The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-08-18

~ Ia re.nysd II this ride sooner than We are
aware Tour seragocues, # 10th the great par
a.. NV. ed the ocrinss Of the apostle Of
American interye ito N Europe TO prevent inter-
ventiop. md have taught European nations, that
We regard there doctrines as good and Sound, when
applied 10 the continent Of Eure it is no wonder
that thor 81 ou5 impTove the lesson, and hold the
Same principles 20 equally good and sound when
spplisd 10 The continent Of America. Scarcely has
tho issionarv of mfc lief set his foot on European
SOIL hen We lear1-ss our readers have seen by the
last aIrivsls-thr, Eng and, France, and all the
other maritime powers OF Europe, arc about TO hold
for the purpose OF taking into cSnsids-
ration the Ireprety Of interfering in the political
affairs Of this continent, under the pretext of esta-
bisbir z the independence II Mexico, both finan-
eisng ano politically, so thit barrier may be
raised TO he aglr ssive spirit OF the United States
il the South" Our politicians and statesmen have
Threatened, in Buheome speeches and resolutions, TO
curb the aggressive spirit of ussia in Europe, and
now ~e ar nenaced with the rctort that martin
gale shall be put into mouth, to check our inso-
lence, and birdie cur passion for cncroachment and
extended dominion in the Soush. Tins is the
poisoned chalice commended 10 cur own ips.' Is
the good # Mex co the real ohect of hismeditated
crusade or is it \ mere cloak Under which 10 tame
American ride, and repress the indomitabs ener-
gies of our giant republic Let MS see. &
1t is trne that the Mexican people are in
very debloIable condition; but so they were be-
fore they became republic, and the reason
why they have not yet attained stabil-
ity, strength and consolidation, is that they
are only republic in name, and have not practical
ly realized tie blessings and advantages Of liberty
The evils that crushed Mexico to the earth, under
despotisnn, have lot been shaken Of under repub
lcan form Of government, but still press upon her
yias like incubus and . nightmare. If anur-
chy, dis rscton, weakness, and want Of to
carry On her government, have paraygea beth her
right arm and her left, and have crippled all her
limbs, thu fault does not lie in republican insitu-
tons, but in the o. stem Of foreign bonds, and tho
shaving operations of Jews, and those European 60
vernments under whose protection and ecunteEance
these ran sacticns are accomplished. It is this. to-
g.ther with the and monopoly of the clergy, WHO
are the possessors If tgothirds Of the soil, that
keeps her dcwn 1t is not likely, therefore, tsat
European statesmen and armies can minister
to her deep seated disease. Sac might well say TO
them, physicians, heal yourselves"
Under the example Of the United States. Mexico
condition, fse left to herself and tampersd
with by foreign quackery Her present ruin arises out
of bigoted religious notions inherited from old Spain
and from the ecclesiastical monopoly Of the soil
the very causes that PROSTATE most Of the
shaved nations of Europe Ireland is a remarkable
example. With fruitful soil and tine climate
with tremendous water power for manufactures
with great resources arising from mineral wealth,
and with harbors and soanen 90 we'll adjusted to
eommerce-the great mass OF her ne ople are, never
th.less, poor and miserable, half starved and hall
naked, and stepped to the lips IN ignorance. Why!
Because handful Of landlords monopolize the
soil, ard religions bigotry keeps the people
subject o the will of the clergy, preventing
their thinking and acting for themselves, or
uniting together, like men ana brothers, for the
regeneration Of their common country. The spirit
of Independence, aud the exercise Of all Inanly
thought. are crushed beneath tho iron hoof of civil
aId rel gious despotism. Mexico has resolved her
political independence, but has not yet achieved
her religious freedom, and she presents just such
picture Ireland would now exhibit if she had OBJ
tanned her political independence in 1913. The
outward form Ct government is Of little value to
people till they realize the inward life If Ireland
were swept of the Landlords, and the clergy, and
her poor people educated to know their rights,
there would soon be very different state Of things
Ii Mexico could shake oil the coil Of presly rule,
shatter the land monopoly into atoms, and thus
gain the true elements of evil and religious liberty
the republican form of government would soon
mould these elements into goodly fabric of free
dom and prosperity. But. till these radical evils
are rooted out by the gradual influence of the ex-
ample Of her neighbor, whom she has been taught
to respect, the fact Of her possessing repub-
lican form Of government cannot secure her peace
and happiness. Till she has found the materials of
freedom 10 work with, she will always be in the
same predcament as the Israeites when hey we're
required by Pharaoh to make brick without straw.
Why is the United States great, glorious, and
free % Because her people are not only delivered
from kings and emperors, potentates and nobility Of
every kind and from the tyranny of g lords of the
soil" but from the gripe of religious bgotry-the
worst kind Of bigotry-and from religious despot-
ism--the worst ind of despotism. There is re-
lgous ascendancy E any kind--all the scots are
balanced and held in equilibrium by the constitu-
ton, and there can be no interference between God
and the conscience. Though, is as free as the air
we breathe, and there is obstacle to The people
working out their own destiny. On the contrary,
in Mexico, though there is but one religion, it is
under the thrsldom Of the priests, who win not
tolerate any other or permit the healthy deyelope
ment and expansion of the human mind. Can
France and Englan aid and assist in raising such
a ruin to temple of freedom ! We are q great
nation in spite of the intervention of all European
powers, and the progress and Improvement of the
South American republics, Mexico included, must
spring from the same principles. In fact, the whole
region of South America must be cleared of all
European inteyentions, and all the old leaven Of
civil and religious despotism; and we hope the day
is not for distant when republic will be established
in the Brazi, and the bastard monarchy of Portugal
be driven to its den, the British be forced from La
Plata and the shocking farce Of an imperial dynasty
in Hayd be superseded by setting the negroes of
that beautiful climate TO the cultivation Of the soil,
spd the vast increase Of the sugar crop. Ii France