The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-03-27
Duplicity of the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Mexl-
can Treaty.

news, DC.
Duplicity Of the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Mexl-
can Treaty.
If any length Of impudence, if any depth eff
folly in the columns Of the Washington Union,
could take the readers of that journal by sur
prise, their feelings on perusing the article
headed "Our Relations with Mexico' in it's is
sue of Saturday, can well be imagined That
the Gadsden treaty was likely to be rejected by
the Senate, and that the administration was
much annoyed at the prospect every one knew
well enough, and may have expected some rea-
sonable effort on the part of the Cabinet to avert
SO crushing blow but that Mr.. Pierce's news
paper organ would be instructed to defend the
treaty and eulogize Santa Anna on grounds
that would not impose upon child ten years
old can hardly have been anticipated by the
most far seeing politicians. 1t was known that
Mr.. Pierce could not have very high opinion
of the intelligence of people whom he had so
easily cheated into electing him; but it was not
supposed that he would impute to the United
States Senate gross ignorance Of the history of
their own times and SO stolid an intellect that
they might be persuaded black was white by
mere newspaper paragraph. 1t is on this hui
initiating supposition that the article in the
government organ is predicated.
1t tells us that Pierce ardently desired to
establish friendly relations with Mexico'-that
Gadsden, appointed minister, proceeded to his
post with unusual promptitude"-th Santa
Anna received him "with cordiality"-that
Santa Anna consented to let us have rail
road route to the Pacfc"-" consented to ar
range the Mesilla Valley difficulty"-was will
ling to release US from the obligations incurred
under the 18th article Of the treaty of Guada-
lupe Hidalgo-" did not refuse indemnity to
our citizens for wrongs inflicted by Mexico
and finally displayed cheerfulness to con-
tribute to our growth and prosperity, and to
the development of the resources of the Ameri-
can continent under our auspices" is not all
this abominably disngenuous in q government
organ
1t does not tell us that before Gadsdez reach
ed Santa Anna, the latter had reached his
wits end in his search for money. Or that the
church had been squeezed, the people taxed,
light converted into luxury, monopolies re-
stored, confscations commenced, expressions
devised in every shape, and that notwithstand-
ing all these desperate measures, the Dictator
of Mexico was still as poor as a rat. Or that
he saw, as clear as daylight, that he could get
no money at home, still less from Spain; and
that if he got none from US, his empire was not
worth six months purchase Or that, before he
made these valuable discoveries, he had abused
the United States and the barbarian Yankees
in the true style Of veteran cockfghter de-
graded men who had not done their best to in
jure us during the war: and sedulously set him
self to fomenting the old Mexican hatred of our
people and our country. All these things the
Cabinet organ keeps in the dark. Perhaps they
are new to the Union. Blockheads conceal the
truth as well as knaves. But the country knows
them well enough; and knowing them, will GER
tainly put down the idea of Santa Annals ''cheer-
fulness to contribute to our growth" as the best
joke of the day. We suppose that other beggars,
if we promise them shilling, would display
a cheerfulness to contribute" to our spiritual
and moral welfare. Santa Annals "cheerful-
ness" affected a sublunary sphere of action; the
cheerfulness with which Wilkins Micawber en-
deavored to contribute to his friends worldly
advancement, as he pocketed their half dollars,
was Of the same order.
But the Union, fairly launched in its course
of blindfolding its readers, does not stop here.
1t will be recollected that when the Mexican
war broke out, Santa Anna was still in the
exile to which the revolution of 1S45 had driven
him. The desire entertained by President
Polk and Secretary Marcy to terminate the
war came to his ears; and he Immediately set
on foot an intrigue with them for his restora-
ton to power. Polk and Marcy soon fell into
the trap. Santa Anna promised them peace
and in return they gave him.a passport, by the
aid of which he was enabled to sail in the Brit
ish steamer from Havana to Vera Cruz, and to
land at the latter port Notwithstanding the
blockade by the United States vessels. Polk
and his Cabinet were convinced that as soon
as he reached the city of Mexico, peace would
be declared, and themselves cxtricated from
what appeared at that time to be an awkward
dilemma. The fellow had hardly made his
escape from the range of the American guns, be-
fore we heard of him at the head of 20 900 Next
can troops; and few days afterwards, he
commanded the Mexican force at Buena Vista,
where, had it not been for the bravery of our
troops, General Taylor and his little army
might have been crushed We recaptulate
these facts lest there should be among our
readers any very oblvious individual who has
forgotten them. VIII il be believed that the
Union quotes, as an evidence of Santa Aunas
friendly feelings toward this country, one o.
the very proclamations he issued while in exile
for the purpose Of deceiving Polk and Marcy
VIII it be credited that the organ of the United
States government actually copies the lying
trash, and calls il orthodox American doe
trire?" 4 paper Of which Marcy al least caa
hardly ever think without shame for the
glaIing manner in which he was outwitlea IL