The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-01-30

When we look round, and behold the immens
power of the Island Queen, her naves darkenin
every shore, and her armies garrisonng every con
tinent-when we see that power welded for goo
and glorious objects, we rejoice with exceeding Joy
but when 1t conquers to enslave and battles to yran
nze, and turns Kingdoms into colonies, and empire
into provinces, we are bold in denouncing he
greedy and ravenous appetite, that increases b.
what II feeds on" and the condor-like 10,
with which she gluts upon and gloats over he
prey.
The peculiar place she now holds in the interna
affairs OF Mexico, reminds us OF the balls within
balls carved in ivory by the Chinese and the creates
wonder is at the patience that brought about SO ne
culiar result; 1t has not been the operation o
months, butyears, and under the present government
we think that Mexico may be able to break, in part
these cutting trammels OF Brtains interference tina,
has so long fed upon her dearest interests, and
wormed itself, with nsidious subtlety, into the ge
MUS OF her institutions. We feel that all now de.
ponds upon the course that Gen. Paroles will take
upon this very deeply interesting and importan,
subject; and we also feel rejoiced that Mexico has
the glory, at least, of one bloodess revolution That
English influence, sooner or later, will drive
Mexico into much trouble and contention we
cannot doubt, as the prccedents are like the
leaves of the forest where she entered coun-
tries as their protector, and left them only when
subjected The southern departments have not
the glorious influence of free insttutons-such as
the United States-proxlmating to their borders.
and the influence will be slower progressing through
them; but the illgovernment that they have re-
ceived at the hands Of their military and mercenary
commandments, or governors, under Santa Anna and
Herrera, will never be forgotten; and if Paroles
does not fulfil, manfully, and with glory, his high
destiny, the result will be as follows.
The northern departments of Mexico, for the last
eight years, have been probably, the scenes of as
terrible anarchy, and confusion, and bloodshed, as
this new world has ever seen. Whole families have
been murdered and massacred by the hordes of the
APahe Indians-those Bedouins of North America,
whose merciless hearts glory in plumber and murder,
and gloat over ruined and destroyed homes: and
petitions, prayers, entreates and appeals have been
made to the central government by the citizens of
these departments, in vain I'LL their love has been
turned to bitterness, and their loyalty to hate and
now they long to stand forth free and independent
States-the central government. by their actions,
having assured them that they have as much as
they can do in the creating of revolutions and the
making OF Presidents, without attending to the
redress of their evils the listening to their grev-
ances. And, like Scott's Rob Roy, these depart
ments have sworn solemn oath against the central
government" that they shall hear OF their ven
geance, who scorned to listen to the story of their
wrongs They that spit upon the grovelling worm
and trod upon it, will cry and howl when they see
the face of the flying and fiery-mouthed dragon
And that retribuon is perhaps just as the defence
of life is the first law of nature as the guarantee of
the personal security of Mexican is not worth the
snap Of ones finger. Chihuahua, Sonora, Nuevo
Leon, Tamaulipas, Nuevo Mexico, and the Califor-
Mas, must soon be completely estranged from
the central government the first object
OF their consolidation has been defeated
l. e., mutual protection not the shadow of it have
they ever fet and even when they have been smart
ing under the atrocities committed by the Cumanche
Indians, the central government sent messages of
peace to these savages who after they made treaties
that were like the pie crusts of Yankeedom,
considered them fit only to be broken. The abuse
that the Spaniards have received from England,
since the days ofthe Armada have given their de-
scendants nsauvais gotite tor the Anglo-Saxons-
and the aristocrats OF the whole Of the republic hold
them in adherence. Yet we think the feeling was
wearing away towards the citizens of the United
States, until the colonization of Texas, when 1t was
partially revived and that rather than suffer more
these northern departments will mplore the protec-
ton OF the United States asthe surest means of pro-
tecting their lives and their property
We are expecting, by every mail, new and import
ant news from our private correspondent at Vera
Cruz, and from.' Fouche" the author of our prophe-
tic letters from Washington. Sach seems now to
-
standing the ignorance manifested by our contempt
raries upon this important and deeply interesting
subject we shall continue to ilumine our columns
with the latest and most accurate information frem
our able and competent correspondents