The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-11-26
The United States Treaty with Nextco-
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The Unred States Treaty with Mexico
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From me l" ", Post egovern%eot organ) Nov y
attention period at which the r"vcrn,a, puoho
united States appears resolved that no,hur shall
sne compss'o. ITS pending treaty with The liberal
government OF Jnsrez at Vera Cruz The departure A.
senior iFrdo from Washington tor Vera Cruz Win m.
view Of chciting final instructions from President ia,x
America Though the Mexican territory 10 POSSESSION -
INC Vera Crsz government, leafs us 10 icvc that m
longer oeiay w present itself to the sign AZURE oi ths
'rta,y, Inc osest Is one, indeed of incacuablc ad-
vantage 70 both governments and negoti.ttcn based
ON ns recprgcA interest, was not likely frQm she irst
o.d aitianee 81 The Cat,a Of Wahiagto. md he ,S,n
Hdshngoa, On she other hand require he y-,oM AZ
e ss,tnh naDc ,crvss e Lahmas IF gshuamrpc.
winch uavihcs Inv Grf of Mexico from ths
Pacific. The point Of difference hitherto exis,ino -
Tween anc .%o governments has related SIMPLY to
the question wheer the route the Isthms
be garrsoned by native American from. and hath
America shah share 10 territorial privileges along th,,
route President Juarea was lrst unwilling To- give
right Of garrison TO foreign goyernmcn, LAST Il
should be construed as trcnchng tho natural ndencn
depce OF Mexico as u sovereign State M a,s,a nu..
the other hand has been apprehcusivc that while wa,c
s not entirely delivered from civil war the secri,y ~
quisitc for commercial deveiope may not be ors
coming without some positive hold the 10 rtorv Sc,f
Both reasonable assumptions; but tho difference hev
involve does not seem very hard Of adjustment r. for
establishment Of joint Mexican aud American gnrriso~
the isthmus limiting the amount Of either tho o.
washington Sfpd IA
the right OF way may be fairly transferred an nerna
onal commission composed OF delegates from both
States These, however, expedients which must a
present themselves to the present negostors a
realty
The advantages which the United statos win obtain
from right OF traffic across the Isthmus are manio,d
The stbmus Of Tehuantepec is the narrowest strp AZ
territory dividing the two in all Central America
with the exception of the Isthnius Of Panama The adj
vantage of this traffic to maritime and cominercai State
will be that will present direct route countries in
order to reach which is necessary perform the
long voyage by Cape Horn. 1t tuH therefore gpe America
direct route 10 China and 10 Australa the former of
which lies little above, and the latter little below The
latin O. Tsu1Ispes i fully twenty thousand miles
OF the Cape OF Good Hope and even by Of Cape
Horn ON the other hand, the distance from the fur
ber or western coast OF Tehuantcpec Australia aud
China is not half that distance Moreover the eastern
coast OF Tehnantepcc, on the Gulf Of Mexico, is in
very convenient proximity 70 many OF the great
opposite the Foridas the gulf the mouths or
the Mississippi also The sthmus Of Tehuantepec appears
designed by nature to further this system Of overland
traffic from the Gulf the Pacific Ocean. On the Gul is
the spacious larbor Of Sar ia Anna, the Pacific tho
barbor and roadsteads OF Tenuantpec itself Tie breadth
OF the intervening neck OF land about hundred and
twenty miles is prop ,sed 10 this Isthmus
by railway, which the general equality OF the surface
would render easy Of construction when the set
ties down. But III either the natural tran
sit are sufficient in themselves From the mouths the
Mississippi 10 Vera Cruz and Santa Anna the distance
but few days sail. The object of the treaty between
the Juarez and the govern OF the United
States s them that Of securing passage by the Ishmus
Of Tehuanepec which shall halve the distance Of the
United States from China and Australia This object ia
also well worth the consideration OF government
Such Is the object OF the treaty which the Cabinets OF
Washington and Vera Cruz making final effort to
concludes and We now turn to the question OF the condi-
ton Of Mexico itself There certainly appears reason to
hope that new era is dawnng upon that country The
civil war which has long ragged and has destroyed
dit and distracted enterprise, is by degrees assuming
smaller proportions in consequence OF the incre asng
superiority Of the dominant liberal party. Aramon is
nosc reduced 10 such terms atI hardly to be anticipated
that his b. much Longer maintained by any section Of
the community In fact he appears from the latest accounts
TO be reduced to the greatest poverty, while Juarez in
possession already of the great proportion Of the SOIL in
Gulf of Mexico and OF all the Of Vera Cruz Indeed
II not by any beyond the range Of prob ability
that the conclusion OF a treaty between Juarez aud
Mr.. Buchanan will bring even the domestic ques-
desired above all things for a country whish
needs only stable and firm government for its
developement instance Of the terrible blow that
has been dealt to public credit mention that the
market price Of Mexican bonds in this country g per
cents) has been for time between Fl and %, and
tween % and 49, The distractions Of the Mexican terri
tory, and the pay Of interest, have Of
been the cause Of this depression A treaty between
Mexico aud this country, the conclusion of former
loan specially reserved the customs duties of Mexico
by Of mortgage for the payment OF interest the
Mexican debt in this country For considerable period
the confusion Of The republic prevented the fulment Of
this Obligation but II is understood that the Old arrange
men has been again reverted to- and the first install
meu Of interest due, of which much is in arrear will be
ruth Juafez seems 10 have the pretty nearly in his
wn hauos, and he has only 10 play his cards well in
rider to make bis party undsputed of the
state. The liberal governments Of Europe are deeply
Interested Ia the realization of Mexican unity and it is TO
uarez that they must obviously look for the attainment
( this object.