The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1859-01-08


emancipation hssrsanibsapa VI keep thsMs beautiful re-
gons in the condon " sode n which sAey were found
Nevertheless, calm poll pa ,aton aud the constuc-
tion Of the projected canal troqg NlcaraguM Of which
M Belly has obtansd 6oncessio will cxoate cor
mercia activity which win rapidly draw there the current
Of European emigration which hitherto has been borne
toward the United Stes aud there Is doubt that the
population ought rapidly to acquire increase that
IN several years 1t would be nund 10 be doubled
treblod.
This prediction Of Europe for the United States has
only been too largely Justified heretofore There life
active fruitful powerful it astonishes by its nconpara
bic prosperity 1t attracts consequently, the floods of
emigrants who go To seek With their homes the liberty,
work reward, aud property which they miss in their
tive land In the old Spanish colonies of America life
docs not seem TO have activity but the contrary to
be destroyed II evident that the attention of the
Old World should bear elf in preference towards the
abong and rich people contact with whom regenerates
and strengthens.
But commerce and industry will resort promptly to
Central America, SO admirably situated 90 for
transit and emporium to the transactions of
the rival and competitor of the America of the North
u Is through them that she will begin to recover from
the lethargy in which she enslayed they surely
contain the of strength OF richness of grandcnr
of cvilizationin short of life of that life in which in
their impatient folly the inhabitants have frequently
demanded in the anarchy which brings only ruin and
prepares only regrets.
UNIFIED STATES AND MEXICO IN ENGLAND.
tr'tou oadon chronce Dec, III
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The Mexicans have altered al old prUverb Their
motto Is each for HIMSELF /" but not Good for
all In the country around the seaport of Vera Cruz
the soced constitutional chietan Juarez Is in power
Like the rest he is much in want of money aud is
ported in New York, apparently good authority, that
he is about to negotiate with some leading American cap
italists loan OF five millions of dollars, for which he
offers security the lands of the Territory Of Sonora
To this wretched man. who would barter his country for
gold the sympahes of the American people appear to
incline.
Whcresoever the carcass u.s. there will the eagles be
gathered The ornaments Of three European nations
in the waters OF Mexico With Spain, the mother
land whose allegiance she cast of when she first made
miserable attempt governing herself, Mexico has
quarrel of standing, More recently the French
flag has been nsultcd and French subjects mulcted of
forced loans to dey the expenses of savage inferno
cine Tired for the moment of cutting anohers
throats the guerilla leaders have reccssy turned upon
the subjects of foreign powers and of England among the
rest. We have not forgotten cannot forget-the
fragrant outrage at Tampico where the sancy of consul
lar protection violated by armed force the Brit
ish flag tramped ON, unoendng British subject hauled
off to nolsome dungeon, and confined until he had paid
of money that had been awlessy levied upon the
representatives of foreign merchants 1t is to avenge
this outrage and to seek redress for other similar wrongs
not to intervene in the affairs Of the fallen republic to
insult people who their worst enemies-that
the British and French allied squadron has sought the
Gulf of Mexico We may also safely predicate of the
Spanish government which has for time past been
backward in demanding redress that seeks for nothing
more and has intention of occupying one rood Of Mex
lean ground
In this gathering of angry powers the fleet of the Uni
ted States of America has yet place But the people
of that country regarding the pending question with
feeling of anything rather than indifference. Republics
much prone to conquest monaches, and in each
the of the people is frequently wsrke than
its rulers There has for time past been strong
and growing tendency in the American mind towards for
eign aggression, and extension by military means, of the
already territories of the great republic And
if we may Judge from accounts that have just been
ceived from New York, this feeling, in that capital at
least is tending most strongly in the direction of
Mexico. The President, it ia said is to be urgently
pressed to declare himself in his forthcoming message in
favor Of the acquisition by force Of arms if need be, of
the remainder Of this unhappy State. We trust however
that he will do such thing We trust that those who
at present recommend this will quickly come to
sense the ooishncss Of their counses and Of the in
Jury which its rash adoption would be sure to inct upon
their county, Ag ssasa M eJaHa go $50
There many things which ready to admit at
once Without any wish to copcede what Is called the
Monroe doctrine confess that if any foreign nation
occupy and possess itself Of the lands of the sick
man of the West the United States have the best right
to do it, The country borders upon theirs Hintervenes
between them aud the stfmus. They must pass round
it their way to their State of California. They
have already conquered it, and occupied for some
period its capital city Their ships do its coasng trade
their steamboats, go to and fro its rivers, their
chants busy in its traffic. The State them if
teen millions Of dollars which it has shown no intention
of repaying. We might so still further II might tend
in degree to the al want ge OF England, IN conf
mercal sense if the Americans to possess themselves
of Mexico They might repay its debt to capitalists
They might develop tho Of the country and
produce better market for English goods They might
enable English merchants to settle and thrive in 1T under
| fixed and firm government.
But there consideration which, with reflective
ought to outweigh all these The power of the American
republic is Of the utmost Importance in the great balance
of States There questions which might arise in the
world in which it would be Of the greatest moment to
that the weight of this people, great as 1t now 49,
should be thrown into the scale the side OF cviliza
ton and it is more than doubtful whether the annexa
ton of Mexico would weaken rather than strengthen
the Union for there two ways in which this annex
alton might be accomplished The first is by right of
conquest. The country when conquered must be held
by force of process which involves an increase
of taxation, to which the Americans would be Him
cned to submit--unless indeed, it's impoverished in
habtans could be made to bear the burden themselves
which is unlikely The other way woul be through
demand the part OF the Mexcans themselves to be
Joined to the Union In this the most natural Of
the two number Of half Spanish States will become in
tegral parts OF the Union and be entitled to the
rights control themselves the share
in the federal government the States Of English OIL
gin the north Of them. We know what the American
character H. and what the Mexican. The American has
already confsscdIy altered from the English type, and is
doubtless capable of still further alteration under the in
tucnces of mixture of race, change OF climate. In
the have assumed 1t must some day to pass
that Americans will mix freely with A1eSicans and Mexi
cans with Americans Now it has been assumed all
hands that the Union would absorb Mexico What if the
reverse should happen and Mexico absorb the Union
Doubtless any the Saxon element would predoni
nate but very much fear that the gradual amagama
ton that would ensc the infusion of this river of deene
rate Spanish blood would sap at the foundations OF