Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-02-13
RICHMOND, VA.
sa,nr1,.v Morning. February 10, ls4o
THE PROTOCOL


to mir. Stephens CALL before going d. 'e"s' ,.aas
| This subject, over which The Wing papers "eep
m terrible po,her." The Washington Pdpe.'
NOT having reached US, We refer 10 inc y"oP'''
Il ,bs Presidents message in the Cong!ess'oua'
ste,cb taken from the Baltimore papers oes'us'
-. ION, herein thrown upon The snpJee' '"e
Iroiop contains long and satisfactory exp'a""'
lion Il this las, "Mare's nest" oil Inc "h's
That paper shews that the articles OF Inc NV :
,ai;st ri Protocol. are in exact accordance ~"
me ,euer olthe Secretary Of State, (Mr. bocnah-
an, 10 The Mexican Minis'er OF Foreign And"s'
t,,.d =, Washington The I8h March, 1919;
eom inundated BY he President 10 the rlo"se -,
REPRESENTATIVES on the 9th july iodo' dnu
AGAINST 90 p ,rii.n Of wuich 'et'er, 'ns 'e"s' '0-
;a,,;on has be.n raised Tne following facts
are set lorrh by ,he Union:
N.s.rs Sewer an, C.iifod were sent 10 Next
a. lar ,hs nnrnnse amans oih-f duIies, 81 cxpian-
mo 10 m. Mexican government The nature 81 inc
amendments made BY The SeDae To the Hedl "
u..ce rhs treaty, WIN the Amendments - ."e
Senate. had been rQafsd bp the P'estdem oJ"'s
no, de,o,iu,e Before their arrival a. Qneie,a.
70 On me 25rh OF May, lS4S, the lreaiy, WIN me
amendments OF the nate NM been appr'us@ pe1
In n. S,,qte and House II Dspuiies o, !hsIre"'
according 10 The firms IF their constitution. Dc
fore the Pfcsiden; ul Mexico ralihed Inc ue"y
il w1s deemed necessary, Ia saus'y 49, 49, :"
.cfun,es rha an explanation should De mat :,
onr commissioners in The form oil ero'"eo''
IN three unin,s. This explanation, as n'a's
hv The P,otucol When The reay reacn e
washington, IN inc 4h oil July, lS4o, Inc 8 ooo :
oom doli.,f~. the first insalDent under tue
,ea,y. n ,c beer raid; The hlocSades OF me "eA,
i.ap ports had been raised, and our troops nau
len the city Of Mexicu, aud were faet evacun Jug
tnc county. The notifications had oeeh eacna"-
o 4 on me son ot May, lS4S and the treaty Wa
l,,e supfen.- law ii tine Land. Had Inc W..
Contained any stipulation wnich Viola"u ~.
treaty. there could have been DO oihef feineuy ou'
10 open new negotiation win Mexico WI ."e
SUBJECT. The President, after carefully eea.iin-
ins the Pnluco,, toInt nothing ~ "hich wa
u.i in conformity with he treaty, and therefore
a. n,, att,no 10 ins,ure any new negotiation.
"a protocol IS nohins more Than mere noe
Il IN one mns,.f to auoher or coaVefsai' ~ 'e
aace. t. w;iins ana can have ~ eH-cl "hd'ssei
"a alter or amend the terms OF treaty..
The facts are, then, that a letter IRON VT. bu'
chanan haa reached The Mexican Min'sel u
Foreign Affairs, explaining the nature ana cn"-
racter oil The Amendments TO the treaty maze ny
the Sepate-tha. the Mexican House oil Depu'ies
and Senate had ratified the amended treaty before
IN, arrival III our Commissionefs-and mai, al
his stage Of the proceeding, there was no power
on earth which could alter or amend 'ne terms
ana provisions Of the treaty with out a reconsce-
ration by he Senate and House Of Deputies Of
Mexco-so as, OF necessity, again to spomi' '"e
alterations and amendments to the Pfesdeht ana
Senate, the constituted authorizes oil TINS couh-
nv. The President Of Mexico might have fe'
fused his signature and seal, anc broken on Inc
i,ea,y-but his he did moi do-aud he tully raul
fed ii, aier an explanation IN i6e fI" oco''
which had been drawn in strict accordance w"'
Mr. Buchauap's letter 10 Inc Mexican Minister oil
Foreign Relations.
YeI. with ,h-se facts before them, Mr.. Stephens,
backed by he National lnlelligencer and oIher
Whis papers, has assailei pre,iieD! Polk IN me
mos, vrnien, terms, ana erayey proclaimed !"
the world thai The treaty, vi'aed o. ms ITO.
tocol, is utterly worthless and CT none eHec., auo
that Congress should vioiale The honor "hi oes'
interests Of Inc nation, by refusing 10 carry gu.
rae treaty and b. giving back The itch empire u
California and Mexico Me,srs. Stephens ana
Duer. OF y. York, beautiful pair Of consp''a-
tors, had already vowed that they would no' 7o'e
Tor an appropriation 10 carry The treaty ia'o e8-
ecu,ion, as they wise patriots! DID mol regard
The new territories, as properly Belonging 70 tne
Uai,ed States miserable uicks'ers' as they
are, they seized upon his l'msy ana "felche'
pre,eu ol Protocol, on whicn 10 base helr
paltry scheme Of dishoncfing and d'seracihs
their country True 10 their Me1ean Animation
during The war, hey now again take the MEXICAN
side aud a,icmp: u put their country ~ 'ne
wrong True 10 their panZan tricks and pur-
poses on the slavery question, they are ready anu
anxious TO abandon III, splendid Empire on toe
Pacifi. tscming win American popn'ai'on' 'eS'
their "pary scheme" might be deransed oy Inc
necessity OF ado2lin2 suitable laws for us TO-
ycrnmenl. Bn, their Guy Fawkes Plot has been
blown up by me Presidents Message and accom-
panyine dccumcns. Mr.. Stephens on Thursday
made a speech, which gentleman, Iusi Io'i
Washington, informs US was every where, AMI by
everybody, laughed al as perfect flash in The
nan most unmi,igated humhue. A friend
wiring from Washington, on Thursday, refers
10 Stephens ,uuveinen, and says:
"The Ia,c b,mb.shcl has exploded, and ruFi
| min those ,rho fred H." Thus ends probably
| he las, effort Of the iacious schemefs 10 degrade
,bc President, and with him the honor and irle'
res, Of lbe cation.