The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-04-22

TIE GADspEE TREATY REvryED.--An attempt
is being made by the administration, it seems,
10 revive the remains of theGadsden treaty in
tie Senate. We ray "thc remains" for the
document rejected by that body bears only the
faintcst resemblance to the treaty originally
presented TO the President. The revised treaty
proposes to settle the boundary question, to
abolish the clause Of the treaty of Guadalupe
Hidalgo which has given SO much trouble, and
to arrange one or two other points of some i'm
portance, involving the payment OF an lndein-
nifty Of seven millions Of dollars to Mexico. ~
is possible that an attempt may be made to IN
troduce clause embracing some Of the various
claims which have heretofore been bone OF
contention between the governments and people
Of the two countries as the Garay claim,
the Sloo claim, &c. But it is doubtful whether
such an addition to the project would be sane
toned by the Senate. Some new treaty may
very probably pass the Senate, and be used by
the administration as a pretext to enable them
to send a new negotiator to Mexico to make a
fresh bargain with Santa Anna. But nothing
that can now be done can remove the moral eff
feet of the votes recorded and the opinions pro-
nouneed by those votes on the conduct of the
administration in the past negotiation. From
beginning to end, in all it's phases and in every
form, it was covered with folly and corruption;
and the executive has been justly rebuked by
| the votes of the Senate for its conduct in the
| matter Some Of the Southern papers are at
tempting to defend or 10 apologize for the Cabi-
net on the ground that the opposition to the
ratification of the treaty was Northern and OF a
sectional character; bat this is very weak and
futile endeavor to overlook or to set aside the
gross folly and corruption which were the prln-
cpal reasons for the opposition made to the
| treaty both in and out of the Senate.
| 1t is very doubtful whether new negotia-
ton would be more successful than the last
Revolution has set Its foot on Mexican soil, and
the career Of Santa Anna has now reached its
crisis. The truth is we ought to make no more
treaties with Mexico. We should suspend all
negotiations for time. The greatest error we
made was to execute the treaty of Guadalupe
Hidalgo, when Mexico lay conquered at the
feet of the American army. There was then
no government, no central power, no authority
in the country and it ought to have been an
| nexed to the United States as Territory and
| organized accordingly. AS Territory, pro-
| tected by United States soldiers, Mexico would
have advanced with giant strides in civilization
| commerce, and enlightenment; and all the ri
dicuisus revolutions and absurd adventures
which have since befalen it would have been
| avoided. 1t would have risen to prosperity
| and greatness on a large scale as rapidly as
California has done on small one. All this il
has lost by the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo a
treaty negotiated on the one side by Mr. Trist
who had no authority from our government tc
do anything of the kind with mere puppet
on the other set up by our agents for the pur
pose of executing the treaty.
Instead of sending any more negotiators tc
Mexico, or attempting to execute any more
treaties, we had much better place things in the
position in which they were at the close OF
General SCOTS campaign, and take the whole
country under our protection for all time. Or
ganized as Territory Of the United States
Mexico would soon become one of the richest
and most wonderful countries in the world, and
| would far outstrip the most sanguine expecta
tons that are entertained with regard to our
acquisition Of Cuba.