Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1848-02-24

The establishment in Mexico OF monarchy OF any de-
scrptOn whatever, resting upon solid basis should be the
first object Of policy for that the instability
attached to The actual form Of ITS government brings win
Disadvantages for commerce. and ior our
people,"
He adds that if Mexico is to prevserve her repub-
can form of government, her incorporation into the
Union of the North would more favorable to
France than her existing condition. account Of the
development of commerce and all the guarantees OF
liberty, security, and Justice which his compatrIots
would enjoy and that England would lose, under
such an order of things, what France would gain.
Thus, though the ACKNOWLEDGMENT and absorption of
Mexico by the United States, regarded by NJ. de
Mofras preferable to the commercial monopoly and
the "species Of political sovereignty" he denomi
mates 1t, which England has exercised in that coun
try, the first object of France. according TO him,
should be q reconstruction of monarchy in Mexico,
with foreign prince the throne, and this prince
from some branch of the Bourbon family. The opin-
ions contained in this book are not put forth as the
mere specuations of private person. They are the
opinions of agent of the government the publica
ton is made by order of the king, and under the
Pces of his two chief ministers, and stated in the
title page do not mean TO hold the government OF
France responsible for all the opinions contained in
that work; but, believe that those | have
quoted, concerning as they do so grave subject as
the international relations of France with Mexico
and OF Mexico with the United States, would have
been put forth without modification under such high
official sanctions, if they had been viewed with posi-
tive distavor 1t appears TO me, that we are con-
strained TO them like the declaration of NJ. Gu
zot though certainly to very inferior extent pos
sesslng an official character, which we are not al
liberty wholly 10 disregard when consider the
one in connection with the other
And now, Sir. ask, do not these opinions and dec
laratIons, especially when we look TO the open and
direct interference with Great Britain and France, by
the force OF arms, in the domestic affairs of of
the South American republics within the last two
years, furnish Just ground of apprehension, if we
should retire from Mexico without treaty and as
enemies, that 1t might become theatre for the
else OF influence OF a most unfrendy character to
us! With the aid of the monarchical party in Mex
leo, would there not be danger that the avOwed de-
sign of establishing throne, might be realized
The chances of open nterposition unquestonably
diminished by the results Of the but am
strained 10 believe the chances of secret interference
increased by the avdity imputed for terrific
rial extension Ought not this danger to influence,
to some extent our conduct, at least far as to
dissnade US from abandoning, until better prospect
of a durable peace shall exist, the advantages we
have gained belligerents We know a great
majority of the Mexican people radically averse
to any other than a republican form of government
but we know, also, the proneness of people among
whom anarchy relgns triumphant, TO seek any refuge
which promises the restoration of tranquility and So
cIal order.
Mr.. President, any attempt by European power to
nerPose in the affairs of Mexico, either 10 establish
a monarchy, or to maintain, in the language of M.
Guizot, "the equilibrium of the great political forces
in America would be the signal for a far more
important In its consequences and inscrutabe In its
issues, than this We could not submit to such inter-
position if we would. The public opinion of the
country would compel us 10 resist it. We are COLI
mited by the most formal declarations first made by
President Monroe in 1929 and repeated by the pres
ent Chief Magistrate of the Union. We have pro-
tested, In the most solemn manner, against any fur
ther colonization BY European powers on this CONT
nent. We have protested against any interference in
the political concerns of the Independent states in this
hemisphere. protest, it is true, does not imply
that the ground 1t is to be maintained at all
hazards, and if necessary, by force of arms Great
Britain protested against the interference OF France
in the affairs of Spain in 1923 she has recent
y protested against the absorption of Cracow by Aus
tria violation of the political order of Europe
settled Vienna by the allied soveegns and against
the Montpenser marriage a violation OF the
treaty of Utrecht: but do not remember that in
either she did anything than to proclaim
the world her dissent from the acts against which she
entered her protest. 1t has always seemed 10 me to
be unwlse IN government TO put forth manifestoes
without being prepared to maintain them by acts to
make declarations of abstract principle until the &C.
casion has arrived for enforcing them. The declara-
tons of President having no power 10 make war
without vote of Congress, or to employ the
military force of the country except to defend our own
territory, is very different from the proestof
eign holding the issues of peace,and war in his own
hands. But the former may not be less effectual
when they are sustained, believe those of Pres-
dents Monroe and Polk are, in respect to European
interference the American continent, by und-
yded public opinion, though they may not have
received formal response from Congress. hold,
III ntar hat to
have referred should take place. resistance on our
part would inevitably follow, and should become
involved in controversies, of which could
foresee the end
Before quit this part of the subject, desire to
advert to some circumstances recently made public,
and, if true, indicating significantly the extent TO
which Great Britain is disposed to carry her other
croachments this continent, as in every other quar-
ter of the globe On the coast of Honduras, in Gen.
| trail America, commonly called the Mosquito coast,
there is a tribe OF Indians bearing the same name,
numbering but few hundred individuals, and iniab
iting some miserable villages in the neighborhood of
Cape Gracias a Dlos, near the fifteenth parallel of
north latitude. Several hundred miles south is the
river San Juan, running from Lake Nicaragua to the
Caribbean Sea- space of about two degrees of Ion
gitude, with the town of Nicaragua at its mouth,
and castle or fort about midway between the town
aud lake. The lake is only fifteen leagues from the
Pacific, and constitutes with the river San Juan one
of the proposed lines for ship canal across the
isthmus. Great Britain has recently laid claim to the
river San Juan and the town of Nicaragua, if she
has not actually taken possession of the latter have
seen communication from the British consul-general
at Guatemala asserting the independence of the Mos
qutos as u nation. have also seen a communica-
ton from the British consul at Bluefeld, the Mos
quito Shore asserting that "the Mosquito flag and
nation are under the special protection of the
of Great Britain and that "the limits which the
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