Mexico, said TO have been secretly
proposed during the late war. The resolu-
llOn having UBtl Itdu lOl iniOIlilhAlphS OhJNS-
lions were made to its reception, and it was
laid aside. THE resolution requests the Pre-
sident to inform the House if there does not
exist a Protocol, signed by the American
Commissioners Mcssrs. Sewer and Clifford
and the Mexican Minister, Rosa, declaring
that the amendments of the American Senate
were matters Of form merely, and not per-
tanning TO the substance. Mr.. 5. contended
that such a protocol does exist, and that it
annuls the late Treaty with Mexico.
On the 9th, in the Senate,
Mr. MANGUM submitted a resolution SINH
lar to that proposed by Mr.. Stephens in the
House on Saturday, calling upon the Presi-
dent 10 communicate 10 the Senate certain
documents supposed to be in existence rela.
tive TO the secret history Of the Treaty OF
Guadalupe Hidalgo; inquiring ofhim wheth-
er there is not a Protocol extant which multi
fes the amendments Of the Senate to the
Treaty, &c. After an informal discussion,
in which no facts Of importance were elected,
the resolution was laid over.
Although nothing 10 yet officially known
about the matter, the Protocol has been exten.
sively published. 1t is dated May Goth,
1918, and declares that the following expla.
nation Of the action of the Senate is given by
the American Commissioners in the name oil
their government, and with this explanation,
which was satisfactory 10 the Mexican Min.
lister and Executive, the treaty was signed
sealed, and delivered.
"lst. The American Government, by sup
pressing the ninth article of the treaty Of
Guadalupe, an substituting the third article
of the treaty of Louisiana, did not intend 10
diminish in any way what was agreed upon
by the aforesaid article ninth in favor of the
inhabitants Of the territories ceded by Mexi.
co. Its understanding is, that all of tina.
agreement is contained in The third article Of
the treaty of Louisiana. In consequence, all
the privileges and guarantees, civil, political
and religious, which would have been pos
sessed by the inhabitants Of the coded terri.
tories, if the ninth article Of the treaty had
been retained, will be enjoyed by them, with.
out any difference, under the article which
has been substituted.
"2d. The American Government, by sup.
pressing the tenth article Of The treaty of Qua,
+ dalupe, did not, in any way, intend TO annul
the grants Of lands made by Mexico in the
ceded territories. These grants, notwith.
standing the suppression of this article of the
treaty, preserve the legal value which they
may possess, and the grantees may cause
their legitimate titles 10 be acknowledged be,
fore the American tribunals.
"Conformably to the law Of the United
States, Legitimate titles to every description
of property, personal and real, existing in the
t coded territories, are those which were legit
mate titles under the Mexican law in Cali
fornia and New Mexico, up TO the 18th o
May, 1876, and in Texas up TO the ID o
March, 1886.
I'D. The Government of the UniteC
States, by suppressing the concluding para
0 graph Of article twelfth Of the treaty, did no
intend to deprive the Mexican Republic o
. the free and unrestrained faculty of ceding
conveying, or transferring at any time las i
: may Judge best) the sum of twelve millions
: of dollars, which the same Government o
= the United States is TO deliver in the place
f designated by the amended article"