THE WAR WITH MEXICO.

Narrative of Events Concluded from Whig Almanac for 1847, p. 38.

OUR Narrative of Events, last year, left tions of the successful negotiation, and the Gen. Scott, the Commander-in-Chief, and latter was ordered to remain in Mexico as his gallant Army, in possession of the City the resident Minister from this Republic. of Mexico; Santa Anna retiring toward On the 29th of May, Gen. Butler anPuebla with the remains of his forces; nounced to the Army that Mexico was to Feña-y-Peña, whom he had left in posses- be immediately evacuated; next day Gen. sion of the supreme power, vainly endeav- Herrera was elected President, by the oring to assemble the Mexican Cón-vote of eleven States to five. gress; Gen. Taylor encamped at Walnut Santa Anna's troops gradually dispersSprings, near Monterey, a portion of his ed; and he escaped to Kingston, Jamaica, troops having been withdrawn by order where, on the 5th of May, he fixed his of the President; and California in pos- residence. Gen. Paredes opposed the session of our Military authorities, among peace, and the cession of Texas, Califor whom a dispute had arisen whether Gen. nia and New-Mexico; and on the 20th,of Kearney or Col. Frémont was the rightful June raised the standard of revolt, aided Governor. The Mexican ports in the by the celebrated Padre Jarauta. On the Gulf, and also on the Ocean, with few ex-18th of July, he was defeated at Guanaceptions, were in our possession. Gen. juato, by Bustamente, and totally routed. Wool had joined Taylor some time before The Padre was taken prisoner and immethe battle of Buena Vista. diately shot. Paredes escaped.

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"The Commander of our Naval Forces in the

Gulf, is directed not to obstruct the passage of
Santa Anna and suite to Mexico, should he desire

Gen. Scott, whose prudence, military In his Message of Jan. 12, 1848, Mr. experience and bravery, at the head of the Polk mentioned that "Paredes had evadarmy, had achieved many brilliant victo-ed the vigilance of our combined forces by ries, was rewarded by a letter of recall land and sea, and made his way back to from Mr. Marcy, Secretary of War, and Mexico from the exile into which he had Gen. Butler took his place. been driven." On the 15th of May, 1846, On the 22d of Feb. 1848, the President the President thus provided for the return laid before the Senate of the United of Santa Anna : States a Treaty of Peace, which had been negotiated by Mr. Nicholas P. Trist of Va. with Commissioners appointed by Mexico, whose Government was fully aware, on the 24 of that month, when the Treaty of the name of Jacinto Pat, had obtained In Yucatan, the Indians, under a chief was signed, that Mr. Trist had been pre-signal successes over the whites, but were viously recalled. Mr. Polk spoke of "the effectually repulsed in July, 1848; the magnanimous forbearance exhibited to- Mexican authorities, in the previous ward Mexico," advised, the ratification of the compact, with some modifications, and communicated a copy of his instructions to Mr. Slidell of the 10th of Nov.

1845. Mr. Polk was then of the opinion, that "it would be difficult to raise a point of honor between the United States and

to return thither."

muskets, with munitions of war, in aid of month, having advanced $30,000 and 2,000 the Yucatanese.

out Mexico, the United States forces evacTranquillity being established throughuated Vera Cruz on the 1st of August.

so feeble and distracted a power as Mexi- 520 square miles of 640 acres each; CaliTexas is estimated as containing 325,co;" and expressed a desire that Mr.fornia, 448,691 sq. miles; New-Mexico,

Slidell would endeavor to obtain the Rio Grande as a boundary, from its mouth to its source, and thence North to 42° North

latitude--and authorized him to offer the Mexicans twenty-five millions of dollars, if they would also consent to céde Upper California.

77,387 sq.

miles. The Commissioner of the

Land Office computes the extent of country added to the Union West of the Rio of our Republic, 3,311,110 square miles. Grande, at 526,078 sq. ms. making the area The area of the Federal State's in 1840, was 1,337,000 square miles.

The Treaty negotiated by Mr. Trist was modified and agreed to by the Senate; On the justice of our quarrel with Mexiand, as thus amended, passed the Senate Co, we gave to our readers last year the of Mexico, at Queretaro, on the 25th of reasonings of Henry Clay and Thomas May thereafter. Messrs. A. H. Sevier, a the condition of the Mexicans: Corwin. Mr. C. M. Clay thus describes Senator from Arkansas, and Nathan Clifford, the Attorney-General, were accredit- tion necessary in most parts of the country, and "The extreme dryness of Mexico makes irriga ed as Commissioners to exchange ratifica- the scarcity of water and the habits of the people

collect the inhabitants into cities or villages. The Finally, we annexed of her territories land itself is owned by a few large proprietors, not to ours a country equal, in extent, to the the least of whom are the priests. The great mass of the people are serfs, with but few more rights South of Europe. What was the disthan American slaves. It is true that the children memberment of Poland by despotic of serfs are not of necessity also serfs, but debt Monarchs, when compared with the spobrings Slavery, and the wages allowed by law al- liation of Mexico, by a free Republic? most always perpetuate it. Here then is the secret

of the success of our arms. I conversed freely Our brave warriors got glory or a grave, with the tenantry and soldiers in all Mexico, and and the struggle for the mastery has alwhere they are not filled with religious enthusiasm ready begun between those among us who against us, they care not who rules them, Ameri- would extend African bondage over recan or Mexican masters. If all the Mexican soldiers were freeholders and freemen, not one of all gions yet untrodden by Man, and the friends the American Army could escape from her bor- of principles which the wise and good of ders. The soldiers are caught up in the haciendas

and the streets of the towns, by force confined in every land revere and cherish. Good may some prison or convent, there drilled, clothed, come out of evil if the influences of Negro armed, and then sent to the regular army. Such Slavery and Land Monopoly can be kept men avow their resolution to desert, or run, on the far removed from our recent acquisitions. first occasion. Of near one thousand soldiers sent from Toluca, to the aid of Santa Anna at Mexico, BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF not one hundred stood the battle.

"The whole people do not exceed eight millions, and of these about two millions are white and of mixed bloods; the remainder are native Indians: I never, in all Mexico, with the exception of foreigners in the Capital. saw a single white man at work. Wherever there is Slavery, there is labor dishonorable-it is more creditable to rob than to work. Yet Mexico surpasses the Slave States of America in manufactures. As Rome was overrun by the Barbarians, so is Mexico by the Americans; the Slaves will not fight, the masters are too few to defend the country. Bigotry in Religion has debased the mind-the corruptions of the Church have destroyed the morals of the people; the oppressions of the masters have exhausted the lands Mexico is decreasing in population and resources. Since her independence, her revenues are falling off, her villages are decaying, her Public Works falling to ruin."

Among the results of the War with Mexico may be mentioned an increase of the Public Territory, and of the quantity of Public Lands placed at the mercy of speculators; also of the Federal Debt and the Pension List. The expenses of the State are augmented, and the great principle contended for in 1776 by our fathers,

AMERICA.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS a Treaty of Peace, Friendship, Limits and Settlement, between the United States of America and the Mexican Republic, was concluded and signed at the city of Gaudalupe Hidalgo on the second day of February, one thousand eight hundred and forty-eight, which Treaty, as amended by the Senate of the United States, is word for word as follows:

In the name of Almighty God:

The United States of America and the United Mexican States, animated by a sincere desire to put an end to the calamities of the war which unhappily exists between the two Republics, and to establish upon a solid basis relations of peace and friendship, which shall confer reciprocal benefits upon the citizens of both, and assure the concord, harmony, and mutual confidence wherein the two people should live, as good heighbors, have for tentiaries-that is to say, the President of the that purpose appointed their respective Plenino, United States has appointed Nicholas P. Trist, a citizen of the United States, and the President of the Mexican Republic has appointed Don Luis Gonzaga Cuevas, Don Bernardo Couto, and Don Miguel Atristain, citizens of the said Republic, who, after a réciprocal communication of their respective full powers, have, under the protection agreed upon, and signed the following of Almighty God, the author of peace, arranged,

Treaty of Peace, Friendship, Limits and Settlement, between the United States of America and the Mexican Republic:

and embodied in their Declaration of Independence, that the right to self-government is inalienable, is subverted, or rather exchanged for the international code of ART. I. There shall be firm and universal peace William of Normandy, George III. and between the United States of America and the their successors. It will not be asserted Mexican Republic, and between their respective that the people of New-Mexico are an-without exception of places or persons. Scountries, territories, cities, towns and people, nexed to this Union of their free choice, nor that Mexico parted with half her territo- ART. II. Immediately upon the signature of ry till defeated and conquered, after many between a Commissioner or Commissioners apthis Treaty, a Convention shall be entered into of our bravest citizens had perished in the pointed by the General-in-Chief of the forces of struggle with a feeble people and an un-the United States, and such as may be appointed friendly climate.

Mexico was our sister Republic; she had adopted our form of Government, and sought our alliance. We were strong and powerful: she was weak, and badly gov. erned. We might have given her friendly counsel, but preferred to foment Civil War in Texas, and aided in establishing Slavery in its worst form, throughout realms in which she had abolished it.

by the Mexican Government, to the end that a

provisional suspension of hostilities shall take place, and that, in the places occupied by the said forces, constitutional order may be reëstablished, as regards the political, administrative, and judi cial branches, so far as this shall be permitted by the circumstances of military ocenation.

ART. III. Immediately upon the ratification of the present Treaty by the Government of the United States, orders shall be transmitted to the commanders of their land and naval forces, re quiring the latter (provided this Treaty shall then

WHIG ALMANAC, 1849.

have been ratified by the Government of the low the embarkation of the troops of the United Mexican Republic, and the ratifications exchang-States to be completed before the commenceed,) immediately to desist from blockading any ment of the sickly season at the Mexican ports on Mexican ports; and requiring the former (under the Gulf of Mexico, in such case a friendly arthe same condition,) to commence, at the earliest rangement shall be entered into between the moment practicable, withdrawing all troops of General-in-Chief of the said troops and the Mexithe United States then in the interior of the Mexican Government, whereby healthy and otherwise can Republic, to points that shall be selected by suitable places, at a distance from the ports not common agreement, at a distance from the sea- exceeding thirty leagues, shall be designated for ports not exceeding thirty leagues; and such the residence of such troops as may not yet have evacuation of the interior of the Republic shall be embarked, until the return of the healthy season. completed with the least possible delay; the And the space of time here referred to as com Mexican Government hereby binding itself to prebending the sickly season shall be understood afford every facility in its power for rendering to extend from the first day of May to the first day the same convenient to the troops on their march of November. and in their new positions, and for promoting a good understanding between them and the inhabitants. In like manner, orders shall be dispatched to the persons in charge of the custom-houses at all ports occupied by the forces of the United S.ates, requiring them (under the sanie conditon,) immediately to deliver possession of the same to the persons authorized by the Mexican Government to receive it, together with all bonds and evidences of debt for duties on importations and exportations not yet fallen due. Moreover a faithful and exact account shall be made out, ART. V. The boundary line between the two showing the entire amount of all duties on im- Republics shall commence in the Gulf of Mexico, ports and on exports collected at such custom-three leagues from land, opposite the mouth of houses or elsewhere. in Mexico by authority of the Rio Grande, otherwise called Rio Bravo del the United States, from and after the day of ratifi- Norte, opposite the mouth of its deepest branch, cation of this Treaty by the Government of the if it should have more than one branch emptying Mexican Republic; and also an account of the directly into the sea; thence up the middle of that cost of collection, and such entire amount, deduct-river, following the deepest channel, where it has ing only the cost of collection, shall be delivered more than one, to the point where it strikes the to the Mexican Government, at the city of Mexico, Southern boundary of New-Mexico; thence, within three months after the exchange of ratifications.

The evacuation of the Capital of the Mexican Republic by the troops of the United States, in virtue of the above stipulation, shall be completed in one month after the orders there stipulated for shall have been received by the commander of said troops, or sooner, if possible.

All prisoners of war taken on either side, on land or on sea, shall be restored as soon as practicable after the exchange of ratifications of this Treaty. It is also agreed that if any Mexicans should now be held as captives by any savage tribe within the limits of the United States. as about to be established by the following article, the Government of the said United States will exact the release of such captives, and cause them to be restored to their country:

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 river, until it empties into the Rio Colorado; thence across the Rio Colorado, following the division line between Upper and Lower California, to the Pacific Ocean.

ART. IV. Immediately after the exchange of ratifications of the present Treaty, all castles, forts, territories, places, and possessions, which have been taken or occupied by the forces of the United States during the present war, within the The Southern and Western limits of Newlimits of the Mexican Republic, as about to be Mexico, mentioned in this article, are those laid established by the following article, shall be defi- down in the map entitled "Map of the United nitely restored to the said Republic, together States, as organized and defined by various Acts of with all the artillery, arms, apparatus of war, the Congress of said Republic, and constructed accordmunitions, and other public property, which were ing to the best authorities Revised Edition Pubin the said castles and forts when captured, and lished at New-York in 1847, by J. Disturnell " Of which shall remain there at the time when this which map a copy is added to this Treaty, bearTreaty, shall be duly ratified by the Government ing the signatures and seals of the undersigned of the Mexican Republic. To this end, imme- Plenipotentiaries. And, in order to preclude all diately upon the signature of this Treaty, orders difficulty in tracing upon the ground the limit shall be dispatched to the American officers com- separating Upper from Lower California, it is manding such castles and forts, securing against agreed that the said limit shall consist of a straight the removal or destruction of any such artillery, line drawn from the middle of the Rio Gila, arms, apparatus of war, munitions, or other pub-where it unites with the Colorado, to a point on lic property. The City of Mexico, within the the coast of the Pacific Ocean distant one marine inner line of entrenchments surrounding the said league due South of the southernmost point of city, is comprehended in the above stipulations, the port of San Diego, according to the plan of as regards the restoration of artillery, apparatus said port made in the year 1782, by Don Juan of war, &c. Pantoja, second sailing-master of the Spanish The final evacuation of the Territory of the Mexi- fleet, and published at Madrid in the year 1802, in can Republic by the forces of the United States, the Atlas to the voyage of the schooners Sutil shall be completed in three months from the said and Mexicana, of which plan a copy is hereunto exchange of ratifications, or sooner, if possible; added, signed and sealed by the respective Plenithe Mexican Government hereby engaging, as in potentiaries. the foregoing article, to use all means in its power for facilitating such evacuation, and rendering it convenient to the troops, and for promoting a good understanding between them and the inhabi

tants.

If, however, the ratification of this Treaty by both parties should not take place in time to al

In order to designate the boundary line with due precision, upon authoritative maps, and to establish upon the ground landmarks which shall show the limits of both Republics, as described in the present article, the two Governments shall each appoint a Commissioner and a Surveyor, who, before the expiration of one year from the

date of the exchange of ratifications of this from the date of the exchange of ratifications of Treaty, shall meet at the port of San Diego, and this Treaty; and those who shall remain in the proceed to run and mark the said boundary in its said Territories after the expiration of that year, whole course to the mouth of the Rio Bravo del without having declared their intention to retain Norte. They shall keep journals and mark out the character of Mexicans, shall be considered to plans of their operations: and the result agreed have elected to become citizens of the 'United upon by them shall be deemed a part of this States. Treaty, and shall have the same force as if it In the said Territories property of every kind, were inserted therein. The two Governments now belonging to Mexicans not established there, will amicably agree regarding what may be ne- shall be inviolably respected. The present cessary to these persons, and also as to their re-owners, the heirs of these, and all Mexicans who spective escorts, should such be necessary.

The boundary line established by this article shall be religiously respected by each of the two Republics, and no change shall ever be made therein, except by the express and free consent of both nations, lawfully given by the General Government of each, in conformity with its own Constitution.

may hereafter acquire said property by contract, shall enjoy with respect to it guaranties equally ample as if the same belonged to citizens of the United States.

ART. IX. Mexicans who, in the Territories aforesaid, shall not preserve the character of citi zens of the Mexican Republic, conformably with what is stipulated in the preceding articles, shall ART. VI. The vessels and citizens of the United be incorporated into the Union of the United States shall, in all times, have a free and uninter- States, and be admitted at the proper time (to be rupted passage by the Gulf of California, and by judged of by the Congress of the United States,) the River Colorado below its confluence with the to the enjoyment of all the rights of citizens of the Gila, to and from their possessions situated north United States, according to the principles of the of the boundary line defined in the preceding Constitution; and in the meantime shall be mainarticle; it being understood that this passage is to tained and protected in the enjoyment of their be by navigating the Gulf of California and the liberty and property, and secured in the free exRiver Colorado, and not by land, without the ex-ercise of their religion without restriction. press consent of the Mexican Government.

ART. X. Stricken out.]

If, by the examinations which may be made, it should be ascertained to be practicable and advantageous to construct a road, canal, or railway, ART. XI. Considering that a great part of the which should in whole or in part run upon the Territories which, by the present Treaty, are to River Gila, or upon. its right or its left bank, be comprehended for the future within the limits within the space of one marine league from either of the United States, is now occupied by savage margin of the river, the Governments of both Re-tribes, who will hereafter be under the exclusive publics will form an agreement regarding its construction, in order that it may serve equally for the use and advantage of both countries.

control of the Government of the United States, and whose incursions within the Territory of Mexico would be prejudicial in the extreme, it is solemnly agreed that all such incursions shall be ART. VII. The River Gila, and the part of the forcibly restrained by the Government of the Rio Bravo del Norte lying below the Southern United States, whensoever this may be necessaboundary of New-Mexico, being, agreeably to ry; and that, when they cannot be prevented, the fifth article, divided in the middle between the they shall be punished by the said Government, two Republics, the navigation of the Gila and of and satisfaction for the same shall be exacted-alí the Bravo below said boundary shall be free and in the same way, and with equal diligence and common to the vessels and citizens of both coun-energy, as if the same incursions were meditated tries; 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 It shall not be lawful, under any pretext whatthis right; not even for the purpose of favoring ever, for any inhabitant of the United States to new methods of navigation. Nor shall any tax or purchase or acquire any Mexican, or any foreigncontribution, under any denoraination or title, beer residing in Mexico, who may have been caplevied upon vessels or persons navigating the tured by Indians inhabiting the Territory of same, or upon inerchandise or effects transported either of the two Republies, nor to purchase or thereon, except in the case of landing upon one acquire horses, mules, cattle, or property of any of their shores. If, for the purpose of making the hind, stolen within Mexican Territory by such said rivers navigable, or for maintaining them indians.

or cominitted within its own Territory, against its own citizens.

such state, it should be necessary or advantageous And in the event of any person or persons capto establish any tax or contribution, this shail noured within Mexican Territory by Indians, being, be done without the consent of both Governments.ca riel into e Territory of the United States, The stipulations contained in the present article the Government of the latter engages and binds shall not impair the Territorial rights of either itself, the most solemn manner, so soon as it Republic within its established limits. shell know of such captives being within its Territory, and shab be able so to do, through the ART. VIII. Mexicans now established in Ter-faithful exercise of its infiuence and power, to res ritories previously belonging to Mexico, and cac them and remou them to their country, or deliwhich remain for the future within the mists of Iver them to the agenter representative of the Mexthe United States, as defined by the present lican Goverment. The Mexicau suthorities will, Treaty, shall be free to continue where they now reside, or to remove at any time to the Mexican Republic, retaining the property which they possess in the said Territories, or disposing thereof, and removing the proceeds wherever they please, without their being subjected, on this account, to any contribution, tax, or charge whatever.

Those who shall prefer to remain in the said Territories, may either retain the tide and rights of the United States. But they shall be under the obligation to make their election within one year

as far as practicable, give to the Government of the United States moace of such captures, and its agent shall pay the expenses incurred in the maintenance and transmission of the rescued captives, who, in the meantime shall be treated with the utmost hospitality by the American authorities at the place where they may be. But if the Govern ment of the United States, before receiving such notice from Mexico, should obtain intelligence, of Mexican citizens, or acquire those of citizens through any other channel, of the existence of

Mexican captives within its Territory, it will ter millions of dollars. To ascertain the validity proceed forthwith to effect their release and de- and amount of those claims, a Board of Commislivery to the Mexican agent, as above stipulated. sioners shall be established by the Government For the purpose of giving to these stipulations of the United States, whose awards shall be final the fullest possible efficacy, thereby affording the and conclusive; provided that, in deciding upon security and redress demanded by their true the validity of each claim, the Board shall be spirit und intent, the Government of the United guided and governed by the principles and rules States will now and hereafter pass, without unne- of decision prescribed by the first and fifth articessary delay, and always vigilantly enforce, gles of the unratified Convention, concluded at such laws as the nature of the subject may require. the City of Mexico on the twentieth day of NovemAnd, finally, the sacredness of this obligation ber, one thousand eight hundred and forty-three; shall never be lost sight of by the said Govern- and in no case shall an award be made in favor ment when providing for the removal of the In- of any claim not embraced by these principles dians from any portion of the said Territories, or and rules. for its being settted by citizens of the United States; but, on the contrary, special care shall then be taken not to place its Indian occupants under the necessity of seeking new homes, by committing those invasions which the United States have solemnly obliged themselves to restrain.

ART. XII. Ju consideration of the extension ac-writing for the same, addressed to the Mexican quired by the boundaries of the United States, as defined in the fifth article of the present Treaty, the Government of the United States engages to pay to the Mexican Republic the sum of fifteen inillions of dollars.

Immediately after this Treaty shall have been duly ratified by the Government of the Mexican Republic, the sum of three millions of dollars shall be paid to the said Government by that of the United States, at the City of Mexico, in the gold or silver coin of Mexico. The remaining twelve millions of dollars shall be paid at the same place, and in the same coin, in annual installments of three millions of dollars each, together with interest on the same at the rate of six per centum per annum. This interest shall begin to run upon the whole sum of twelve millions from the day of the ratification of the present Treaty by the Mexican Government, and the first of the installments shall be paid at the expiration of one year from the same day. Together with cach annual installment as it falls due, the whole interest accruing on such installment from the beginning shall also be paid.

If, in the opinion of the said Board of Commissioners, or of the claimants, any books, records, or documents, in the possession or power of the Government of the Mexican Republic, shall be deemed necessary to the just decision of any claim, the Commissioners, or the claimants through them, shall, within such period as Congress may designate, make an application in Minister of Foreign Affairs, to be transmitted by the Secretary of State of the United States; and the Mexican Government engages, at the earliest possible moment after the receipt of such demand, to cause any of the books, records, or documents, so specified, which shall be in their possession or power, (or authenticated copies or extracts of the same,) to be transmitted to the said Secretary of State, who shall immediately deliver them over to the said Board of Commissioners: Provided, That no such application shall be made by, or at the instance of, any claimant, until the facts which it is expected to prove by such books, records, or documents, shall have been stated under oath or aflirmation.

ART. XVI. Each of the contracting parties reservos to itself the entire right to fortify whatevery point within its Territory it may judge proper so to fortify for its security.

ART. XVII. The Treaty of Amity, Commerce, and Navigation, concluded at the City of Mexico on the 5th day of April, A. D. 1831, between the United States of America and the United Mexican States, except the additional article, and except so far as the stipulations of the said Treaty may be incompatible with any stipulation contained in the present Treaty, is hereby revived for the pe

ART. XIII. The United States engage, moreover, to assume and pay to the claimants all the amounts now due them, and those hereafter. to become due, by reason of the claims already liquidated and decided against the Mexican Re-riod of eight years from the day of the exchange public, under the Conventions between the two Republics severally concluded on the 11th day of April, eighteen hundred and thirty-nine, and on the thirtieth day of January, eighteen hundred and forty-three; so that the Mexican Republic shall be absolutely exenrpt, for the future, from all expense whatever on account of the said claims.

of ratification of this Treaty, with the same force and virtue as if incorporated therein; it being understood that each of the contracting parties reserve to itself the right, at any time after the said period of eight years shall have expired, to terminate the same by giving one year's notice of such intention to the other party.

ART. XVIII. All supplies whatever for troops ART. XIV. The United States do furthermore of the United States in Mexico, arriving at forts discharge the Mexican Republic from all claims in the occupation of such troops previous to the of citizens of the United States not heretofore de-final evacuation thereof, although subsequently to cided against the Mexican Government, which the restoration of the custom-houses at such ports, may have arisen previously to the date of the signature of this Treaty; which discharge shall be final and perpetual, whether the said claims be rejected or be allowed by the Board of Commissiouers, provided for in the following article, and whatever shall be the total amount of those al-preventing the importation, under cover of tis

lowed.

ART. XV. The United States, exonerating Mexico from ali demands on account of the claims of their citizens mentioned in the preceding article, and considering them entirely and forever canceled, whatever their amount may be, undertake to make satisfaction for the same, to an amount not exceeding three and one-quar

shall be entirely exempt from duties and charges of any kind: the Government of the United States hereby engaging and pledging its faith to establish, and vigilantly to enforce, all possible guards for securing the revenue of Mexico, by

stipulation, of any articles other than such, both in kind and in quantity, as shall really be wanted for the use and consumption of the forces of the United States during the time they may remain in Mexico. To this end it shall be the duty of all officers and agents of the United States to denounce to the Mexican authorities at the respective ports any attempts at a fraudulent abuse of this stipulation which they may know of or may