Daily national Democrat., 1859-03-01
Protectornte over Mexico.

/ leo. 1t says;
/ "As the head of the Government Of the
/ United States, the President cannot look to
/ the antagonist interests of the different ser-
/ tions of the Union He must regard the
| United States as a whole, and make his re
commentators according TO such a state of
things But, unfortunately, the people of
/ the United States are not homogeneous peo
! ple. They have warning elements amongst
/ them, which render recommendations made
/ with the most patriotic motives, and appa-
rently equal, dangerous and unjust. We al
lude especially to tht policy proposed by the
President of taking military possession of the
northorn frontiers of chihuahua and Sonora,
and establishing military posts therein 1t
Is true the President proposes such on occu-
patton to be only temporary, until Mexico is
capable of governing herself, and of paying
the ten millions of dollars said to be due by
her to our citizens. But we presume that no
one, in or out of the United States, will doubt
| that our possession of these territories will
| bc permanent. The President affirms that
| Mexico can never pay US the ten millions of
dollars we claim; and if she could do so at
some future dav, the American population en-.
tering these territories under the military au
thorty and protection of the United States
would be quite adequate to hold them So
that. in reality, the proposition amounts to
this-to seize two provinces of Mexico to
pay ourselves for ten millions of dollars
which we allege Mexico owes to us.
"Now, the first question which this course
suggests is this-is not this war? Is not for
chile militury possession by our country of a
portion of another, n clear act of war? 1t is
true the President seems to advocate this
course as an expedient to avoid war. To
avoid war by committing an act of war,
seems to be queer method of avoiding it.
The only reason why it will not produce
general war with Mexico, must be the pre-
sumed inability of Mexico to make or sustain
a war with us She did however, declare
and make war with u.s. because she supposed
that we aggressed upon her territories as
/ part of Texas. May she not do the same
! thing again. under far more insulting and
| questionable circumstances And if she ac-
cepts the war we tender her, which nation
will lose most by the war? Having no com
merce herself she may grant letters Of
mdrque and reprisal to the adventures of
every nation in the world, and sweep the
seas of our commerce by her privateers; and
if we conquer her by land, what then? She
may be very willing to be conquered. Be-
yond doubt, the greatest blessing to Mexico
MOulu ut utI cHllIt COHNutSl anu hultAdllbH
to the United States. The course recon
mended by the President seems to us to be
the beginning of this policy, and must inev-
itably end in its consummation. Standing
in very different position from the Pres-
dent, we of the South must ask the ques
| tion, what will be the effect of this policy on
the destinies of the South? Who will popu
| late and control the territories we are to
| seize? Has not the Kansas controversy,
| have not the late elections at the North,
| clearly manifested that no more slave States
/ will be admitted into this Union? Will not
| every province wrested from Mexico become
a free State? Is it the policy of the South
to add to the vast area of territory we alrea-
| dy possess, to minister to the aggrandizement
of the North p
These views are very similar to those re-
Gently expressed by Senator Hammond
They are entertained by large portion of
the South. AT the same time the notion of a
protectorate is quite popular there, too, and
the result will be that two parties will arise
on this question in the Southern States, thus
defeating the scheme, for it can only be car
ried by the united Southern vote.
The fact is that the South is very much
afraid that there is no field open in which
she can contend with the free States for the
ascendency, on the principle of popular SOW
oreignty in the Territories, except Cuba
The conquest of Northern Mexico would
add to the Union q territory already free
the land being largely owned by Mexican
proprietors, who would be received as citi.
zens of the United States in the full possess
ion of vested rights, as their countrymen
were received under the treaty of Gauda-
lupe IIidalgo, and they would all be preju
diced against slavery-the population of the
free States would pour in for occupancy of
all the available SOIL and when the people
came to organize State governments accord
ing to the Democratic programme of popu-
lar sovereignty, it would be found that the
slave power" as it is denominated, had had
but small share in the deal This is the
reason that popular sovereignty is so distinct
ly repudiated 10y Senator Hammond and 9th
er LecOmpton Southern leaders. They are
afraid of it. Well, if the principle is cor
rect, it is good in all its consequences 1t is
the true principle at all events, and whether
it results in gaining larger number of free
States finally to the Union or the contrary,
no true Democrat has any right to object to
it. Now, we are Of the opinion that por
tion of Mexico would become slave soil, un-
der the operation of this principles but
whether it would or not has nothing to do
with the question. The Democratic party
must stand by its principle, upon that 18TH
mus of the Constitution upon which it is
founded, between the two great seas of fanat
icism upon the one hand and upon the other,
and not suicidally plunge into either.
Man SHor-We learn from a gentleman
from Timbuctoo, that q man named Jones
was shot and probably mortally wounded at
that place, on Sunday evening. 1t appears
that "sport' named Dobbins, Familiarity
known as "Red"-fr from his having red hair
was dealing monte in one of the gambling
saloons, when a dispute arose b tween him
and man who was bucking" at the game
The latter appealed to Jones, who was stand
ing by, and Jones decided in his favor,
whereupon Red Immediately rose, drew
his revolver and shot Jones through, the ball
entering his side Red" departed in a hur