The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-03-25
Interesting from Mexico.


Cry OF MEXICO March /. 1852
AsI sojournng in this delightful capital for few
Gays ana nave become possessed Of some political items
ofpublic interest have concluded to put them upon
paper with the hope that they may not prove unac-
ceptabic to your readers At the present moment one
OF the most exciting topics agatng political circles here
the TehuaDtepec treaty. which. you aware has
been ratified by tho Senate Of the United States and
Is pending before the Mexican Congress- for liz
approval In my judgment this treaty is OF vast i'm
porance not only to the world at large but especially to
the United States hence the action of the Mexican Con-
gress upon will be looked to with much interest re-
greet TO state that. so far Judge from ruor
there is scarcely room for hope that the Mexican Con-
gress WIZ ra'y tne treaty Inc deposition to it is very
emphatic and decided and from present Indications the
friends Of the treaty in the two Houses will constsuc
very lineage minority, There are several causes
which have consprcd to produce this result In the
first place. there prevails here extraordinary and
unfounded prejudice against the United States which Is
most ndustrousy ostered by the representatives other
foreign governments. This prejudice may be traced
perhaps in great degree to the late war and the events
connected Herewith But there appears to be a settled
conviction with the Mexican people that the United
States only awaiting reasonable pretext to absorb
the whole Of Mexico into confederacy by the
Of annexation which was so successfully practsed in
the Of Texas The recent movements on the Rio
Grande have greatly strengthened this suspicion whilst
the Lopez expedition against Cuba has given additional
force to the dsa that graspng and ambitious
people seeking frivolous pretexts, extend our ter
rtory. The Teaantepec grant being held by Amer-
company the people here strongly suspect that it is
to be made the preex by the United States for getting
afoothold on Mexican territory which viii speedily rpen
into imaginary claim for further privileges Those
and other conspre TO render it extremely difficult
for minister hee to conduct negotiations with
suspicious peopl, the Mescans But there
other also which lie at the bottom of this
opposition. The clergy dissatisfied with the ad-
ministraton of Genera Arista, ard there Is q de-
cided hostility to him the part Of what is here
termed the Conservativ, party The opposition ia
seeking to PROSTATE the Administra non by means Of
the Tehuantepec treaty. to which General Arista
has a@ented and is understood to lie friendly. You
raJ therefore readily compr ,cnd the dnRcues which
Minister in I'll conduct OF this important
negotiation. But whatever be ACCOMPLISHED by I'M
tipg industry and skilf Diplomacy will be effected by
excellent Minister the Hon Robert p. Lstcher
wla maintains, in his ofcist relations here the
franS manly bearing which ,dcred him great fa-
yoritt at home.
understand aso from suthentc source. that the
agent appointed hy }he Government of the United States
to obtain testimony in this country touching the Gard
Slain has forwarded his report together with
rous dispositions aitb The contents of which you and
read will doubtless soon be made acquainted
Movements OF ssslvldunfs.
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