The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-12-18

republic in the hope Of attracting the attention Of
the government to the subject At length, the ad-
minstrston appears to have determined that our
political and commercial relations with that quarter
Of the American continent are entitled to some
consideration. Our minister. Mr.. Lstcher, has ar
rived at the Mexican capital Just in time 20 disco
yer that-from the bankruptcy Of the government,
from the revolutionary condition Of the various
miserable cliques and parties into which the couu
try is divided, and from the overwhelming indebt-
edness of the government and the industrial inter-
ests of the country to British capitalists 60
vernment, the people, and the country are in
fair way Of being turned over as q colony to Eng
land.
The late imperative demands of the British min
lister, Mr. Doyle, for payment of moneys due, which
Mexico, naturally one of the richest countries in
the world, has become too wretchedly poor to pay,
indicates the speedy foreclosure Of the English
mortgage, unless, by firm and judicious policy.
our government shall prevent the contamination of
this design. England has threatened that, unless
those debts due TO her subjects are paid, she will
blockade the Mexican ports. What would be the
natural consequences of such proceeding? What
could be its object but the subjugation Of
Mexico, by cutting of her revenues, absorb
ing her scsnty supplies and reducing her to
that last extremity of despair, a complete sur
render to the British government! The long
established colonial policy of England, that is,
her policy of acquiring new colonies, warrants no
other conclusion than this-that the designs of her
officials in Mexico look to the acquisition of that
country as another jewel to the British crswn. A
right to build a fert, or q trading house, or .
treaty of protection, is sufficient foothod for per-
manent occupation to England. The tenaoity Of
her grasp, whom she fastens upon desirable loca-
tion is strikingly illustrated in the Mosquito pro-
tectorats. After surendering her pretensions to
that country BY solemn treaty spulations with the
United States, and all her assumed rights to
occupy, fortify, oolonze or control in any way he
territories Of Central America, she remains In the
actual occupation and authority Is the sovereign Of
the soil. She fortihes the port Of Greytown BY .
vessel of war, and exscts her Illicit port charges Of
refractory American vessels at the cannons mouth.
The audscity with which she maintains these law
less usurpstions in Nicaragua, will justify the mos.
extreme conclusions respecting her designs upen
Mexico. IL Is tho part Of wisdom and Of sound
policy to act in this matter as if she had openly
avowed the intention Of selling the country, for tho
satisfaction Of its English creditors.
1t is surely high time for President Fillmore and
Mr.. Webster to proceed to active measures for
commencing the intrigues Of British agents in
Mexico The Tehuantepec contract with Don Jose
Garay & Co., which the Mexican government arc
now seeking to supersede by the cession of this
right Of way TO certain English contractors, WILL Of
course, receive the first attention Of MIR. Letcher;
and it is To be hoped that his instructions upon this
point are strong and conclusive. Nor should the
threatened English blockade, mere nation II act of
imprisonment for debt, be permitted with impu-
nifty by eur cabinet. Upon the principles Of fair
international policy, better arrangements for the
satisfaction Of English creditors than the closing of
the Mexican ports may be devised. The neighbor-
hood and the helplessness of Mexico demand our in
terposition against the threats of domineering
power to ohAstise coerce her against the policy
alike Of justice and discretion.
Such il the present abject, hopeless, and utterly
helpless condition Of Mexico, that she appears in
evitably doomed to fall under the jurisdiction OF
Great Britain or the protection Of the United
States. Frustrated, as she has been, by incessSnt
eyolutlons-harrsssed, she continues to be, BY
revolutionary plots and hordes Of leperoes and
banditti- cursed, as she lie, with the LATEST and
most beggsry population on the continent-ex-
hausted by famine and war--and, worse than ell,
plandered and demoralized by sponging priest
hood, who are debased, corrupt, and unscru-
other alternative is left 10 Mexico than to sur
render herself to the mercy Of England, or az
appeal to the protection Of our government, and
the reviving and health-giying influence Of In
sttutiohsl How else can the interest Of the sixty
millions due to her British creditors be paidl-what
other hope is there for the liquidation Of the prin
cipal in all time to come
President Arists is an able and clear headed
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states, and his experience in the late war have
made him practical man. His retention OF the
rens Of the government, in the midst Of cliques Of
revolutionary desperadoes and professional assas-
sins, prove him TO be Q courageous man. His
management Of the affairs of the republic, in their
present deplorable condition, is evidence Of his
capabilities and patriotic dispositions. But be de.
spars, a. we are informed, Of ever retaining
Mexico from her worse than savage degradation,
escept through the friendly assistance Of our go
verrment nd our people.
Now, what Is to become Of Mexico Is she TO be
transferred a a colony 10 England, with all the
great commercial advantages Of the Isthmus Of Te
huantepec, and her various ports on both oceans y
Is the British lion to guard the continent on the
south as well a. the Nerth, from the Atlantic TO
the Pacific; or, shall we give helping hand to our
neighbor in distressl The internal resources Of
Mexico have never been one-tenth part developed
Her extensive silver mines worked by the LATEST
teons, with the most bsrba-ou machinery; her
farmers cultivate the soil With Implements as crude
as those Of the sncien. or aodOrn Egyptians. Her
indigenous trees, valuable or the fine qualities Of
their timber; her capabilities for an immense ex-
port trade in cotton, tobacco, indigo, sugar, and
coffee, are al neglected. The republic, With seven
millions Of people for the last twenty years. is caps
bic Of supporting twenty millions. such the con-
dition, and such the capacities, Of Mexico.
The manifest destiny Of that country, sooner or
later Is annexation to the United states Of North
America Free soiiism will unlueationably resist
thn nnnsnrn hut N N fornshadoHed a. an inevita-