New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-07-15

rad finished ever sood par. Of the distance ere
ttn. TO the great advantage Of tie Nation AUD !"
Industry. TIE Government might Of itself hsve
afforded to pay the interest 90 TIE naked cost OF
Rarrc I'D from Leaverworth 20 Salt Lake through
out the past Jesr We protest sg,nst the opening
Of ary new Steamship Mail.routes 10 California
whether at Tehusntepec or through Nicsrasus o.
tie cost Of our Treasury; bet al the succe" the
prjectors az operators ofttose routes miy ache'e
otherwise than in depicting the National Golfers we
,hli heartily rejoice over, 80 that our Government
be not dragged into sny Of their quarrels Against
any assumption that the Union ia under the srale"
litigation to enforce their contracts with foreign
States, or redress Any alleged grievances they nay
have endured at the hands Of those States, We
snphatcally protest.
TIE latest pre.ex. for picking quarrei With
weak neghbOr-the FOrsyth protest against We
collect on from our citizens residing in Mexico OF
the one per cent tax recently imposed BY the Gov
e,pment-eeeDs to be almost Unanimously repro
bsted. Tie cautious ard conservative Commerciat
Adrertiser condemns il most decidedly, AID even
orr fiIlibus.er neighbOr, The n. \. TINES, 70 for
once found "takirg the side Of tie enemy.
Hear hear
TIE Govern ent IN ths CITY Of Mexico, 10 mo-
emit OF financial desperation, levied AZ OF one per
c, ut upon al peIfona property IN the kepuoo, tua'
of the Church ret excepted. AZ ns,ter OF course,
~ property Of foreign residents was ncuceo 10 the
tsses,ert because that enjoyed es much as any suen
p,,teoticn as the Government vas able to Afford De
csuse the right to tax the properly OF fo;esasrs y,
vttid he pslpsby u'iuit TO heap he entire burden
upcn ore clsss Ct the population while exc npting
a. ether But, CT fret assertion OF the claim, the
foreign residents thought p,opa to sest ard protest,
ard IN tie coure for lack o. dtinite instructions,
Rey beys been sustained by their respective national
ErvIys. Until such Instructions arrive, the French
tId English Lega,icns Tseomnea5 the PSI m:nt. ies
American MiLittr, however advises our eltlz ems to
refuse peymsnt-s policy which has already resulted
10 the expulsion Of few Of thel number, and gen
srel Suspension Of business, certain degree OF mis-.
placed sympsthy has been secured IN the Onltsd
States by representing tDis 1nquestionsey legal tax
a. forced loan'-wtch il IL not ard cannot De TOR
tuied into by any license Of construction
Lreyv MezicdH citizen residing or frdnSacfiHg ohsi'
ness IN he Unittd States is subject 70 similar TGon,
and doubtless pays il without the suspicion suggested
by the Attorney General that there are lttsrnst,on.
treaties rendering the levy Illegal The property OF
all foreigners in this cCurtIyis exposed to assessment
upon The same footing that CT citizens. Aud a. oar
treaties with Mexico differ IN no respect from tue
treaties in force with other CONNIE rcal States We are
wholly at Ioes to upon what thls exraordi'
nary decision Of Judge Black 10 predcsted. II may
be true that the Government Of Zuosgs is fac.ious,
and merely transient ard that le tax is imposed ioi
partisan rather than Goveru entail Objects but hav'
ing made the initial mistake ofrecogtzng the usurpa
tor We are precluced from impeaohng sny OF its
acts rot distinctly illegal. The less, therefore, said
sbtu this forced loar, the better. liza collision with
Mexico il irdlpenssb to the success Of Mr.. 3D.
cbabans Administration, yet Us have, at leas', de-
cent pretext This is neither sensible, tenaoIe mel
plausible
If The Times ard kindred journals will persist
in fostering and stimulating the Flibuster spirit,
they must expect to have just such pretexss" for
aggression and war trumped up, no matter whether
- decent and "plausible" or rot.