Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1849-02-15
1919.

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Of the Offices of their ministry as in the enjoy
ment of their property Of every kind, whether
individual or corporate This guarantee shall
embrace all temples, houses, and edifces dedi-
Gated to the Roman Catholic worship, as well as
all property destined to its support or to that q
schools, hospitals, and other foundations for
charitable or benefcent purposes. No property
OF this nature shall be considered as having be-
come the property of the American Government,
ar as subject to be by it disposed Of or diverted
to other uses.
"Finaly, the relations and communications
between the Catholics living in the territories a
foresaid, and their respective ecclesiastical au-
thorities, shall be open, free, and exempt from
all hindrancG Whatever, even although such au.
thorties should reside within tine limits of the
Mexican Republic, as defined by this treaty :;
and this freedom shall continue, so long as a new
demarcation Of ecclesiastical districts shall not
have been made, conformably with the laws of
the Roman Catholic church"
The objections to this ar ticlc, if we recollcct
right, were, that it gave to the Roman Catholics
who inhabited the Territory to be added to the
United States and their authorities who resided
in the Mexican Republic, privileges above
and beyond those enjoyed by any other
Religious sect in the United State. This
undoubtedly was the view taken by the Senate,
from the article which they substituted in its
stead which Is in these words.
"The Mexicans who, in the territory aforc-
said, shall not preserve the character of citizens
of the Mexican Republic, conformably with
what is stipulated in the preceding article, shall
be incorporated into the Union of tie United
States, and be admitted, at the proper time, ito
be judged Of by the Congress Of the Unites,) to
the enjoyment of all the rights Of citizens OF the
United STATES, according to the principle Of the
Constitution and in the mean time shall be
maintained and protected in the free enjoyment
of their liberty and property, and secured in the
free exercise of their religion, without restric-
ton"
This substitute places the Mexicans upon an
equality with the citizens of the United States
according to the principles Of the Constitution
Precisely where they should be placed if admit
ted under the United States Government at all
By the section stricken out, they would have
been admitted, with church law regulations and
privileges, paramount to all the laws of the U
States, if we understand the two last paragraph:
of the article. One of our commissioners was
then in the Senate, and voted not to strike on
the article. The vote IN the Senate on striking
out the latter clause Of the ninth article of thu
original treaty was, yeas 90, nays l9. Mr. Sew
err voted against any alteration of the Origina
treaty Now here comes upthis protocol whicl
says:
"That the American Government by suppress
sing the ninth article of the treaty of Guadalupe
and substituting the third Article of the treaty c
: Louisiana, did not intend to diminish in any wa
what was agreed upon by the aforesaid articl
ninth in favor of the inhabitants Of the terrorie
coded by Mexico. Its understanding is, that a
of that agreement is contained in the third arti
Gle of the treaty of Louisiana. In consequence
all the privileges and guarantees civil, political
and religions, which would have been possesse
by the inhabitants OF the ceded territories, if thu
ninth article of the treaty had been retained, will
be enjoyed by them, without any difference, uu
der the article which has been substituted"
Another amendment was made by striking OF
$ the tenth article which was in these words:
= "Al grants of land made by the Mexica
Government, or by the competent authorities, i
: territories previously appertaining to Mexico
l and remaining for the future within the limits
4 the United States, shall be respected as valid t
s the same extent that the same grants would b
f valid if the SAID territories had remained with
= the limits of Mexico. But the grantees of land
e in Texas put in possession thereof, who, by rea
son of the circumstances Of the country, sine
= the beginning of the troubles between Texa
: and the Mexican Government, may have bee
e prevented from fulfilling all the conditions
d their grants, shall be under the obligation [
fulfil the said conditions within the periods lin
c tied in the same, respectively: such periods {
@ be now counted from the date of the exchang
e Of notifications of this treaty: in default
which the said grants shall not be obgator
;, upon the State of Texas, in virtue of the stipl
7, lations contained in this article.
= "Tho foregoing stipulation in regard to gran
II tees Of land in Texas is extended to all granted
/ of land in the territories aforesaid, elsewhel
$ tlan in Texas, put in possession under sue
grants and, IN default of the fulflmont of tn
;, conditions Of any such grant, within the ne
= period, which, as is above stipulated, begir
= with the day Of the exchange of notifications
l. this treaty, the same shall be null and void.
). "Tbc Mexican Government declares that 7
C grant of lands in Texas has been made sine
e the second day of March, one thousand eigl
;. hundred and thirty-six and that no grant wha
d ever of lands, in any of the territories aforesai
has been made since the thirteenth day of Ma
j. one thousand eight hundred and forty. six"
e. If we recollect right objections were made
- this article upon the ground that large grants
d land in this territory had been made by the Me:
is lean Government to British subjects. Not on
e SO, Mr. Buchanan says "that these Mexic0
i grants, it is understood, cover nearly the who
l. seo-coast and large portion of the interior
Texas. They embrace thriving yiages-cu
tivatcd farms, the proprietors of which ha,
purchased them of the State of Texas"
n That we are right in our conclusions upc
&c this point, we learn from the language of Il
d President in his message to the Senate:
!. The President held this language:
re "To the tenth article of the treaty there
oil serious objections, and no instructions given
le Mr. Trist contemplated or authorized its inse
J. ton. The public lands within the limits
Texas belong to that State, and this Cover
1T ment has 10 power to dispose of them, or
le change the conditions of grants already mad
It All valid titles to land within the other territ
& ries ceded by the United States will remain u
h affected by the change Of sovereignty; and
therefore submit that this article should not
i ratified as part of The treaty"
!, Now hear what the Protocol signed by IL
10 American Commissioners says:
10 "The American Government, by suppressr
W the tenth article Of the treaty of Guadalupe, d
y not, in any way, intend to annul the grants
10 lands made by Mexico in the coded territore
- These grants, Notwithstanding the suppressiC
l. of this article of the treaty, preserve the leg
IN value which they may possess, and the granite