The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-01-01

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WASHINGTON, Dec. %, 1916.
C9adftionaad History Of Menico-Her Revolution
Afler tie bloody revolution, in which Mexico
enrst the letters OF the mother land, and stood be-
!Jre the world free from the despotsm of Arragon
ana Castile-lhe United States Were the first to ac
knowledge her liberties and proclaim her indeper
aence TIE crowned heads of Euro. oa,.a on
w ~ nous eyes, as they saw the links of their
e'hq'esls ana colonies, one by one, broken, and
''' consuhnate statesman, Canning-then Pre-
nls' 81 Engand-followed the example of the
oh'teo states, recognizing the freedom of Mexico.
as "a ofsetto the Holy Alliance. The government of
" heimoilc, naturally suspicious and Jealous ofthe
~ MISUNDERSTANDING well that they would use eyerv
neSs Ia ther power to recover their rich possessions
aha especially after the abortve expedition formed
az Guoi, winch was defeated so gaantlv AZ Tan
Pieo ny santa Anna, where he won his hr
iaule's-those that will endure Cor ever This exne
G,s'on = wen known as the last attempt made by
tae mother country to re.conquer her lost and
Wea'e'cst empire IN the New World After he
'dofe on this unfortunate effort the Spanlards were
Il, run, literally expelled from the republic and
ne peace and reposelo the country
ms last paragraph refers TO The resi-
dent Spaniards, who were the active and
sItetpr.slng miners, business men and CAPT.
were immediately supplied with English nm
ing companies, bankers and merchants, backed
oy inglish capital. Il seems that the knowing men
OF Inc British Empire had for wears been an the mn;
u'oe, ana tneir farseelng politicians had discovered
uhe inevitable consequence arising from the Meyi
can revolution, and they reoiced, with harpy's
10y, 70 see her torn from the arms of unhappy Spain
Her mlnes. her dsunion, and her glorious country
We're the subjects Of envy 10 the Island Oueann'
whose men and means were ready at the right time
10 take The places OF the banished Standards and
l..tlish loans 70 the government and thus did she
WIND her serpent,ne way the very bosom rs the
republic: On London Change at this time. every
description OF Mexican stocks, government bonds.
ana mining companies shares of every kind be-
came the rage. II was looked upon as the " El Do
Iaaon OF me word and, in truth, TO my thinking,
II is so-a country that has climate for every kind
OF production IN The worldthe grain and the fruits
OF the Noflh-al the products OF the tropical zone
and, In lis varying attitudes, we tiad wheat
rice, barley, maze, oats, sugar cane, rye ndipo
lax, silk cotton, hemp, tobacco peas beans. onions
ish potatoes, pianalns sweet potatoes, lettuce ra-
uistles, bananas, turnips, caulifowers cabbares
peanuts, apples, oranges, pears, chirimoya plums.
tainarlnds, grapes, dates lemons apricots lines
zapaters OF three different kinds, al gator pears.
cnrrans, sweet lines, raspberries, figs. strawber-
RES, olives, ounces, pomegranites, coffee cocoa
cocoa-nuts cochneal, vanilla And in timber pine
red white, pitch and yellow, oak, a dozen different
klnds,evergreen and deciduoHs ebony, MAPLE white
cedar, mahogany, mulberry, walnut rosewood mos
quito, red cedar, tepehuaJe, india rubber tustc log
wood, llgnumvlta And in minerals we find cold
SILVER, copper, ENC, lead, iron, salt springs soda
ntre, NC, Ne And have not enumerated hall the
advantages that are possessed for six glorious States
Ihere are cattle upon thousand hills" and thou
sands OF them too-and sheep unnumbered upon
wales OF eternal verdure. There are some hace,das
alone possessing one hundred and fifty thousand Of
yak
mate fit tor the gods which gives glimpse cher E,n
pereur, OF what honestly consider the sscf,si..
Land OF the new world But we will now pro-
coed with the "Calllornla Mortgage" as il is called
These loans were made, think, little prior,
or about the year 1925, and negotiated by the
Mexican Government In London, when Mexican
stocks were IN their finest odor. Afterwards, the
government. IN one OF Its straits, several years later
and when their stocks We're on the decline wished
to raise another loan, which was arranged with the
previous stockholders, by which they received a
pledge of the public lands in the CALIFORNIA;, Chihua
hua, Sonora and Tamauipas, for the old as well as
the new debts, as generous guarantee for
the payment OF the same. Now, even suppos-
Ing that this pledge be considered as a per-
feet title IN fee, (Which it certainly is not,) and
was applied solely and covered the whole of
the lands IN California belonging to the govern
ment, yet even then, this could in no way be con-
strued to vest in the individuals holding the pledges
or the government OF Great Britain the iaintest
right 10 the sovereignty OF the country ID is said
that these loans and interest unpaid amount to over
much exceeds this sum- and in the case of a trans
Ter OF California TO this government the rights OF the
bond-holders would be perfectly secure, and would,
without doubt, rise much in their value at home not.
withstanding the hue and cry about "repudiaton"
This IS a simple statement of facts, as under
stand them, and serves to show the style of English
diplomacy-the ou,-Metternichng Machiavei, en-
trey-and Santa Anna, feeling that his hand was IN
the lions mouth, was willing to coax him, till, by
coup de main, he could get II Thus he was &C
cused OF being too intimate with the English
which was too true-as during his administrations
their Shylock bargains amounted to many millions
OF dollars. Nor has the annexation of Texas given
the Mexican Government any higher opinion OF
Engand's Influence, where she cannot draw the
purses strings OF naton~. Capt. Elliott did not find
the free people of Texas Chinese-ish at all-(the
latter nation had no battle of New Orleans to think
of-and the people OF Mexico, angry to think that
tor a moment they let England and France tickle
them into the acknowledging the independence OF
OF Texas. upon certain condltions--ior, in doing It,
! they
:" Let a maid that out maid
Never departed more"
\ The Government would have. | ain convinced il a
proper Minister had been sent equal to conduct
/ gotiations OF such delicate nature, acknow-
lodged the freedom OF Texas, and every thing would
have, ere this, been amicably settled, and will be
yet; and IN this respect, present Minister is Pc
culiarly well fitted for his task-his appointment be-
ing another evidence OF Mr.. Folks discrimination
~ every thing that relates TO our foreign affairs
shall. III my next letter. give YOU the reasons why
consider Gen Paroles the ruling spirit OF the Re-
public, and OF The abuses that the people received
under the last administraonoi the fearful lnse GU
rlty OF persons and properly and rights throughout
the country. as well as the why's and wheretores
that revolution must follow revolution, tll a
spiut cl reioim sweeps away forever the foot
Prints q tyranny from that glorious land-and
o. the results that VIII spring from the grand cere.
inonial OF the marriage Of Miss Mexico with Mr.
mted Siates-ihe former, the adopted and beauti
iul daughter OF DOR Mrs, Span and the latter the
lusiiesl son OF cid granny England The happy
couples silly old parents viii, after throwing every
obstacle n the way quarrel like cats and dogs al
The weddings YET, in most such cHses, the
marriage VIII be happy one-the honeymoon ever
70 be remelnbered--and millions Of fine healthy