New-York daily tribune., 1859-12-26

81 CO0. .OoO-for mhatl For the privilege OF ira
yersng its Northern deserts, and Of crossing tue
Isthmus OF Tehuautepec "Rgtt OF way is Is
called. That sounds rather well; but what does
tauount tot right Of way across TIE desert oi
Sahara. which no doubt we could get Tor tenth oi
The money would be quite as valuable -. 'hst
through the scarcely lees barren and desert regions
Of Northern Mexico, where the very wolves are 50
lean that they could never sat up an audible
howl. unless through the aid of friendly rocks,
AGAINST which to lean the while Who wants
to travel through the desolate sohtudes OF
Sonora, and for what great object, that we should
pay four millions, any part Of four Millions ioF
the privilege. And a. regards Tehaantepec-thst
most exploded of bogus transits, destitute OF ports
and every other facility and requisite oTinteroceanc
communieation-why should We expend four mil
lions, or any part of four millions, for the worthless
privilege Of crossing there, especially when we have
better routes freely oferel to us at Panama, AZ
Nicaragua. ard in Honduras 7 If Mexico were to
establish convenient or useful transit and herself
pay the millions which such work would cost, she
might. with some show Of propriety, ask us tor q
contribution. But even then her proper demand
would be on the commerce and travel which her
work would facilitate and not on the pockets OF
the farmers aud mechanics OF this country.
Honduras, with greater facilities, with good
ports. apd more advantageous position, oilers the
transit through her territories free to all natons'
and makes the ports at both extremties free ports
Why should We pay Mexico S4,OOo,OOO for PriSi-
l. &c which We may here enjoy free Of cost Mica
rarua. with demonstrated advantages over Tehu-
aptepec. il also iree-as also Is Panama, with Its
established railway and organized facilities. But,
above ALL if We have four millions to spend on tran
sits. let the money BE- devoted toward the projected
great railway through our own territories to the
Pacific.
If Juarez cannot maintain himself in Mexico let
him 90 down; or if we are to bolster him up with
subsidies, let US do so openly, as England was wont
to do in her European wars. AT any rate, let Us
abstain, rs q natl n, from enactlng the undgnlhed
feat Of whipping the devil round the stump in
Mexico.
The only really astute provision that We discover
in the reported new treaty is the appropriation OF
two millions Of the four to the payment OF Ameri-
can claims against MeXlcO-oi course none Oh then
of the Gardner description. The President has
rightly anticipated that the prospect OF this plunder
will raise up powerful lobby in faver of the treaty
which will leave no appliance untried to force its
ratification No doubt the hungry race Of Gard
ners and clam-moDgers are already hurTing to the
capital, TO earwig easy Senators, and secure as q
personal favor that vote which every Senator must
deny as a statesman. Look out for flood of
Washington letters telegIaphic dispatches, and the
other operations of the machinery which the lobby
knows so well how to put in motion. Thank Heaven,
however there are enough Republican Senator'S to
put an efectua stopper on this last scheme of pub
lie plunder aud Presidential policy. The lobby
may spare its breath, and if Juarez cannot get on
without the money, he had better prepare to JOIN
Sououque in Jamaica, or Santa Anna in Cartha-
gena and enter into the enjoyment of the paradise
prepared for expelled and seedy Presidents.