The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1860-01-07

to4tl& United States. This treaty
has been GsFg = to Washington and f.t
hll the demands heIetAose
Eco, we presume little delay
eefole it is fully ratified by our
A.-little examination OF The or
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the soil iiseii. 51sf.s snoW ing hfe some Of the
,maitEk Nacessitns that Jaarez has made, in
~ zJnited States:
ssht Of way, i'll perpetaiiy, for a
Railroad or other communication across the
lsthmns of Tetluaatepec, from ocean to ocean,
!" The right Of way, iu Ierietuity. for . rtil
road from some p3int Oh the Rho Glatide,
across the States OF Tatnahlipas, Coahhila nnd
New Leon, Durango ard Siualoa, to the port
Of Mazatlan, { y Pacific.
I. The RICH y, in perpetnity, for a rail-
road from itory Of Arizona, across the
State of : t of G,iaymas on the
Gulf of &
The warehouses Mt the ter
mini of a routes. and freely to
navigate L. h which they comm
| nieate. Z
"Tlle right .nrt goods and meF-
chandise, destined TOR Arizonasar California,
Or thence back to the other porNgsof the United
States, free Of duty, by each and all of The
routes across to Republic, whatever may be
their descriptionpor OF what country"
These articles. us it will be seen, give to
Americans the right to traverse Mexico in
nearly every direction, and to transport, at
pleasure, free Of duty, such goods as they may
design to carry across the country, destined for
Arizona or California. Who makes these
grants, aud what is the ability Of the grantor
to guarantee their enjoyment ? There's the
difficulty. Jnarea, who is the Constitutional
President Of Mexico, and who has beer re-
cognized as such by the United States, proba-
bly, calld not at this minute travel Fifty mites
beyond the precincts Of Vera Cruz without
losing his ears, if not his head. His naked
grant, then, to any party, Of the right to ira
verse the . Republic" from East to West. and
to carry across from border to border nerelan-
disc free Of duts, might be thought 10 possess
something Of she lndicrous in it but for a sub
sequent clause, which is highly significant.
This clause is as follows
The right is conceded to the United States,
with OF without the consent and cooperation
Of Mexico, 10 protect, by force OF arms il
necessary, all these transit routes, their proper
ty and rights of way.
And, again, the same thing il put more
peremItorily forward, by the following article
in the supplementary convention -
1.-THE right is given to the United States tc
intervene, by force Of arms If necessary, to pro
tect citizens and property of the United State:
in Mexico, and to enforce these same treaty
stipulations.'
If we look an instant at the inevitable con
sequences of an attempt on the part Of the
United States, to secure the practical enjoy
melt OF these important concessions, we vii
see that the treaty amounts to 3 virtual put
ting Of Mexico under the military protection
of the United States. Let an American mer
chant, for instance, attempt to cross Mexico
, from the Rio Grande to The Guaymas, will
a goods intended for The contiguous American
country. Before he had finished a day jour
neys he would be stopped by rowing bands 0
soldiers, protesting allegiance to the Chnrel
! faction, who would only consider his g,,aran
tees under J.tarezs as additional incentives II
, attack and despoii him. This would make /
apparent that the priv leges obtained from
/ Juarez. to be valuable 10 Americans, must l.
! yindicated and protected By troops. And be
o fore the right Of transit could be used witt
safely by our people. the United States woul,
have to take aud hold The complete militar,
Z possession Of The whole line of country. 'Ihi;
undoubtedly is what is contemplated by bot
4 the Liberal President and Mr.. McL.ane.
Possibly The plan has been agreed upon be
B tween our Minister aud Juarez to arrive. indi
. rectly, at what ii is impossible for them d
rectly to effect. Our wisest politicians hay
d long cherished the idea of acquiring from Mex
i leo another slice Of her territory on our South
o ern frontier, in order to throw into our hand
The Gulf Of California, with its ports and al
%vantages necessary for the future development
Of that whole region, which, besides being rio
in agricultural capacity, is studded with mine
OF gold, silver and copper. The project /
! buying the strip Of country from the ri
g Gfande to the Cult has been frequently df
chssed, and many were urging the present as
favorable time to procure the concession fror
7 Juarez. But there was a fatal obstacle 10 til
n Liberal President making the grant his off
q cial existence emenates from the Constitute
Of the Republic ot Mexico; for, being ii
Chief Justice at the happening of d vaeane
in the Presidential chair, he succeeded to III
Office in pursuance to the Constitution. ]
would hardly be consistent for Jnarez. then, /
violate the Constitution and ret q clause i
= that i1strn rent fnrbias the further ~alienatio
Of Mexican territory. Juarez, therefore. We
estopped from making a direct sale: pnr ses
the United States in u nlaeh better pI*itiuu
y ask for a purchase. We had recognized Juage
as The Constitutional President, and give
preference to his claim because of the snper
ority Of his legal little to the Office. 1t dill M
become us to tempt him into q violation
the Constitution by offering to buy ~terrisor
he was forbidden to sell.
While both parties had their hands in
manner tied, both were DESTROYS, apr,arentl'
9 Of striking a trade, Juarez needed money
and our Government desired the strip Of teri
tory tlat wonid throw iato our possession ii
! tiald Of California. on the Pacific. The recet
treaty seems designed to accommodate the wish,
y of both without a technical violation Of ii
Constitution ; Juarez does not grant the teri
. tory. bnt he grants The right in perletuity /
hpld it by force, independent of Mexico, an
! enjoy it and the United States is to pay III
5 needy President ~, 600, goo for the p%rivfIeg
Crescent.
The Boston Resolutions r.
: With the view of letting our Soutber
! readers know that all the people are not III
y mud with Addition +, no t;a;sn, ~, 49,, 4,