The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-11-23


merchants consented TO sanction the robbery
al thirty thousand dollars already made Nor
Is his the OH, way ia which the merchants
! are robbed Forced contributions are laid
upon III, m, which they are compelled to pay,
and from tine to time fraudulent Contracts are
made for which the public faith OF the republic
is pledged by an insurRcn, government, and
the public debt is largely increased by thu
issue of illegal securities, which oil parties
know must become worthless from the moment
the government which issues them falls. as it
mnst fall
For the growth and continuance of this STATE,
Of things, two foreign ministers in Mexico are
chiefly Responsible otway, the British
Minister, and Mons. Gabriac, the representa-
tive Of France. So firm and continued has
been the support which these two officials have
given to the system Of plumber practised by
the Miramon government, that the conviction
is now generally entertained, in Mexico aud
out of il, that they are allied with the spccu-
lators, If not with the officers themselves, and
have found great profit in the alliance. 1t
is now nearly two years since Presi-
dent Buchanan saw the true condition
and tendency Of affairs In Mexico, and recalled
the American Minister. But England and
France have supported their representatives
until within short period Lord John Russell
has listened to the outcries of the British ner-
chants, and called Mr. Otway home to an &c
count. Mons. Gabriac manages to hold on, by
artfully representing to the French government
that the French merchants who complain OF his
course are red republicans who are instigafed
to do so by hatred to the empire Louis Napo-
leon has yet to learn that the good name and
honor of his government are stained in Mexico
by the venality of a Minister who, under the
cloak of pretended zeal for France, connives
not only at the robbery of French merchants.
but of all other foreign residents
The only remedy for this state Of things in
Mexico lies in the adoption by England aud
France of the course which Mr.. Buchanan has
so wisely pursued. They should recall their
ambassadors from that republic, and send out
new ones TO recognise the constitutional gov.
erpment of President Juarez. In giving him
countenance and moral support, they will soon
put an end to the present struggle; for as soon
as Mramon and MARQUEE are deprived of
the couutenance given to them by
the Ministers Of England and France,
they will sink at once to their true level as
public robbers If the conduct Of Marquee in
robbing the money Of the British and French
merchants in the conducta is passed over, it
becomes a new sanction to the principle of
plumber which is now openly practised by the
party in power in the capital Of Mexico.
Our own government can also do something
sent contest in Mexico has in great measure
disintegrated European trade there, we have
done nothing to foster our own commercial in
terests with that republic. With almost a daily
communication betweenevcry city in the Union
and the Rio Grande frontier not a letter can
cross that river. The mail connection with
Vera Cruz has been dropped by Congress, and
renewed only by private enterprise. Our COR
respondence with ali the Gulf ports is broken
off. With the west coast we are in even a worse
condition. We have mail to Acapulco, but
beyond that we cannot go, when steam line
from that point to the head of the Gulf of Cali
fornia would not only open the whole of
Western Mexico to our trans-isthmus trade,
but would bring the rich regions Of Ari-
IONA within the scope of active emigra-
ton and Development. A small effort on our
part in regard to our postal intercourse with
Mexico would soon open large trade to
American enterprise, would greatly increase
our influence there, and would open to the con
stitutional government the means of carrying
out IFS policy for the reorganization of that re-
public.