New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-06-21

TIE Union ON MRsILLA.

The Union last Friday attempted reply to our last
article on Mess 1t does not deny any of these facts
l. That the line of % deg. % min due West from
the Rio Grande was duly and agreed to by tho
Boundary Commissioners of the United States and
Mexico acting under the Treaty Of Peace and Cession
Of 1S4S;
g That this is the only line agreed upOn
in that quarter by any persons acting in behalf of the
two Governments
g. That the Surveyors OF both Nations actually 10
vice when the initial point settled (Mr. whipple
for the United States agreed to and signed the line Of
81 90.
4. That A. B. Gray, the appointed Surveyor, absent
when the initial point agreed on without rmur hay
ing arrived some time aerward during the progress of
the survey Westward and objected TO this initial point,
our Executive removed him and appointed MAJ Emory
in bis stead instrucrng him to assent TO the initial
point as already agreed on
3. That Maj Emory did so radfy aud sign the line
agreed IN by the Commissioners, because (see his
official report) be considered the mater as settled
81 and the &c ZION Of the Government as final"
G. Nor has il controverted the statement see his OF
fetal rerort) of Msj Emory tits Own winess) that
"Adther lie gires The rooi T. Caiioraii and the
country embraced in the area Of difference with the
ctptI of strip along the Rio Grance about nine mites
log and from one to two wide 's brrnH asd rH not pro-
duo Kh,0k com. groy bess anything HseJui JoDi
fer num- or FIR clotiag.
Aihr me WW giCC US channel Of communication fer
post along he fOar without which 4 Is Improbable
20 comply Nh the NH article of the Treaty whi.h
cages The United States to keep the lnd ans cut Of Mex
The Unions whole case resolves itself into this
Lieut. Whpples signature as acting Surveyor does MT
bind us, because he was not the regularly appointed
Surveyor; Maj Emorys is invalid, because he acted
4 go.
Washington aud Mr. Bartetts is worthless, because
lot couutersgned by that OF any legally appointed and
freely acting Surveyor although the Mexcans had but
one person acting and signing both Commissioner and
Surveyor) And this state Of facts The UsioH suns
up as follows:
~Bsrtttts m is under the treaty hqc Gt a2 1t has
been ran bv competent authority, agreed BY
competent authority. IL hiss therefore legal existence
Il j. simply blunder in d,ie,t Of he treaty. ti- sna'y
there Is 70 pow this government which can max
II gi mste Utlt atory the treaty making power
aud ilis power DO So only ny maxim neg treaty
the attempt ii The late Secretary Of The Interior or OF the
lite Executive 10 accept and legslize BAIuss olunder
once outrage and sb'urdi y. Congress di /
right 10 trample the attempt uuder foot
Here The Union distinctly admits the falsehoOd
one Of the vital pretexts under which Governor Lane
cloaked his attempt 10 seize the Mesilla, that the Com
mssioners acts instead of being ratified by the L.
S Executive they hare been repHdiated,' which he at
tempis TO holster up by long citation from President
Flmores last Message Instead OF repudating that line
the late Administration did its utmost to confirm and
maintain il.
Yet in the face Of these facts, The Union proceeds to
say
The motive Of The Toi5sHe in insisting upon this line
Is obvious During the late canvass that journal de
nounctd by its coparsans for seeking through the
B0aE of sectional agSion 10 reach the rad OF further
Gsluln derx. datous the public treasury Defeated IN
The canvass il has now changed its tactics With the hope
of en- sfrnssfg the present Administration
e. be seeking 10 emboden Mexico q engage with
the Uno States and do this helds 20 Santa Ana
the idea that there party in this country which w Justify
him In max ing armed seizure OF the M-sia Valley Feel
ing perohsnce that there may be difficulties 10 attaining this
object The TisH in this very article to which We Dow
PLY is suggesting the American people the prospect and
en- the probable necessity Of war OF intervention on
our part in the contests Of European powers on the soil Of
Europe These desperate exrremites OF faction IN the
course of The Tribune sufficiently discredit that Journal
without further comment of ours We can gain nothing
by handy ing determinations with jOurnl which Is pro
verbally identified with every odous and dangerous fsns
cism which has Ormented which now orments the pEb
liz mind II is not even worth while further to expose
the cant of hypocrisy by which The It5EHe habusy az
grAvaes its other II nov makes more hateful
rs inceBdiary efforts produce war with Mexico or Eu
ope by oakng them under glib professions Of its love OF
GAGE.