The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-05-12
STATE LIBRARY HAS
INTERESTING BOOK
Report of Senate Activities
Contains Text of Treaty
With Mexico

senate Documents, First Session
fourteenth Congress-" is the title of
valuable book which State Librari-
~ N. o. Sheriff. is now exhibiting
tn visitors of the State Library. The
hook as its title indicates. is a record
If The actions of Congress of 1S47-48
,rrI4ding the proclamation Of PreSi-
dant Polk and text of the treaty be-
tveen the United States and Mexico
~ me conclusion of the hostilities Of
the Mexican war. The treaty appears
IN both English and Spanish. The
preamble to the proclamation sets
forth the conditions as follows:
Whereas a treaty of peace, friend
shin. limits and settlement between
the United States Of America and the
Mexican Republic was concluded and
signed at the city of Guadalupe. Hi
daIgo on the second day of Febru-
AIRY. One Thousand Eight Hundred
land Forty Eight, which treaty as
amended by the Senate Of the United
States and being in the English and
Spanish languages, is word for word
a. follows:
In the name Of the Almighty God:
The United States of America and
the United Mexican states animated
py a sincere desire to put an end to
the caiamaties of war which unhap-
pily exist between the two republics
and TO establishment upon a sOlid
oasis relations of peace and friend
ship which shall onfer reciprocal
benefits upon citizens of both anG
assure the concord, harmony anC
mutual confidence wherein the tive
people should live as good neighbors
have for that purpose appointed theil
respective plenipotentiaries that is t.
say. the President of the United State.
has appointed Dan Luis GOnsags
zen of the United States. and tn
President of the Mexican Republi,
has appointed Don Luis Consag;
Cuevas. Don Miguel Atristrain, citi
zenS of the said republic. who afte
a reciprocal communion of respec
tive their full powers have, under tn
protection of Almighty God, the au
thor of Peace. arranged, agreed upon
signed the following treaty of peace
friendship, limits and settlement. be
tween the United States of Americ
an dthe Mexican Republic"
The report continues by giving tn
text of the treaty then signed. On
clause. in view of present d%ifficultie
in Mexico is particularly interesting
II, (Which is not to be expected an
God forbidi) war should unhappil
break out between the two republic.
they do now with a view to such
calamity solemnly pledge themselve
10 each other and to the world I
observe the following rules"
The rules in question consiSt of
number of regulations which Sha
govern the actions of the countries j
regard to the citizens of the othe
which may happen to be reSidin
there in time of the breaking out I
hostilities. Under these rules, a me
chant or other citizen living IN one
these countries and a citizen of tf
other shal be given twelve month
10 settle up his affairs and return
his native land in case Of war if
lives in the interior, and six montl
II he lives or the
And it is declared" continues II
treaty. that neither the pretense tn,
war dissOlves all relations nor al
other whatever hall be considered
annulling or ~suspending the solen
covenant contained in this article"
The proclamation is signed !
President James K. Polk and his Sc
rotary Of state, James Buchanan. Ju
I, 1S4S.