The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1854-03-01
The Gadsden Treaty.

The text of the treaty lately negotiated
by Col. GADspEN with Mexico, says the
Wheeling Argus, has found its way into
the newspapers.in spite Of Senatorial Sc
cresy, and corresponds very nearly with
the accounts of it previously published. Ii
is in ten articles, of which the first estab-
fishes new boundary which makes a large
cession Of territory to the United States;
the second abolishes ll,h article OF the
treaty of Guadalupe Iidalgo. which bound
the United States to protect the Mexicans
against the Indians; the third requires the
United States TO pay to Mexico ssl5.00O,-
900. and to assume all claims Of our citi.
zens against Mexico including the Garay
grant; the 4lh provides for the appoint
ment by our government Of a board 10
ascertain those claims, and limits the liza
bility of the United States under this head
to sum not over $5.OOo,Oo0; the fifth
secures to vessels and citizens OF the Uni
ted States free access to our new territory
through the Gulf of California and river
Colorado; the sixth applies certain general
provisions Of the treaty of Guadalupe, as
to rights Of persons and property, to the
territory now ceded; the seventh provides
that no grants Of land by Mexico after the
25th September last in the new cession
shall be valid. nor any prior grants unless
duly recorded; the 9th binds The two pow
ers to prevent aggressions upon each other
by unlawful invasion, and to pursue often.
ders in this regard with their naval md
military forces and bring them to punish
men,; the ninth requires the two powers
poff 70 N hon avho he
means of adjusting any new difficulties
that may arise; and the tenth fixes the
time Of exchanging rati6cations within four
months from the date Of the treaty, which
is 3Oth December, 1858.
The President recommends some chan
ges in this, treaty, the principal of which
are 10 strike out what concerns the Garay
grant and what relates TO the pursuit and
punishment Of offenders under the 9th ar
ticle. : @
The following is to be the new boun.
dary:
Article lst. The Mexican republic
agrees to designate the following as her
true limits with the United States, for the
iuture retaining the same dividing line be.
tween the two Californias as already defin-
ed and established according to the fiftl,
article Of the treaty of Guadalupe Hidaigo
The limits between the Two republics shall
proceed from the point where the aforesaid
line intersects the river Colorado along the
middle of the deepest channel Of this river,
and point distant two marine leagues to
the north of the most northern part of the
Gulf of California; thence in succession
right line to the intersection OF the 3lst
parallel OF latitude north, with the l11th
degree Of longitude west Of Greenwich,
whence another right line TO 81 degrees
Al minutes 80 seconds of north latitude,
where the same will cross the boundary
line, descending the Rio Grande or Bravo
del Norte, to the Gulf of Mexico, as de-
fined in the 9Th article of the treaty OF
Guadalupe. And it is agreed that should
the line before described, from the inter-
section of the parallel 81 degrees of lat-
tude north with the meridian Ill degrees
west Of Greenwich. and thence crossing
the Rio Grande in latitude 81 degrees AZ
minutes 80 seconds, traverse the Lake
Gurman; said line shall be broken so as
to form an angle at point distant one
marine league south OF the most southern
part of that lake.