, 1853-07-23

Mexican Annexation.
. Among the numerous p..iii aIm'v.msn's
which have huerly auta,sd the Republic
% NJ Aico, none appear, % have caused
r.aIrr-r .rhapS more unn .rr..ary-alarm
io tn, c>i-unl Government, than the opera
tons OF faction advocating ann aXation to
the United States. The measures adopted
by the Supreme Government TO pr'v,"ttha
propagation Of such i'll as, would mllcate
uoo.dinary decree Of apprehension upon the
subject; but it would s,em that the mpOr-
tluce attached to it is but calgaat 10 bring
the doctrn, before th, people, rs one
worthy at least Of their consideration. The
Minister Of the Interior recommends csp1-
ca.ly to those in power to obs tie most
scrupulous care in detecting all parties who
may be supposed to he partial to annexation;
and the Minister Of War has gone even fur
thcr, and has directed the chief military
officers, in conjunction with the civil au-
thorilcs, to establish Special Police, whose
duties shall be to keep watch over the oPin.
ions Of citizens, and in fact to assume the
Office Of a spy upon their domestic move
ments. All persons accused OF entertain
inc sentiments favorable to annexation are
to b. tried by Courts Martial. When such
policy is established, it may well be con-
iectured that something very like a panic
has been at work with the Executive, and
that the new Administration is anything but
confident in its permanency and power
El Siglo comments very boldly and sensibly
upon this system of espionage. 1t remarks,
| that Police Of this nature, in order TO ac-
complsh its mission, must be secret itself,
/ in order to ascertain the secrets Of others
For this reason, those already employed by
Government can be of no service, being in
most cases shut out from mingling in gen.
eral society. 1t will be necessary, then, TO
resort to means in every way reprehensiblc
to keep a watch in every household, and
thereby to establish a disquiet and a lack of
confidence in the relations Of private life.
1t adds: "The servant that waits upon us
the merchant from whom we purchase goods
the physician who cures us-the friend that
visits US, and the lady with whom we con-
verse, will be looked upon as a spy, and
stunned" Such little domestic nconveni-
ences will, as a matter Of course, result from
such contemplate policy, worthy only of
the middle ages but its most pernicous ef
feet, considering annexation in an unlavor
able light, will be the immediate creation OF
a faction, if none existed before, preaching
the prohibited doctrine with all the enthusi-
asm and fearlessness Of self-considercd mar
tyrs. To be connected with a revolutiona-
ry movement that has been proclaimed to
the world by the Supreme Government as
existing, dangerous and only TO be checked
by the most violent measures, will be a SUI
6cient inducement to call many hot-head- |
ed adventurer 10 the support of the pro-
scribcd principle, and we need not be sur
prised in time to hear of mighty efforts be-
ing made throughout Mexico 10 annex that
Republic TO our own, without so much as
saying "by your leave the United States,
who, at the least, should have a small voice
in the discussion. We can dispense with
Mexico for the present With the acquisi-
tion of California, and the possession Of con-
yenient ports upon the Pacific, the great
desideratum is so far 10 establish an uninter-
rupted communication from that ocean to
the Atlantic, as TO attract the commerce Of
The Indies, and therefore the commerce of
the world, from its present channels into
the great highway Of nations that shall here
after connect New York with San Francis
co. If there must be emigration, let it be
so directed as to occupy what remains Of
the wilderness between the two oceans.-
Let it move from the Valley of the Misss-
sippi Westward, and from this side Of the
Rocky Mountains Eastward, till the inter-
vening space is cleared, populated, and un-
der cultivation. When, with the assistance
of an unbroken line of railroad, there shall
be but eight days travel between New York
and San Francisco, but forty days between
Canton and Liverpool, allowing twenty for
steam navigation between this port and Chi
na, every article of Asiatic growth or man
ulacidre intended for European consumption,
and rice rcrsa, will pass through the heart
of our Republic the freight upon this cuor-
nous amount Of merchandise will keep the
road in repair until the route is well estab-
lished, and will pay for it shortly after
Some point near the junction Of the three
great rivers will be ihe Capital Of the Re-
public, and the great commercial depot of
the world. From this great centre, rail
ways will rad.aie, so that, within four days,
communication can be had with every point
Of importance upon either coast, OF upon
the Northern Or Southern frontiers. This
will not only afford every facility to inland
trade, but will prove complete safeguard
against invasion. When this shall be ac-
eomplshed, and lis accomplishment cannot
be far distant, then it will be time for our
Mexican neighbors to promulgale doctrines
OF annexaiion.-AHa CaHforRian.
a QUEENS PRESENT To A QUErN.-A
steam packet recently arrived at Southamp-