The New era. [volume] ([Portsmouth, Va.]) 1845-1847, 1847-01-23
From the Washington Union.
OPINIONS IN MEXICO OF THE WAR
CANAL THROUGH THE iSTHMUS
Erfract IF litter from correspondent in
Cube, TO gentleman in his eta

EIfraot IF letter from a correspondent in
Cuba, TO gentleman IN THIS eta
CuBA Jan 6. 1916
DEAR SIR: wish half dozen of The mem
hers ot y"ur House were here To hear what il said
at The war This is tie rendezvous uf Mpxicans.
ana all ih"se coming from their roast bound 10
Europe. and mure can he learned in week of tho
state o' sentiment in Mexico than we would get
at in month in the United States The basis
ut their obstlnscy is perceprble here. and several
ut those hest able I" Judge have repeated The same
| thing The Mexican leaders think the federal
isis will sooner or later compel YOU to slacken
h0stli'ies. They rely on the avnv ed opposition
'" tnr'her acquisition at southern territory fnr The
hnal evacuation of the Country west of the Rio
Gfande. This is a truth which yuu mus, he
here. IN The very focus of Mexican opinion. 10
know They put great stress upon the power of
'he congress elert tn return them the Tertiary
which we have conquered
When ! last saw you. I had n word To saw ia
Won about the passage across the isihmns of
| Iehnanilrec. and my opinInns a re confirmed by
| s"he excellent authorities from Tobasco and
fncatan. hesldes the confirmation of our own off
GERS Look al the map of Mexico and see the
river Huasacualco, and the facility with which
y"n get To the lnierinr. small Steamboat would
penetrate Ia the high rolling country, and at the
mouth ni that river is of the deepest hart
on tina, coast. The Country is thinly settled by
a quiet sor, of Indian population. and line of
posts across the sthmns would effrctualy dis
member Mexico, nv cutting n(f from the ca pi,al
The power In control Yucatan. rnhasro Chiapas
and Fragments OF Oaxica and Vera Cruz. and
secure the regular and certain transmission of the
mail, by means of military escorts, To the Pacific
cannot tell yon. in qnire of paper. the net
work ni state rights, cenIIalsm, and federalism.
which Is alternating the population of that section
OF Mexico from the ronfederacv. Some very in
/ iaIlI r
condemn the course of the United States hut are
not over anxious 10 furnish money to a horde of
ambitious generals and believe that this war will
be ruinons Ia their sectional Interests and under
the c"ver OF military severance, would declare
Their independence Immediately, and cede 10 the
| United States the right of way along the bounda
ry which this severance would create | have
| ms information from a reliable source hut, in
regard to Mexico, it is difficult To he sure of any
! 'hing, and when you are sure, that il will stav
Cuba is not so beautifully picturesque as
Jamaica. To my taste al least. But from ills size
! situation, and resources, II is the queen of our
| American islands. as il is undoubtedly The bright
est gem of The Spanish diadem and shackled as
1t is by colonial restriction solely imposed to in
crease Inc revenue of Spain. IL produces enormous
wealth have no statistics at command and il
| Is n"i the custom To publish exact statements OF
the amount and manner of the ex penditure for the
island government; yet from the legion of fInc
iI"narIes. civil and military. which swarm like
l"cnSts everywhere, all of whom are paid from
| The island. (hesides sending across the Atlantic
SIX millions To the royal lreasury.) it is evident
thai the cost of supporting the domestic admins
tratIon, greatly exceeds that of any two States in
our unlon. ! expected I" find the Cuheans with
all their sympaIhles on The side of Mpxicn, rirht
"r wrong. by virtue of c"nmun descent. lanUuane
and habits Of thought nat it strikes me, lhey
ire very impartial the subject
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