The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-02-04


alone conduce to her salvation.
We shall not cease then, to recommend the ad0p-
ton Of good principles, rectude, dsinterestedness
and love Of truth all Of which perfectly consistent
with social conVenances, with industry and with
wealth. Neither materialism nor presumption, nor
wee, nor ffivoty are elements wherewith TO found
grea! and powerful nations such as we should desire
Mexico and Guatemala to be while our desire to
attain this object is heightened still more by the
want OF means and resources necessary therefor.
The Destinies or America. In = brazilian
Point OF View.
TRANSLATED from the Diario de Pernambucol
Among the diverse subjects which are open to
than that which the future destines of America pre-
sent to u.s. We do not mean to speak of the thirty
three United States merely but of the whole western
world-of the two continents, North and South. Ma
poleon once said in respect to Europe that within
half century she would be either republican or Cos
sack, and it appears to us to-day that she will be
neither of those two things. But how delineate or
conceive the destines OF American In its present
political condition, its immense territories resemble
tho 9 of Europe in the time of Charlemagne. They
are mperfectly settled by diverse population bar.
barous tribes degenerate races growing ass0cian0ns
and great cities From the North to the South.
everything in the country appears to be still in pro-
cess Of formation, incomplete and underlined. II we
except the limits within the British colonies and the
Union-and perhaps, we ought not even to make
this eXceptiOnwe see no frontiers, demarcatl0nS or
termin which can be considered as fixed and per-
manent between the Polar Seas and Cape Horn. The
future of the United States is and will be, uncer
tain that OF the European kingdoms was ten GEN.
turtles since. English, French, Russian, Spanish and
Portuguese all have their representatives in the
camp; but opposed to them is community more
complex and more powerful than the whole.
II the reader will cast his eye on map Of Ame-
RIGA, he will observe that both continents are found
clearly and distinctly parcelled among large and
small States but the truth is, that few Of these forma
tons or partitions promise to be permanent. Next
to the United States is the famous country Of Mexico
one Of the most beautiful territories Of the world
and 80 vast that previous to its recent losses was
five times larger than the Spanish peninsula. Even
at the present time, it comprises immense PROVINCES
Astounding with mineral and vegetable wealth, rich
in historic traditions, and possesses, through its
geographical position advantages such as no other
country does. But Mexico scarcely exists to-day.
even as name-no constitution or government can
be established, organized, or maintained in it-she
cannot perform any OF the functions OF State, nor
provide for single one of her political or external
necessities. It's radical anarchyis scarcely mitgated
by the sparseness and Incidence Of its population:
Its frontiers exist only on the map. The Indians OF
every tribe invade all points with impunity, and an
enemy still more to be dreaded than the Indians il
awaiting its inevitable dissolution which it is utterly
needless to Drecipitate.
After Mexico, comes chaos Of republics, which
are all assimiated by their origin, aspect and po-
stion and extend from the lsthmus up to Cape Horn.
These States are hardly recognized in Europe, save
with the fer0city Of canibals and worthy records OF
their arbarty hardly survive the memory of theirown
generation. TO enuinerate the provinces which oon-
stitute the confederation Of Colombia, would be q
manifestation Of pedantiy, and it would exceed our
limits, as well as expose us to ridcnle were we to
attempt to describe the policy and the relations and
aspect Of Peru, Bolivia, Chill, La Plata, the Banda
Oriental, and Paragua. The study of cotempora-
neous history furnishes with scarcely list OF the
murders, massacres, and revolutions among these
people, whose energies appear to be concentrated in
homicide, and whose acts ore altogether less To-
iA'able than those even Of the Sandwich islanders
ma
For such ccnmun...--, no Delmanency can De "a
tionally hoped; and in truth, it would be difficult
to say in what respect the matadores ofBuenos Aes
excel the savage natives Of Patagonia.
The eastern half of the southern continent is alb
s0rbed by the enormous empire Of Brazil-a State
possessing legitimate dynasty an ancient title an
established government and respectable population.
By its right and liberal treatment of the cOl0red
races 1t has neutalzed the worst Of all the elements
Of political evil and the sincerity which it shows in
the abolition OF the slave trade, is proof of its wise
policy and administrative power. But there is little
energy in the Brazilian character They certainly
are not given TO conquest-they are on the whole .
race which promises Duration and which is scattered
throughout the extent Of boundess territory nomi-
nally their own.
We see, therefore, three great divisions in Ameri-
ca-English- America, America par excellence, and
Brazil The second notwithstanding the acquisitions
which within the last ten years have doubled its ter
tory is not yet as large either of the other two;
and yet already this extraordinary State looks for
ward 10 universal dominion and extends its views OF
conquest over the two continents and the two
1t does not, necessarily, betray perturbation that
to the attention OF our readers the let
ter which we publish to-day from our American COR
respondent. confratcrnity has been instituted in
the Union under the name Of the Lone STAR for
the defined purpose of extending the influence power
and commerce of the United States to the western
hemisphere and to the islands of the Atlantic and
Pacific ocean. The pompous language in which the
object OF the society has been described in its public
ceremonias, is filter to excite rdcule than interest
Some allowance must be made for the exaggeratou
peculiar to all transatlantic things still, we believe
that the league in question really symbolizes senti
ment predominating in the Union, which, however,
has no legacy to enable it to furnish to the organza
ton resources Of which otherwise it is still in need
and with which, according to our correspondence
account, It Is not much troubled. So great indeed,
are the advances of the United States towards do
minion, that even the views of this extraordinary
society may be exceeded in audacity. Although
Texas and California not vet solidiy united into
the political edce Of the Union still the first step is
made towards the absorption Of Mexico. Moreover,
our Washington correspondent has announced dur.
ing the current week that Congress will not consent
to enter into any negotiation with the government Of
Mexico respecting the question of the Mexican ter
ritoTy OF the lsthmus Of Tehuantepec, whilst new
and more formidable expedition is openly preparing
against Cuba and pietensons are divulged with re-
spect to the Sandwich islands, almost without the
slightest reserve. Napoleon never occupied himself
more freely IN relation to Europe, than the United
states propose to do as to America; and the very
nation which, in the question Of the L0bos Islands,
exclaimed against the unreasOnableness of Peru in
laying claim to islands ut thirty five miles distance
from her coast not content with marking the Carrib
islands, carries its pretensons to the immense Pacific
and tries to extend its jurisdiction to thousand
leagues distance.
Whether the Union has or has not sufficient stabi
lily in itself to uphold it in these gigantic projects of
enlargement, is a question which admits of doubt;
but no one can deny that the disorganzation of the
American continent facilitates much the enterprise
Of conquering power. The States, though not pre-
ponderatng in the extent of their territory contain,
nevertheless. population immensely superior to the
other communities OF the two continents, not much
n numerical force as in energy and intelligence.
Up to the present time they have absorbed the emf
grants Of all races, without any sensible alteration Of
their political unity; and the desire Of conserving the
integrity Of the confederation appears really to pre-
continues II will be difficult to place limits to future
possibilities but 1t appearsa singular thing that