New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-04-14

r'aned IL tie cht OF fhe couf'e'H cpu'efs'-' - -
surrounding circumstances vii eonviet me- N AM
sbe mind Of a ~ h de or desisn % u $3.50 =.
t.r.Husy then appesr Ia G-n Gsdsten himself AS a
rsfv ips c.ed 20 the pabIc tbs, t,e IVY r1S0" g'7'
d, IL ,rr.o.s tk ,e-ss for d-sng lin N ineil1e
Tie sr.rsfiou claims in the peadng pegciEon leu n
iuufe5ly &. liberty % cure Their adiasnen' Ea-n &c
found ,Ir og.rers q -: rrIs1s re c5'e tia| "a
int lie cou 1T e HtlA q advantage. aa!-s be se,4 d
81 tn cu-stus Of dzAre rsa and aus eatleiy TeisFei
he N=1ican Govtrbms 1t ard people tron ne Lax
which hauu,s them Ike shs1ow-;Aat wade 1asr' -
mains open sBre groand Of dispute ~ta oar o0na
Try Mexico l. always posed 20 INVASION AMI haA e1s''P
ton.
But the testimony OF The American Minister d nSeI upon
the point thoroughly conclusive 30 IA a. any imp
rterfr,nce of nine concerned soon after hs return -
his bone Charleston there appeared in TIE CAGre-01
Courier series Of articles which. from their general
terror sid especially the particularly OF their details IN
regard TO the provisions Of Trsaty resiag a, that M
rept in the secret recesses Of the SAT- Department les
10 doubt they were authorized ii DOT written by Gsa
Cadsdan hus.lf In OF these articles it is stated
. Con Gadsdens predecessor. Judge COlkliug, by
Convention with Mexico. seemed to acqlece N tne an
nuInen of tn Garay grant By the recognition Of like
rant 10 Col Sloo This Convention, made without au
lo-itv greatly embarrassed our Executive The Govern
ment had recognized and thrown me niey 81 pro.on
over the grant GarGy yet the American Minister recoS
pized The Mexican reputation Of that grant ami scqn
eseed in the one Sloo In this difficulty ten Gadsien
yas IFTT TO his JUDGMENT IN fhk AAIIhh' ana
sezng favorable opportunity be accepted an ndemnlIy
for the American assigrees Of the Garay grant ana hs
eft our Government liberty to protect the substituted
Grant 10 Sloo ii such a course be deemed advisable
By this arrangement one class OF American claimants
The assirnees Of the Garsy grant Unidentified wnie
the others the right Of way on the Iehnalepec
Is,tmus Tie other claims covered by the : oJ'loJ re
served Of s2OOOOoOO allowed n Mexco those which
origin ated under the Tresy OF Guadalupe and some otn
ers not provided for in that freely NE assrgate no"
.rf. = orrn no II.
Csrsv indemnify exceed 81 O0J which would reduce
the purchase money Of the new territory 10 sisooJ o'V
This we feel authorized to say, u Gen Gadsdsn con
frued opinion sustained by that 0f Tie heNcsn Ah't7
who thorht Gen Gs3.isn TOO eXacng IA raserviug
I'VE when from 10 three millions ought to pay every
American claim.
Can any hing be moro explicit Wha. proprieiy IL
there in any assuming after this that the merit OF ad
iustr all Que sions Of difficulty with Mexico Is no' due to
Gen Gsdsden aloDei II was his foresight and skil tina.
discovered and avoided the embarrassmers which must
inevitably result from attempting settlement between the
two nations BY nstalmeni treaties He perceived and par
red the diplomatic advantage likely to accrue TO Mexico
frorn the formation Of convention by which the ated
ststes for the REIMBURSEMENT of certain asserted obga
tons and the acquisition Of certain privileges were to pay
Mexico laiee sums OF money, without dsmlndnS at all
or in sHy way securing ndemniiies that have actually
AGAIN and again been admitted by the Mexican authorities
10 be due to American citizens he prevented lpTialy
az lesst) q diplomatic triumph on the side OF Mexico III
refrpce TO bs past action and the position heretofore
suued by our Government upon this lsthman question
for he secured en- cpen and avowed indemnity for the
spoiaon although NJ zco maintains the attitude OF de
ua in the terms Of the Treaty am aware that even this
partial and qualified support of the former claims ana pre-
tensions of The United States this respect is sunk entirely
in the Cabinet amendments circumstance which, in my
humble iudgmen, however proves very little except that
there is not the sg htest truth in any alleged undue avort
ism Oh the part of the President toward the Gary claim
ants and also possibly that Gen Gsdsden appears in some
particulars at least have quite as Just conception Of
what IL due 10 National consistency in National negoha-
tons as those who have reviewed his abors
must be pardoned for adding here, in the same frae
spirit Of remark that the general result OF his neS)son
conscientously belle We from all saw and heard when
in Mexico quite as favorable to the Uned States as any
which could be obtained from that country now or later
without rcsoring that every talr mnded Amer
lean must recoi from With scorn She openly adm's her
inability TO resist the United States and any material az
d,na concession only be secured by descending to
line OF action which in individual life would stamp
man with the attributes of brute or a bully
But will not extend this letter, having already passed
the limits contemplated at the commencement in being
ncd ntAy led to remark upon some Of the general Tea
lures of the Treaty While most surely there nothing
10 the present personal relations between Gen Gadsden
and my self that could induce justify any int rpo-
on on my part in regard to reflections upon him Or the
Treaty have deemed due to truth and justice thus to
repe the mputston OF his having been in any degree in
fuenced or led by in his Mexican negotiations snd 81
the same time utterly TO disayow in my own behalf nav
ing either violated or exceeded any instructions officially
committed TO my charge Dissgreesbe it always must
he TO every one endowed with even ordinary sensbhy to
be forced into public appeals and discussions OF this ma
ture renew the assurance to my friends that shall not
shrink from any additional yndcaOn which future events
may seem TO require AT my hands L. WARD
Huntington, April To- 1884