The New York herald., 1849-02-12

Mr. ELAvrsH insisted that there was NO secrecy
sbout Il but enough Of this.
tsinsd that vas absoutsly impos;ib. that the dsue
crats Of the Senate could have been informed Of the
formation given the vhiss BY their dsmoersiio
informant that he himss would have been spprsed
OF i. And NO democrat, devoted to the dsmoerstie
faith and the democratic party could have knows
spythipg about It in the frst iustanoe without arst
disclosing IL to his political frtsnds
Mr. RUsx explained that the Senator from Delaware
days ego had shown this protocol to him. printed
In Spsnish and English. and that number Of copies
Of this kind had circulated here He had Thought
that it was perhaps oontrivsnes Of the Brtiah bond
holders to make good the fraudulent Msensuars
land grants Of SAINT. Anna IN Ts... ana Cslifosns;
to have the matter explained. The Commissioners had
authority to transcend the rstiasd treaty Of the
Senate When they got Mexico, they detained;
but desrous Of acting promptly they sent the treaty
at once ever to ths Mexican Congress 1t Queretsro.
from this Sensts; and the day that the C.muts-
sopsrs arrived In Queretsro, IL was ratified by the
sssusns sxpisnston, not snsetng the validity Of the
resty
Mr. FoorE.-Ono word. The Senator from Texas
was advised by the Senator from Delaware OF this d.,
sument repeat that the democrats Of this casm-
when the Srst information given by dsnocrstio
member Of its existence. As to the conduct of the
Mexican Minister in furnishing this information 10
Mr DArToS repeated that there had been NO secrecy
In the matter from tho bssinnins that tho protocol
Mr.. FoorE-Not In my presence at all.
Mr. DAYror-I was in my seat when the document
was exhibited to the Senator from Delaware It WAS in
| opel session. There NO secrecy about 1t He
said he would look ct 1t, and see what 1t was. It was
generally spok-n Of and my impression was lat 1t
also to senators the other side IL not
| speak Of IL at the time.
Mr. Foorr would undertake to say that that was
private conference among the members Of the whig
| Side Of the Chamber and that while whig members
were informed Of this document the democrats
not
Mr. BRADBURY thought that too much Importance
treaty went out suggested to preface 1t with
explanation Of the reaaons for the rejection Of the
articles rejected that the rejection Of the 10th article
was designed to interfere with legitimate Mexican
these instances left to the commissioners
MR. DAYToN-I hope the Senator will not 20 into
| the discussion Of the treaty.
MIR BRApBuRY.-Not at all. ! only wish to show
that this protocol gives just Of apprehension
that II 10 matter entirely proper to 60 before the
Mr. BADGER objected to the Senator's proceeding.
MIR CLAYTON submitted that public discussions of
the treaty by branch Of the treaty making pswer
mig give rise to difficulties
Mr. FooTE did not blame the wings for their
In this matter did he object to the publicst Of
the protocol. He had only condemned the informant
for the in which he had disclosed 1t first
the enemies of his own party
MIR. BRADBURY was proceeding to some further re-
marks.
Mr. MAKeuM raised point Of order.
The CHAIR sustained MIR. Bradbury.
Mr. MAN. sUM appealed from the decision.
A general convsrsation follow upon the question
Of order, when. at length Mr.. Mangum Withdrew his
appeal. and Mr. Badger renewedit At this juncture,
MIR HALE o, tanned the floor, and upon the sugges-
tion Of Mr. Buter he moved that tha Senate Adjourn
And the Sen. 10 adjourned without making any dis
position of the residents whatsoever