New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-02-28
THE MEXICAN TREATY.
To The Editsy Of The N. Y. Tribune.

4 DIR: hVau mybcu VI bic HDcTLy VI LftS dl30uEAen
allowed in your paper, 70 preSent some considerations
beaing npoD the Treaty ~ith Mexico, even At the rsk
Of hostile editorial rsjoinder.
will frs. dispo,e Of aha: may be deemed the DO
lco-paytissn aspect Of the question. II understand
it Alright, 1t ia insisted upon by you, and peroapso ths
minds Of the Republican Senators j. is the mos, fomi-
dabe Of ell the objections tha, have been urged, tia.
an opportunity !. given to Government, by he
terms Of the Treaty. 10 make itsef party ysrent
in the civil war Dog existing in Mexico, and that the
pIepept Administration onght not to be trusted with
power which may be perverted to 50 dangerous q
Furpose.
As yon have not Published the Treaty, I .hsll DO
compelled 10 refer some what in detail 10 iS pro-
visione.
By article 5 il IL stipulated that should it become
Necessary to employ military force for the protection
Of the lives or property OF citizens Of the United States
uassng over any of the from the Gaf OF Mexico
70 the Pacific Ocean, which free trsnsi' IL guar
apieed by Mexico such force may be furnished by the
United S,stes at the tques. Of Mexico or may be in
| terposed without such request in Gaze oil Imminent
danger The latter part Of the provision was undouot-
div suegested BY the recen: destruction OF many
lives and large amount OF property on the Pans na
Railroad, for which indemnity has been claimed BY the
slow process Of diplomatic reclamation agans. a
bankrupt Government, with the doubtful prospect or
ANYTHING being paid if The claim should be admit
ted
Tho rontes referred 70 in the article the
Is,hmus Of Tehuantepec. IL would seem hardly 70
nee argument TO prove that so remote part 81 the
interior Of Mexico could offer no lndueement Tor an
armed occupation with clG3desne intent of acquir-
ing territory. :.
Aesin, it is strongly insisted, in opposition 70 the
treaty that all the rontes vaueless and not hEey
e be used This argument put forward wish REFER
condition the treaty, the oil
| uorev bv onr Government for the right Of way Bn;
ift IL veil founded it eectnay dIsposes OF the Oh
jectcn growing ont of any appreheDded lneryention
Of an armed force for the maintenance OF the rgnt
BY article z, of the Treaty, similar right Of way
is sfapted from point on the R'o Grande 70 me
State of Tama1lipas to Msza.an on the Gnif o, Caii
forpia; also from some point on the boundary line OF
Mexico and the United States, near the one aaodred
and eleventh degree of Longitude 10 the City OF Gasy-
anas ON the Gulf of California; the same protection
ia guaranteed and the same ihterVenloh "J 'o ""Vod
States is allowed.
In respect u these routes, survey has been made
or plan sopted and when that shall have oeea adopt
ed we are admopishtd by the slow progress OF similar
projects for railroads in the oarshng State of Tex ",
how remote must be the period of accomplishing any
thing of The kind in the wild and distant regions OF
, Western Mexico. We may a. least be sure thai II
will not be under the auspices OF the present Admins
tration
A more pIausble ground for the objection may per-
taps be four in the first article Of the Convention ID
enforce the Treaty stpuiaODs by which, III case ottho
violation of a1y inch sripu!soDs in case the safety
of the citizens Of the United States ia endangered With
in the Territory of Mexico it ia made the duty OF the
later, if unable 10 enforce oroer and security 70 see
he ala of the United States for that purpose and N
rtsret TO disorders on the frontier the authorities or
both Republics arc obig ed 10 act in concert Tor the
suppression OF crime and the punishment OF Offenders
That trese provisions may not % po5sl0ulty Dc
liable 10 come abuse will net deny; but go far as re-
spects treaty stipGlaicns, nothing Is added TO me
mower which our governu eDt has always claimed and
many times IN orced of protecting It's cilz:ns N
tta
through weakness culpa6le neglect, allowed wrong,
to be Done.
! As to the meaus proposed for preserving civil
order in the territories of the two countries ADJ
Joining their common frontier no one az ac1nalned
with the recent foriys 10 which citizens have been
exposed will doubt that vigorous measures for their
detepee are called for military force in fact in
dispensabe for the OF the la ess 10
which our border settlements gre Liable, and the ony
question is whether IL shall be done under me Aus
hoIity of treaty, by virtue OF the Independent
right and obligation OF our government TO protect u
, | ciiizeLs
: of any military demonstration upon the frontier IS
good ground for the impeachment of the President
regret to see i'll your paper such reckless and md
. inatirg expressions. Whatever may be cnargeabie
against the present administration derelicticD Of
public duty think thai the protection OF our citizens
from murder and rapce, even ~ military force If that
be necessary will not be held by the right por-
ton of the Republican party TO be just cause Of CEN
= | sure. 49,
ID psy be worth considering little further the al
tentative action which is in option. Suppose
this treaty to be rejected is the frontier TO be left
defepded1 II not and il should be found impossible
10 Give efec,ual protection without al armed force
put in occupation Of the border States Of Mexico, VIII
our Government be justified in taking that measure
Whatever difference OF opinion there might be upon
this ate natiye, ia the present state Of parties IN Mex
ico there can be none that If the Miramon Ch1rch
? psry which il known to be hostile to this country,
should obtain the ascendancy, and that the disorders
now existing in neishborhood should bs permitted
TO continue whether by deliberate announcement
mere disregard of the rights of citizens woud
be sufficient Justification Tor the pursuit OF marauders
into the adjoining territory and the establishment OF
such deienses there would be eectual Tor the re-
preston Of savage violence.
| Again, suppose the not improbable case that the
: CHURCH faction should obtain the Intervention of a
foreign power. Il is well known that the French
minister has already committed the country he re-
presents TO the support OF at pary and 70 al ins,ru-
mentality, at lee i connyance, may be attributed
the atrocities which have committed in the city
Of Mexico against citizens OF the United States Can
be supposed that the continuance Of such ouFaces
! would be submitted 10 by our Government whenever
should have the right 10 charge them upon resoou-
sibe administration of Mexican Republicl Would
the wrong be in any degree ameioraed if il should be
attributable to maGn foreign nfiuencel know that
the intervention Of France treated BY some OF the OPP
poDents Of the treaty mere scare-crow-somsthng
got OPP for the present occasion by pereons having
mercena inerss in the adoption of the treaty. Bat
what better evidence could have of what might be
expected hereafter than what has been already enact
ca by the repeseDtav OF France fully ap proved
his action bss been by the government he represents
Wba'e might be the effect OF the ratification OF the
treaty between the United States and Mexico, IN pre-
venting the contamination Of foreign Vaccinations to
our prejudice is certain that the announcement by
orr government CT ia indifference the affairs OF Mex
co woud necessarily throw that unhappy country into