Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1853-09-03

cites and comments upon passage OF the message which
the President of the Mexican Republic addressed TO Con
gress on sending to the treaty Of peace The under
signed has that document before hm but he canno
doubt the accuracy with which it is cited and copied
batim by his Excellency the President Of the United
States In that passage the President Of the Mexican
Republic declares to the Congress that he did not believe
possible that Mexico could have obtained conditions
favorable ratfyng the treaty OF peace but tho
Ministers Penipotenary of the United States having
arrived at Querearo, the Minister Of Foreign Relations
invited them to enter into the conferences upon certain
articles Of the treaty which had been modified by the
i senate OF the United States. From the moment when
the Penpoentiares entered upon these discussions il
/ became the duty of the President Of the Republic OF
Mexico await their termination and to employ every
effort 10 obtain, the result of these conferences guar
antics more favorable TO the interests Of Mexco and as
It belongs exclusively to the President of the Republic
OF Mexico ,cordng to the constitution, 10 direct
matte negotiations agreeaby TO his own Judgment, ms
Exceency delayed his resolution TO whether ne should
should rafy the treaty until he could see the
suit Of the conferences In this part OF the affair." the
undersigned knows not only the public acts which took
place but also those which occurred in the most secret
councils Of the Cabinet of Mexico 10 which ne then be-
/ lonEed, as the Minister of Foreign Relations
The Government of Mexico received OF the proper time
note Of the honorable Secretary OF State OF the United
States which accompanies the message OF the lresdent
of this Republic and in which explanations were gwen
at length with regard to the spirit and intention with
which the Senate Of the United States had made certain
notifications in the treaty These explanations however,
could not satisfy the Government Of Mexico nor did they
in its opinion afford sufficient guarantees to secure tne
rights and interests of that Republic was therefore
necessary, in order obtain stronger guarantees IN the
form Of engagement soemnly contracted by the Gov
eminent the United States to request conferences with
the Penpotentiares Of this Republic and TO have the
results recorded in document as authennc as is Inc
Protocol
The undersigned win not enter into the discussion OF
the question whether the explanations thus recorded in
this document and the understanding therein given to
certain articles of the treaty are not ut variance
with the intention and design Of the Senate Of the United
States, which modified those articles. The Government
OF Mexico could never suppose that the Penpotentlare
Of the United States could have been capable of exceeding
the limits Of their faculties and instructions by signing
the Protocol, and guarantyng the spulaons contained
N il with their respective seals and signatures. The
Government of Mexico treated with the Commissioners Of
the United States in the utmost good faith and after
assurance of the funess of their powers, and in or
der 10 avoid every species of doubt on that point the
Mexican Government took care 10 have inserted IN the
Protocol itself declaration establishing the fact that
the representatives Of this Republic concluded that
convention in the character Of commissioners Of the
United States Of America with full powers from their
Government make to the Mexican Government suitable
explanations in regard to the amendments which the Sc
nate and Government of the said United States" had
made in the treaty It is also declared and recorded in
the document that the said explanations given
by the penipotnaries in the Of their Government
and n ulfmen of the commission conferred upon them
near the Mexican Republic. What may have been the
secret instructions given them FOR the Iuhment OF this
commission no one could then have known except the
penpotentiares themselves and the Government Of the
United States The undersigned has insisted strongly
upon this point because he cannot agree that the
ton concluded in the Protocol should be null II ii in any
way alters the notifications which the Senate Of the Uni
ted States had made in certain articles Of the treaty As
in the Of his Excelency the President of the Uni
ted States the circumstance that the Mexican Govern
bad presented the Protocol 10 the Congress Of
the Republic for its ratification is regarded proof
that the Government did not consider the notifications
made by the Senate altered the undersigned must say
upon this point that the Government Of Mexico be-
eved such ratification to be necessary for the validity
and subsistence Of the Protocol All that is therein stp
uated is favorable comparatively speakng) to the
rights and interests Of Mexico that doubt could posi-
bly, have been entertained Of its ratification by the Next
Congress, if such ratification had been necessary
The Mexican Government whose part tits to direct d
ploInatc negotiations in the most suitable
cording its Judgment to the interests Of the country
fulfilled its duty by communicating 70 Congress the
salt Of the conferences which were held with the penpo
tentares Of the United States The undersigned remem
ber that in the morning Of the day in which the
fcatons ofhe treaty of peace were exchanged the Min
lister CT Foreign Relations presented himself TO each Of
the Houses Ct the Mexican Congress and read in open
session the Protocol in consequence Of which, he de-
cared he about to ratify the treaty of Guadalupe
The President Of each Of the Houses Of Congress then
said in answer that the Chamber, being informed Of
what had been DONE with pleasure the result Of the
conferences and then ordered the Protocol 10 be placed
record among the archives. No Deputy nor Senator
protested against this proceedings and the undersigned
should observe to the honorable Secretary Of State that
agreeaby the law which regulates the debates and the
internal Of the Congress Of Mexico whenever
the President Of either House gives certain
aGOpIs resolution Win reEhTu 10 anu
Deputy Senator objects to it. the resolution is consider
ed sanctioned From all this it may be clearly seen
that the Protocol only approved by the Mexican
Congress- but approved with satisfaction and that
this approval given previous to the ratification OF the
treaty Of Guadalupe The Mexican Government soon af-
terwarls had the treaty of peace officially published
well the Protocol in continuation Of IT, and one
this day. has doubted in Mexico that this Protocol has
/ been approved by the Congress.
his Ezceency the President Of the United States has
remarked in his message that the Mexican Government
neither IN ratyng the treaty Of peace in decreeing
that il should be observed in Mexico as law had
toned the Protocol The undersigned must say on this
point that there no necessity for making such
ference 70 that document 1t therein stated that it
had been declared and agreed between the two Govern
en.s that IL the Government Of Mexico ratified the trea-
" OF peace il would be under the assurance that no other
Interpretation would be given to the modfca
tons made by the Senate Of the United States than that
which was fixed in the Protocol in question.
In whatsoever light the Protocol may be considered
the undersigned firmly believes that the Government Of
the United States do less than recognise in ii d.
poma;ic convention obligatory the treaty Of peace
signed at Guadalupe The Government Of the undersign
ed believes that the convention has the same guaran
tee Of nyolabty the other, and that this guarantee
consists in the honor and good faith Of the Government Of
the United States and Of the Government Of Mexico and
the strong desire anmatng each Of them to maintain per-
petualy and draw daily together for the adj
vantage Of both nations those bonds Of peace and amiy
which have been happily re-estabished by the treaty
Of Guadalupe.
Mexico can never think that she viii be called on for
new sacrifices in order preserve the peace which she
has acquired in manner so costly For the same res
son the Government Of the undersigned doabt
that the Government Of the United States will acknowledge
and fulfil with the most religious fidelity the spulaons