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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... reason to apprehend that the ratification of the " additional and secret article " might unreasonably delay and em- barrass the final action on the treaty by Mexico . I therefore sub- mit whether that article should not be rejected by ...
... reason to apprehend that the ratification of the " additional and secret article " might unreasonably delay and em- barrass the final action on the treaty by Mexico . I therefore sub- mit whether that article should not be rejected by ...
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... reason of the circumstances of the country since the be- ginning of the troubles between Texas and the Mexican govern- ment , may have been prevented from fulfilling all the conditions of their grants , shall be under the obligation to ...
... reason of the circumstances of the country since the be- ginning of the troubles between Texas and the Mexican govern- ment , may have been prevented from fulfilling all the conditions of their grants , shall be under the obligation to ...
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... reason of the circum- stances of the country , since the beginning of the troubles be- tween Texas and the Mexican government , may have been pre- vented from fulfilling all the con- ditions of their grants , shall be under the ...
... reason of the circum- stances of the country , since the beginning of the troubles be- tween Texas and the Mexican government , may have been pre- vented from fulfilling all the con- ditions of their grants , shall be under the ...
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... reason of the claims already liquidated and decided against the Mexican republic , under the conventions between the two republics seve- rally concluded on the eleventh day of April , eighteen hundred and thirty - nine , and on the thir ...
... reason of the claims already liquidated and decided against the Mexican republic , under the conventions between the two republics seve- rally concluded on the eleventh day of April , eighteen hundred and thirty - nine , and on the thir ...
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... reason to suspect , and to give to such authorities all the aid in their power with re- gard thereto : and every such at- tempt , when duly proved and es- tablished by sentence of a com- petent tribunal , shall be punished by the ...
... reason to suspect , and to give to such authorities all the aid in their power with re- gard thereto : and every such at- tempt , when duly proved and es- tablished by sentence of a com- petent tribunal , shall be punished by the ...
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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...