The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1853-05-26
TIRE BOUNDARY DISPUTE.

Lane vi New McAiSo CIV 49, A""
Governor Of the State OF Chihuahun, re-
.pec,luc the Mesci!a Valley, i viii le
recollected that the Union newspaper o'
,ha, cit, justified the course pursued os
GOV. Lane, and insisted on The salioity Of
he tile of,he United States to the d'slrlc'
in dispute. Since then, the I"ion mas re
ceived better ligh, upon the subject, ano
hacks square out u The position Il i,ts' as
sumed. It now SAYS
II, ma, be possible that some sudden OK
lsency called forth hi Gov. Lsne's procla
nation recaimipg the possession oil acsci'
In; hu, the probability is that he has acted
hastily, without adequate reasons, nnu ID !"
manner TO Increase existing dllhcu'iies'
growing out oil former Encouragement
which were bequea,hed to the present b!
he late administration. Nothing hui I"
very stringent necessity can justify Gov
I.ane's interference in a difficulty which
propcrly belonged To the State Department
as n suhjec, Of negotiation, having Tor us
object a new loin, commission Tor The sal
is,ac,ory performance OF task simple
enough originally. but which the late "a
mnis,ra,ion, after four years OF futile eiior'
aud vast expenditure Of money, lei. On.
iiuished aud in an embarrassed condition.
In reference Ia this magnificent Leaf OF
crau fishing. the New York Express well
eAclaims, The late administration Who
made the treaty? Polk. Who affixed
Dis,urneli's wrong map as part oil the
treaty? The Polk administration. Who
did no, know wha, they we're negotiating
about il The treaty Of Guadalupe H'dalso!
The Polk Cabinet. Who left unsettled .
mi>chicvons dispute on boundary line!
The same administration"
The Washington correspondent al III
New York Times, in . letter Il April BUN,
quotes portion Of the fifth article oi tn
treaty If Guadalupe lIidalso. and by ihrs
means aud preceding aud following remark
sis lie matter Of dispute III srt PLAIN
light. We quote as follows from his let.
ter:
ITO return again To the course pursued
Dt Coy. Lane, und lie question Of force.
The confidential friends Of the Admiuistra-
tion ASSUME that The Mesciia valley IS ter.
ritory "in dispute" aud according 10
international law cannot he occupied by
either OF tue claimants, while lis title is ~
controversy. Under this piea, i. Mckee
shal attempt 10 occnpy it with lroops-and
thus offer force. pending or pEl3r to negolI
alon, II is asserted that they will be mef
bs force. |, is by this line OF argument
the friends Of the Administration hall hope
To sustain Gov. Lane An interesting
question arises here. i The territory
claimed br Gov. Lane s'terrlory In dis.
ipute," I'd tie sense which makes it sobleeI
to the principle Of international latr have
ned! The 5ih article Of the treaty o
Gaudalupe Haalso relating 10 the run.
uing and marking Of the boundary line,
after providing f,r appontmcui al Com
missioner fer The purpose h each Of the lwo
Governments. directs as E,loss:
They shall keep journals and make oni
,Isus Of their operatlon~ and The result
aerccd upon BY them shoH he decmed a
part Of this Treaty, and shall hare TIE
same force as Jh mere inserted therein
The t~o governments Vii amicably agree
regarding what m1y be necessary TO these
| persons. md also MS 10 their respective 6
coTts. sho uld such be necessary.
| The boundary Iine established by thi. ar
tcle shall be relieionsly respected by each
| fthc twn Rcpahics. and no change shall
crcr b. mpde hcrsin. or rii by me erpres&
and FREE consent II both nations, la"t'llh
gwen by me general government u each
la conformity with It's o~n Constitution.
! II The language ui the passage qIatee
means anything. ! understand that lb'
JGinr Commission having agreed upan nud
| fixed the bond ~ line oi New MeXtcu--
he line a. agreed upon Is already part a
he treaty Itself How, linen, can The Ter
ritory n question be in dispute. when VT
| have Just settled The boundary by solemn
treaty stipua,ions, in which we ackno"l
edge the MescilIa Valley to belong Ia Mex
CO? Under the second clause y the FIRE
going quotation from the Treaty, il has
Teen inferred ,nat we have power 10 REQ
pen The question OF boundary. How! b,
new Treaty, aud by Treaty only just
Mexico 10 ied us The port Of Vera Cruz, o.
he Castle Of San Juan dillon, or The State
| oi Sonora.
IN The meantime, the boundary of MeAi
"a having Teen settled and fixed by enc
| Treat, can ~ more be considered Ala dis
puie" than COLD the title To the State q.
sonora or The Castle Of San joan d'JiIoa
While We were LASTING after, "r negotiating
! for, tie one or the nsLer. Such seems l.
me TO be an lrdi,pmIabe view ofihe case
| The question whether Commissioner B ri.
lett was right or not, does 40, eater mt
the discussion. The only inquiries can
he, did be agree TO bould ars line ?--dues
hal line exclude Mesclla VALLEY 2-aud
arc we bound by his agreement! IL these
question:. are answered IN the Affirmative
General Lane has no possible apology ioi
his course, and our Government will be
compelled TO disavow il, 10 matter what lis
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. as n people we are to
take one step further. and suhjec, our swar
Thy brethren OF the South, and our com
pscts with them, to something OF the same
sort Of treatment we have visited upon ,ht
sin more hel pless and The touily wrong, d
red men Of the North"
AWFUL MARINE DIsAsTER-ToTAL LOSS OF