The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-02-01
section Of Central America from the assignees
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section of Central America from the assignees
Of King Gallinipper the First.
Looking at the question of manifest destiny"
through this medium, however, it appears too
slow, too expensive, and, in point of fact, too
much of connivance with the principles Of
| despotism, to suit the spirit of the age The
simplest quickest, and cheapest policy with
Santa Anna, is to starve him out. five refuse
to buy those deserts of Sonora and chihuahua
upon any terms-if we refuse any indemnities
on account Of Indian spoliations, and any ad-
varces on account of the Tehuantepec route or
anything else, for twelve months, the work will
be DONE
First, there will be o revolution. As soon as
Gen. Arista's indemnities from the United
| States gave out, there was q revolution He
was turned out Of the country, and Santa Anna
was recalled. In his turn, Santa Anna must
have his subsidies, or before the end of the year
another revolution will send him packing back
to Carthagena. How he has got along thus far,
with an empty cash-box, is very astonish-
ing But his intimations to certain conf
Dental parties, suggesting a sale Of land tells
the story of his distresses. Hence the astonish-
ing success OF General Gadsden in making
that treaty for Cookies wagon route, to be used
as the railroad route Of the Secretary of War
and the New Orleans and Opelousas Railroad
Company Provided, always, that the Senate
ratify the treaty.
But the very necessities Of Santa Anna sug-
| gest the policy Of rejecting the treaty. and
cutting of all subsidies for year or 50. That
will be enough. The unpaid officials and the
unpaid army of the dictator will revolt-they
| will turn him adrift without remorse-and then
| the ambitious small fry will soon eat each
other up. The poor, oppressed and indignant
Mexican people will next rise in body, and.
as the last alternative Of salvation, they will,
in their sovereign capacity, petition to be an
nexed to the United States Of the North. By
this process, without expanding single dollar,
we shall be enabled, in a year or So to annex
the whole country in obedience to the sove-
reign will of the Mexican people. We there
lore insist upon it, that our very best poll
cy, and the cheapest, towards General Santa
Anna, is not to set him up in his Empire and
pamper him with the costly luxuries of an i'm
perial household, as means Of compelling
him piecemeal to sell out his country. No.
lie may become too proud with crown on his
head He may form dangerous ALI ances with
the crowned heads Of Europe. Besides, this
| imperial policy is entirely repugnant to all our
ideas Of free institutions and popular liberty.
| But, again: What claims, on the score of
onir, Nv hoc n
Was it not Gen. Jack sons influence with Gen.
Sam. Houston that saved this same dstin-
guished parsonage from summary execution
by the Texans, after his capture at the battle
OF San Jacinto? Did he not, under the invita-
ton of Gen. Jackson, soon after make a plea
sure tour through the United States? Then,
again, during the late war was he not invited
to return to Mexico, aud passed into the coun-
Try with pass from President Polk and Secre-
tary Marcy? And after beating him at Buena
Vista and Cerro Gordo, and in front of che
Mexican capital, was he not granted, upon his
own application, an armistice OF nearly month.
to repair damages and make ready for more
deadly defence? He was. And after being finally
vaDquished was he not allowed to escape out
Of the country, under instructions to that effect?
Is it not SO? Finally, in his late return to
Mexico, did we not, in common with the Next
cans and the Galatians Of Cuba, hail him as a
godsend? We did, we did. And after shower
ing all these favors upon him, Gen. Davis and
Gen. Gadsden moiestly propose, with the con-
sent Of the Senate, to pay him fifteen millions
to enable him to set up despotic government,
after the fashion Of Louis Napoleon or Faustin
Soulouque. we don't know which, Is not this
asking too much? We think it is.
Do we owe anything to Gen. Santa Ann.
Mo- Is it consistent with our foreign policy to
set him up in an empire? No. Is there not
some danger in the scheme. Of entangling
foreign alliances Yes. Ought we, then, TO
ratity this treaty? No, never. What then,
ought we to do? Cut off the supplies and
starve him out. This is the shortest cut to
manifest destiny" Reject the treaty with
hold all subsidies, and starve him out