The daily union., 1846-10-24

Califoruia-this and nought less. IL has already
Amercsnized il for tho transfer. Practically speak
ing, Il has got It's consent for the annexation But,
besides this, America 10 IN a position independent
of any positive movement ON the part OF the Callfor-
nan immigrants, to insist upon the cession of some
portion Of the Mexican territory Her successes IN
war admit this or il not her absolute successes at
least the weakness and distractions OF Mexico, She
has no notion Of having fought for nothingi and IN
what can Mexico pay but in the cesslon Of some
portion Of its semi-eivllized and ungoyerned do
MAIN With what less than territorial acquisition
can an American statesman satisfy an American
constituency
We insist upon the extent 10 which America has
committed herself To the annexation Of California.
We have inferred less from the events ofthe pres
war, than from the previous relations of the two
countries. IL is only by bearing this in mind that
can truly appreciate the position Of America her
self BE her statesmen pure as light, be their views
honest as the day, there is pressure upon them IN
the matter Of California. The nation has made up
It's mind for robbery, and will stand no squeamBh'
ness on the part of lis Executive. II California be
abandoned for the present, il will only be reserved
for the equally certain bat more gradual operations
of annexation during a time Of peace.
But we contemplate no such squeamlshness as we
have suggested. The desire Of the people is the
measure Of the conscience Of men like MIR Polk.
As far as the three parties Of the people, the Presi
dent, and propagandiss concerned, all that can
be foreseen Is unanmity.
From the London Spectator
War CAN BE DONE FOR MExcol-lt is high
time that we in England should take into serious
consideration the question, What can be done TO
save the miserable and impotent republic Of Mexico
from extinction an independent natoni Apart
from all the problemstca evil consequences Of its
absorption into the United States and they mo-
men tous-the fate Of Mexico has immediate
practical importance for oil classes Of men in this
country, being inseparably identified with that Of
vast amount Of British capital. Expunge Mexico
from the list of nations and with the same blow you
put out the fires on thousands Of English hesrths
Already we have suffered enough by the waste and
decay OF the wealth we have invested in that
try; the annhiation Of what remains would scatter
bankruptcy among our merchants, paralyze our in
dustry, disorder all the functions Of our national
life, and spread starvation among our working
classes. And this is the conclusion to which events
are tending in rapid and aecumusting food, that
must inevitably bear down all such himsy barriers
as Santa Anns's countrymen can set up against IT,
That the United States are bent on seizing the
whole Mexican territory is a fact they scarcely con-
descend To Disguise The manner in which they in
tend to effect their purpose is aSo apparent IL is the
same as that by which they have already secured
Texas the same piratical system as that by which
they had begun to possess themselves Of LOUISIANA
before they had the opportunity Of acquiring t In
the more legitimate way Of purchase. The present
petty warfare they wsging on the frontier is but
but the precursor Of the real army Of inyasion-the
Squatter and back-woodsmRn, men 10 whom IL ia a
hereditary and inyncible instinct always to depart
from before the approach OF civilization, 10 avoid
every spot where law has become established, and
never TO feel themselves thoroughly at home
except on debateable ground. By men like
these, coming by twos and threes, then by
scores and hundreds, and finally in multiludeS
like cnrrlon birds TO the quarry, the northern
provinces Of the republic will be oveuun; and
al. Al. - =
territory is hled and mastered by these unprinc-
Piled and desperately energetic immigrants. Already
many OF the provinces have sho oVn a willing alac-
rity to meet the destiny they foresee from any
affection they bear to their eneroaching neighbors
but because they are weary OF anarchy, hopeless Of
relief from their own wrctehed nominal government
and eager to accede to the blessings Of law and order
from any power strong enough TO secure them.
Mexico must be tranquized, and her strength
consolidated by good and stable government or she
IL lost This has long been felt by her allies; and
they have even suggested az indirectly urged the
adoption OF the means that seemed to them most
likely to bring about The desired result. The pro-
posed panacea was the conversion Of the republic
into monarchy, the sceptre Of which shonld be
swayed by some European royal cadet. II is need
less to discuss the abstract merits Of this pan since
1t is mere hgment Of political speculation at pres
ent beyond the scope of any practical discussion.
There is but one way to save Mexico, and
that Is, to transfer fresh healthy blood into her
langald veins; to colonize portion Of her mngnf-
cent territory with people worthy TO occupy and
able to defend il. " Mexico were to mngle por-
ton ofthe Anglo-Saxon element with her popuIa-
tion she might venture TO cope with the moiety of
that indomitable that now threatens her exis-
tence. ln our paper, last week, on the project of
cutting ship canal through the great American
isthmus, we pointed out the admirable opportunity
now offered for peoplng the ishmus of Tehuante-
pee, and realizing the incalcuable natural advan-
tages of one of the eligible commercial sites on
the face of the globe. That majestic region, teem-
ing with boundess wealth, washed by two oceans,
traversed through half its breadth by navigable
river, which offers at it's mouth the finest harbor in
the Gulf of Mexico, may now be secured by Eng
lishmen. Will they refuse to accept a region
which was selected by the sagacous mind Of the
great conqueror Cortez to constitute his own pri-
vate domain lfso, the French will be delighted to
grasp the prize we disdain.