The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-01-30

both. Faiihful to the compact Of the "spoilsn
therefore, General Pierce was to have the Sc
lection of the man, Mr.. Marcy was to have the
honor Of the negotiation, and Mr.. Davis the
drawing up of the instructions taking to
himself the oyster and giving his simple mind
ed coadjutors each a shell. Such golden OPP
portunity for territorial expansion must not be
lost, and with no "pent-up Utica to contract
his powers" we find the man in the war office
going in for as much Of the "boundless CONT
nent" as possible, including those battle
grounds Of Monterey and Buena Vista, rendered
historical by the Immortality Of his own mill
tary deeds. To the far-seeing eye of General
Jefferson Davis there was no practical objection
to slice of chihuahua and Sonora nor, in
deed, any evils to result from the purchase of
the embryo republic Of Lower California. The
nutshell in which lay the solution of this pro-
blem Of manifest destiny was the iron chest
whose keys are kept in the breeches pocket Of
Jimmy Guthrie.
The first proposition embraced the following
boundaries beginning at the bar of the San
lander river, on the Gulf of Mexico, it ran in a
ENTHUSIASTICALLY direction until it struck the
eastern shores of the Laguna de Parras-thence
nearly due north along the shores Of Lake
Cayman-thence orth-northwestwardly to an
initial point on the Rio Grande just below the
Preside of San Elizario From this the line ran
o little to the southwest, through the parallel
of the town Of Altar, in the State of Sonora,
to its intersection with the waters of the Gulf
of California, and embracing the whole of
that peninsula. In this concession the United
States were to pay Mexico $50 200, 900 in yearly
instalments Of $l0,OOO,OOO, with interest at six
per cent.
The second proposition was all the territory
lying north of q line drawn from the Preside of
SAM Elizario due west to the Pacific. For this
General Gadsden was authorized to give
s22,000,060.
The third proposition was an extension of the
line from Ell Paso to the Gulf Of California, in
GLIDING port at the head Of that sea. For
this s15O0O,000 was offered, including in
this, as well as the preceding propositions, a
settlement Of all private claims and an abroga-
ton Of the eleventh article of the Guadalupe
Hidalgo treaty-provided the same should not
embarass the negotiation.
The fourth proposal was an extension Of the
southern line of the Mesilla boundary to the
mouth of the Colorado river, with an inclusion
of the foregoing conditions-ths price proposed
being $12,000.0O0.
To these considerations every other question
of diplomatic controversy was but secondary;
and so long as we could add an extent of terri
tory equal in area to both the Canadas it mat
tered nothing for the rights or claims Of Ameri-
can citizens, or the obligations that the govern
ment had SO long neglected to fulfil 1t ap-
pears, therefore, by the present treaty, that
Gen. Gadsden has struck mean between the
second, third and fourth propositions; but in
stead of securing for the United States portion
of the Gulf of California, which would open to us
the commercial advantages Of that inland sea, he
has chosen q crooked line, so as to embrace GER
tain auriferous regions of Sonora, and to make
sure Of the wagon route Of Lieutenant Colonel
Cooke.
Our readers must not forget that at the time
Gen. Gadsden had commenced fierce onslaught
on the Mexican Minister of Foreign Relations;
and the courteous terms of "Goth," and Evan
dal." and Jesuit" were freely interchanged be-
tween those dignitaries in unreasonable folios
Of diplomatic correspondence, the arrival of
a special agent in Mexico with pocket full of
maps operated to produce q cessation of hostil-
tiles; but before any negotiations could be COM
menced it became necessary to restore the
belligerents to the footing Of verbal inter-
course. This was no easy matter between q
fire-eating South Carolinian and descendant of
the Conqnistadores. To add to the difficulties
of this reconciliation, the flibustering expedi-
ton of Walker landed in Lower California, and
effectually strangled the hope Of acquiring that
desirable peninsula under any circumstances.
The prospect Of getting "a Judgment" in the
Garay claim had drawn around the National
Palace in Mexico powerful party, whose ener-
gies were stimulated by long-deferred hopes,
and who. from certain peculiar circumstances,
were best calculated to aid in restoring General
Gadsden and Senior Bonilla to relations Of amity
and friendship. Few men, however, give their
services for nothing, and the Garay claimants
were not Of that class Nothing short Of
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their grant, or an ample indemnity for their long
in purgatory, would satisfy their
demands. With this understanding therefore,
the budget was opened to the wondering gaze
Of Santa Annals Cabinet
few words more and we have done with
this strange eventfnl history" For a week
things went on swimmingly, and high hopes
we're cherished that all parties would be salts
fed; but, alas for the uncertainty Of human
an hour before the treaty was
signed the clause covering the Garay grant
was stricken out and its advocates left to
whistle for their claim. Such diplomatic tri-
nmph after all the hard words that had passed
between General Gadsden and Senior Bonilla,
Was wonderful; they embraced each other in =
paroxysm Of mutual joy.
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