The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-06-23
MESSAGE OF TIE PREsIDENT-TREATY
WITH MENICO


The government of Mexico has authorised its en-
Wy extraordinary to exchange the ratifcatons OF
the treaty as lately recommended by our Senate
aud sent by the President for the action ofthe Mex
government. By the terms of the treaty, upon
the ratification VIII ch is to take place by the Both
instant seven millions OF dollars are to be paid to
Mexico. The President, Wednesday, sent a
message to Congress asking appropriation to
enable him TO consummate the ratification The
message is as follows
Message from hs Presiden; Of he United States,
Iransmittiaqa copy Of the Treaty 6c,reea de Uni.
red States Of a1scricc and the Rp@blic Of MEXICO
To the House Of Represeataitces
have received information that the government
OF Mexico has agreed to the several amendments
proposed by the Senate to the treaty between the
on the 30lh Of December last, and has authorised
IT. envoy extraordinary to this government to ex-
change the notifications thereof. The time within
which the Publications can be exchanged will eX-
pige on the 30h inst
There is provision in the treaty for the payment
by the United S ates to Mexico of the sum of seven
millions OF dollars the exchange of notifications,
and the further sum of three millions Of dollars
when the boundaries OF the ceded territory shall be
settled
TO be enabled to comply with the stipulation, &C.
Cordug TO the terms of the treaty, relative to the
payrneat. therein mentioned il will be necessary
tdat Congress should make appropriation Of Sc
MILLIONS Of dollars for that purpose before the
3gh Instant, and also the further of three mil
lions Of dollars 20 be paid when the boundaries
shall be established. therefore respectfully
specttuy request that these sums may be put at
the disposal Of the executive.
herewith transmit 70 the House of Representa-.
- FRANKLIN PIERCE.
WAsHTSGToN. June 20, 1854.
The Treaty to which the foregoing message re
1atip thp ? fpTM Me tbaf oil
her true lhnits with the United States for the fu.
ture
Retaining the dividing line between the two
CALIFORNIA; already defined and estab shed accord
the 5Ih article Of the treaty of Guadalupe Hi
daigO the limits between the TWO republics shall be
follows: Beginning in the Gulf of Mexico three
lea CUES from Land. opposite the mouth of the Rio
trande rs in the 9Th article of the treaty of
Buadalupe Hidaig go; thence, defined in the said
article upthe middle of that river o. the point where
the para!ie of 81 deg II min north latitude crosses
the same Themes due hundred miles;
thence south to the parallel of 81 deg % min north
ltitude thence aiong the said parallel OF 81 deg 20
mia. to the Nth meridian of longitude west of
Greenwich: thence in straight line IA point
the Colorado river twenty English mles below the
junction Of the ella aud Colorado riVers thence up
the mdole of the said river Colorado until it inter
sect the present line between the United States and
Mexico
The government of Mexico releases the United
States from all liability account of the obliga-
ons contained in the eleventh article of the trea
~ OF Guadalupe llidalgo and the said article and
the thirty third article of the treaty of amy com
merce and navigation between the United States
Of America and the United Mexican States, con
Guided at Mexico on the fifth day of April 1881
are abrogated. The United States agrees to pay
Mexico the OF 100000, payable in the city
Of New York The provisions of the sixth and
seventh articles of the treaty of Guadalupe Hdal-
90 are also annalled, and the vessels and citizens
Of the United States are to have free and uninter-
rupted passage through the Gulf Of California, to
aud from their possessions situated north Of the
boundary line of the two countries The following
lie a port IN of Article VIII.
The Mexican government having on the 9th of
February, 1888. authorized the early construction OF
plank and railroad across The isthmus OF Tehuan.
tCpec, aud TO the stable benefits of said tran
sit-way TO the persons and merchandise of the Cit
OF Mexico and the United States, it is stipulated
that neither government will nterpose any obsta-
Gle TO the transit OF persons and merchandise of
both nations; and at time shall higher charges
he made on the transit of persons and property of
citizens of the United States than may be made on
the persons and property of other foreign nations
nor shall any interest in said transtwsy nor in the
proceeds thereof be transferred to any foreign GOV
eminent.
The United States, by It's agents. shall have the
right transport across the isthmus, in closed bags
the mails ot the United States not intended Tor dis
tributon along the line OF communication: also the
effects of the United States government and its
citizens which may be intended for traI ait, and
not for distribution the isthmus, free of custom
house other charges by the Mexican govern
meut Neither passports nor letters OF security
will be required OF persons crossing the isthmus
aud not remaining in the country.
When the construction OF the railroad shall be
completed, the Mexican government agrees to open
port OF entry, in addition to the port OF Vera
Cruz, at or near the terminus of said road on the
Gulf OF Mexico.
The two governments viii enter into arrange.
ulents for the prompt transit of troops and MUM
lions OF the United States which that government
may have occasion To send from one part of it's ter
ritory another lying on opposite sides OF the con-
Ilnent.