The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-07-08


forth in Doe o. y. 1909 These items TO lose sight
Of the patriotic effort AID The government in efecng
right OF way, and sapeIinduce the belief that The par
lies would be willing 10 have the bt OF way across The
istbmos Theoretically closed. il they could realize some
80 600 900.
The Senate OF the United States by distinguished sena-
tor from Virginia, (Mf Mason For two sessions they
before that body, aud We're voted upon They
died with the last session OF Congress- and had they been
voted upon ater the Mexican government entered INTO
contract With Mr. Sloo and company TO construct road
The shmas. il is believed that they would have
received very meagre vote Tor The main object Ia ish
Of way had been accomplished.
is true that those resolutions were not very perspca
cous, and they contained some sell evident propositions,
as for instance 'tha The government OF the United States
stands committed all OF lis citizens project them IN
their rights. abroad well as at home, within the sphere
OF IFS jurisdiction"
"Rgbls within the sphere of its jurisdiction /" II is
surely not wilhIR the jurisdiction OF the United States
government usnrp the Judicial attributes aud powers Of
the Supreme Court OF neghborns and independent ma
ton. Hargous and company have purchased nothing
more than right a law -suit before The courts OF Mex
co Rights are 10 be settled by judicial inquiry and de-
cison.
In ease before the Supreme Court of the United
States, when rights broadly assumed, Chie Justice
Marshall administered a jus, Eebuke in these words;
" These abstract principles 10 be determined for he
who demands decision without permitting inquiry afIms
hat the decision he asks does not depend on inquiry
Wheaton,, p, 3I7.
An examination into the correspondence OF the State
Department would likely show that the Secretary OF
State has several occasions informed the Mexicaa
mniser that claims which he pressed first pass The
review OF the tribunals OF the United States before he
could hy inlerpose
When President Fillmore abandoned Garay and com
pany pursuit of high pa roic duty OF securing for
his country and the Of The world public high
way the Mexican government, IN proof Us earnest de-
sire 10 grant right OF advertised Tor proposals TO
construct road There protest from The author
tiles of the United States for it in accordance with
the wishes ri the whole people
The Mexican government entered into contract with
citizen OF the United States and his associates giving
ia, tNf,t f.A
most friendly relations, and by separate contract ex-
pessiy allowing Glray and his their full rem
edes before the OF Mexico tor The adjudication OF
Their rights
And, as yet higher proof Of the friendly feelings OF
Mexico, she invited the government OF the United States
10 enter into treaty OF Joint protection OF this great
highway DO the mutual interests OF the two ma
lions require this Does not the vast commerce CT TINS
grea, reqnc that the proposal should be met with
friendly Cordially, or must Mexico look Tor friends else
where
il may be we'll state, in conclusion, that, by the
treaty of algo, 81 February, 1918, II was agreed by
the 9th article of the treaty that il The governments
should think it advisable for their mutual advantage.
make canal or railroad along the margin OF The CHA
rveT IL should be constructed And "a now the general
sentiments OF The people Of the United aes ANXIOUS
that one railroads should extend through their
own coun;ry The Pacific California and Oregon,
statesman cannot avoid 10 perceive that no means can be
so erciua The construction OF not one but OF
three roads the prompt completion OF the Tehuanlepec
railroad Tor BY that will throw vast pOpula
tion into California and Oregon, who will quickly settle
back from the Pacific to the goges OF the Rocky noun
tans TO met ana aid 10 construct those several railroads
And indeed one railroad aids the construction and profit
OF another city, farmer, mechanic, one
nation benefits another for the age OF monopolies be-
longs the dark not TO the age OF The 10Th century
| will close this already too long article with para
graph iron the writings Of WIN. Davis Robertson upon
Mexico published in Philadelphia in 1920 discussing
the transit routes The coginen,, he says
Were consult the and future interests OF
Mexico and the republic oil the United States. should
say Mexican ishmu as II is more properly des
gna'ej tue lslhnns of Fehaanepec Is tle sec ton OF all
Others he American continent where the comlnnnica
between the Pacific and Atlantic oceans should be
IN de, Bat, desirons of seeing the blessings OF
extensively dfused Tor the benefit OF the human
generally, and OF nation III particular, we
should The communication between the two
seas simultaneously opened every place where II is
practicable, whsther by land By the later SOLE
Thereby exciting emulation and widening the OF
rcal ente Prise. We do advocate system OF
which seeks itself by the oppes-
and of other ous, system OF restrictions
with laws OF nature aud The happiness OF
mankind We wish 10 the Two great oceans of our
globe brought each other canals and high
roads places the God OF Nature evid tntly
med channels Of uuioatons and that
should longer remain dafk and dreary such
they been for under the ansocial principles
tie Spanish government"
w. COST JOHNSON.