The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-03-09

ANOTHER GRAND FILBusTERING SCHEME
ECUADOR TO BE LIBEBATED-WHy NOT MEXICO?
in a letter from one OF our Washington cor
respondents, in this paper, will be found
the authentic details of new and p a.
digious flibusteriDg scheme, being no
thing more nor less than an en- ,err,rise
cooked and primed, tor the liberati' a Of the
great South American republic 81 Ecuador.
This is large country, right under the cqua-
tor with the lofty chain of the Andes running
through it, and within Which are all the princi-
pal sources Of the tr emc adous river Amazon.
The agricultural productions of this wonderful
country are rich and varied beyond descrip-
ton; and there is no telling the extent and re-
sources of its gold, silver, sulphur and copper
mines, to say nothing OF the guano deposits OF
its Pacific islands. Such is the country, right
under the equator, which Col Clemens, under
a contract with Gen. Flores, proposes to turn
over to Anglo-Saxon government and enter
prise. Read the letter
This may be feasible scheme; but we think
there is more promising and inviting field for
grand filibustering adventure much nearer
home 1t is not in the Kinney expedition for
the colonization of the Presidential Mosquito
coast, nor in the island of Cuba, where the
most formidable preparations have been made
in anticipation of liberating invasion; but the
attractive and inviting field we speak of is
Mexico. An expedition Of five thousand Ameri
can volunteers, landed at Vera Cruz, could re-
peat the campaigns Of Cortez and Of Gen. Scott,
in holiday excursion to the Mexican capital.
The body of the people there, exhausted by
revolutions and spoliations, and military extor-
tions, and a gorged and corrupt priesthood,
are ripe for annexation. It is their only
hope; and in the rapid development Of
California they see what will follow the
dominion Of the AnglO-Saxon race in Mexico.
The annexation Of that republic to the United
States would mark another commercial and
financial epoch like that which followed the &C
QUESTION of California. The silver mines of
Mexico, before the lapse of twelve month after
annexation, would be made to turn out, per-
haps, hundred times their present yield Of
silver. Besides, the coasts of that rich country
are productive of cotton, tobacco, coffee, sugar,
precious woods, dye stuffs, and various other
articles of traffic, now lying waste.
Mexico is the proper field for a grand liberat-
ing expedition. 1t is open inviting, and such
an expedition there would be truly God
and work Of charity. Let a well dgested ex-
petition, then, to Mexico be organized, and we
may possibly subscribe five or ten thousand
dollars to the cause. Such is our sympathy
for the suffering Mexican people. They are
calling for relief. Who volunteers for Mexico?
THE Fry LIBEL SUITs.-We have commenced
in the Superior Court an action at law against
Edward p. Fry, for publishing in the Tribune,
a few days since, most atrocious, false and
malicious libel, covering two columns Of that
paper, and signed by Fry himself. We shall
claim damages in the sum of fifty thousand dol
lars The libels contain specific charges, run
ming back almost to the beginning of our edi-
torial career. We shall prosecute this suit to
the satisfaction of justice. The article con-
taking thee libellous charges is generally con-
ceded to be one of the most vindictive and out
rageous things that ever appeared in the CO.
lumns Of any newspaper in this or any ether
country. We have law report of the COM
mencement of this case, but on account of the
pressure of advertisements and news upon our
columns, we cannot spare the space for it to-
day. When we can find place for it, it will
present to our readers tissue Of vindictive
libes unparalleled in the annals Of newspaper
history.
We are also preparing, and shall shortly COM
Ebol e,,;{ To nd Er,o fuo
Brooks, publishers Of the New York Express,
for reprintiDg in their columns some of the
material points of the libels published by Fry
in the Tribune.
We are determined to follow up these suits
TO the extent of the law, and to have full jus
tice. For nearly twenty years our personal
ctaracter-a character which has been without
stain or reproach for thirty-five years-has
been abused, slandered, villifed and libelled
by contemporary journalists and for the sole
reason that we, by energy, by enterprise, by
constant attention, have risen in the world,
while they could not get along. Such is our
determination, and such they will find it before
the close Of the year.
EUROPEAN INTERVENTION IN CUBAN POLITICS.
Why are the French and English men of-war
now actively employed in aiding the Cuban
government to awe the disaffected of their own
people? No American adventurers or devoted
friends have been concerned in the alleged
conspiracy-no ilibustering expedition or even
indications Of one have been noticed on the
high seas or on the Cuban shore. Upon what
ground stands then this foreign Intervention
against the liberals of Cuba, who must be
crushed through the exhibition OF the power of
two great nations?