The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-06-23


Careless Jouruaiism-Ths Chsv.lier webb q.
Fog.
Our respectable, though rather slow, cotempo-
rasy Of Wall etreet, the Courier and Ehqsirer. has
not yet found out about Gen ConOpfort. though It
comments on Mexican affairs yesterday with an air
of solemnity that makes it seem as II II were the
very owl of Minerva. Had it held its tongue its
select number of readers might have supposed 1t
pondered deep in wisdom II has spoken, aud Its
ignorance is palpable. 1t tells US that the peo-
pie of Mexico, by a large majority, have very
recently elected Comonfort as their President,
and ratified new republican constitution" We
regret that our respectable Wall street cotempo-
rary has fallen into this error but as he he's done
30, we are compelled, through feeling Of deep
compassion, to pick him out Of it We beg the
Chevalier therefore, to remember that there has
been no election whatever Of Gen. Comonfort as
President of Mexico. He is President substitute
in liep of Gen. Alvarez, who found the cares of
power too much for him. Neither have the peo-
pie OF Mexico ratified a new republican con-
stitution." The new constitution of Mexico was
adopted by Congress without any provi-
sion for its ratification by the people,
and it has not been submitted to them.
The patton was required to accept 1t by swear
ing fealty to it, and large majority Of the Off
GERS of the Federal and State governments the
army, and portion of the clergy, have taken the
oath. Another and large portion of the clergy
have refused to do 30, and are now conspiring
against it. Under this new constitution each
State and Territory is divided into representative
districts of forty thousand inhabitants, which are
sub-divided into wards of five hundred inhabi-
tsnts. On the last Sunday in June the people
will meet in each ward to eject an elector, and on
the second Sunday in July the electors will meet
in their respective districts to elect Deputies to
Congress President, and magistrates of the Su-
preme Court We hope we have made it clear to
our respectable contemporary that General Comon-
folt has not been recently elected President of
Mexico.
Our respectable contemporary of Wall street is
also anxious to defend Palmerston from the sus-
picion of meddlipg in the combination of Spain,
England and the Pope. The Chevaler has been
at Broadlands. The Chevalier has had bis legs
uhder Palmerston's mahogany. The Chevalier
cannot see any speck in Palmerston, To the
Chevalier Webb Palmerston's record is as clear
as crystal. But unhappily, the world will not see
through the Chevalier's spectacles or the
Cbevalier's wine glass. Had Chevalicr Webb
taken care, as Journalist, to 60 to
original sources for information of passing
events, he would have seen things quite
differently. He would have found tina.
Palmerston is in practice the most
Thoroughbred opponent of liberalism that
has been seen among the men of Englsnd
for forty years He would have seen that his
whole policy on this continent has been to in
trieue against this country, which be both fears
and hates-tha he intrigued in Texas through
Capt. Elliot, and in Central America through
Chatheld, as long as he could that he seized on
Ruatan without shadow of pretence, and now
refuses to return it-that he gathered a feet at
San Juan del Norte, and endeavored in every
way that he could without showing his hand TOO
directly, to favor the Costa Ricsns in thcir
seizure of the Nicaragua Transit route that
he is row intriguing with Costa Rica
TO despoil Nicaragua Of any participation in that
artery oi Amefican cohuieice-'uas uhacr euu-
dry pretences he sent a British feet to the
lsthmus Of Panama and to Carthagena lately.
when be feared that we would execute jus.
punishment for the Panama massacre and if the
Chevalier will look into il now, he will find that
British ships are now gathering at Vera Cruz
under various specious pretences, but really with
orders from Palmerston to help the Pope and
Santa Anna and the Spanish expedition all it
can. We hope our respectable Well street
contemporary will study these passing events in
our own immediate vicinity, and keep sharp
look out for his old friend Palmerston's tracks
There.