The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-03-20


Lynch gave judgment in favor of the plaintiff and
awarded s44 damages with costs for the defendants
full report will be given on Monday
AT the inquest held upon the body Of Isaac Mer.
rick yesterday it proved to the satisfaction Of
the Coroners jury that no blame attached to any 90
the officers in charge Of the New Haven train by
which he was killed.
The Administration and our Foreign Rela-
tions-The Tehuantepec Question.
There is. Of necessity, good deal of doubt
outside ofthe cabinet concerning the exact posi-
ton and intentions of the administration, at
this time in reference to the Tehuantepec
question. The inclinations Of the Committee
on Foreign Affairs of the Senate are better un-
derstood. Mr. Mason the chairman of that
committee, at the close Of the first session Of
the last Congress, reported q resolution tanta-
mount 10 the enforcement of the Garay treaty
at the hazard of war. That resolution, if we
mistake not has now become dead letter, the
Congress during which it was introduced
having on the 4th of March, expired
But the question involved has been lately
reproduced in the new treaty known as the
ISloo contract, lately laid before the Senate, and
now awaiting its ratification. This contract
was made by Colonel Sloo and company with
the late revolutionary provincial government
OF Cevallos, and its stipulatons, together with
the official correspondence on the subject, have
already been furnished to our readers. The
general impression at Washington concern
ing this treaty appears to be that it will
be rejected-that it was designed by the
Mexican government as scapegoat from the
responsibilities of the Garay grant-that it is
trifing and deceptive-that it does not meet,
borrower the concessions essential to the prac-
tfcal opening of the Tehuantepec transit route
for our commerce. and which are embodied in
the Garay contract. But. above all. it is be-
hved that the United States Senate is not dis
posed to accommodate itself to the vascillating
bad faith Of Mexico. but will insist upon the
3Cognition. by the Mexican government. Of the
binding validity of the Garay treaty to the ex-
clusion Of all substitutes whatsoever. 1t is ex-
pected. should there be quorum present that
the subject will be taken up for consideration
during this week, with closed doors; and we
are quite prepared to learn that the Sloo treaty
has been laid upon the table or rejected.
But, as the Garay contract must necessarily
be involved in the debate. the question which
next arises is what will or can the Senate now
do upon that subject? Mr.. Mason may. PER
haps. revive his resolution, making an issue of
war. or the recognition of the Garay contract
by Mexico. the nniv c'.---4'- Shnnld Lhe
oenate adopt any such resolution the admins
bar 4 Il <bar
to inform the Mexican government of our ult-
matum. and abide the consequences. peace or
war. We have no apprehension. however that
Mexico will adhere to the latter alternative,
though the government of Arsta manifested
the most imperturbsble obstinacy on this point,
in full view of the Inevitable results of another
collision with the Yankees, But, whatever the
issue, the time has come for the practical open
ing of the Tebuantepec route for the benefit Of
our intercourse with California and Oregon.
and for the pressing necessities of the commerce
and travel Of the world al large.
We are rather inclined to the conclusion
Notwithstanding that the Senate will do nothing
at present upon the subject This extra session
was convened for the express purpose of con-
firming the cabinet and such other appointments
as the President might deem necessary for the
interval to the next regular meeting Of Con-
gress. and for the consideration of such treaties.
DC, pending. as may only require the formality
Of ratification An international question of the
gravity and completely and magnitude Of the
Tehuantepec treaty can hardly be regarded as
coming within the functions of strictly execu-
tive session Of the Senate, solus. unless the oc-
casion imperiously demands immediate action.
But, warlike as this question has become there
il. perhaps. no immediate necessity for any fur
Their action upon it by the Senate just now,
one way or the other, beyond confirmation or
rejection Of the Sloo treaty. This, at least,
from sense Of justice to all parties concerned.
ought to be, and doubtless will be done
The revolutionary elements of Mexico have
been working out the solution Of the Garay
difficulty. IN the event Of the rejection Of the
Sloo treaty. Everything has been duly pre-
pared for the triumphant return Of Santa Anna
from his exile at Carthagcna to the reasaump-
ton. at the call of the people, of the absolute
dictatorship Of the Mexican republic. There
can be little doubt that he, upon his return to
power, will. if required acknowledge the va
lidity Of his original Tehuantepec contract with
Don Jose Garay. At all events it would seem
to be the better policy should the Senate reject
the sloo treaty. to wait the reorganization Of
the Mexican government before yenturing upon
caSus beii with power which. In the mean
time is utterly powerless Of action in the pre-
misses. There is no necessity Of clustering with
Mexico. She lies at our mercy, Her utter help
lessness calls for our commiseration and magma
nimity. Her ultimate fate is written in the
book Of . manifest destiny" 1t Il annexation
to the United States fthe North Her tenden-
cies are rresistibly in that direction. She must