I believe, on the contrary, that it ought to be ratified upon the same
terms in which it has already received the sanction of the American
Government. My opinion is also greatly strengthened by the fact that a
new negotiation is neither expected nor considered, possible. Much less
could another be brought forward upon a basis more favorable for the
Republic.
The deliberations of the Mexican Congress, with no explanation before
that body from the United States except the letter of the Secretary of
State, resulted in the ratification of the treaty, as recommended by the
President of that Republic, in the form in which it had been amended and
ratified by the United States. The conversations embodied in the paper
called a protocol took place after the action of the Mexican Congress
was complete, and there is no reason to suppose that the Government of
Mexico ever submitted the protocol to the Congress, or ever treated or
regarded it as in any sense a new negotiation, or as operating any
modification or change of the amended treaty.
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