Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1846-11-10
From the Loadon SPECTATOR
ENGLISH VIEWS OF THE MEXICAN
WAR

WHAT CAN gE DoSE FOR MExlco2-lt IS high
time tia, we in England should take into serious
consideration The question, What can be done 10
save the miserable and impotcnt Republic oil
Mexico from extinction as an independent ma
lion? Apart from all the predetermined cvil con-
sequence, Of lis absorption into the United States
and they are momentous-the fate OF Mexico
has an immediate practical Importance LOT an
classes OF men in this country being insepafaoly
identified with that OF vast amount Of British
capital Expunee Mexico from the list oi ma
tons, and with the same blow YOU put out The
fires on thousands OF English hearlhs. Already
we have suffered enough by The waste and decay
OF the wealth we have invested in that country
the annihilaion of what remains would scatter
bankruptcy among our merchants, paralyze our
industry, disorder all the functions OF our nall0n-
al life, and spread starvation among our working
classes. And This is the conclusion 10 which
events are tending in rapid and accommodating
Hood, that must inevitably bear down all such
limsy barriers as Santa Anna's counlrrmen can
SET up against il.
That The United States are bent on selaln6 me
whole Mexican territory, is tact they scarcely
condescend 10 disguise. The manner IN which
they intend 10 effect their purpose is also appa-
rent; is The same as that By which they have
already secured Texas; lie same piralical sys-
TEN as that by which they had begun 10 possess
themselves OF Louisiana, before they had The op-
porlunily Of acquiring il in The more Legitimate
way Of purchase. The present petty warfare
they arc wasing on The frontier is but an episode
in the great plot Gen. Taylors force is but The
precursor of the real army Of invasion-ihe squat
Ter and backwood>man. men in whom II IS he
redlt2iy and invincible instinct always 10 depart
from before The approach Of civilization, 10 avoid
every spot where law has become established, and
never 10 ice themselves thoroughly al home e1-
cept on debalable ground By men like these,
coming by lwos and threes, then by scores ahd
hundreds and finally in mu!tudes, like carrion
birds 10 The quarry, the Northern provinces oil Inc
Republic will be overrun; and thence the process
will be continued until the whole territory IS flieo
and mastered by these unprincipled and despe
ra,ey energetic Immigrants. Already many Of
| the provinces have shown willing aiacTiiy 10
meet the destiny they foresee; not from any ahec-
ton they bear to their encroaching nei9hbors but
| because they are weary OF anarchy, hopeless o.
relief from their own wretched nominal Govern
ments, and eager 10 accede 10 the blessings OF law
| and order from any power strong enough 10 SC
| cure them.
Mexico must be tranquized, and her strength
| consolidated by good and stable government, OF
she is lost. This has long been telt By her allies;
and they have even suggested and indirectly urged
the adoption Of The means that seemed ~ lheH'
most likely 10 bring about The desired result
The proposed panacea was The conversion OF The
Republic into a Monarchy, the sceptre oil which
should be swayed BY some European Roya cadet.
Ii is needless 10 discuss The abstract merits oil This
plan, since il is mere fgment Of political specu-
lalion, al present beyond the scope OF any pracli.
cal discussion.
There is but one sure way 10 save Mexico, anu
that is TO transfer fresh, healthy blood into her
Ianguid veins; 10 COLOMBO portion OF her mag
nihccnt territory with people worthy 10 occupy
and able 10 defend it, II Mexico were 10 mingie
portion of the Ango-Saxon element with their
population, she might venture 10 cope with the
moiely Of that indomiable race that now threatens
her existence. In our paper, last week, on The
project OF cutting ship-canal through Inc great
American islhmus, VIC pointed out the admirable
opportunity now offered for peopling the lsihmus
oil Tchuantepec, and realizing the incalculable
natural advantages of one Of the most eligible
commercial sites The face of the globe. That
majestic region teeming with boundless wealth,
washed BY two oceans travcrsed through halt its
breadth by naygable river, which offers al lis
mouth the finest harbor in The Gulf OF Mexico,
may now be secured by Englishmen Will they
refuse 10 accept region which was selected hy
The sagacous mind OF the great conqucror Cores
10 constitute his own private domains II so, The
French will be delighted 10 grasp The prize We
lied