Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1846-05-27

show,l lest the Mexican Government might be
supposed to be inundated into the reception OF
a Minister; secondly, that the Minister to be sent
should be person suitable in every respect, and
not one against whom the government or people
OF Mexico might entertain fixed prejudice; and
thirdly, that all irritating topics should be avoided
in the preparatory discussions-and he added, lest
the suggestion Of these precautions should be
deemed offensive, that, "if the Government (of
"Mexico) had but itself to consult, the expression
"of those feelings would have been left out of
:" the communication; but that (Mr. Black)
"knew, as well as he did, that Governments like
"ours, must endeavor to reconcile the opinions
"dnd feelings Of the people for their public acts;
land that also knew very well that strong
opposition were daily calling the attention of
" the public to, and scrutinizng and condemnng
"every act of the Government, and that the Co
"vernment endeavored to give them as little pre-
"teIt as possible" This extract shows. we think,
both the strong anxiety of Herrera's Administra.
ton to negotiate, and their equally strong apprs.
tensions that they might be defeated, as they
were, by the decided opposition of public opinion,
misled by such men as Paroles and his assoc.
ates, to that mode of proceeding.
This opinion is further confirmed by subse.
quent letter of Mr.. Black to Mr.. Buchanan, in
which, after abiding TO the anticipated revolu.
ton, of which Paroles was then deemed the mas.
ter spirit, and which Herrera was exerting hun.
self TO counterfeit Mr.. Black says: I" | wish this
Government may stand as think it rel dis.
posed 10 arrange all matters in dispute lcith The
" IT, States
Again After the arrival of Mr.. Slidell in Mexi-
CO was announced to the Mexican Government. |
which it seems took It much by surprise as the |
information of that event did the people of the |
United States, the Mexican Minister of Foreign |
Relations, though hesitatng TO his reception |
did obviously for the reason that he dreaded the
consequences that might result, and which were |
doubtless precipitated by Mr.. Slidelrs appearance |
in Mexico, by which the people were made acquain.
ted with Herrera's willingness to negotiate with our |
Government. Mr.. Black, in third letter TO Mr.. |
Buchanan, relating the incidents of an interview
with Pena Pena, the Mexican Minister, re.
marks: " He said that the Government itself was |
well disposed, and ready to proceed in the nego-
tiation; but that, if the affair was commenced |
now, 1t would endanger its existence that the
Government was preparing the thing, collecting
"the opinion and consent of the Departments,
(which they expected to have finished by Janu.
airy, and then they would be able to proceed in
the affair with more security that the Govern.
ment was afraid that the appearance Of the En-.
"voy at this time would produce a revolution
against it, which might terminate in its destruc-
ton. ~
That revolution did very soon after take place.
and Herreras Administration was overthrown,
expressly on the ground of its willingness to nego.
tate with the L. States. Paroles found himself.
OF course, compelled to reverse the policy of his
predecessor in this respect and Mr. Slidel was
consequently sent home. This was the act of the
Government de tdcio, it is true; but we ought not
TO forget, IN the future adjustment of our contro-
versy with Mexico, that that Government was it.
self of revolutionary origin-and that it was the
creation of the Army, and not of the People of
Mexico. These circumstances deserve great
weight, in our judgment. in the final decision of
controversy which, we are persuaded, will now
soon be terminated by the solicitation Of Paroles
himself, who must be aware, before thus time, that
1t is less difficult to write pompous Proclamations
than TO win brilliant victories-easier 10 speak
daggers than successfully TO use them. In one
word, he must perceive the vast disparity between
our means of aggressive and his own of defensive
warfare, and that the future salvation Of Mexico
depends upon the speedy termination Of war
which nothing short of the most unaccountable
blindness could have induced him to provoke