The national whig., 1847-06-14
The United States and Mexico,

Spain. "we believe that Mexico, is already vir-
tually bloued out Of the list Of independent ma
lions. What can be expected Of nation, dis
iracled by revolutions and contests for ephe-
neral power, when the enemy is at its gales,
and that no commonenemy, but one who aims
at nothing less than the destruction Of lis ma
,ionality? What can we expect of nation.
where the clergy-,he richest Catholic clergy
in the world refuse the smallest sacrifice in
favor OF the country. and prefer the precarious
possession Of worldly goods to the salvation
OF the land /?
''The army without resources. even without
iood-,he rickety politicians Of the capital con-
spring to overthrow the established order of
things-the clergy occupied in secreting their
valuables, and in exciting the fanalical oppo-
-iton Of the people against the sale Of their
properly, without considering whether the An
gloAmericans will appropriate it with less GER
emony-a great part Of the country occupied
by an army highly disciplined, composed Of
men whose energy is proverbial, and abun-
dainty supplied with every kind Of munitions:
what can result from all this? We look upon
the consequence as inevitable. Enthusiasm
will be reawakened in the United States. An
irresistible torrent Of volunteers will inundate
Mexico. And it will not be long before the
Eagle Of the Union will ligh, in triumph upon
The ancient of Montezuma.
Eve, as Spaniards, cannot but lament this
result The last remains Of the magni6cen,
work OF Herman Cortez are about TO disappear
and one OF the most brilliant pages Of our his
tory will be bound, so as TO speak in the vol
ume OF the stranger. Sorrowful effects Of rev
olulions! Of demagoguacal tendencies prema-
turely engrafled on nation without stamina
TO support the effects Of unholy ambition -
| Thirty years Of independence have not suf-
| feed TO make the Mexicans nation, notwith-
standing they have held in their hands the
richest elements that Providence ever placed
within reach Of the human family. And why
Because they have strayed from the proper
path; because they desired to form republic
with the materials fit only for monarchy !; be-
cause they converted, by simple decree, the
ignorant and oppressed Indians, the dregs of
the population. ignorant until then even
Of the language Of their lords, into free
citizens, possessing all the rights which a
free nation could give. We now behold, tho
too late, the unavoidable evils which this error
drew after it,
"And now, is II not permitted 10 ask what
the nations Of Europe think Of the indefinite
extension which the American Union is ac-
quiring, and which it carries forward with as
much safety as rapidly, sometimes by arms,
sometimes by money sometimes by emigration,
without ever appearing TO consider the moral-
ty Of the means which it employs? Will they
permit it to absorb, successfully, the whole con-
linent of America, and so form nation by the
side of which the most powerful states of Eu-
rope would appear as ridiculous pigmes g
Will they consent that it shall consolidate lis
conques,s, and make them the base Of opera
lions from which to invade in succession the
states of Central America, where are 10 be
found some of the most magnificent harbors
in the world? Willthey permi, it, without OBJ
slructon, TO reach the Isthmus of Panama
its golden dream--and thus yield to it one OF
the principal keys to the commerce Of the globe.
"Time alone can answer these questions
but the history Of the past affords US but little
comfort for the future. Within this century
the Union has acquired, successfully, the Flo
ridas, Louisiana, and Texas, and it is now
about to acquire the California and some Of the
richest provinces Of Mexico. Who shall fix
limits TO the power Of the active race which
peoples il? Let il once extend TO Panama,
and its might will be irresistible. II will hold
the dominion Of the seas it will monopolize
the commerce Of the whole earth. And when
the English language is spoken on all the shores
Of the Mrxican Gull, what human power will
be sufficient to prevent the Island Of Cuba and
the English Antilles from falling by their own
movement, and the impulses Of irresistible at
traction, into the arms open to receive them 2"
Whoever will take the trouble 10 read the
above ,hinkingly, says the N. O. Delta. will
aot fail TO discover that the editor of Ell Heratdo
is philosopher in his review Of the past, an
enlightened observer of the present, and, in all
human probability, true prophe; of the fu-
ture.
There is TO be grand rally OF the friends Of
the old Thunderer Of Buena.. Vista at Tippeca>
noe in Indiana, in the course of the summer.
The whole state will be there
4 . E
John Hazlett, the murderer Of a free negro |