The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-10-29
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Anslo-American--Anslo- Mexican and Franco
Spanish Affairs.
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THE SEIZURE OF CALIFORNIA.

by the exclusively American vey their press ascrbe
graphically announced, il naturally announced with
electrical isconsm peni, rid ric 10 message enough
for the pasn, wires New. had bee. il Meg
should say Great Yarmouth and Great Britain had beer
taken by one of vessels Of the United States
dron." Prodigious!
They came ten thousand strong,
And he was only ono.
But what was that to Jackson,
The British turned their backs on.
California big the British islands, France apt
Spain, put together All this taken" in the twinklins
OF bowie knife by vessel of the United States squs
dron There has been thing like since Capt
Gullivers conquest Of the Kingdom Of Biefuscu.
We understand: therefore. the symbolical seizure O.
Monterey and California II Is not exactly that one YES
sci takes their entire extent that touching at one
point the Americans take fancy to take at leisure the
whole territory There 10 not much there to hinder
invdious comparison) take u &c, when nobody j. al
home They may take California in the same way for
ambition too impatient for its former prelimi
nary process. II took Texas by first peopng it-then
voting sss rio o. MEXICAN ripe 70,
in its gradaons. But there temper for
IL 10 passion for territorial immensely grasp
their own lie between The appetite grows by what i,
feeds aud is which never will set itself limits OF
amongst the States collision with some external force
equal TO its For that encounter Mexico has
given too many proofs Of feebeness The restored Pre-
sident himself restored by revolt in the presence
enemy-has, before now been the vsnqushed prisoner
Of few hundreds Of Texans and an amusing accoun,
gives in recent to that (ex republic OF tn,
Msxcans interview with the Texan President after the
battle Of San Jacinto
"santa Anna wa. conveyed without delay to the pre-.
sence Of General Houston, who, having been wounded
meath tree The Texan General rested upon rough
ket placed beneath him. this as his only couch
Santa Anna was led up to him. and boldly announced
de- RepSsea e.ssrsi :. s.
del ercito de operacione Upon this Introduction,
Houston politely requested his prisoner TO take
medicine chest TO this he consented but appearing
rather faint and not little agated the chest was open
cd for remedy for those complaints Having swaL
lowed considerable quantity of OPIUM the patient de
clared himself batter snd found words say to his cap
torYou we're born TO no ordinary destiny you have
conquered the Napoleon of the West!
Santa Anna whether BY design or otherwise address
his csptor by the title of General emitting the wor
re &C. ha 20 view o.
and authority i only looked at him, gentlemen said
the Texan President in his account Of the audience
looked at him once and he corrected the mistake il he
hadn't, you know, gentlemen should have closed the
scene !; meaning he should have at once signed hiA
Such is the style of these border wars and such
their Napoeons and wellingtons Six months back
rsrsdes overthrow Herrera from the Mexican Presidsn
cy, by grace OF military pronuncsmento and now, BY
the like agency, santa Anna overhrows Paredes The
popular Indignation against the aggressions of the Uni
been. failing to achieve much Of glory of safety
his country crime, which, considering the
ness Of his cSuntI, men will be probably shared BY hs
too constitutional has attempted to lead people thai
can only be driven to action Nobody has said this Of
of scrupulousncss whether regards personal scqus
ton, or public policy. However, the only programme
the Mexican people are for war then he viii be for
though personally he is inclined to peace"
this warfare either side. On the hand national
defence has excited zeal without energy Of action
dor Of acquisition without the immediate means II is
impossible to say what Mexican iecblesness may submit
70 surrender by treaty but General Tsylors exploits
the Rio Grande have been the only American glories
in the field.
From the London Globe, Sept a6l
What Commodore sloat, and two other American Off
simply to have been getting within hail of her. and tell
ing her to consider conquered We beg pardon
not conquered but starred and striped" destined to
form part and parcel OF the United States"
That California will become severed from Mexico, and
in sucent hume for ensbie there
can be no manner Of doubt.
Any tool of any kind
Can separate what never Joined.
Had the distance from England been less Unabridged
yet by canal RAILROAD the sthmus of Pans
maj We should ourselves have probably been in the
field territory might have been coded in lieu of pay
of Mexican debt and California instead Of Australia
New Zealand, might have trscted colonization. The
b. or
the modes Of rsnst above mentioned ably pointed
out ak or seven years in Mr. Forbes volume emit
The opening of = passage from the Atlantic to the
Pacific across the sthmus Of Panama. at more f.
vorabe point in that ne ghborhood by of canal
has long occupied the attention of the nautical and sci
entifc world and this enterprise should be
ied into effect the voyage from Europe to California
would be comparatively Short and emigrants would be
carried there.witn little expense Canada
If this shall be opened California will be
one OF the most interesting commercial situations in the
world it would that case be the point of
for all vessels engaged in the trade between Europe
Asia BY that route is nearly mis.voysge between
all naval supplies in the NEST ample abundance and
most probably would become mart for the interchange
Of the commodities of the three continents. No other
ton in the course Of this route would be in any way
equal to California"
These are views for the future, perhaps for the re-
mote future Their realization at any PERIOD howe
must be contingent on very different regimen from
any one OF Spanish origin, hitherto witnessed that
continent The singie-snip Commodore Sloat in his u
nexaon by reclamation, at all JUSTIFIED in
contrasting the comparative advantage which California
would derive even IRON the imperfect freedom Of tie
American tariff with present position under the self
contradictory shackles OF Mexico That republic, III
the other states OF similar origin has not had vigo in
eliigence enough for constituency in any Of the princi
pies absolutely essential Institutions and
world She has made parade Of freedom and peopled
prisons than did Spanish colonial sway pro-
essed encouragement Of commerce. while replacing
py new absurdities Of restriction Mr. MscgIegor, IN
his newly published valuable report the states OF
Mexlco, observes The commercial regulations and
custom house prohibitions aud duties Of the Spanish
American Republics have been characterized by barbs
Of commercs and finance The most sbsurd rsssrc,,on,
even upon internal rac, and the most preposerous at
ep to protect national industry. have been adopted
since the Independence Of those States az sudde My
and caprciously altered in form These regulations
and prohibitions, and duties have, like tho revolutions OF
those unfortunate countries, been suddenly or capri
ciously changed by every ruler always to the
great injury oil trade AMI commerce"
California has been almost isolated from Mexico a,
from the rest OF the world, under the sleepy regime
centuries Mr. Forbes observes, and the case 10 moi
altered since he wrote