The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-05-12

trines, policy and constructions of the law in re-
gard to the affairs of Central Americs had been
going on from bad to worse, until the last year
of poor Pierce, when it was impossible to make
out the head or the tail, the beginning or the
ending Of the snarl. Poor Pierce what with
his bombardment of Greytown, his Monroe doc
trines, his recognition and his reputation of the
Walker flibusters, his squabbles with Colonel
Kinney and the Vanderbilt Company, his threats
levelled at John Bull, and his vacillations in
every direction, certainly left to his successor
most precious mess of disorder and confusion, in
all this business.
Mr.. Buchanan, in accepting the legacy, pro-
ceeded at once to lop off the excrescences from
the trunk of the case, as man proceeds to
trim the rubbish from tree. His first blows,
therefore, were levelled at the Walker flibus-
tiers and their flibustering schemes and doc
trines. They could not be recognized without
an absolute reputation of the whole doctrine
of non-intervention. If we could intervene in
behalf of these flibusters, England could inter-
pose with her protectorstes What was there
to prevent it, with no law recognized
in Central America but the law of
the strong arm? And So in denouncing and ut
terly repudiating in the outset the manifest
destiny" absurdities and enormities of ilibuster-
ism, Mr.. Buchanan cleared the way for the
easiest and simplest possible settlement of the
whole controversy. He valves all rights of oc-
cupaton or colinization either as the peculiar
privileges of our government, or as the exclusive
rights of our flibusters He fully recognizes
the independence and sovereignty of the Gen.
trail American States, protesting against all
foreign protectorates, and disclaiming all pre-
tension of an exclusive guardianship
This great point being settled with the re-
moval and the reputation of the flibusters and
ilibustering, all the rest will be easy of accom-
plishment. The work to be done is simply the
recognition of the common right of way over
the isthmus transit routes, as laid down by the
administration. Here having received the full
concurrence of England and France, the remain
ing distractions are of a trivial character. They
are only the spectators squabbles for the mo-
nopoy of the spois of these transit routes; and
if they cannot be disposed of satisfactorily to
the high contracting parties to-day, they may
great embarrassing international entangle-
ments, perplexities and crosspurposes of this
hitherto puzzling Central American imbroglio,
we regard them as substantially settled, and
settled too by the plain and honest policy of
even-handed justice all round. Nothing could
be more simple, nothing more conclusive.
LATER FROM MExICO-PRoGREss OF THE Rovo-
LUTIoN.-By the arrival of the Tennessee at
New Orleans we have advices from Mexico to
the 18th inst. President Juarez, who went out
in this vessel to Vera Cruz, had been enthusi-
astically received, and ii was expected that his
presence would impart hope and encouragement
to the liberal party. If, as we believe, the
present is war Of principles in Mexico, and
that men like Zamorra and La Llave are in
earnest in their professions there is scarcely
doubt of the final success Of the puros. The
very fact of their being able to maintain their
hold Of the Mexican ports for such length of
time, is in itself an evidence of the utter i'm
potence Of the central government.
But there are other facts on which the speedy
downfall of the latter may be predicated. II is
utterly bereft of financial resources, enjoys the
confidence of no party in the State-not
even of the priests themselves-and sub
sists only on the scant funds extorted
from the fears of the hierarchy. There is
reason to believe that the lower orders of
the clergy would not be indisposed to see COM
plete reformation in the present state Of things;
otherwise il would be difficult to account for
the apathy which they seem to manifest towards
movement which is supposed to be of vital i'm
portance to their interests. Were the great
body of the clergy throughout the country as
favorable to the central government as they are
alleged to be, it is certain that Zuloaga would
long since have been enabled to shake of the
inactivity which is hourly consuming his
strength.
Whilst the influences by which the church
leaders are paralyzed are of Themselves hasten
ing matters to a conclusion, the liberal party
seem to be progressing in the quarters in which
il Is most important for them to reinforce them
selves. The brilliant victory reported in these
advices to have been gained by vidaurri will
help TO confirm the wavering in their choice of
sides Once II is found that Zuloaga is not in
q condition to act on the offensive the cause
of the church party may be looked upon
as irrecoverably lost. 1t was the prestige
which the latter obtained from the supposed
support of the army which impart ed to it the
greater part of it's Importance.
What precise shade of party politics the su.
preme government will assume, once the libe-
rails get the upper hand, it is Of course impossi-
BILE to predict. Whoever becomes President
whether Juarez, La Lave, Zamorra, or even
Osollo, who Is said to be bidding for the favors
Of the liberal party-of one thing we are GER
tain, that 1t will be no longer possible for the
executive to pursue retrograde policy. The
church power is gone. With the overthrow Of
Zuloaga II is dead. The present revolution has