Show J f illi 0 end lad she W will i 11 probably ably re R main such I 1 WW ROADS TO BE MADE I 1 I 1 5 territory toiv w fo foli il a part of I 1 life lie country II 11 4 I 1 I 1 cuciti IS gr tilt saat y I 1 I 1 ebirt 10 lo fater faini no ill will howardi the lh railto state but she insists on get her territory aro 1 march 12 senator f in asking the senate toay t iler sherman mn daf committee committe a on for I 1 t the a to discharge ansons from further considers relations von efen of off and to lay on the table the of the 15 5 11 ll legislative as nemon the preal of arizona lent dent and congress COU gress to 0 enter ed ter into nogo with the republic of medici tiati ous ir the cession of sufficient terri tolly boning nine arizona A on the tile southern boundary t to 0 secure a deep water port the golf of 0 Cali california forn ia which vili cl upon pon would oiin afford an outlet for the pro lets of the territory ant faid afre hof re lie the nae some interesting documents senator Slier She nun aa as chairmen cha irmin of tile ie committee referred th llin commit secretary blame blaine and the seebe tee a to taid kaid in part I 1 I 1 bag tary ry in reply ly leave ae to say I 1 can call discern eions no DS being pr prospect successfully I 1 Mi of ully a any conducted negolia with ith melica at the present e tune even towards wards the limi limited t lyral object b j ct I 1 in diw iw ei the ie temper of tile statesmen and peo pie e of mexico have been only rec recently atly manifested iff imf sted with regard to the aliena tion m of any part of the national tory b by jr the prominence given in tain n circles on n the pacific coast to the I 1 movement for the acquisition of all or rt t of lower Calito idia by purchase R r the of your committee I 1 transmit anBi nit herewith a copy of a inam mom anjum prepared prepa by the tile mexican ulster of a conversation which lie had 1 with me ilia on this subject on the ath i of 0 june I 1 last ast together ith h senor me memorandum moran durn of day io 20 of which romero gave me a copy I 1 hild bah tha t t the he go government v amment of the united wes tea is precluded by the obliga ions is of traditional good faith from reaching n lia the government of jenico cico with w i I 1 ill a view v to acquiring requiring any t of the mexican territory and I 1 juall illy believe that no tion of a mexico could face the manifestations one of 0 x rational sentiment that rould id certainly attend any indication of a to infringe the naion ion ot of the tile mexican Alex ican constitution ch withholds from the goverline go government vernine nt the power to cede code mexican a sal il cover even did the ii abject bromme liae a favorable negotiation t 1 I e petition fails falls to get set forth tie proposition in sufficient detail il tile northern and eastern ivae beof of the tile ait gait of 0 mexico does not of ear ar to oner offer a deep water port until babo is reached reat bed same mileo g irom rom the delta of the colorado and the country between the coast and iha the present sout southern limit of an ari hizna ejna is bokee b and appears illy adapted al apted to be a of intercourse lie guaymas and sonora railroad running bing thence to tonea nogales conetia utes ilia pr 7 ent channel of on ou let lorn ana to the tile gulf of california following llo ning ie is a translation from r marizcal Mar iBcal mexican minister of en affairs faire af to senor lt comero omero I 1 ieli lean ican minister to th the a united cates BS tins this department approved the article which in compliance comp lian e with ith its instructions you wrote n rote and at erla ward published in the north ainer artier iran renew a alei ifa entitled the annexation of lesico 1 because it is convinced that the total or partial acquisition of lean territory whether by force or by y means of intrigues does not enter into the combination of american statesmen to whatever political parts r they may belong As to the ven amen who at present form the united states government and direct its foreign policy polio we is are sufficiently bently acquainted with their leir high character acter and political antecedent riot to a entertain the least doubt about their cease sense of justice and fairness not only on this point but on any other subject tt we have therefore corn confidence that any absurd plans tf which are fortunately looked d upon by the enlightened ma rity of the american american people ag as dis table a w will ill not be approved by the nor that they will lend any support in any or form to the tile m machinations achin alious of badly informed persons with a view of changing the tile decided opposition of our eople people to any alienation of dexl can territory we wo do not attach importance artance to the revelations more or leas vague and afterwards contra ducted 1 which have lately appeared in american ican newspapers news papera concerning orations V hose whose aim is n to procure at all hazards the tile annexation of some pat t of mexico and espe bially ot of lower california but though h we treat with contempt the tile B of idle and evil disposed dis ad peo pie iho who dream of wars ft are drizi of quest or of revolutionary movements plot ted on i our border with a view of anlon vexation of part of our country it la is nat to with other manifestations of leg liable table sources son aces though they have twe or origin gin in opinions equally desol foundation I 1 refer to the tir tion originated brigina ted in the charo cham of if commerce of los angeles cali and presented to the hoube of representatives at washington aume theorizing thor izing the executive to negotiate mexico for the purchase of low tr california I 1 refer also to the opinion n which without any reserva tion he the governor of 0 the state of call cali forna ex expressed p 1 ell sed about the preat great conice vengence veni ence of f euch auch an acquisition and above all the purchase of sonora and sinaloa a about which no mention beis fore has been made no matter liow how much the mexican g government overn men t inget it ga age be dined ineil to overlook tins this double 1 expression iaron of 0 erroneous judgment as RS to our r patriotic sentiments and our entire conformity with the opinion of antry in ibis this regard it can mt do so considering the tile expression of by the tile present officials of the state of california which ie is ous with ith our territory and interested in borne ne of those annexations we cannot t look with indifference upon anything ing coming from respectable table authorities anes ties es and if any one should tell tie no and well concerted plan on the subject is ent by them but that at it t is rather the influence of combinations nations and tho the exigencies of interior ir politics ct which constrained them to 0 express fluch such ideas we should be forced ed even though though sharing in tills this belief to deeply lament that there were persons in california with such idd judgment respecting us 1 A 11 1 k ah 4 1 4 ba W i who ho had bad influence enough to induce governor Water waterman mau 10 lo male make public t er ances without thinking of lie ilia effect which aich they might afterwards produce in the tile relations with a neighboring borin g n nation 11 th alie memorandum then speaks of the unanimous opposition of the mexican people to any ally plan looking to the a alienation ie Dation of national territory and the impossibility of sach alienation li under the constitution and c continues onti it is is well known that the tile administration of general dia diaz has dolie all in its power to strengthen f friendly relations by attracting capt lal fal ind industry astry and commerce of our neighbors and ind by er erasing era alsing tile last ia set vestige of 0 prejudice which might diviak them it will continue to do 8 convinced that such is the only ra rational ti onal policy but if it in the midst of f these efforts to secure a good and cordial co dial understand log for common benefit obstacles should arise interposed perhaps inconsiderately not by the government of the united states but by state officials of the same na bioni tion in such a case however disagreeable it might bo be to us and to a certain extent contrary to our international policy we should be constrained to afford satisfaction to the mexican people so sensitive in this matter matte having shod its blood and ri made immense amento sacrifices to achieve the independence and preserve he the integrity of 0 the territory we should find ourselves anjer unfertile the sern stern necessity of adopting restrictive measures in regard gw rd to the acquisition by certain foreigners of real estate concesa oos ons etc as fur far as already entered into may a alo lo 10 taso ta so se steps mig might ht however be interpreted as showing bad w wll 11 on our part toward the american people alien hen we are on the contrary aniag abiff a ed bv exactly the tile opposite sentiments in order therefore to avoid such an interpretation under the instructions of the president I 1 have made the foregoing explanation tile memorandum prepared by min ister romero for S senor eno r aate his it conversation over bation with secretary blame blaine says the tile secretary of stat then ethen informed the minister that hia his person bonal il views and those of the united spates slates government with respect to the mexican territory were e expressed x in in his note to mr morgan an united states minister to mexico bl exico dated june lat 14 1831 1881 and which was pu published bil lied in the diplomatic correspondence POI pon dence appended to the presidents deats me desage s age that year he ile added that the united states government did not think even remotely of sedi acquiring i any portion of mexican territory and that it would not support any hav ing such eject 01 eject in in view as the united states had bad all the territory they required for their progress and wel bellare lare and desire J no more mom the secretary of state further stated that the united states S atea government could not prevent the nes newspapers papers or citizens citizen s of the eon country n try from saying what bat they pleased on that or any other subject but hat that as regarded the acquisition of mexican territory by the united states he lie felt certain ho ilia statements made were M re of no importance what ever since public opinion did not favor further r ac acquisitions t and that even if an any y other bior administration should favor them he tie thought it would ma met et with no sup support tort in the country for such a design |