New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-06-07
TIP BoUNpARY DISPUTE.

We mint herewith Tie Unions manifesto on the
Mesina difficulty Though guarded In terms, 1t Is
arocous in spirit If that spirit is shared By the Ad-
uinstr.tion we are on the verge Of another War-a
War A. vatton aggressive and criminal as tie last. and
one which viii result like that, in the Temporary over
throw and expulsion from power Of its authors But
we viii cling TO the hope that this Hanli''o nA' no
official sanction or eOuntenance.
Gov Lane il will be borne in mind, based ms claim u
the MesiIa Valley on the assumption that the act OF
Commissioner BARTLETT, coneeding that's to Mexico
had been dis0rO,red by Government both IN It's tx
ecutive and its Legislative Departments Ihs OH'oH
knocks the Governors scsfoldng from under AIM oy
fully admitting that the line rEn By tle tHo Commits
soneys had been officially AssESTED to by the late Er-
serfirs In diatDg on the serious blun1ers OF the
late Executive il virtually comedies that the claim
to Mess is ner pretension part, expressly in
the teeth of official acts of our own Government
The Union however rallies behind the last rampant Of
aggression and stakes its the assumption that
the Commissioners line was not assented to by our
Surveyor and is therefore invalid Take away that and
its whole fabric is in the air And yet it seems that this
fundamental assumption is mistake-that the line run
by Commissioner Bartlett has been signed by the L. s.
Surveyor The Express Of last evening says:
Bsjor Emory Report ust Published, shows that h. a.
The S,y,.or siccee6tng III LrH sgnef the ayceenacqt
,L,ei ros eatfd into Lfea Hr Ba,teH and Gea C5a3e
fxing The jeund0ry Inc Thus no form was wanting 70
complete the establishment of the boundary line. Mr.
GREY the first Surveyor had refused TO sign the Report
protested against IT, full statement % the tse was
made 10 the late Administration, aud therefore, Mr. Grey
was directed 10 sign the Report lie did not 90 this be
cause his recs reached him before this order His sue
ces.or NJ or Emory, signed the Report and he shows
distinctly that betwetn the Bartlett line aid the Grey ne
there Is little to choose So, the whole dspu. involves
noqueston Of mporance-t Involves no valuable tern.
tory But The Mexican, by the impruien movement OF
Gov Tas which has been sustained by the Central Gov
eminent have provoked scounter movement; on our part
-" Imprudent conductS do you heart The whole
subject Of the Boundary between rs and Mexico wa'
expressly submitted, by the Treaty Of Peace, 70 a
Joint Commission which Commission was duly const
tuted and proceeded to determine and mark the lne
giving the Meslls Valley to Mexico. Our Surveyor
having refused to sign the agreement establishing that
line, the whole matter necessarily came before our Ma
tional Executive, who confirmed the action Of Com
missioner Bartlett and ordered the Surveyor to sign
the agreement and, Mr. Grey having been removed,
Major Emory was appointed in lis stead, and h: did
sign the agreement If we are not bound by il, no
Nation ever could be. Even if Congress bad eyinced
the asserted hostility to this adjustment, the Treay
accord, no power to Congress in the premises but
Commission. What FEASIBILITY, then is there ia the
claim set up for us to Territory by this Commission
awarded TO Mexico
What is the imprudent movement Of Gov. Trias =
Our Gov Lane undertook to set the award of the Joint
Commission at Defiance and take Military possession OF
territory accorded by it to Mexico and peoped by Mex
leans He did this on the false assumptions first, that
the line had not been duly and ratified BY the Gem
1l,- bod nv
Government. The facts now appear to be the exact
reverse of these assumptions Gov. Trias has simply
endeavored to protect Mexicans settled on strip Of
territory conceded to Mexico by the Joint Commission
lit imprudent in him TO do this, then il is i'm
prudent" in Mexico to exist at all. If she could not
make such demonstration without rashness then her
independence is an empty sham
Lovers of Peace followers of the Prince of Peace
will you not look sharply into this business Ifyou do
not, the crime and the shame Of unjust war will
pross heavily on your souls