The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-06-21

with the Mayer without consulting either tue in
s.incts OF the ruifan or the delicate senstilics
Of the turnkey. BE must beat retreat or main
taia bis position Nothing less will do
The spsnish American international Treaties.
Two treaties Of union and alliance, one at
Santiago de Chill and aaotber at Washington.
have been made during the past year By repre-
seotat.yes Of several Of the Spanish American
republics, stimulated by desire to avert the
overshadowing destiny that awaits them Both
Of these treaties have been given to the world
through the columns of the HERALD, and we
have commented on them freely at the time of
their publication, and shown clearly that they
were pure impracticablities. Founded only in
the common sentiment of a vague fear, they
possessed none Of those bonds of material inte-
rests which alone can bind nations together in
the absence Of an overawing power; while, at
the same time, the feeling that stimulated their
negotiation is not sufficiently allpervading to
make the stipulations efiectual. At the came
time that the representatives of the several
Spsnish-Americau governments were treating at
Washington and Santiago to establish union
against what is called flibustersm, the agents of
parties in several of these States were actively
at work both in this city and in Valparaiso seek
ing aid and assistance purchasing arms and fit
ting out expeditions.
Chill is engaged at this moment in q filibuster-
ing attempt On Peru, with precisely the same in
centives that moved the New York Cemmodores
to support Walker in Nicaragua. 1t is curious
fact tina. while Walker has lost possession of the
prize that was to form the nucleus Of our Indian
empire, to wit, the Ncaraguan Transit route, the
Gillian filibusters have got possession of their
prize, which was the Chincha Islands, and are
now busily engaged in piling up on the shores of
Valparaiso vast quantities of inestimabe guano.
Fearing the defeat Of their Walker, whose name
is Vivanco, they are making hay while the sun
shines.
But to return to the treaties of confederation,
or rather cooperation, among the Spanish Anne
rican republics. The Mercurio, of Valparaiso,
one Of the leading and most influential expouents
of public opinion in Spanish America, has
a sensible view of them On the occasion of
publishing the one recently negotiated at Wash
ingtOn, it says, "it is as incomplete, not to say
impracticable, as the one made in Chill :" and
further, We have before now stated that we do
not believe it possible to organize any kind of
union or alliance between nations that pass the
greater part of their time, and ms-spend their
resources aud energy in wars and party persccu-
tons, which are the sources of foreign greed, and
the causes Of that decay from which they cannot
escape These are self-eyident truths The
treaties which gave occasion to their utterance
have already become imperative, and. in fact,
Of little more value than 50 much waste paper
New Granada, through large portion of her
press, has rejected them; Peru already accuses
Chilli of acting in direct violation of their spirit
Ecuador simply expressed her approval of them,
and laid them away in her dusty pigeon holes
both Peru and Chill, prime movers in their nego.
tiaton, have given a cold and tardy help to
Costa RIGA under their provisions the republics
OF Central America seeing that they were in
reality nothing but paper ties after all, disrust
them and Mexico, too busy with her own civil dis
sentions, and intent upon getting help from this
country in any form or shape, gives only sort
OF grunting assent to them, and minds them no
more We have not the slightest idea that these
international treaties between the Spanish Anne
rican republics will produce any fruit whatever.
They are planted in thin and barren SOIL and
are feeble opposition to the impulse and ten
denotes Of those communities. These are toward
disintegrstion and decay.
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