The National Register.
London, England, 1821-12-31 00:00:00

412

MEXICO AND PEIW.

The revolution now nearly conducted to its close
in the great province:. of North and Smith America,
which heretofore constituted as colonies the chief
source of Spanish greatness, has naturally awakened
the attention of persons engaged in commerce, to
the co nscquences likely to fellow this most important
change. That a new trad extensive influcnce on
mercantile ailltirs will be produced by the indepen-
dence of Mexico, Peru, and the other states of
South America fan mcrly under the con t rou 1 of Spain,
there can be no relsonable doubt; bus is equally
certain that the result will, on the whole, be of a
nature essentially beneficial to the world. We shall
confine ourselves to what (in the opinion of intel-
ligent and experienced merchants.) may be predict-
ed us the more immediate consequences of this revo-
lution, studiously avoiding lo !peak of i•s more re-
mote effects, from the tqual de.,ire of avoiding too
speculative views, and thszuisior.s of u tot contro-
versial tendency.
Mexico, possessing an extensive coast, as well in
the gulf that heats the name, as 011 the Pacific
Ocean, will, as bpi,' as freedom of trade can be es-
tablished, become an important link between Europe
and Asia. The silver, which hitherto flawed from
ILlexico to Europe, and from thence to India mid
Chins, will now take u direct course acro-s the
Pacific, and .Mexico will be supplied in re:urn with
the productions of India and Chinese iudustry.—
Being I.bcratcd from the restrictions imposed on her
by Spain, the diversity of her soil scud climate will
encourage the cultivati m of the sug.tr cane, the
co&e and cocoa tree, the Mkt, plant, the vine, the
olive, wheat, and every species of grain, The mines
will be woakcd with greater skill and activity ; and
the consumption of European manufactures will
increase in proportion as they become more produc-
tive.

Peru being washed by the Pacific only, and more
remote from Europe, will still have an active in-
tercotwe with Asia, although she cannot be a point
of intermediate communication ; but she will in-
crease the quantity of her exportable commodities,
and institute and extend a beneficial coasting trade.
Chili will enjoy the same advan tag and supply
Peru, and even the western slmres tit Motico, with
wheat, flair, wine, tallow, and skins in return for
sugar, cocoa, coffee, and salt. The healthiness of
the climate, the abundance and cheapness of provi-
sions, and the situation of the polls of Chili, to
windward of the coasts of Peru, New Granada, and
Ilexico, will make that state the principal resort and
depot for European commerce; while the hardiness
of the Chilians, which fits tnem for seamen, will
ultimately give to that country a large participation
in the carrying trade. It is, however, certain, that
the first advantage in that respect will be reaped by
Great Britain, until the South Americans shall,
by the progress tit commercial capital, procure a
sufficient number of ships and seamen of their own.
The overflow of our population will henceforth
find a ready admission in the thinly peopled, but
fertile regions of South America, where lands may
be had for nothing, and taxes are insignificant :
the length and expense of the voyage are the only
serious obstacles. It is to be wished that emigrants
may in preference, fix their attention on the healthy
provinces of river Plate and Chili, where a climate
congenial to European constitutions, together with
the friendly disposition of the us, ives, are such as
to obviate many of the evils experienced by new
settlers in distant countries.
An interesting appendage to the above observa-
tions, we insert a passage twin " Robinson's Me-
moirs of the Mexican Revolution," descriptive of the
means of opening a direct passage by canal between
the Atlantic and Pacific, duo' the Alexican Isthmus.
The preference, we find, is here given to the neigh-
&mai of the Lake of Niacaragua, over the gulf of
and it is impossible to contemplate with-
out a mixture of awe and exultation, the practical,
nay, it would seem, the approaching aeoinplislt-
into of a work which would unite the billows of
two int,lity oceanr, and by an easy process of hu-
man labour auto enterprise, change as it were the
boundaries of the world :
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