The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-06-12
EDITORS CORRESPONDENTS.
NEw YoRK. June 10. 1853.

OF dock aud light dues should be lessened Their amount
both beyond necessity and beyond For example
each Collins steamer pays average on the outward
trip. as much as hve hundred dollars for the one. and
three hundred dollars for the other Now that the
Trinity Board is seeking TO incorporate The light.
houses Of the English coss hitherto wilhou, the
sphere OF lis jurisdiction favorable opportunity for re-
ducon in imposed rates would 10 presen, itself
An inquiry instituted many years since by the lords of
the admiralty, 10 the management and OF The Brit
ish lights disclosed the fact OF being paid
individuals for either whole or partial interest in
certain OF these. To the establishment of Trinity House
hundreds of thousands Of dollars were demanded for
the cesson OF these vested lights The importance and ex
tent of which only developed in long. formal
and elaborate inquiry. Numerous lighthouses have
been in the possession OF the sane families for hundreds
OF years. and odly estates bear witness 10 the extent Of
ccumulaed profits. That American commerce should
be taxed support these private monopolies or that
Trinity House should levy duties disproporlonae 10
the actual service rendered. is assuredly mol in accord
with those principles OF interchange which have
obtained recognition, il not full endorsement from the
present government Of Great Britain.
The Spanish ministerial organ ut Madrid has assumed
singular position with respect to Mexican aairs. Its
article OF the sh ult the situation OF the republic,
though strictly speculative one. is sufficiently decided
in TO indicate conviction Of the views expressed
In announcing the situation Of Mexico, il sthfms that
that country has implacable enemies 10 deal when.
The United States without nndos ruino
(here no mislakng the words) American democracy
is alleged to have so lar penetrated the country 10
make the acq uston OF Mexico dependent merely on the
further dissemination Of social IDEAS; that conquest is
aimed at less by than by assimilation; and that
this the power of that anarchy which brings desluc.
ton from lis absorption OF the elements ha, constitute
national Independence. Against this invasion. like an
undermining food against this "ruIn," so vv:dy fore
seen-what has the ministerial journal OF Spain to offer
in opposition reaction of the federal institutions Of
Mexico, The sending OF officers by Spain, OF money by
England and some sudden manifestation II Ia Proven.
dena The possibility Of such reaction is Substantially
denied in the asserted progress Of democralc lrncI les
Has time increased the valor or the nerve OF the
arm that fell before the free troops OF the CaIac-
cas-, or the artillery been replenshed that flashed
vanly along the heights OF Andalusia! On the
sumption that English foreign policy Is assimiaisd
10 that Of Spain-that the hostility OF these
tries 10 our progress is identified BY common sym.
pathy-England is unwarrantably drawn upon by the
writer 10 furnish the snews OF and 10 assume the
debts OF the republic. A stroke Of the pen by Chan.
ceor Of the Exchequer, the passage OF ab of supplies
by the Commons, the signature OF = X, all is done, and
Mexico is saved. But let not human instrumentatyb be
TOO highly commended there remains la Pforeadeaea
The necessity, physical and moral. Tor difference Of
races language, and governments IN the new as IN the
old continent and superior even 10 this abstract necess
ty decreed equilibrium between the Anglo Saxon and
the Latin race, by which, in the nature OF things the
former can never overpower the latter, holding as il
Does in itself all The elements of Roman strength and
The prestige Of Roman dominion This is tie argument
But il Spaniards the rightu heirs has not the An
eIo.Saxon more correctly The Anglo American race,
become the possessor OF those qualities Mexsan unity
The value OF Spanish military tkill to lead the armies
Mexico victory and conquest, the virtue OF English
gold revive the dropping energies OF the countrya
the povidenal barrier raised by deceed separation
the elements OF language and of character, fancs
only iii to keep company with s.wandefing stars" IL
amentabIe 10 witness the absence Of all practical view,
on the par, OF Madrid journalists, in dealing with this
question OF the integrity Of the Mexican government
more lamenabe vet that such utter ignorance should
continue exist and to be expressed TO the genius
our institutions. and the active OF Msxco's past
misortunes Spain, as imperial government, ysl
seems TO depend upon the subsistence OF something hike
the this side The roots withered that con
neced the Spanish throne with This continent but last
time has habtuaied its supporters 10 look 10 where It's
strength drawn. Imperial government or a vice
roy atty OF military dctation quite insufficient Tor
Mexican unity Ii is too late TO suggest thai idea nov
We see in the suggestion the runelprncpls Of Spain
the maintenance Of authority, requiring. where is the
chief end which all other designs must be subserv'
en', machinery complicated and intricate a. 10 clog
even the ordinary motions OF government making any
sudden or violent exerton OF strength imprsccaLe. and
depressing alike education and enterprise. All know how
when Portugal, after recovering her independence, re-
gained possession Of Brazil the faint OF Spanish policy
still continued infect her councils the tide Of com
merce TO be turned in favor OF few monopoiss, and
the desire OF extending the regal power TO predominant
in her councils, TO destroy the spirit which had
made the Portuguese great people, and their domin'ona
mighty people. tft
States lying further south nigh, probably ponder on
the reason wby-when European emigration has become
such stern necessity not only from the progressive IN.
crease Of population, but from the rapid discoveries and
Improvements the mechanic arts, that have superseded
10 an incalcuabe extent the demand for manual labor
and from The political agitaons and reactions that have
driven of OF enierprisins menso few have turned
their attention the shores OF the Pla'e with their TEEN
ing fertility and salubrous climate. The following the
very said confession of Bnenos Ayrean journal
t is The proverbal instability Of institutions, and
the queni insecurity OF life and property that repe
the adventurous engran from shores, though ne may
have to brave tho OF the Arctic REGION or the dam
gers OF the stormy cape With protested admiration
the model republic, have all along mlsappebendeo"
the real OF its strength aud property
Leaving the brilliant theories OF Rousseau and Inc fehe
school, we must enthrone, enshrine, and oeiy,n
possible, the abstract principle OF legality reducing ~
sona and party pretensops to the secondary ana sooU
dinate place that properly belongs TO them ~ w.,
tat the patriotic ragacy OF Washington and me P.se
cal philosophy OF franklin stand pre-emIneni ana aons
and 10 this cause than all Others we mus ~,
the stability and progress OF that mighty nnr.h.n
bids fair TO absorb at no defiant day, the enu,e
continent, and places in pul contrast lne ys,an,.lv
union and suicidal ACKNOWLEDGMENT ths' ""'
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