The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-05-21
GALvIENSIs.


WAsHIseroS, May H. ls47.
The War with MsrcO-7Ae Proposition of the Milita.
~ -7nneratiOn Of that Country Briefly Ezamined
and the necessary Contingencies of this Scheme fairy
Considsrsd-RespeeUutiy Dedicated TO the .adminis.
tration though h does not dream of the Project
proposition has been started recommending the oc
cupaton Of the entire Mexican territory as depend
sney not an independently of the republic of tho Uni
ted States We hold the project to be full of mischief
and incongruties The following questions will stamp
the scheme as utterly preposterous
l. Shall Mexico be slave free territory
= Shall it be divided into States on Its re annex
to the United States
Shall its debt, foreign and internal of 900
be paid by the United States
L. Is all this consistent with the constitution Of tho
United States, aud If so, is not the sthmus of Daren
the proper boundary and not the line of Guatemala
g. Win not this line necessarily embrace, from their
being embraced within the Gulf all the West lndia
Islands, including Hayt?
o. win not these Islands fall the lot Of the South
and its peculiar institution" including Hayt San
Domingo as slave State for where would be the secu-
rty of the slaves Of Cuba, If Hayt were den OF the
L. Does not this scheme, therefore, Of remuneration
in addition the Wimot provso, naturally and Of
cessity involve the contingencies of u with the
black republic of Hayti the government of Spain. the
government Of Great Britain, and one or two little
islands of the Dutch
And We of that hopeful class of political pro-
pagandists who believe that the " Mortimer - of the
United states destined TO oyerrun the North Ameri
OF Europe that continent leaving the southern
borders desolate than they found them and entail
ing ases OF bioodshed and barDarism upon them. We
believe more IN Tue progress OF the arts of civilization
than in the occupation Of and con tnuous terri
tories by force of thirteen ZACH bsb shells We hold
that this war, II diverted to the remuneration of all
Mexico by right of conquest will be short of
the re-occupaton OF Guatemala and all the West India
islands and IN the event of the armed reoccupation of
all this diversity of territories for the purpose of an ex
tended commerce in the Pacific win not be absolutely
necessary to seize upon the Sandwich the half
mercal marine especially with the continental shi
nal from Hussacuaco across tia continent TO Tehuane-
pec Evidently, sef-evdently. this must be So
Well then what will avail your binding iron bands of
rairoa IS your electrical bonds of social harmony your
indvisbity OF nationality Of language character and
customs OF people, with the annexation of
vast scope OF dependencies dissmar in languages
habits aud nttiouailty conceding that your Thirteen
inen shells will III accomplish all these acqusi-
tons what wii ali your improvements in the and
sciences, and ia CIVILIZATION and itical advancement
avail you?
We have the answer ut hand 1t includes a chain of
consequences and consumption Of gunpowder that
wal drain the magazines OF the continsntau amount oi
boodsusd that viii check the established ratio of popu
laton for centures-a VAR OF exte imitation which will
rsuder your AiIic al Colonization societies humbug
IL Is the old storyit the old wolf-but
animal will with these ultimate contingencies, be h
grodnr. la one prophetic word when experience has
Taught the most casual observer to be prophetic the
bgsunng- sir the beginning Of the end OF these
things will De the dir olutlou OF the Unionp We
quote the expression because not the author
IT, but we stand Responsible Tor It's application here
The dspass.outte roader-the OF sense and
sober udgmeu-the believer ia the integrity of this
government of ours the man not yet initiated tn,
rapid transition of great events in ines. latter uy. NAV
LOOK AL this the widest aud la blp
chain of speculation but he who has adapted IN mea
sure his train Of thought to the startling Ell tun
which steam and electricity have impaired 20 the po
cal movements of the ngs viii ut endorse all thai
we nave advanced but an Arrangement i'll anticipa
ton, into BRIEF chapter, ~ The volume
IL TO oil up the v"d Of the iithis project o tn
absorption oi aexico, 10y right vi conquest,
out.
No, sir, let us have a boundary with Mexico Let u,
pause IA moment Let us maintain the independence OF
our neighbor, and the neighborng republics let
hold to the faith OF with the monarchies
Europe while longer Let us be rather yet awhile the
guardian OF rights, than the usurpers OF the
rights of others Let not take up the trail of the
Fandals until at least assured that the Huns
Visi-Goths will not fail upon rear Let us first
like Gen Scott make all in the before we ad
vance upon the enemy front While the very terror
or our name Is surety for fair expansion let
least be decent in the absorption Of neghbors pos
fui