The Treaty Between the United States and Mexico: The Proceedings of the Senate Thereon, and Message of the President and Documents, Communicated Therewith; the Messages, with Correspondence Between the Executive Department, General Scott and Mr. Trist, and Other Papers and Proceedings of the Senate in Relation Thereto, from which the Injunction of Secresy Has Been Removed |
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... Mexican government . I deem it to be my duty to state that the recall of Mr. Trist as commissioner of the United States , of which Congress was informed in my annual message , was dictated by a belief that his continued presence with ...
... Mexican government . I deem it to be my duty to state that the recall of Mr. Trist as commissioner of the United States , of which Congress was informed in my annual message , was dictated by a belief that his continued presence with ...
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... government recalling him , which orders he had communicated to the Mexican authorities : And whereas , the said instrument having been signed by a person falsely representing himself as a minister of this government while acting in ...
... government recalling him , which orders he had communicated to the Mexican authorities : And whereas , the said instrument having been signed by a person falsely representing himself as a minister of this government while acting in ...
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... government , so that foreign powers may not have a pretext for interference ... Mexican commissioners from the time of his arrival in Mexico until the time ... Mexican commissioners ; also , all the correspondence between Gen- eral Scott ...
... government , so that foreign powers may not have a pretext for interference ... Mexican commissioners from the time of his arrival in Mexico until the time ... Mexican commissioners ; also , all the correspondence between Gen- eral Scott ...
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... Mexican commissioners ; also , all the correspondence be- tween General Scott and the government , and between General Scott and Mr. Trist , since the arrival of Mr. Trist in Mexico , which may be in the possession of the government ...
... Mexican commissioners ; also , all the correspondence be- tween General Scott and the government , and between General Scott and Mr. Trist , since the arrival of Mr. Trist in Mexico , which may be in the possession of the government ...
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... Mexican govern- ment , may have been prevented from fulfilling all the conditions of their grants , shall be under the ... Mexican government declares that no grant whatever of lands in Texas has been made since the second day of March ...
... Mexican govern- ment , may have been prevented from fulfilling all the conditions of their grants , shall be under the ... Mexican government declares that no grant whatever of lands in Texas has been made since the second day of March ...
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Page 83 - The inhabitants of the ceded territory shall be incorporated in the Union of the United States and admitted as soon as possible according to the principles of the federal Constitution to the enjoyment of all the rights, advantages and immunities of citizens of the United States, and in the mean time they shall be maintained and protected in the free enjoyment of their liberty, property and the Religion which they profess.
Page 47 - ... in the said territories may either retain the title and rights of Mexican citizens or acquire those of citizens of the United States; but they shall be under the obligation to make their election within one year from the date of the exchange of ratifications of this treaty; and those who shall remain in the said territories after the expiration of that year without having declared their intention to retain the character of Mexicans shall be considered to have elected to become citizens of the...
Page 26 - The inhabitants of the territories which his Catholic Majesty cedes to the United States, by this treaty, shall be incorporated in the union of the United States.
Page 27 - Mexicans who, in the territories aforesaid, shall not preserve the character of citizens of the Mexican Republic, conformably with what is stipulated in the preceding article, shall be incorporated into the Union of the United States, and be admitted at the proper time (to be judged of by the Congress of the United States...
Page 16 - ... to the point where it strikes the southern boundary of New Mexico; thence, westwardly, along the whole southern boundary of New Mexico (which runs north of the town called Paso) to its western termination; thence, northward, along the western line of New Mexico, until it intersects the first branch of the river Gila...
Page 49 - All the grants of land made before the 24th of January, 1818, by His Catholic Majesty or by his lawful authorities in the said Territories ceded by His Majesty to the United States, shall be ratified and confirmed to the persons in possession of the lands, to the same extent that the same grants would be valid if the Territories had remained under the Dominion of His Catholic Majesty.
Page 27 - Mexican republic, conformably with what is stipulated in the preceding article, shall be incorporated into the Union of the United States, and be admitted at the proper time (to be judged of by the Congress of the United States) to the enjoyment of all the rights of citizens of the United States, according to the principles of the Constitution; and in the meantime shall be maintained and protected in the free enjoyment of their liberty and property, and secured in the free exercise of their religion...
Page 46 - Republics, the navigation of the Gila and of the Bravo below said boundary shall be free and common to the vessels and citizens of both countries ; and neither shall, without the consent of the other, construct any work that may impede or interrupt, in whole or in part, the exercise of this right ; not even for the purpose of favoring new methods of navigation.
Page 43 - ... Mexico (which runs north of the town called Paso) to its western termination; thence, northward, along the western line of New Mexico, until it intersects the first branch of the river Gila; (or if it should not intersect any branch of that river, then to the point on the said line nearest to such branch, and thence in a direct line to the same); thence down the middle of the said branch and of the said river, until it empties into the Rio Colorado; thence across the Rio Colorado, following the...
Page 43 - Rio Bravo del Norte, or opposite the mouth of its deepest branch, if it should have more than one branch emptying directly into the sea; from thence up the middle of that river...