The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1846-06-27
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From he Richmond u hig

From he Richmond Uhig.
The .Ncr York Mirror, in vein Of peasan-
try, concealng a deep under-current of truth,
iorcshadows future events, in case of a sue
cessiul invasion of Mexico by large bodies of
American volunteors-many Of whom will be
mere Adventures, without the ties OF home,
kindred 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 pheasant land
into which they will be introduced. It re-
quiros, indeed, no ghost from the grave to pre-
dict the final result, which is playfully glanced
at IN the following article:
'The true meaning Of he term .1rDly d
Oecupaiion.'-The Morning News is in distress
and perplcxity as to the future movement Of
the President, and asks in despair, what next :
What is TO be done with the vast army Of 50,-
OO0,' 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 bark again; but is the lat
ter step necessary or desirablel Docs not
Mexico. the land Of the sun--where the naked
sky is better shelter than half the roofs Of
the black north, and where the least possible
digging produces the largest imaginable tortil-
lls--whcrc wives are faithful, and the men some
Of the best naturod fellows in the world--docs
not Mexico--not 10Th part peoPlodaor culti-
yatcd--offer many inducements TO a residence +!
Certainly it docs; ard OF the 40OQp, or 10000
gallant fellows who will go there an army of
occupation, not one in hundred will ever
cone back again, and they WON'T be shot ei'iicr'
Give a Yankee a foothold and IL il is worth
holding, he will keep il. His govoDnent will
never be able TO recall him, his General won't
want him when the war is over: he will siay,
dig. cultivate, get married and trade. He will
then rcvoulionize the land, and il will be in
possible not to annex him when he desires it
The whole present Mexican system is utterly
rotten. The land is uncultivaiod, commerce
there is none, one Of the finest cotton regions
in the world runs to waste, the people are IL
terally slaves to the landed proprietors, and ut
terly miserable; the different military desPo-
tisms one after the other are nuisanccs; the
mines Of the country arc already in the hands
Of foreigners the land is an inevitable prey TO
the FIRST conner, and Jonathan is the man. IL
might be wished that the MeEicans were a
stronger race with greater industry and the
power Of preserving an honorable nationality,
but wishes will avail nothing against taets.-
As surely as that the white man on this Allan
tic frontier was destined to be the successor OF
the Indian by superiority Of race, 90 sur,ly
must the vigor and industry Of the United
States succeed to the feeblenoss Of the present
native Of Mexico. As it is, the Yankee foot
bold in that region il neither feeble nor unfre-
queni The traveller from Vera Cruz to Mex
leo performs the journey in Troy coaches, and
the stone Of which the custom house at the
former ciiy'is huil', came from Quincy, Mas