The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-03-03

the government OF Texas snail remain custody, hos
shall be treated with humanity, and the respec due the
rank and condition, until the final disposition OF the Mex
can be asceriained and treaty. 10 be pfedca
upon The above stlpuations shall be rejected
by that government la the event Of refusal 10 enter into
ment the Of Texas reserves 70 ITSELF the right
q them as they may lh,nk proper and M
volunteers and soldiers Of Texas who have heretofore fall
I2th The high contracting parties mutually agree
fer the treaty intended 10 be executed and soemnzed by
the of Texas and OF Mexico the basis
States OF the North an 70 solicit the guaranty Of that gov
ernment for the ulhmen by the contracting parties re-
pedging themselves Of any disagreement or defai
cation, submit all TO the final de-
cson and adjustment Of that government For this Pnr-
pose the contracting parties sha practicable
after the ratification Of said treaty. dePute one or more COM
ry powers perfect the object Of this stipulation.
18TH Any of hostility the part Of the retrcatng
pfopery committed 6y those troops, any impedimen,
presented the occupation Of any part Of the Territory Of
troops shall be considered violation Of this agreement
/ Santa Anna was not alone in the execution Of this
treaty General Fsoa was the second . u command; n
the Mexican army at the time that Santa Anna was made
prisoner. The treaty begun as between General
and the government Of Texas on the other 4 goes
lis the names of General Santa Anna and half dozen
other generals. among them General Flisola, who had
then Texas This treaty. was Immediately G
Gated to General Fisola, and by him sanctioned; and
under its provisions about five or six thousand Mexican
troops, with their munitions of war, saved. Allow
me- sir, proof Of this. and show that the Mexican
government also sanctioned this treaty. to read extract
from communications
From The syeta,y Of ar Of erico, dated May I5 1886,
and addreasd Gen Faisoia then second in command
''SEcRETARY's OFFICE WAR AND MAXINE,
'Central Section LIST Bureau, May 10, 1886
exceency the President pro tenn. learned by the Off
cia letter Of your exceency Of the 10Th OF ast month"; hs
chief of The army tssa.a and the very amsn.abls
with other chiefs and officers
Ellis exceirncy the President pro is in
ency should be The one who obtains the command the
which he expressly confirms.
enemys general exacting from him, by decoros
means the liberty Of the President al
sderaon due his high dignity and person distin
gushed ia the annals Of American history aHd for 0ho
the entire nation Is interested by gratitude and
Hs exceiency The President pro tenn counts upon your
directing all his Efforts The remainder of
the army, by concentrating i, TO render il
specmbe placing 4 N convenient place Tor receiving
ed The preservation OF Bexar is of absolute necessity in
order that the goyernmen according may
THE fate Of all prisoners very interesting the
and = 70 you, ,1n @ % en- q
propose exchanges and 70 preserve o this purpose and
s made the
knows the circumstances which may result from an i'm.
nothing as regards this because il knows how great
the skill and zeal OF your exceency for the best service
Of the county,"
General Filisoa obeyed the directions here given him
by the Secretary OF War he save the life OF the Pres
DENT eight hundred prisoners, and what was OF
still greater consequence to the Mexican governme nj ne
saved the army upon which its very existence depended
All this done by his sanctonng the treaty. Here is
what he says the subject at various times In his de-
fence dated the 10th June 1885, amongst other things he
said
"His excelency Santa Anna, in my humble opinion. In
the he agreed upon and ina. had the honor TO send
your exceency acted with entire liberty and had nothing
more in view than the interest OF his country"
| In previous despatch TO his government, he says:
Ifte enemy under these critical crcumsances should
have the only road that LETT, morning would
but die surrender discretion The army is
without clohing the arms ruined ammunlton Of every
in the extreme We have neither physician apothe.
threatened with the epidemic OF the season,
added innumerable suffengs which the army
undergone and should this misfortune take place. the
win perish without the least assistance in the midst Of dis
courage and abandoned without the consolation
Of spiritual assistance, have ~gs chaplain
rsa for p Cavalry sick, baggage mules rythng that
distinction and without being able to move from the place
where they were caught"
In his despatch Of May 81 1896, alludng this treaty,
81 do mention other perhaps more convinc
ing; and ne think have saved the whole army from
disaster, and the national decorum from positive dis
grace"
This, then, sir was the condition of Gen. Filisola
this was the condition OF the Mexican army, and part
OF the OF the treaty the salvation OF that army
the life Of the President to be saved and the prison.
ers we had in camp were TO be saved. These were
the terms and the conditions being made known to Cen
Fisola, sanctioned by him. the Mexican govern
ment directing him. and giving him full power and au-
thoy for these Objects and directing his attention to the
accomplishment OF them He had no other means TO
accomplish them but TO sanction this treaty. He did so,
AMI transmitted it to his government That government
mute until they had received all the benefits Of the
treaty They had saved their army they had saved the
life OF their President and the prisoners who IN
camp They had in fact received all the benefits intend
ed 10 be secured 10 them; and never, until their army s
safe upon the western bank OF the Rio Grande, do we
hear word about reputation And yet, under all these
circumstances, we are fppanty told j was treaty
made with prisoners, and therefore not binding
Now, sir after receiving the benefit of the treaty, could
Mexico without national disgrace epudiae that treaty
Or can the Of the United States avail itself OF
Texas under the sanction OF of the Mexican gov
eminent which digracetul in the eyes Of the civil
lied worldl II this allii we stopped here can
this government, with due respect to it's reputation, avail
itself of quibbIea qubbe which disgraced Mex
icol II seems to me, clearly not Texas, in the year
1885, passed law, defining her boundary according "a
this treaty, every article Of which had fully complied
with, extending her limits to the Rio Grande II is moi
worth while TO take up the time OF the Senate by reading
that law.
Mexico herself did not entirely disregard this treaty
for in the controversy which they still kept up with
they always regarded the Rio Grande the dividing line
4 line OF New Mexico the Nueces; but it " the
whole or none--the Sabine or the Rio Gmnde"
II General WolI, who was in command OF that division
ooth lime lsAd iesued n procIamafion in which