The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-06-17
The MesiiIa boundary aud the New York rr,.
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gross fssehood put forth by the New York Tribune il
the effect that Major Emory. the United States surysv0
OF the boundary commission. had agreed to and signed
The line of Mr.. Bartlett the line described BIZ H.
treaty. we were quite prepared Tor the display Of impv
Tuesday last but even our previous knowledge of n.
character of the Tribune and Of its ncendary purposes
had not prepared expect that journal a, one.
into another false preence. still outrageous, and
liable to exposure still more swift aud complete
That This is the CASE now prove by ciiiax n.
whole Of that portion of the Trbunes long article whKL
has any bearing upon the point in issue between ,b,
Journal and ourselves;
"Well initial poiu, the Rio Gfands has been o.,
by the boundary commissioners Of the two u
tions acting under the treaty Of aud cession and
line thence due west, as the treaty requires We be-
ieve this point To be the one, and cerany there can
be doub, THAI pstm facis the pom,
is immensely strong We believe, too, that this point hs,
been definitely established and ratified by the signature Of
she United States attached TO tho boundary com
mission acting under the express directions of the cab
Washington. though the Union undertakes 10 deny
IL in the following gingerly manner
"The official report of Major Emory this very point
is befor and shows thar, far from signing cen
~. order to give that line validity, Maj EmoryshougA
wrorgfy and illegally instructed by tho late secrssaryo
o
any difference between them, and though he officer
regarded that instruction as final, and intended 10 DE-
prve him of any responsibility discretion In tho rHatsr
did YET wholly refuse rly the accuracy Mr. Barleu
ine sign OF as the line described
nS So induce MAJ, 20 do .nv,hn ~ IN
fhaw sign simple, naked declarations Of tie toksesx
fact that yarelar i'ms. a. draws 9. fsd thew b.
co,nmtssioser.
.Tbe.e italics are the what do they amount
to- Suppose Major Emory intended 10 the document,
only in Pickwckian sense'-supposc he did nor really
believe the initial point ought to be where The comm
had placed it, but acted his judxmsa
but the rders Of his superios ut Wsshington-how
would that affect the question BETWEEN our GovxRs.
MKNr MEXICO! What proper force have thes.
csvi. oil the Union. Implying that the boundary ssue
has been signed by surveyor. but has
not been signed IN MANNER required by that treaty
(which requires manner ALL in order to give thai
line validity |!
But concede away ighths of ground; admit
that the initial point agreed upon by the commission.
ers is wronghat the signature Of Major Emory zig
naucthat line has been run, boundary established
In accordance with the requirements of the neatyand
sill il is undsnabe that OF boundary line must
be PROFESSIONALLY respected until the line be o.
tabshed"
Here j, will be observed the Tribune does not dsuy
that the account given by OF the character and mean
ing of Major Emorys signature Is The true one In fact
such denial could be made for we cited, and the Tr.
bune copied, the record fully confirming our statement
and showing that he signed naked and carefully guard
ed statement, that certain initial point had been agreed
TO by Bartlett and Condo. while he strenuously rsfsxd
certify surveyor that il the true point described
by the treaty, or in any sense 10 agree such
With these conceded facts before il, the Tribune now
AYERS that under the treaty this signature Of Major Emo
y, thus limited and qualified. gives full validity to The
linz nd hluh nd
To expose The utter fssehood OF this aega alton we
have only to cite the tex, Of the treaty. requiring the
gresm< Of both The surveyor aad e eommissa<r that The
line is the true treaty line before il BE- deemed such
and as such held valid The treaty reads ihus:
Ia order 10 designate the boundary line with due PIE
cision, upon authoritative maps, and establish upon
the ground landmarks which shall show the limits Of both
republics described in the present article the gov
ernments shall each appoint n conmiss,ooer and
veyor, who before the expiration Of year from The
date OF tho exchange Of Publications Of this treaty. shall
meet at the Of San Diego.
MAX The SAID BOUNDARY WHOLE MOUTH
or RIO BKAvo NoRrk. They shall kce journal,
and mark out plans of their operations
AGREED uPos DEFINED rHr
TREATY, SHALL A ~ "a
sKRrSp THKxKIs"
Now, there is no preience that any legally .apponted
United States surveyor has, in conjunction with Mr.
Bartlett proceeded TO and mark" the Bartlett line
nor is that line "a result agreed upon by either Of bs
legally appointed surveyors "a part Of the treaty"
On the contrary, the first surveyor, Mr. Gray, senu.
ously repudisted the line and Major Emory fiy re.
fused TO osre TO il. 10 do anything than cery
that u Badis's line assen,ed to by Conds There
pretence anywhere that either OF the surveyors dsy
appointed under the treaty dreamed Of regarding a. che
true treaty line OF agreeing TO il as such The result
OF this state of facts is plain There is yet no treaty
line in existence None has been duly marked -marked
that ia, in the form and by the authority prescribed the
treaty the only authority competent to mark H. This
indspu,able fact gjves to the winds all the Trbunes
wreiched sophisy abost Bsr,let's ae being al least
"prou,sionay' established until the true line can be
visionally or otherwise Whether his line is right OF
wrong in its position yet iiss II ~ ia view OF the
treaty, for the simple and conclusive reason tha, il has
not been duly and agreed 20 such by the only Of
competent TO ii and agree il, and thus sssb
lsh IT,
Bot the Tribune argues thai Mr.. se,retary Stuart
on behalf OF the late administration, expressly dree
ed" the United States surveyor sign Bartletrs line in
spite OF the surveyors kno wledge that was wrong and
that this mnlieasaace OF Suarts makes the line valid A.
against this government Ia this false presence the Tr
bune 10 the first place, eoniradcts itself 10 the second
place, con,radc,s Secretary Stuart and in the NJ
conlradc,s the treaty Secretary Stuart in reference to
this very point, says in his official report
In my Judgment, neither the Dsrsxrssr or rvs lsrr