, 1890-03-13
PEOPLE.
The Blood Of the Monte
zumaS.
MEXICO FOR MEXICANS
Annexation Not to Be Con-
sidered.
OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
Senator Sherman Presents Some
Interesting Documents on
Making His Motion.
OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE.

| WAguiYGToN, March IL Senator
| Sherman to-day, in asking the senate to
| discharge the committee on foreign re.
lations irom further consideration Of
I and to lay ON the table the memorial of
| the Fifteenth legislative assembly of
Arizona, praying the president and con-
| gressmcn to enter into negotiations
| with the republic of Mexico for the ces.
sion of sufficient territory adjoining
| Arizona on the southern boundary to
secure a deep water port upon the Gulfof
/ California, which would afford an out.
/ let for the products of the territory, laid
before the senate interesting documents
! Senator sherman, as chairman of the
committee, referred the memorial to
/ Secretary Blaine, and the secretary in
/ reply aid in part: 81 beg leave to say
/ that can discover no hopeful prospect
Of any negotiation being successfully
conducted with Mexico at the present
/ time, even toward the limited object in
I view. The temper of the statesmen and
| pcoplc of Mexico has been only recently
manifested with regard to the alienation
. of any part of their national territory by
/ the prominence given in certain circles
D ull Atlt ANllNN NbANN w wv
movement for the acquisition cf
all or u part Of Lower California
/ by purchase. For the information Of
your committee, I transmit herewith q
I copy of the memorandum prepared 10y
| the Mexican minister OF conversation
which he had with me on this subject
on the SIN of June last, together with
/ Senior MHriscors memorandum Of May
l %, lsS9. copy of which Senor Romero
gave ne
"l hold unhcsitntinglv that the move
ment of the United States IL prccluhed
I by the Obligation OF traditional good
faith from approaching the government
Of Mexico with u view to acquiring any
par, OF tho Mexican territory, and
equally believe that no administration
of Mexico could face the Manifestations
OF national sentiment that would GER
tainly attend any Indication Of dis
position to infringe on the provisions Of
the Mexican constitution, which with
holds from tho government the power to
sell Mexican soil. lU.
"MoTcuycr, eycp'did the subject prom
Use favorable negotiation. the petition
fails to set forth the proposition In suih-
cient detail The northern and eastern
shores of the Gull Of California DO not
/ appear to offer deep water port until
/ libefted Iohos Ii reached, some 200
miles below the delta OF the Colorado;
ana the country between the coast and
the present southern limit Of Arizona is
broken, and appears III adapted to be II
| highway OF intercourse. Tile Guaymas
| 4 sonora railroad, running thence 10
Nugllcs, constitutes the present chance
of outlet from Arizona to the Gulf Of
California
MNlco's OFFICIAL DECLARATION.
Following is translation of the
memorandum from Senior Morscal, the
| McNicnn minister OF foreign affairs, To
Scuor Romero, the Mexican minister tn
the United States; This department
has approved the Article which, in COM
pliancn with its instruction, you wrote
aud aitcrwnri published in the North
American Review, entitled Tho An
neYltiOn of McNico,' because it is con
WINGED that the total or.partal acquisition
of Mexican territory, whether by
force or by mems of intrigue, does
not enter into the consideration of
American statesmen, to whatever pOliH-
cal party they may belong. As to the
gentlemen who at present form the
United states government aud direct its
foreign policy, We are sufficiently ac-
quaintud with their high character and
political Hutccclcnts not To entertain the
least doubt about their scusc OF Justice
aud luirncss, not only on this point but
on any other subject. we have, there
fore, complete confidence tli0t any ab-
surd plans of iilibustcring, which shc
fortunately looked upon by the culighi-
cned mujority OF the American people
as disrcputublc, will not bo
approved By them, and that they
Will \ lend no support whatever TO the
Vaccinations ul informed per
sons, wiz view of changing the de
cided opposition OF our people to any
alienation of Mexican territory. We
do not attach much importance to
the revelations, more or less vague. and
aftcrward cOntrldlctcd, which have late
| ly appeared in the American ncwspa-
pcrs concerning an organization whose
| aim / : to procure at all hazards the an
nexation of some part of Mexico, and cs.
necia lly of Lower California.
"But, although we treat with contempt
| the boasts of the idle and evil disposed
people who dream OF wars OF conquest
/ or OF Il revolutionary movement plotted
on our border with Wow of the an
nCxation of q part of our country, IL is
not so with other 'fus,ations from
reputable sources, although they have
I their origin In opinions equally destitute
/ OF foundation. ! refer to the proposition
offered in the chamber OF commerce of
/ Los Angeles, Cal, and presented
/ to the house of representatives
| at Washington, authorizing tho
executive to negotiate with Lower
| California. | refer also to the opinion
which, without any reservation, the
l.. ~ Of
expressed about the great convenience
of such an acquisition and, above all,
| of tho purchase of Sonora and Sinoln,
about which no mention has before been
made. No matter how much tho MoSI.
| can government might be inclined to
/ overlook this double expression ot
| erroneous Judgment as to our patriotic
sentiments, and our entire conformity
with the opinion OF our country in this
/ rega rd IL can not do So considering the
| EXPRESSION OF views by the present
/ officials OF the state of CaliiOr-
MIA which is coterminous with our
| territory and Interested In some OF those
anneXations. We can not look with in
diiie renee upon everything coming from
respectable authorities, and IL any one
should tell rs that no serious and well
concerted plan OH the subject was enter
/ tanned by Them, but that IL was rnthcr
| the influence 0i combinations and cxi-
genCips OF Interior politics which COM
strained them 10 express such ideas, we
should he forced. oven though sharing
in this belief, to deeply lament that there
were persons IN California with such
misytitded judgments respecting US, vino
hal influence enough to induce Cover.
nor Waterman to make public utter.
nnccs without thinl,ihg the effect winch
they might allerwari produce in the re-
latiuns with ncighborng nation"
The memoranuhm then speaks OF the
unanimous opposition OF tue Mexican