| Show AN imTJot sen Tho Proposed JcqnUItlon of Mtxl cja Territory by the United State A LENGTHY CORRESPONDENCE ON THE SUBJECT Translation of a Memorandum From Senor Itomfro the Mexican Minister J Telerrauhio the Ntwti MEXICO The Jedn Iple and Shrm eftnIrnalleu nnlou WASiiiNCTOXSInrcIi 12 Senator Sherman todayln akinsliu Scmtc to ilkcharge the commiuie ou Foreign For-eign Relations from further con slderatiou of l to j lay on the table tho memorial from the Fifteenth I < eglslatl e Assembly of Arizona Fraying the President coil Congress to enter lot negotiations u ith the Republic of Miiico for a ctt > ion of Euflicieut territory adjoining Arizona Ari-zona on the luther boundary to Secure a deep water port upon the Gulf of California which would aflord an outlet for the proJucts of Ute territory bid before l tie Senate interesting documents Senator Sherman a chairman of the committee com-mittee referred the memorial to Secretary liLiiue and the secretary in reply ah In jarU I L leave to say that I can di cern no hopiful iiroijMxt of any iie ltaUOD being Kiccifsfully conducted con-ducted with Mexico at tlie present time even towards this limited ob Jot In view of thn attitude recently manifested by the Mexican ptojile wIUt rear t the alIenatIon of auy part of their State territory by the prominence iivou in certain circles on the Pacific Coast to a luovuneul for the acquisition of all 01 taft of Lower California by purchase For the information of your committee mittee I transmit herewith a copy of a memorandum prepared by the Mexican minister of a conversation which he had with me on this tub Jet on the btli day of June I t together to-gether with Senor llaricala memorandum memo-randum May 20th 1SS9 of which Romero gave me a copy I hold UD hesitatingly that the government of the United States is precluded by obligations of traditional good faith from approaching the COVEBXJIOT or lC with a view t acquiring any part of Mexican territoryand I earnestly believe that no administration of Mexico could face the opoption of the national tcntiinint that would certainly altcnU any indication of nIt n-It nu to infringe on the provision pro-vision of the Mexican constitution I which withholds from the government govern-ment Uie power to uLjwe of Mexican foil Moreover eel did the subject permit favorable negotiatloiif the tUtion fails to yet forth tlieprojo j sltion In ufdent etl the northern north-ern anti eastern shore of the Gulf of California does not appar to offer a deepwater jwrt until LlbtraUrd L reached some 2U1 miles from tile delta of time Colorado and the roots Icy between the cot nnd the Ir eat southern limit of Arizona Is broken and upiears to b ill adapted o be a hIghway cf intercourse flic Guaymaa 5t Sonora railroid ruts ilng thence t Nogales constitutes the present channel of the outlet from Arizona to the Gulf if California Califor-nia niaThe The memorandum prepared by Minister RomcroforSeuor Mariscal after his conversation with Ser Lacy lilaice piyn Tlie Kicrttary of State then informed In-formed the miukter that his ir soml views and tteoe of the United States government with respect to lie annexation of Mexican tern tory wire expreSsed in his note to Mr Morgan United States Minister t Mexico dated June 1111 ud which was publisheJ in TIE viru > MATic coitunsroxUENCE appended t the Prcsiilcute message II In that year lie added that tie United elates government did not I thitike even remotely of acquiring rt I tony section of Mexican Ot territory and that I would not support nny I project having such a Inplr in I view n the United States had all the territory they required for their prognoses aud wet arv and desired no more Tho Secretary of State further stated that the United Stall government gov-ernment could net prevent the censpapcra 01 llio citizens of tie country from taking what they pl eon that or any othir suljeU jut that as regarded the acquisition of Mexican territory by the United States he felt certain that the statements state-ments made were of no importance whatever since public opinion did lot favor further acquisition and hat een if any other adminlstra Ion should favor them he thought would meet with no support in the country for such design The memorandum then speaks of he unanimous opposition of the Mexican people to any plan looking t the annexation of national territory terri-tory anl the possibility I of such alienation under the Constitution and continues s It Is well known that the ADMINISTRATION OF GEMItAL fEte has donoall in its power to strengthen strength-en the friendly relations by the attraction traction of the capital industry and commerce of our neighbor and by erasing the last vestige of prejudices which might divide them I will continue to do s if convinced that uch is i tho only national policy but If In the midst of these efforts tj secure a good and cordial understanding under-standing for common benefit olnia cles should arise to interpose not raised by the government of the g United Stalee but by State officials of the same nation in such case lowever dlsagncabta it might be t us and to a certain extent contrary to our internal policy we should b constrained t afford satisfaction to I the Mexican people sa sencltlve in this matter having bed its Mood I and made immense sacrifice to achieve I independence and preserve I the integrity of their territory We I should find ourselves under thestern necessity of adopting restrictive measures in regard theacquisitfon by certain foreigners of real estate concession etc as far c engage engge meals already entered into might dlov These steps might however 0 interpreted n SIKNVIXU BAD WIL on our part toward the American rle when we ar on the contrary rary animated by exactly tho op osite sentiments In order therefore fore to avoid such an Interpretation under the instructions of the President explanation Presi-dent I have made the foregoing Hut though wo view with contempt con-tempt the boasts of idle and evil lisposed people who dream of wars of conquest 01 of revolutionary movements plotted on our border with a view annexation of part of our country It is not E with other manifest sections of a respectable source though they have their oil cln in opinions equally destitute of foundation I refer to the proposl ton originated in the Chamber of Ccmmcrce of L Angeles CaL and presented to the House of Representatives Rep-resentatives at Washington au horizicg the executive t nego I tate with Mexico for the purchis of Lower California I refer also to inn opinion in which without any reservation the governor of the State California expressed nbou the great convenience cf such grat cnvenienc acquisition ac-quisition and above all the purchase pur-chase ofSonora and Sinaloa about made which no mention had before ben Xo matter bow much the Mexl can government might l Inclinct 10clolo g t overlook this double EXIKESSIOX OP EIUIOSBOCS WO JIEST as to our patriotic sentiments amour am-our entllo conformity with the opiuloa of our country in this regard garth I cannot do to considering rng the expression of views by tie present rc lr ftCn ent officials of the State of California Califor-nia which js conterminous without our Territory and Interested in tome of those annexations Wo cannot look with Indifference upon anything coming from re iclabi authorities and if any one should tell us that no serious and well concerted plan ou the sulject is I entertained by them but that it Is rather the influence of combinations combina-tions of interior politics which constrained con-strained them to express fcuch Ideai we should b forced even though sharing in this belief to deeply lament la-ment that there were persons in California with such misguided judgment respecting us who had Influence enough to Indnre Governor Gover-nor Waterman to make public utterances utter-ances wIthout thinking of thu eflccl which they mliht afterwards produce i juh lilb r duce in tbe relations with a neighboring neigh-boring r J LLWJO JI A TRANSLATION of the memorandum from Senor Marcal Mexican minister of foreign for-eign affairs To ner Rome ran Minuter Vmtcd Staa This department approves of the article which incompliance with its hlbtruclo > oU wrote and afterward after-ward iJiblished III titer Aorlft American Ameri-can Jtcncw entitled The Annexation Annex-ation of Mexico because iLL convinced con-vinced thata tataior or ttlol partial acqul slUon Mexican territory whether by furce 01 means of intrigue dots not cult Into I the minds of American Ameri-can statesmen to whatever political party they may belong As to the gentlemen who at present form the United States government and direct It foreign policy we are ufflcicntly acquainted with tliiir high cliarackr and political ant cedents not t entertain the least doubt about tlielrscnseofjusticeand fairness not only on this point but tls Jna on any other subject We have therefore couipletu confidence i hat any of the absurd plans of flli I Uttriiig which are fnrtunatcly looked upon by the culfchtened ijority of tho American people as Ilsreputablc will sot be approid by them nor that they will len1 anysupport wliatcer to the machinations machi-nations of badlyinformed persons with a vew of changing the decided de-cided opposition cf our eople t any te alienation Mexican territory Vi do not attach much Importitice to rcvcIatioiB more or less vague and afterwards contradicted which have ately appeared in American news tapers concerning organization whose aim is to procure at all I la ranis the annexation of some part of Mexico and especially of Lower C1ornlaoln foln lii Cxplarr Kirsv Yon J ° tarrhILAn expedition expe-dition will leave tai city for the urpuss exploring the country IJ Ing between the Cooper river and he Yukon in Central Alaska a rotk of country alt which noth Ing t known beyond that gathered fIll Indian legends The financial finan-cial head of the expedition ii the expdl1 front iftiet ncelly and the Judge ubibbing Company and the party will be composed of newspaper mel E H Well the Western news 11pl writer who penetrate 2000 nilcs of the wilds of the British orthwestlartepnlpg will lead IL A l Strausi formerly oss tant astronomer of the Allegliany olsen vatory now member of the New of York tbe Tribune explorer stair will also b one An Ohio Tunru on Fire CISCISVATI OJ March l2Tho nieiucss portion Coalton Jackson bounty Ohio ta burned tub af ernoon loss 525000 KillI 01 Iinir CHICAGO March 12A jnsscnger and freight train on the Rock Island road collided at Blue Island last light rUt trains were considerably consider-ably damaged and the passenger iousidcialily shaken up John terry frvl tit brakeman was killed and the freight conductor seriously item Was lie Hlilnformrd PtSTir March 12At last nights Inner the Emperor reproached Count Apjwuxenud Count Karoly fur their attacks on Jleir Ttsza Both di < ara the Emperor was niisJuformetl In that respect Tie umpcror replied that such was laruly i slble because he hlmlf Diet tad followed the debates In the lie Ilancwl llltniIf L ElLS Starch 12Tue rial of the three perwiua l arrested tar the lynching of Hans Jacob lcsou on the night ot November 24th i now In progress at White Hal Wi Peter Johnson a well odo farmer who hiaded the lynching arty l yesterday hanged himself and three others implicated have confessed liiiiry llanseer who turned States evidence today gave thu di tails of the crime and several other witnesses were put upon the btaud by the prosecution rrlion OCtal Indicted Nmv VORK itarch 12 Deputy Sheriff D vlil McCiarrigal and War ten James TKeating of the Ludlow Stet jail are Indic by the grand lucy on a charge of bribery They wire arrested and held In the sum of IOW ThoTcnr Contempt Case SAN FRAXCISCO March 12Tho trIal of Sarah Althea Terry on a charge of contempt In resisting the United States Marshal in the Circuit Cir-cuit Court room in 1SSS when that officer was ordered t remove her for the creation of a disturbance l OI lug the reading of the decision in the Sharon ca > e by Judge Field was concluded today The jury after remtlnlng out n night announced an-nounced a disagreement the vote landing eight furacquittal aud four 01 conviction llli Crmtr rrrak GRAND RAPIDS Mich March 12The mystery surrounding the Isappearance of Clarence J Tot the missing Unit States Express cashier I cleared up Toats father has received a letter from his son mailed at Lisbon Clarence maie Libn Clrnc says be I coming home t receive pun 1 ihmint Ho explain that his action b a crazy freak indIces ArrttlMl VIESJCA March 12 The court at Wadouei h sentenced two of the emigrant swindlers to four and a half nr imprisonment at hard abor The others received a sen I enco of one to four years at hard labor Tho public prosecutor np pealed I on the ground that the I I encea were inadequate I |
