The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1846-06-27
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From the Richmond Wing,
The Nsp York Mirror, in a vein Of p%leasan-
try, concealing a deep under-current OF truth,
ioreshadaws future events, in case OF a sue
cessful invasion of Mexico by largo bodies OF
American volunteers-many Of whom will be
mere adventurers, without the ties OF home,
bdred or interest to draw them back, and
who will be strongly tempted, therefore, even
in the event Of the restoration Of peace, to be-
come permanent settlers in the '~pleasant lapd'
into which they will be introduced. 1t re-
q~uires, indeed, no ghost from the grave to pre-
dict the final result, which is playfully glanced
at In the following article;
"7Ae true meaning Of the term Army Of
OecupGtion'-The Morning News is in distress
and perplexity as to the future movement Of
the President, and asksin despair, what next!
What is TO be done with the vast army Of 5O,-
OOO, for the maintenance OF which it speaks
Of the insignificant little sum- Of ten millions
as utterly contemplate. The sum certainly is
small enough if the army is to be carried to
Mexico and brought back again; but is the lat
ter step necessary or desirable? Does not
Mexico, the la nd Of the sun--where tue naked
sky is better shelter than half the roofs Of
tho black north, and where the least possible
digging produces the largest imaginable tortil'
Ias--where wivesa are faithful, and the men some
Of the best natured fellows in the world--doe'
-
not Mexico--not q 10th part peopled or cult
vated--ofer many inducements to a residence
Certainly it does; ard Of the 10000, or $1,000
gallant fellows who will go there as an army o
occupation, not one in a hundred will eve
come back again, and they won't be shot either
Give a Yankee a foothold and if 1t is wort
; holding, he will keep it. His government vii
never be able to recall him, his General won
, want him when the war is over: he will stay
dig, cultivate, get married and trade. He will
: then reyolutionize the land, and it will be i'm
: possible not to annex him when he desires it,
The whole present Mexican system is utterl
rotten. The land is uncultivated, commerc
there is none, one of the finest cotton region
4 Ill the WOTlu runs W WuStS1 wv PONplV Wy .
t~erally slaves to the landed prOprietors, and u,
terly miserable; the different military despc
tisms one after the other are nuisances; tn
mines Of the country are already in tho hand
of foreigners. 1.-The land is an inevitable preyt
the first conner, and Jonathan is the man.
might be wished that the Mexicans were
stronger race with greater industry and III
power Of preserving an honorable nationalit,
but wishes will avail nothing against iacts.-
AS surely as that the white man on this Altar
tic frontier was destined to Be the successor
/ the Indian by superiority Of race, 30 snrrl
must the vigor and industry Of the Unite
States succeed to the feebleness Of the preser
native Of Mexico. AS it is, the Yankee foo
!. hold in that region is neither feeble nor untr'
quent. The traveller from Vera Cruz TO Mes
leo performs the journey in Troy coaches, an
Y the stone Of which the custom house at n
N former city is built, came from Quincy, Ma