Daily American telegraph., 1852-10-20
The Armistice at Mexico.


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The Armistice at Mexico.
NUMBER SEVEN.
Link No. 6-summary.
Mr. Trist sent as Commissioner to Mexico, April
*. 1847, as soon rs practicable after the
massage of the three million bill of March 3,
l847. Instructions to Mr.. Trist, April 10, l847,
to treat with Santa Anna.
rSenate Document LIST session 28th Congress;
Executive Doc. 81, p. 81.
Said instructions were to the effect that, in the
event of the Mexican constitutional governments
being overturned, and ga DICTATORSHIP again
eristiag in its stead" he, the said Commissioner,
must "not hesitate to conclude treaty with
whatsoever government you lheJ shall ma
there upon your [his] arrival, provided it pre-
! sents reasonable prospect of being able to
: maintain itself Should dictator be establish
!. ed who has subverted the constitution of 1924,
and acquired the supreme power, his ratifica-
ton of the treaty will be sufficient" In other
words, it was made imperative upon said Com
missioner, in the case here contemplated, to draw
to the order of whatsoever tool of Santa Anna
might be named for the purpose by the said
usurper, "hs draft' referred to in the following
words: "You will herewith receive certificate
from the Secretary of the Treasury, that your
draft in favor of the Mexican government for
:. the whole or any part of the three millions of
dollars appropriated by the act of Congress,
will be duly honored'' And furthermore, the
same instructions made it imperative upon the
said Commissioner, in the event of its being in
his Judgment necessary to the conclusion OF the
treaty." to bind the United States to place in the
possession of the said usurper, by tie hands or
whatsoever tool of his he should see fit to name
as his Minister of Finance, the enormous sum Of
TWENTY SEVEN MILLIONS Of dollars more, over and
above the cash payment of three millions; the
said payment of twenty. seven millions of dollars
to be made by delivering to the said dictator"
certificates of ga six per cent stock, similar to
that created for the purchase of Louisiana"
And to show how precisely these instructions
tally with the proposals already quoted from the
Baltimore American, prior to June q, 1916, as
those carried out to Santa Anna by Commander
Mackenzie, with evidence that no mind can resist,
that one of the conditions presented by Macksn-
zie was, that Santa Anna was to make himself
dictator, and on his individual ratification of the
treaty. receive the So 000, 900 carried out by Mr..
Trst, subsequent to April Is, 1s47.
Instructions TO Mr.. Commissioner Plenipotentiavy
Trist.-(April ID, ls47.
EXTRACTS.
stYou will herewith receive certificate from
the Secretary of the Treasury that your draft in
favor of the Mexican government for the whole
or any part of the three millions of dollars APP
propriated by the act of Congress of the Sd of
March. l847 entitled An act making further
appropriation to bring the existing war with Mex
leo to speedy and honorable conclusion will
be duly honored You will be exceedingly care
full not to draw for any part OF this sum until the
conditions required by that act shall have been
fully complied with, and the treaty which you
may sign with the authorized agent or agents OF
the Mexican government has been duly ratified
5v Mezico As the disbursement Of SO large
sum is a matter of great importance, you should
use every precaution to be certain that your
drafts shall be drawn in favor Of the proper func
tionary Of the Mexican government, and the
whole business transacted in such a manner that
no difficulty will hereafter arise on the subject.
You will take receipts in triplcate for any draft
or drafts which you draw; which ought, If pos.
sible, to be signed by the President of Mexico,
and countersigned by the Minister of Finance"
The above constitutes the closing paragraph Of
the instructions. On the same page and the one
preceding are the following paragraphs:
$50 rapidly does revolution follow revolution
in Mexico. that il would be difficult to conjecture
what form Of government you may find In exis-
tence over that Inflated country, your arrival
Mt the headquarters of the army. The constitu-
ton of 1924 may then have been abolished, and
a dictatorship be again existing in its stead. You
will not hesitate, however, to conclude treaty
with whatever government you shall find there
upon your arrival, provided it presents q reason
able prospect of being able to maintain itself
Should a Dictator be established, who has SUBJ
verified the constitution Of 1924, and acquired the
supreme power HIS ratification '0aH be SUFFICIENT,
1cithoa the previous appreciation Of the general Con-
gress. Were this government to refuse to con-
clude treaty of peace until the Mexican govern
ment shall assume permanent constitutional
form, the war might yet continue for many years
to come"
"You will not fail to observe that the sums OF
thirty. twenty and twenty-f millions Of dollars
respectively, which you are authorized to offer,
are all maImums and you will not go to thu
extent of either, unless you shall find this abso
lutely necessary to the conclusion Of q treaty"
'rWhilst it would be most convenient for thu
treasury of the United States to pay any sum To-
which you may stipulate, in annual payments o.
three millions each, yet this is not indispensable
II Unnecessary, therefore, The conclunon Of the redtI
you may agree, that for the remainder Of oae sum
above the three millions of dollars to be paic
upon the ratification by Mexico, the government o
the United State, shall create sir per cent stock
similar 10 that created for the purchase Of Louisiana
TO be Transferred 10 The government of Mezico.
Mexico and Upper California, for sum not ex.
ceeding twenty millions Of dollars, is to be con.