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 Secrecy Has Been Removed ...Wendell and Van Benthuysen, 1848 - Treaty of Peace, Friendship, Limits, and Settlement Between the United States of America and the Mexican Republic - 384 pages |
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... important inquiry now is , what is the extent of the territorial rights which Texas has ac- quired by the sword in a righteous resistance to Mexico . In your negotiations with Mexico , the independence , of Texas must be con- sidered a ...
... important inquiry now is , what is the extent of the territorial rights which Texas has ac- quired by the sword in a righteous resistance to Mexico . In your negotiations with Mexico , the independence , of Texas must be con- sidered a ...
Page 78
... importance to the United States , which will demand your particular attention . From information possessed by this department , it is to be seriously apprehended that both Great Britain and France have designs upon California . The ...
... importance to the United States , which will demand your particular attention . From information possessed by this department , it is to be seriously apprehended that both Great Britain and France have designs upon California . The ...
Page 80
... important which has ever been confided to a citizen of the United States . The people to whom you will be sent are proverbially jealous ; and they have been irritated against the United States by recent events , and the intrigues of ...
... important which has ever been confided to a citizen of the United States . The people to whom you will be sent are proverbially jealous ; and they have been irritated against the United States by recent events , and the intrigues of ...
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... important mission ; and for your services in this capacity you will be allowed the outfit and salary of a chargé d'affaires . You are herewith furnished with a projét of a treaty marked A embraced in eleven articles , and founded upon ...
... important mission ; and for your services in this capacity you will be allowed the outfit and salary of a chargé d'affaires . You are herewith furnished with a projét of a treaty marked A embraced in eleven articles , and founded upon ...
Page 82
... importance to the United States to tend their boundaries over Lower California , as well as New Mexico and Upper California , you are not to consider this as a sine qua non to the conclusion of a treaty . You will , therefore , not ...
... importance to the United States to tend their boundaries over Lower California , as well as New Mexico and Upper California , you are not to consider this as a sine qua non to the conclusion of a treaty . You will , therefore , not ...
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Page 37 - The inhabitants of the ceded territory shall be incorporated into 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 25 - 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...
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 50 - ... in their persons, nor shall their houses or goods be burnt or otherwise destroyed, nor their fields wasted by the armed force of the enemy...
Page 34 - ... at the port of San Diego and proceed to run and mark the said boundary in its whole course to the mouth of the Rio Bravo del Norte. They shall keep journals and make out plans of their operations ; and the result agreed upon by them shall be deemed a part of this treaty and shall have the same force and effect as if it were inserted therein.
Page 49 - ... by the arbitration of commissioners appointed on each side, or by that of a friendly nation. And should such course be proposed by either party it shall be acceded to by the other unless deemed by it altogether incompatible with the nature of the difference or the circumstances of the case.
Page 37 - ... 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 United States.
Page 8 - ... 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 (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...
Page 36 - Nor shall any tax or contribution, under any denomination or title, be levied upon vessels, or persons navigating the same, or upon merchandise or effects transported thereon, except in the case of landing upon one of their shores. If, for the purpose of making the said rivers navigable, or for maintaining them in such state, it should be necessary or advantageous to establish any tax or contribution, this shall not be done without the consent of both governments. The stipulations contained in the...
Page 34 - And. in order to preclude all difficulty in tracing upon the ground the limit separating Upper from Lower California, it is agreed that the said limit shall consist of a straight line drawn from the middle of the Rio Gila, where it unites with the Colorado, to a point on the coast of the Pacific Ocean, distant one marine league due south of the southernmost point of the port of San Diego...