Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1855-12-05

Aesnsspee1ess stlsg,spbs . follows fson
wasAfngion - 6hsufdsy ri;
Il jezr1 that Nr. gasasng decides taas he
Arxsesu thste nsiliisa drsflA. having bees regnr
hsss asswr 81 saHsa Anna shile IL fell roHer,
are biad:ng on Mexico. sna sisoaid be paid TO the
American hoiiers. The impression 4 that tho
tanssess WIN tie ps'd siif1sit further delay,
We srisl this Is not frsr, for ws feel rerJ GER
,ssia ssst {. 0se,ss .iot lobe. Letss icoa 81 The
sac.A
Ii. lsss-i. s.Bta aana was political chief sai
yirfsal Dictator Of Mexico. ai,h ample powerto
do as he ;srased. but plcnsifai .L,ek Of MONEY.
HE nesessisies tempted him TO sell 70 our Ges-
e.snss.ns slice Of the Territory OF Mexico,
which He aid be what Is snSx5 ~ fia Gads1fn
Tspair, sbereef Quo section Reads as f,iioss.
art 8 In consideration Of the foregoing
rtiisaissiot ibe Government OF the Eu,te,! States
agrees 10 pev 10 Ike Government Of Mexico. IN
the 6stg Of Ner York, ,'ic snln of ten millions
Of DOLLAR Of which seven fs.siiioIss shall be paid
upon the ratification cf this treaty. and there.
manning Isrce millions az soen as Che doaadary
E,e shall Ls sarieyed, married. end esfdblial.ed.'
This latter sun, II viii be seen, was not due
until the full tielaarkation and establishment Of
the ncw boundary aforesaid. and was then dnc TO
athe Government OF Mexico" When the time
for payment arrived, throagh he definition Of the
boundary as aforesaid. Santa Anna had ceased 20
be ruler of Mexico or bore any voice in her 6os.
etnnlcnt---;n short, had RIM away. His receipt
in behalf of Mexico had become of no more ae-
count than so much waste paper. Bat meantime
be had succeeded in realizing the auicgn. in this
city or eisewlefe---sf course, at an enofmous
shasc---and hasSciiher spent the net proecedsor
carried the,n ofilto exile, leaving never dollar
thereof In the Mexican Treasury, And now, when
Mexiso calls .or her Three Millions she is TO be
told thar they have been paid out to eertsin per-
sons Who hold the drafts of Santa Anna for the
full AMOUNT u this honest fs.
I. win be said that il would be bad case for
the holders of these drafts to lose their money
But whys They we're under not the least obtga-
ton to bay these drafv. They did itas specn-
lation taking the chance Of Santa 4una's ability.
TO re,ain his poker long cnoaghto enable them
TO realize. The fact that he must go--that the
Nation was agains; hiai, and would soon Lick
him ou,--was obvious before as after its demon
str,tioa II he had been able to hold on few.
weeks longer, ihcy wonld have made handsome
thing of 4: but they played their game and lost,
and now insiston pocketing the stakes as If they
had won This is not right, and orr government
dishonors itself by robbing Mexico for the bene-
fiji Of these SPECTATORS. The world will say that
there bribery in the case, and that Mr.. Cushing
profits by this unrightcous decision. That may
not be; hut the question involved should at least
have been an,icably referred to some friendly
power. or some exalted tribunal, and the money
paid in accordance with the decision. We can
not consider the debtto Mexico discharged by
this payment TO Santa Anna's hottlc-holdcrs-