The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-07-08

laid before our readers very curious letter from
our correspondent in the city Of Mexico, and
compaDying translation of the Sloo contract for tho
TehuaDtepec right Of way.
The letter of our correspondent confirms our pre-
yous impressions, Of the interference Of British emis
saries against the interests of the United States in
Mexico But upon one point our correspondent must
be mistaken. The President of the United States
has no such amount Of money as two millions Of dol
lars to pay over, for any purpose, without FIRST OBJ
tanning authority from Congress. lie could, there
fore, have made such promise as two millions Of
dollars to Arista, upon striking the effective blow Of
o coup defat. No doubt a coup detat has been pro-
jeoted, and we are well satisfied that our cabinet
has been lately engaged in a very important cor
reepondence, through Mr.. Letcher, with the Next
can government, in respect to the Tehuante-
pee right of way and the eleventh article Of the
treaty Of Gaudaloupe Hidalgo. But we expect
that our government has made ne promises, and
has received or listened to no overtures for coup
d'etat by President Arista. If we agree to pay
to the government Of Arista several millions of dol
lars fos the Tehuantepec route, and the expunging
Of the eleventh article Of the treaty Of peace,
it is for these equivalents. Whatever Arista may
contemplate doing with the money is his own
affair. If he thinks proper to proclaim ~ dicta
torship, he is welcome to do so; but it is not
a matter of negotiation with the government Of
the United States, in advance of the experiment
After the experiment is made, should there be
any oficfoas intermeddling with the new govern
ment by the agents Of Great Britain any other
foreign power then it will be proper and necessary
for government to intervene, to enforce the doc
trine Of foreign non Intervention Ultimately, the
entire republic Of Mexico fall under the general
supervision Of the government at Washington, OF
that of England. All our negotiations should be
conducted with vigilanu eye to Of these alter
natives OF the other.
For the present, We presume, Mr.. Webster has
his hands quite full with Tehuantepec, the eleventh
article Of the treaty, and the affairs of Central
America, TO say nothing of the Gardiner claim, which
is very curious thing, remarkably curious and
ramifed. Mr. Webster ought not TO resign till oil
these matters are settled, Gardiner claim and ali
But the government of Arista hangs upon slender
thread and short of coup d'etat. or a revolution
it is not likely anything definite be done in re-
ference to pending negotiations. We give the Sloo
contract for what it is worth but without some
equivalent in ready cash. we presume the Mexican
government does not intend to grant to any company
the Tehuantepec right Of way. Mr. Letcher is or
the right track. little hard cash will be required
to settle the question in the end.
THE PAPERS OF Mr.. CLAY.-We see it stated
that the diplomatic and other papers of Mr.. Clay
have been left with ono of his friends for publica
ton. This, we presume, alludes to the papers pre-
pared by him while Secretary of State, in the form
of instructions and correspondence with American
ministers in foreign countries also his correspon
dence with foreign ambassadors to- the United
States.
Mr.. Clay never was in the practice Of keeping
copies of his speeches for preservation, with view
to publication; consequently, complete collection
exists; and many Of his best speeches in Congress
we believe, were not reported, particularly those
the Missouri Compromise question. The best col.
lection Of his speeches was affixed to his life, Sc
called Mallorys edition, and published in this city
in 1914, in two handsome volumes. The speeches
eighty in number, collected, and preface writ
ten to each by Mr.. Edwin Williams, compiler of the
Messages of the Presidents of the United States
sc. Mr.. Clay was much pleased with the manner
in which the work done, and expressed surprise
pit the extent of the collection.
We published in the HERALD of Wednesday, (ths
day after Mr.. Clay's death,) the most complete
sketch Of his political life which has yet appeared
in the papers.