The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1853-04-20
THE TEHUANTEPEc GRANT

1 AEaU AN iEPEC GRANT
Inc following very clear and comprehensive
history OF The "rehuantepcc Grant" is ADDRESS.
ed to the New York Truth Teller. Every one
wishing correct information on this sub;ec,
should read it,
The history Of the "Tehuantepec Grant" or
the grant OF the right of colonizat' on. and o,
The way across the isthmus of Tehuantepec is
simple and we'll authenticated
II was dreereed in the year of 1912, by Santa
Anna at that time President of the Republic OF
Mexico, DC, that the right of way and rlrht OF
colonization across the ls,hmus OF Tehaunlepec
was conceded to Mexican citizen, Don Jose de
Garay, for the purpose of constructing a Rail.
road or Canal across the said isihmus He was
allowed some time eighteen months) for pre!im.
mary survey Of the route, which time would
expire in loa4, when he was to commence the
glgastc preject. Owing to various causes
Garay Could not proceed with the survey OF
perhaps experienced for the first time the earthly
difficulties d his undertaking., however he az
Piled to Sama Anna for an extension of time Ia
be allowed him before the commencement O,
his work. This was at once allowed him and
the time Tor commencing operations was post.
poned untllthe LIST of July 1915 Here begin the
difficulties towards the completion of The gran,
Had MeIIco maintained stable government,
for few years, Garay in all human probability
would have transferred clear title subiee I te
no dispute ere this American enterprise woulc
be now visible on the future artery OF the COM
mercal world. But the Mexican Gods willee
it otherwise, for at this unciure of afairs Santa
Anna, the original grantor Of the road was de.
posed IN January lo45, seven months as will bt
naf ~ nrI To he,
lie was immediately succeeded by Herrera
Mr. Garay again applied for further extension
time OF two years His application was refer.
red by Mexican Congress toa Committee
who reported favorably, it passed the drp,,tie.
and wilhelm the Senate, Congress was broken
up ana 10 members dispersed Paroles sue
ceeded Herrera, aud was in 1916 immediately
dep 'sed, there having been no Congress assem-
b!ed during his brief admInis,ration-A provis-
ionai IRE sdent, was now appointed by this rev.
oil ''ionary people, named Salas, who granted tc
Garay onthe 9th November, lo46, the extension
prayed TOT, and which had been so hi, ghy eulor
ized by the Committee and had always passed
the horsepower in President Herrera admins
tfatlon Thus tar its history in connection with
It's title and origin. 1t has been disputed BY
some OF the ot-headed abolitionis,s of The
North, whose sentiments are echoed BY MIR
by Mr.. Seward, that President Salas had n
right-tmt he had not the power-to grant the
extension, ten years time to the grantee Garay
That he was not President OF Mexico, &c
Our only answer, and, think, only nrcessar,
one to the above is, that all the Presidents O
Mexico from 1886 are not Presden, of Mexic.
deJare, but that they are he fucto, few sensible
men Will dIspute-besdes 1t is a recornizrC
principle OF International law that no nation i.
Obliged to substantiate the Legitimacy of any
g'Vernl nent with which they are negotiating
III the extension of Sllas is not a legal act OF
The partef Mexico, neither then is the title o.
the tinted States good and valid to Calitorni,
and New Mexico, for the power of the one i.
the power ofthe other. The treaty of peace made
by Penaty Pena is derived from the same sourc,
MS that which warranted to Garay HIS petition
destroy the one, the other falls at once
We now proceed to the final history of the
grant, With which the reader is doubtless more
familiar. In lo45, the assignment OF both he
Original right of Colonization and right Of way
was made by Garay to Messrs Manning anc
Macintosh, OF En-. land and was finally assign
ed by them to Messrs. Hargu,s, of the United
States, October, lS45. 1t cannot be passed
over ia silence but that Mexico has acted In
consistently IN this matter | will cite bu, one
instance. Durlag the war with that Republic
President Polk perceiying the importance moi
only OF the Gulf of Mexico as safe guard It
our inter oceanic communication, but also The
immense aud all important advantages TO be
derived from the possession Of the Istnnus o.
Iehauniepec, instructed Mr.. Tist to negotiate
tor The same with the now dllapidated anI dis.
memoered government of Mexico, and to offr
the enormous sum of SIS 600 $50 as considera-
ton therefor. Mexico was then in state o
humiliation, the United States was her victor
and had the United States thrown aside hi
characteristic generosity and Howe d a graspina
spirit visible at the present day in nations o
rare enligh eminent, Mrx'co would have beer
an easy prey. But no-wth seldom tol,ne
npbieness she raises her fallen enemy, anc
treating her as an equal, places her Oh the same
level with herself, and asks of her to cede t,
her that for which she more than compensate.
her. Mexico replies that The right belonged ,t
another, and she of course could not give ava,
that which did not belong to her. She ther
9dmits The fact that it did belong to another
ana that uerytaet is the all important item
which should settle the question forever. Mex
leo mterpnsed that grant ganst our offer to pur
chase We now milntaIn the validity OF the
grant which she n0a0 retracts Ought not Mex
leo to MAINTAIN the ground now, which she
maintained then' BY her recent acts of refus-
ing TO sanction and allow the prosecution Of the
great, she has shown To the world aud To The
American government her bad faith and incon
sis,ency. She should be made to feel, that to
tribe IN atfirs of such vital Importance 10 Amer
ica,and To the Commercial world at large should
not be allowed to pass unpunishrd, The claims
OF Hargups as an American ctiz n must be- pro
teced, or a violation OF individual right ensues
his claim is just, his object, to benefit he world
lie needs bat the fiat OF Congress to enforce
his right and he changes the face Of thu glode
Lett be done. X T.
70 A fellow, whose count. nance was home
ly enough to scare the Old One, was giving
some extra fiourishes in a public house, her
he was observed by Yankee, who asked hin
if be didn't fail into a brook when he was vounp
"Uhat do you mean, you impertinent scoun-
drel?" "Why, don't mean nothing, only
you have such all fired crooked mouth,
thought as how you might fallen into the
brook when you was boy, and your mother
hung you up by the mouth to dry ~
FAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE PRoGREss.-
The Editor Of the st. Paul Mnnesotian writes:
"We were at one time one of the only three
white men residing within the limits of the
present State of Iowa, which now has popua-