Daily national Democrat., 1859-12-15
rresent Asneot Of Me,ienn Allairs.

concentrating American trooIs on the Ni"
Grande, appears to have created quite SUR
at Washington and elsewhere. Newspaper
correspondents at that city, asserts land their
word nppears to be taken in some quarters as
law and cospeD that our Government VIII
t.le Immediate possession Of the Northern
States of Mexico, and that as consequence,
the fate Of that Republic will be sealed.
We published yesterday an extract from one
of the leading New York papers, in which it
was stated that the whole matter had been
settled upon, and that the troops to be sent
out. would 90 with orders to annihilafe the
/ Mexican Republic, etc. 1t is certainly mat
ter of surprise, that any journni should make
such an announcement rpon the strength
of the vague intelligence contained in dis
patches, published in its own columns One
dsnatch states chat the Cabinet has resolved
to invade Mexico Another states that no
thing positive can be aseertained concerning
the precise objects of sending large bodies
of troops, etc. Another, that various specu-
lations are INDUCED in. Whileit is certain,
that the Administration has ordered large
bodies of troops to the Rio Grande, we are
by no means warranted, from the rumors re
ceived, and the surmises of correspondents,
in concluding that we are to take possession
of one foot of territory claimed by Mexico
What are the grounds upon which it is al
legged that our troops are abont to march into
Mexico? The only one that we have as yet
heard of, land we are told that it is the
most plausible" one,) is that our Govern
ment, France, England, and Spain have
claims against the Mexican Government; ;
that the three foreign powers are about to
pounce upon Mexico and make her pay that
which she owes them, and that our Govern
ment will most likely be on hand to get pay
ment, in the way of appropriating to herself
six of the Northern Mexican States. 1t is to
be taken for granted we suppose, that when
men speak of France, Spain and England as
meditating some prompt action, in regard to
getting satisfaction for claims against MeXi-
co, they mean to say that those nations will
take Mexican territory as payment.
The American Government, we venture to
say, will hardly march an army into Mexico,
for fear Of France, England or Spain, until
those nations shall have made some kind of
demonstration which will prove that they
are about to carry out the plans so mysteri.
ously limited at by newspaper correspondents.
As to th probability of such a movement on
| the part of those nations, just at this time, it
is not material to speak. 1t is scarcely pos
sible that they are medItating an alliance for
the purpose stated. If they are, England
and France will have to cease their growing
for a while, or they will hardly carry out
the alleged plan satisfactorily to themselves.
They should so heal their differences that
they fall not out by the way" 1t is possible
we admit, that those foreign nations may
have some plan Qike the one limited a0 ma
tured, in regard to the Mexican Republic
1t may be possible also, that they are not in
league; but each, having some inkling of the
others intentions, has resolved to play the
grab game"
If the Administration has any fears that
European nations will invade Mexico, it will
of course prepare itself to meet such a con-
tingency, but it will hardly be the first to
play the grab game" by Immediately taking
possession of Mexican territory, before any
other foreign power has made demonstya-
tion to that effect The military occupation
Of that country, through the sanction of
President Buchanan, will be virtually de-
claration of war A war against whom?
A war against the very Government with
which we are now treating, We have at
the seat of that Government Minister who
is engaged in getting upa treaty, which, if
not broken off, will secure to us great bene-
fits. That Government has all along evineed
disposition to foster amicable relations be.
tween itself and the United States. Why,
then, should war be made against it? If
Mexico is to be invaded, by taking possession
of a number of the Northern States, there
must certainly be some cause for it, other
than the poor reason given, that other ma
tions may possibly intend to occupy the
country. There is no other reason that we
can see as yet, except, that the Administra-
and his followers is sanctioned by the Mexi-
can Government. The acts of Cartinas,
however, have not as yet been mentioned, SO
far as we know, as giving ground for the
belief that we are to sieze upon Mexican ter
ritory. The Administration, we opine, will
hardly break with the Juarez Government
and declare war upon it on account of the
Cortinas foray alone. The Juarez Govern
ment we doubt not, deplores the acts of the
guerilla chief, who is upon the whole, no
thing more nor less, than sort of independ-
ent robber, who has grown bold by the mum.
Der of his followers, and holds himself amen.
able to neither Mexican nor American law.
In regard to the movement of troops to
to the Rio Grande, that which appears to
excite suspicion is the fact that so many have
been sent. If il is true that the Admnistra-
tion is apprehensive of the movements of
other nations in regard to Mexico, it is nat
ural enough that it should concentrate a
considerable force near the frontier of
that country. 1t would by no means fol.
low, however, that the troops would march
straight on and take possession of the North.
ern States Of that country, all of which are
under the government of the Lberalists or
constitutional party. There is one thing