The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-04-29

may s. attempted Dy the present admnistra-
- lion with the final ratification of
.S ~ :. c1oo a. -tract, if anything can be
done with either; but if no., NC "ass sIas
neither the Tehuantepec question wv Jul
frontier Indians will be wholly abandoneu.
But here the existing difficulty OF OF q ~AA' "a
jurisdiction over the frontier territories subject
- these Indian depredations il presented. Nor
do we know how else than by the purchase of a
considerable margin of the open country south
of the present boundary these Indians can be
reached by our troops. On the other hand.
the possession OF the soil would give us the
right to locate line of forts and stations of
mounted men and infantry across the continent,
through region Of country capable Of subsist-
ing them, and affording all the facilities for
quick communication with the various posts,
and the easy transportation Of artillery, arms,
provisions and munitions of war. As we are
now situated, our line of occupation along the
present boundary lies, through its whole extent
from Ell Paso to the mouth of the ella,
in the midst of desert mountains, afford
ing no supplies difficult Of access. and
utterly useless for the protection of the
open country some fifty miles to the south
ward. Good faith, according to the treaty.
has not been observed along the ella. It has
been unaccountably neglected by Congress for
there lies the fault of an inadequate military
force; but, CHARTERED in the labyrinth of the
ella mountains, an army of a hundred
thousand men would scarcely be competent to
prevent the Apaches from slipping through
their fingers.
Again the breadth Of open country to the
northward included within the line suggested
by Mr.. Davis is now worse than useless to
Mexico. After having been depopulated by the
Indians Of its white inhabitants the former oc-
cupy it, whence they are enabled to extend
their forays into the very heart of the Mexican
republic. The cession of this margin Of terri
tory to us would be an advantage to Mexico in
every view. 1t would give her another supply
Of ready money for her immediate and pressing
| necessities-it would relieve her people from
any further Indian disturbances, by giving her
a frontier guarded by United States troops and
lined by settlements Of enterprising and thrifty
Yankees-it would relieve her from the burdens
ofineffcient soldiers and other expenses incident
to her feeble resistance fthe llibusters and the
halfnaked Apaches-and, in cutting down her
territories to still narrower limits, her internal
resources of prosperity and defence would only
be the more consolidated. Surely, in ceding
tous, for good round sum, strip of country
which causes continual drain upon her treasu-
ry and her army and never-endng robberies and
massacres Of her people Mexico could not be the
loser.
On our side, the advantages Of such trans
fer are worth considering We should acquire
a fine region Of country, capable Of sustaining
heavy population; we should have the frontier
Indians under complete control we should give
relief and security to Mexico and in securing
the most available route for the Pacific Railroad
the cheapest and the shortest this side of Vera
Cruz-we should attain an object of paramount
consideration.
Would it not. therefore, be we'll if Gen. Pierce
and his cabinet were to try the experiment of
stretching our Mexican boundary little further
to the southwark for an equivalent in hard cash
Santa Anna. it is true, returns to power with
the most prodigious pledges to preserve intact
the integrity of the soil of his country from fur
ther entertainments; and there is suspicion of
connivance between the instruments Of Queen
Isabella and Louis Napoleon in the Dictator's
return-there is even ground for distrusting his
design to be the restoration Of Mexico to SPAIN
but still he will reassume the functions of the
government with an empty treasury, and under
the most urgent necessities for money. In con
junction, therefore, with the Tehuantepec route
it might prove to be judicious and wise on the
part of Our cabinet to try the settlement of our
frontier Indian difficulties by the purchase Of
the margin Of territory we have indicated,
ranging from fifty to hundred miles or more
south of the present boundary.
We should like to see Santa Anna sounded
upon this question. Besides, his designs are
suspicious, time is precious. and of all the
countries in the world Mexico at this crisis is
the country that calls for the special vigilance
and protection of this administration and in
nothing is our saving interposition more per-
emptorily demanded than in the matter of the
frontier Indians. We must pay for their depre-
dations. past, present and future, annul the
treaty, Or extinguish their ravages in the pur-
chase and occupation of the land. Santa Anna
will want money. The land, worse than useless
to Mexico, would be useful to us. Let US buy
up the fllibustcrs revolutonists and Indians
along our southern frontiers, including the
French invaders Of Sonora. And wonderful
things may perhaps, be accomplished, if we slip
in before the British, French or Spanish, with
the offer of few millions Of ready cash to
Santa Anna. We commend this subject to the
administration.
CARAyAJAL.-This notorious fllbuster after
having been arrested q second time in Texas.
has been second time discharged, upon some
technicality Of the law which prevails along
the Rio Grandc. Wemay next expect to hear of
another descent by this enterprising gentleman