The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-07-07

policy thsn they did themselves From being the lead
or Of clique he has become the leader Of a nation
He has undertaken the function Of representing the
national mind, and thus rejecting the popular dspo-
sition, he 10 popular the looking glass Were
there national poll for the Office Of prime minis or,
II the man returned would be Robert Peel There
must be something rotten In the thing called party
which can force from office the very man whom the
country would choose, at The very height OF his pop
clarity and power. But though elected from ONCE,
he wfl not be elected from power. His own abil-
ties are great His inherent strength WINS
never 80 free, never perfectly al his own eoui-
mand since he is quite eInancipated from party
trammels. In that respect his position Is without
precedent His alliances arc broken; he takes up
nov ground without obligations, without RESTRAINTS
except the necessities Involved IN his newly
popularity a.. .,.,a.s ~, -. .no.., hand
OF conservatives, properly 30 oaed--the picked msn
Of the party which he formed, which has been dis
solved, and which has now deposited It's essential
element around the nucleus that he furnishes IN his
own person. Those men are not mere servle fol-
lowers, swearing by Peel idol; they arc, like
himself, men brought up among tories, who have
undergone the process Of deliberate conversion
that has altered him; they are many lesser Peels
Ia class Of whom he Is the type and therefore the
leader. These men include among their number the
most able, intelligent, and influential OF those who
now sit on the right hand Of the Speaker; nor are
their mere numbers contemplate. Pc ~. 4
.. "'.. - From the ~ Y. Courier and Enquirer
The Sun, with an ignorant illiberaiy peculiarly
its own, speaks ofths engagements as 'paltry skir-
mishes" aa-.G rg.L II nssti l-4.. va ....r- AL
The money article of the Times says that the funds
were not much affected by the news; they declined
a little at frst but soon rallied The fact that Mex
lean stock stood WE'LL rs explained by saying that
| IL Is held by thoso who can afford 70 wait. al
The Times in an elaborate article, sets forth The
laws concerning prisa,eerng, with view to inhu-
ence the procoedingp Of British subjects In the war
| between Mexico and the United Slstes. IL says
that there treaties at present between the two
countries having the force Of positive law, which
/ would prevent British subjects from becoming pr-
vaeers but certain principles have been recognised
which would dscountenaDce IL, although they would
| not Justify the infection Of death as q penalty All
such specuatioos will be discouraged, though doubt
less many will embark in them IL letters issued
| by the Mexican government ~ .....I .fa .... IA
4 A Tampico correspondent Of the Times, writing
under date of Anril %, says that the smuggling
trade will be carried on 10 an immense extent from
the United States, in those articles upon which very
high duties are levied. He adds upon this point:
Even now the populous towns OF Saulo and Mon
lerey, in the northern part Of the State, which have
hitherto been supplied from this place, have almost
ceased TO require goods and our correspondents
there tell us they get goods laid down at their
own doors for less than they could purchase them
in the port thus saving not only the heavy land
freight from Tampieo, but the internal duty,
\
forwarded to the interior incur. rr.'" gin. 49,.
The only possible course for this country to
adopt would be TO reduce her import duties to Is or
20 per cent, ad yalorem, and thus do away with
the nducement to smuggling but that she will new
| or do. E., H 100
! The following further passage from the same let
ter, is not without importance, especially consider
ing that it comes from hostile sources t..'.. y
notwithstanding the enthusiasm which the nss,-
papers make out to exist among all ranks OF the
Mexicans, have heard more than one proprietor OF
houses here calculate how much his properly would
be increased in value ifthe Americans pushed on TO
the Panuco; and more than one owner Of leagues of
rich land, now covered with impenetrable bushes,
and scarcely furnishing them subsistence, confess
that under The americans they ,oould be rich men
As those idea, gain strength, -Msrieo must either al
ter her system she ioiu lose the northern propiness.
With soil which produces tobacco spontaneously,
and which might supply the world with that article,
the culture is prohibited, except in circumscribed
district in the neighborhood of 0rizaba and Cordo-
va, where certain portion is licensed to be grown
for government monopoly, while in the rest Of the
country millions of acres Of the finest land are con-
demned to steriity which might be converted into
source Of national wealth.; while, on the other
hand, they sacrificing their and the whole
mass of the population 10 the encouragement Of man
ufactories Of cotton where with infinite pains they
produce indifferent article at about three times
the cost for which they gould procure it in England
The journal des Debats has brief article on the
war with Mexico, filed with its usual bitter hatred
of this country, and evncing more than is usual L.
norance of facts. We make from it the following
extracts: T..
"On the Oregon question Mr.. Polk has shown
the most incorporate zeal, but he has not, nor will
he, be able TO succeed in this. The United States
will always have the larger portion Of this territory.
But in this quarter Of the New World, the predom-
inant principle of Mr. Folks Policy-viz: that Eu.
rope is henceforth nerdicted from creating any new
| establishment in America-w not be recognised
and Mr.. Pc X and his friends no longer deceive
themselves this point. To repair the check they
have received in this question, they now turn to-
wards Mexico which offers them a richer prey. II
is easy to behold, that whatever loss the Americans
might have been subject to in the Oregon question,
they would be more richly compensated in war
with Mexico. For when-the United States had de.
feated the Mexicans, and forced them to demand a
peace il is not to be doubted but that the Americans
would require province to be coded to them, under
pretext of an indemnity for the expense of the
war. The Americans might depand the cession of
California to the Union. There they would find
mines, and vast lands to cultivate, and what is still
better an admirable maritime position in the Pacific
ocean," as ..-... .r.'.T .. ... q.
France.
> Private correspondence of the European Timesl
u '.' PANS, June Is, 1876.
: The Journal des Debats has lately published re-
markabe article on the state OF affairs between Mex
leo and the United States. 1t thinks that Mexico is
Totally unable to resist the United States, and that
the will result in It's ACKNOWLEDGMENT thinks,
too that the United States viii endeavor to serze
the CALIFORNIA; TO make up for what they will be
obliged to lose in Oregon, and 1t says that the Cali
fornas are infinitely more valuable than that barren
r territory. The EPoqpe, the recognised organ off
Guizot minister for foreign affairs has also had
very long and carefully written article on the pend
ing dispute between the two great republics Of North
America. This article points out the necessity Of
France and England interfering in the matter, in
order TO bring about reconciliation and to protect
! Mexico. 1t alleges that France has interests sufh-
GENTLY vast in Mexico to warrant such interference
; Indeed, for my part, entertain MOI the slightest
doubt that the French government will be prepared,
against her great neighbour NJ Guizot declared from
the tribune on two occasions that it was of vast i'm
portance to France that the United States should
not seize Mexico, nor the English race absorb the