The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-03-07

M oulnOt says FRANCE the nfbt OF
the European POWERS TO recognise the independence
Of Texas, and TO enter into treaty OF commerce
and friendship with that republic, II Is due 10
our dignity that what we have solemnly recog-
Missed should be preserved and respected In spite
OF the rion-suscess of this negotiation, we sec
no reason to regret the part ASSUMED by the
two great European powers. They gave the United
States and the world signal proof Of their union IN
support OF those principles Of political justice and
modtraiio9 which can nowhere be violated with i'm
Punty. They protested against the assumptions of
the cabinet Of Washington, when II first affected TO
deal with the interests of its feeber neighbors en-
the American continent in the headstroDg and arbi-
trary spirit Of unlimited sovereignty And although
the pteseheoof an overw belming majority Of Amer.
lean citizens in the province Of Texas had in fact,
extrpsted crushed those parties in the new State
which might have maintained its independent exist
ence and therefore rendered our interference in their
tayor nugatory, the governments Of France and
England would have abandoned Mexico and all
America 10 the arrogant domination Of the Anglo
American demoetaey, II they had h9l consistently
opposed the annexation Of Texas. The time how
over, is now when the attention Of the govern
ments Of Europe must be directed to still more inn
portant events, which are already distinctly indi-
Gated by the pretensons of Mr.. Folks message and
the whole policy OF the United States towards their
Spanish neighbors. Gen. Cass's warlil1e speech in
Congress was answered by the cry " we must have
ment Of these designs nothing is wanting but oppor-
tunityi and, unhappily, the increasing decreptude
of the native government Of Mexico seems 10 prom
iss opportunities Of spoliation ample and imme-
date as the most insatable aggressor could desire.
The letters OF our correspondent in Mexico furnish
US with an accurate and lamsntable picture Of the
state OF the country. The attempt TO send small
detachment Of troops into the province of Cali
fornia has proved a miserable failure, and they
have not been able, for want Of money, to haye
the port Of Acapulco. The governor Of the prov
ince Of Sonora has pronounced against the feeble
government Of the republic; and every province
which 10 thus successfully detached from the con-
federation may be regarded as a morsel prepared
for the next meal Of the United States government
Finally, IL is not improbable that the next mails may
bring udings Of another revolution in the capita
and Herrera will probably sink before Paroles, at
the head Of the only body Of troops which still fol-
low the standard OF leader. In several parts Of
the country the Indians and mixed population have
avaled themselves Of his state Of complete anarchy
to commit acts Of violence and pilage and the Euro
pean capital invested in various undertakings in
Mexico lie, more than ever, in a situation Of great
peril From what quarter, then, can relief be look
ed fori BY what means are the principles Of gov
eminent to be restored in Mexico' Ii is clear 10
demonstration that such u state Of things now
witness is rapidly preparing the whole country for
sublugation, and, after having asserted their indie
pendence Of the court Of Madrid the provinces Of
New Spain lie PROSTATE at the feet Of the Congress
Of Washington There is but one solution OF the
difficulty. Mexico cannot remain as II is. IL must
either sink without struggle under the yoke of
neighboring republic, hostile and opposed to the
whole character Of its native population by race,
by religion, and by institutions, or il must seek by
strengthening It's connexion with Europe protec-
ton against the spirit Of territorial ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
and dominion which is eager TO establish a unyer-
sal sovereignty over the continent Of America
L..
but one form and one origin-the form, monarchi-
cal; the origin, Spanish. The results Of Mexican
independence are before the world. The people
Of Mexico cannot be insensible to. their own
ruin, however poweress they may be to avert
il. Under such circumstances, what would be
the effect Of the Temperance on the shores Of
America Of that flag Of Spain which was origi-
nally planted there by the great discoveries
and captains Of former ages, and which left indie
structble traces Of it's pristine authority in the
lonial descendants Of the Spanish people II would
be easy to accomplish the conquest Of Mexico at
the present moment with handful Of the troops
which form the garrison Of Cubs, in the days of
the aboriginal Mexican princes. Would il be i'm
practicable to accompany such an expedition with
political institutions fitted to the wants Of the Mex-
can people, and calculated to rescue them from the
peris which threaten their rational existence When
we threw out this suggestion some months ago,
we confess tina: 1t wore an heir Of romance, and
might be received with incredulity. But the more
the world has learned of the utter weakness Of Mex
leo and the UNREASONABLE designs of the United
States the more urgent has the case become, and
the more practicable the application Of the only
remedy which has been thought of. As far as
Spain herself is concerned, such enterprise
would not be unworthy of the man whose military
success and whose resolute character have already
restored much Of the lustre Of the Spanish mon
archy. In Mexico, prince Of the house Of Spain
bringing with him moderate force to restore order
to the country, and the guarantees Of constitution
al government for the protection of its liberties
would be hailed with enthusiasm by considerable
party and would confer inestimable benefits on the
people, whilst he would re-establish natural and
sautary connexion with the maritime and constitu-
tional powers Of Europe. Among the cognate suit
ors of Queen Isabella, it would not be difficult to
point out the very individual best fitted for such an
enterprise by his personal qualities and his liberal
timents. And if the pretensons Of the United States
were thwarted by measure with which they have
not the most distant right to interfere, they GER
tainly not in condition to oppose the united poll
cy Of the European powers, when its sole object
would be to preserve national government in New
SPAIN and to repair the disastrous effects Of abortive
revolutions upon the provinces which were once an
nexed to the Spanish crown"
England, in her signal discontinue in the Texas
affair, sees "no reason to regret the part assumed
by the two great European powers" The sensa-
ton produced in France by the interference of Nj.
Guizot-a sensation which he cannot q minister
survive has no terrors for the British eye. Is she
nsidously appealing to the preudioes of the large
powers and puny states Of Europes-and is she
really attempting to make common cause against
US, on account of the progress which liberal prnci
pies are making throughout Chris,endom' If she
has any such design as is indicated by the London
Times, she vainly imagines that we will suffer our
selves to be surrounded by monarchies, without
daring to make opposition. lfa monarchy can be
raised on this continent, and in our own neghbor-
hood, upon the NUNS Of republic in one instance,
by the concerted action of the governments of Eu-
rope, what security is there for heightened dura-
ton of this republc' If the conquest Of Mexico
can be effected with the "handfu of troops which
form the garrison of Cuba" end prince of the
house of Spain placed upon ''throne," under
the "united policy Of the European powers" what
assurance have the United States that their conquest
will not be attempted by the handful of troops in
Canada (ah how idly attempted y and an English