Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1859-03-09

We lament the clspelsdlol MA com-
psls US to announce ibis morning the deeease
Of Postmaster-G General BEoWN. Telegraphie
disnstches report his demise, At Washington,
Yesterday morning. We have watched with
much interest the hucuuahng character Of intel
Hrence IN respect 70 his health, and have feared
the worst, The realization Of which is now
forced upon Us. Amors extended notice viii
be made hereafter
EPROTECTOHATE FOR MEXICO
The latest sdvices from Mexico, saws the
san Francisco Eati0nGL indicate the dismem-
bermsntof that rep1bhe, and We shall comment
upon IT as a country doomed to disruption. i
the sick nan Of the western hemisphere,
which the civilized world has upon its hands
and the United States is the healthy neighbor,
standing BY while il is verging upon dissolu-
uon. bound 10 duty 70 Itself TO see what is 70 be
done with Mexico.
At the accession Of SANTA anna 10 power,
for the last time, IN 1855, her national debtwss
one hundred and thirry-three millions, andsinee
thar tine 1t has been Increasing, and she has
not paid all the interest Al that time she
bad existed, az an Independent country for
thity-two wears, and had passed throughfoIty-
two changes q government Most Of these
changes were ATTENDED with such scsnes Of dis
order and armed resistance as to justify Us in
saving that they were actual revolutions They
gave 20 the forty-two governments an average
duration Of about nine months each. Several
Of them eoadnued but two, four and i've months,
and one lasted but i've DAYS, and one seven
DAYS Before concluding that Mexico is a
poor country, not worth having, we should re-
fleet upon the effect Of this instability upon all
rs material interests. Tt is very true that her
manufactures and her agriculture are at pres
en- almost nothing. But who would establish
manufactures, OF even farming, in a country
where he held no guaranty Of the continuance
5f order for more than nine months, and per
haps not more than i've days az atime2 Who
would embark IN trade, except tc such a limited
extent, and IN such a temporary mode. as to
admit Of the instant withdrawal Of the cap
itaI, and its removal out Of the country z
So II has been ia Mexico, and it is for thisTea-
son that the vast resources Of that rich region
now De uniersloped, and but partially ex-
pl0red. i Mexican wool can BE- exported to
New York, as It. has been, and then sold at
eleven cents, in the gross, al seventeen cents
cleansed, is there sny doubt, that with a stable
government once established, the product Of
wool would soon be ~quintupled, and that wool
IN factories would begin 20 rise and hum on
Ae mountain streams Especially is there
doubt Of it. when we take into account the vast
range Of wild pasturage 50 wei adapted to
sheep grazing, the same which we have a piece
Of in California, but enough to insure Us that
wool is vet TO be one Of the staple products
Of our own noble, golden California? The fact
is, that in Mexico, farmers, traders and miners
ave been crushed By revolutionary politics
But Oct order BE- planted IN the heart Of the
country, and AL would experience a resuscita-
ton. 1t IS this Instability which has limited
Mexico 10 a population Of only seven and a
half millions, on an area Of eight hundred
and thirtv-four thousand English sqaure
niles giving an average Of tife less than
nine inhabitants to the square mile.
But there are sources Of wealth in the
country, as indicated BY the riches Of the
huTch. Mexican writers estimate the prop
srty Of the church az four hundred millions Of
dollars, or three times the national debt,
which was one hundred and thirty-three mil
lions, and its annual income at eighteen mil
lions Of dollars. These writers state that one
third Of the land is owned by he church, and
that 10 the federal d~istrie., more than one-half
Of the assessed property, which is but little
less lhan fifty millions Of dollars, belongs 10
the church. We cannot v0uch for the accu-
racy Of these estimates, but we have not seen
then contradicted One writer shows, BY a
very vlabRrate process Of figuring, that the
church could pay the national debt and retain
all the church buildings with their furniture
and ornaments, an The burial grounds, an the
utensils and spPurtenaHces Of public worship,
and a sufficient amount % invested funds 10
WELD an income Of seven millions Of dollars F.:
and be proposes that this should be done.
Such, by his figures, is the wealth Of the eccle-
s~iastical establishment for a population which
never exceeded eight millions. Of whom three
ffhs are Indians.
There are sources Of wealth, then, some
where in Mexico. But there are some o5ies-
h0as urged to the acquisition Of Mexico, or
any part Of t. which are deserving Of notice.
These are: l. The national debt, which We
viii now estimate, IN round numbers, al
sI50,c00,O0o. ? The bzHdittL 3. Teurbane
population, inhabiting i've hundred and twelve
cities, :swns. and villages. 4 The mixed
races and their diversity Of languages.
We may glance briefly at these hereafter.
and then lock az the resources Of the country.
on the other side Of the balance sheet, to show
what compensation Mexico has to ofer TO any
nation that VIII undertake the uuwelcome task
Of taking and regenerstng any portion Of that
country.
HON. A. "A. STEPHENS, OF GA.
Alarge number Of Senators and Representa-
dvss-he persanal friends Of Hon. A. H..
STEFHEss, Of GeorCia-eBdered 70 him a din
neg 70 BE- given imnediately after the,adjourn-
ment Of Congress, which be declined, on the
ground that private business called him home
Immediately after the adjournment II is IN
derstood that Mr.. STEPHENS VIII no, again be-
q candidate for the seat be recently fnea. and
which be has held since lsss, with honor 20
himself and usefulness TO his country. Mr..
srEFHESs is one Of the very ablest, mos, faith
full and reliable Representative who has oo-
oupsd a seat in Congress for the last few
years and bis absence, hereafter, FROM the seat
which be has 50 highly adorned, viii be much
felt byhis colleagues and lamented BY his con
sttuents.
Eis political and personal integrity are Of
the highest order. which, united with bis solid
him one Of the first and most useful men in the
Republic.
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