I was equally well satisfied that the Government of Mexico had agreed to
the treaty as amended by the Senate of the United States, and did not
regard the protocol as modifying, enlarging, or diminishing its terms or
effect. The President of that Republic, in submitting the amended treaty
to the Mexican Congress, in his message on the 8th day of May, 1848,
said:
If the treaty could have been submitted to your deliberation precisely
as it came from the hands of the plenipotentiaries, my satisfaction at
seeing the war at last brought to an end would not have been lessened as
it this day is in consequence of the modifications introduced into it by
the Senate of the United States, and which have received the sanction of
the President. ... At present it is sufficient for us to say to you
that if in the opinion of the Government justice had not been evinced
on the part of the Senate and Government of the United States in
introducing such modifications, it is presumed, on the other hand, that
they are not of such importance that they should set aside the treaty.
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