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transmit from one part of its territory to anoth.
er, lying on opposite sides Of the continent. so
that the said troops shall meet with no imped-
iment, but shall be forwarded with all possible
despatch: The said troops, during their nee
essary soJourn at either extremity Of the tran
sitway, and their passage over it. shall abstain
from all acts prejudicial to any citizen Of
mexico, or which may give just umbrage to its
government; and for any infraction of this
stipulation, the Government of the United
states OF America shall be fully responsible to
the Mexican Government for the full measure
OF PREPARATION to which Mexico or her citizens
may thereby become entitled. - Z = ,
- ARTICLE II. -
The Government of the United States of
America hereby pledge the faith of the nation
that 1t will not take any advantage of its con-
nection, by means Of this convention, with the
aforesaid contemplated transitway, nor will it
In any manner avail itself Of the same, or of
any facilities Afforded thereby, nor Of any
rights, powers, or privileges conferred by thi s
convention, for the purpose of supplantinp, or
IN anywlse impairing, the full sovereignty of
Mexico over the territory over viii Oh the said
transltway shall pass, nor for the purpose of
interfering in any manner with the internal
affairs or Government of Mexico ~
This treaty shall be ratified by the Presi
gent OF the United States of America, by and
win the advice and consent of the Senate
thereof, and by the General, Depository of the
supreme Executive Power of the Mexican Re-
public, and the ratification shall be exch anged
IN the city of Washington, in twelve months
from the date of the signature of this conven-
ton, or sooner if practicable
In testimony whereof, we, the respective
Pleni potentiaries, have signed and sealed these
presents in tho city of Mexico, on the twenty
hrst day of March, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and ffty-tmee
(Seal) ALFRED CoNKLING,
(Seal9 JOSE MARIA ToRNEL Y MENDIv1L
(Seal) j. NJ. DE CASTILLO LANzAs.
Mike Walsh, Joshua A. Giddings, Nebraska,
Table-Tipping, &c.-Yesterday morning the
honorable representative from Ohio, who is q
hrm believer in such things we hear, by way
of showing them off to some of his fellow mem.
bers, took two table-tippers from New York
into the House post-ofice committee room
where about thirty members and others as.
sembled as spectators. The large table in the
centre of the room was first tried, but proved
too heavy to be moved by the denizens of the
other world. After a lighter one was substi.
tuted, and the hands were placed on it, the
spirits became quito communicative, answer
ing questions very freely, but exhibiting grea,
partiality as to whom they would eondescend
to notice Mr.. Giddings was evidently thei,
pet particular. They told him to " continue t.
thunder away in the good cause,' and all tina
sort of thing. They were especially clown on
the Nebraska bill, denouncingit in set phrases
after the heart of the venerable Representative,
from Ohio, himself. We hear, however, tina
notwithstanding their great indignation agains
the ungodly measure, and their multitude o.
assurances that the pulpits of tho north ar,
surely coming up to &c the good work. whe1
questioned as to the fate of the Nebraska bill
now before Congress, they dashed the hopes O
Mr. G. by bluntly declaring its triumph Ger
| tain.
Ere the House adjourned, Mike Walsh, VIII,
got wind of this funny affair rose to poin
| of order, and called the Speakers attention t.
the gross violation of the rule against allow
ing the ardent in the capitol building, involve,
in Mr.. Giddings' introduction of spirits int
| the post-office committee room, to consult then
relative to the prospective fate of the Nebras
ka bill The joke took amazingly; for tn,
House exploded in a roar of laughter
The Sentiment Of the Southern MEMBER
Up to very recently, the members of Congress
f'om the South have remained very quiet upo,
the Nebraska question, knowing well that tn
bill is surely destined to pass without the OK
penditure of extra breath on their part, to Sc
cure its enactment. Their patience, however
is becoming sorely tried, now that they fnt
Northern gentlemen in public life, who hav,
been putting their own liberality and dis
| position to deal fairly by the South for years
| following in the wake of Messrs. Giddings 1
| Co. upon the first occurring question in which
the rights of the South are really involved
They have little respect for the plea that 'sw
voted for the fugitive slave law" As not t
have passed that bill. would have cost tn
North far more than the South The com
promise of 1850 was forced on the South, the,
| say, when the observance of the spirit and let
ter of the Missouri compromise, with referenc
to California, would have failed to answer tn,
purpose of excluding slavery from that terri
| tory. The spirit of disafection to the Union
| resulting from the palpable violation of tn
| spirit of the law of 1920, involved in what oc
CURED with reference to California, disaffecte,
towards the Union majority of the people o
Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas and Soutl
Carolina, and a very large minority in ever,
State south of Maryland and Kentucky Unde
these circumstances, the statesmen of tn
whole country had their eyes opened to tn
fact that the Union is, after all, but rope o
sand, unless overwhelming popular opinion, il
all sections of the confederacy, may continue
to regard it as worth preserving A fear o
the consequences of the act of the majority, il
forcing the other branches of the compromis,
of 1850, they urge, alone secured the enact
ment of the fugitive slave law, as manifestly
just, and only just to the South, as it was. They
further point to the fact that, in too many
cases, the obligations of that law has been KEEP
only to the ear, and that the number of slaves
successfully absconding to and through thu
non-slaveholding States, since its enactment
has increased, it may be, ten fold. They
therefore, set little value on the votes of North
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