The New York herald., 1851-07-01


matter
The court martial on General Talcott is pro-
ceeding at Washington. We are satisfed-no
matter what the result will be- as far as any tech
nical finding of the cOurt--that the General
will not be found guilty of any of the charges that
have been made against him, in the opinion Of the
public.
The Partition of Mexico-Annexation OF
Lower California or Sonora, or Both.
AS early as the beginning of January last, we re-
eeived information which warranted in saying
that scheme had been meditated for some time
previous by portion Of the adventurous spirits of
California, to organize an expedition, and proceed
70 Lower California with the view of assisting the
people Of that territory in declaring their indie
pendence of the Central Mexican government, and
afterwards in annexing that department to the
United States, in much the same manner that Texas
was annexed
We reeollect very we'll that the Express newspa-
per, of this city and probably some other journals
denounced our statement as a weak invention, and
unworthy of credit; but it seems, that nearly
ak months after published the fact of the inten
ton Of the invaders, that not only the Express, but
the same character, which they placed before
their readers yesterday in long editorial art-
cles The period that has elapsed between the ii ne
when we made this fact public, and the time when
the Express and the Tribune did the same is fair
criterion Of the character of those journals COM
pared with the Herad, as channels of and early
intelligence We published it six months ago, and
it appears that these papers got the information
IN feu cplv he TygItI ia
a matter Of uncertainty, at present, whether
the territory Of Lower California, or the de-
partment Of Sonora, is the meditlted theatre
of operations, and the Express talks as il
the whole of Mexico is destined to be overrun
by the Americans, and, in process Of time, annexed
to the United States piece by piece and department
after department. There is novelty in this idea,
for it has been laid down over and again in this
paper. The matter is perfectly clear. 1t is only
question Of time. The whole Of Mexico and Central
America, as well as the Canadas, the British West
Indies, Cuba, and the Sandwich Islands, must all
become parts and parcels Of the territory of the
United States. We cannot prevent it if we would
The gigantic increase and growth Of this country
know no limit, except the oceans on each side oft,
and the islands Of both the Pacific and the Atlantic
After acquiring these, perhaps may extend our
operations further.
The Movement 10 annex Lower California, or So.
nora or, perhaps, both, il not, however, confined
20 California Il has warm adv coates IN the South
srn Ma.es, and is more popular there than in Cali
fornia, especially among those .bo entert iin the
project Of establishing, at some future tune,
great Southern confederacy. The secessionists Of
The South have always contemplated, in their
sehemes and arrar uents, vast accession to the
Southern States-cspecially Of the cotton growing
portion of the Mexican rcpublic-so as TO enable
them 70 continue % hold monopoly of that great
staple in the markets Of The world This has en-
tered largely into their calculations, aud fortified
them iu the position which they have assumed to
ward. the Norlh-that, If thsirjust rights aud priv-
cs under tbe constitution, denied 70 them they
would rccedc and organize confederacy OF their
orn Who can estimate he agricultural wealth
ard mineral rcsources of confedcracy embracing
tho Southern states. joined v.ih Mexico, and such
additional territory a. they m gat acquire aud wao
can help perceiving that would be, in few years.
much greater and more powerful th m the Northern
and New England States could, under any circum.
stances. be BY themselves
This project Of parti ;ionng Mexico, and annex.
,rs either Sono-n or Lower California to the United
states, will undoubtedly be opposed by the presen:
administration. who have planted themselves on
he Compromise measures Of last Congress. u
.be subject we're for moment fayorably enter
,ained by them {. is easy to see that the slavery
agitation. with all ts didcultcs. its dangers and
prosp,,,ive horrors, would be Immediately re-
opened. ard form again dividing line between the
Northern and the southern states. The south
feel eharrincd and mortified because the Wilmot
rroviso was imposed On Mexico; and we venture TO
sav they will never again consent or be party
20 any arrangement by which that proviso shall
be attached to any territory south Of 20 30. This
need not be expected The question, however, in
ali rrebaLility. must be met and IL the parties
Who are engaged in this expedition oestir them
calves. and commence carrying their project into
.gsct. nothing can prevent it ON getting into the
Presidential election # lo52 This "ould upset
,be Compromise platform, for it would run like
-fasre in the South and would be popular m the
No,,b algo. The truth is, that the people OF this
.o,rtrv live as much in year as those OF other
.o,r,res do in half a century and the plattormor
,,o,,amme that. according 70 present appearances,
.onId do now for parry 10 enter the Presidential
..,,ss, mon. would be Of no service SIX months
- far. according to all probability, another
80. n ,birs, would exist and different platform
vould be necessary. The Compromse platform
nav do for the present but no one AN tell what
u.on,h a week. or even a day, may bring iorth IA
,his sxtraor,uary ever changing republic, whose
-, 4, iryesistibly leading on to some great
- rsieh the mind Of man cannot conceive.