The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-10-08

good red herring" They sing small at present. but hope
to step in ultimately And carry oil the prizes leaving inc
more active dsputsnts nothing but broken neaaS Ana
Now what does this tend to? Who can see his way
through the clouds that lower upon our househe hais
al MonexumaY What is TO become OF the national ex
stenceY How long tho distracted country stand thus
state of aflairs2 What ought the United States 70 be
doing in this crisis &c, &c. These questions which
PROFOUND very frankly, but which shall not attempt
to answer. You may try your hand AZ 'em my dear
ddipua bu. assure you they are beyond my KEN l9n
the world can't answer satisactorily-as heard Uni
ted States Consul say in eudgeng his brains over
State Department circulars.
In the meantime, it strikes little peculiar the
fublooded lnjnes''who constitute fourhfths OF the
population Of the entire country-dont rise ana gut
such inclination at the bottom of their seeming patience
and dociliy One has only TO read the history OF the
revolution of 1910 to get that The terrible
committed under the leadership Of Hdago and
Nofelos-both full boods--are too well known and too
fresh in the minds ing men not to justify such
apprehension. The common Indians have OF late years
had full much for bloody revenge upon the
whites their fathers had when they wreaed such sig
nal retribuion upon the Spaniards. The only thing
wanting is leader Of their own CASTE man at once
bold ambitions, crafty and well educated. Such man
exists He is the OF Morelos himself He has resided
many years in the United States and Is there For
tunately for humanity he is Of gentle and noble dispo
son and more luckily SIN ne has lately seen en- 80 mash
States have Disguised him with the idea Of liber
ating his people in that manner do say, however my
dear Dogenes, that II you and were regular Mexican
natives We would be Know Nothings to the knife.
In Vera Cruz matters ogessng most satisfaco-
ry. Governor La Iave stll sernly refuses to recog
nae any the authorities at the capital He took up
under the Plan Of Ayutla and will not lay them down
til that plan shall be carried out to its full exenor as
far practicable Although he has some very correct
ideas the subject of State sovereignty II has never
to him that he is the de fco and (some OF
thin) the de ruler Of the independent republic Of
Vera Cruz He to defer altogether To Alvarez ana
Comonfort. That Is al very well in its way but there
lew Mexicans who would do under the crcumstan
ccs. He has resources, troops and navy. He and Al
had better make partnership concern ofi draw
a curved line from Tuspan (the concavy towards Mex
co the continent to the northern part OF Guerrero
and declare all Southern Mexico independent confede
racywith the capital at the valley Of Oaxaca on the
isthmus Of Tehuantepec! Next to inviting American
proecoratc this would be the best thing they could pos
sibly do
There il much talk here about the 90 900 900. The
bankers in Mexico who negotiated it with Santa Anna
at fifty the dollar speak composedy Of 1t as
though they had the money in their pockets. How is
thisY thought the nexorablc cid Notwithstanding
had laid the rude hand of power" the cash. U
paid under the swndlng operation referred to, 1t will
have to be paid again to the federal govern
ment--if one shall be established-or divided pro
rata among The soveregnties when the Iessla boun
dairy " shall be surveyed, marked and established. "
To settle any dispute to which party it shall be paid
to- would recommend applying to wipe out the claims
oAmerican citizens against Mexico accruiny since the
ratification Of the Gadsden treaty.