New-York daily tribune., 1858-09-29

il contains. and showing the origin Of the scheme
| Of Mexicsn protection, called-its true name
would be Mexican subjection-a letter from the
City of Mexico. The writer, il will be seen, not
only writes himself down I'VE" but undertakes to
speak for the Mexican people. This decidedly out.
does the three London taOrs who issued manifesto
in the name of the people of England. They at
least were Englishmen, and did possess the right
10 speak for three, if no more, Of the people Of
England. The writer of this letter signs himself
an American citizen, and his undertaking to speak
for the people of Mexico is as gross assumption
as would be the protectcrate, or rather the con-
quest which he advocates.
As to this writer's idea that it is the selfseeking
of party politicians that prevents the American
people from coming up to the great work Of the
conquest Of Mexico, he may rest assured that it is
only as means of political advancement and Of
drawing into the train of its movers all the flibus.
tering elements Of the country that this project
finds or will find any support. He may rest assured
that il the protectOrate or conquest of Mexico is
ever undertaken, il will not be for the benefit Of
the Mexicsns-who seem, according to this writer's
own account, to be enjoying Themselves very well
and taking matters very cooDy-nor will it be for
the benefit Of the shopkeepers who invoke this in
teryention II will be solely for the benefit at
home and abroad Of ts movers and projectors that
the enterprise will be undertaken. As to the
so-called American citizens, resident in Mexico,
very few of them native born, and with all
their claims 10 that character, very few OF
them even naturslized, the United States will
hardly take the trouble and the risk of keep
ing baycnets pointed at the breasts of the Mexi
can people according to tie programme of our
correspondent, for the sake Of enabling those
few real or pseudo American citizens to carry on
their shopkeeping or other business without the
rick of interruption from the civil broils of the
Mexieans. 1t would be a vast deal cheaper to buy
out all these gentlemen at once, and to pay them
down in hard cash the utmost extent Of their
dreams Of possible profit.
The prOtectorate or conquest of Mexico would
evidently be pretty costly as well as troublesome
business. If they are able, a. our correspondent
writes, TO keep 00O0 men in the field at an ex-
pense to the country of twelve millions
of dollars a month, 10 fight each other, il
is TO be supposed that they would be able
TO raise at least many men and as much
money to fight against US. As to their submitting
quietly our correspondent would hardly expect
that, since according to his account it is the
most marked characteristic Of those unhappy peo-
pie that they do not know what is good for them.
IL the Mexcans abandon their towns and flee 10
the mountains out of fear or deteststion Of each
other they would be still more likely to do il out of
fear or detestation of Us.
As to the special grievance which our correspon-
dent complains of, the suppression Of The Ertra-
ordiaarg because It advocated an American pro-
tectorate, We must say We think the publisher got
of very easily. The only wonder is that the Mex
lean Government did not proceed TO hang him.
The Slave States Of this Union do not tolerate the
publication of newspapers, even by their own citi-
zens. which advocate the abolition Of Slavery, even
by the act of the States themselves. Could the
Mexican Government be expected TO tolerate the
publication, by foreigner at their capital, of
newspaper in which they were called upon to abol-
sb themselves As TO the glorious development Of
Mexico which our correspondent anticipates as the
consequence Of holding bsyonets to the breasts of
the Mexican people, We have vast territory of our
own TO be developed, and in which the thing can be
done without maintaining standing army TO super
wise il. When We have thoroughly deVeloped our
selves and our own country, il will be ample time
70 undertake the development Of Mexico and the
Mexicans.