Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1860-09-08

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ed the justice,and expedieHcy gfthe Mexican
war that Of so reiterated that sentiment,
but, Resolred, That we rejoice ct the restore .
alton of friendly relations with our sisterrc-
public Of Mexico, and earnestly desire for
her all the .sbessiags and prosperity which
we enjoy under republican Institution, etc,
while that OF '56 ,(reafIirmeda both the
recent Douglas ard Breckinridge fragments
Of the Convention Of 1900 declared that
'our geographical and political position
with reference TO the other safes Of This
continent, no less than the interest Of our
commerce and the Development Of our grow
ing power, requirethat we should hold sacred
the principles involved in the Monroe doc
trine !" aud with reg8rd tothe Isthmus of
| Darien, and the right Of transit acrossit
we can in no circumstances surrender onr
pTeponderance in the adjustment OF all ouee-
tions arising out OF it, With reference to
the ilibuster Walkers raid, which was then
| filling Nicaragua and Costa Rica with mis-
cry, devastation, aud carnage, the ConVen-
further resolved that "the People Of the u.
States cannot but sympathize with the ef-
forts which are being made bg the People of
| Central america to Tegeaerate that portion
of the continent ! and 6naiys that the Dem
ocratic party will expect of the next Bu-
chanan'S] Administration that every proper
effort be made to insure our dsetndeacv in'the
6 uf Of Mexico,' etc., etc. Such has been,
according TO the party's most authentic MT
lterances, the great paramount 9ject of our
Foreign Policy, under Democrats auspices,
for the last ten or fifteen years What have
bceu the fruits of that policy "a sac Z wsE
l
1t is not very long since, under very
different rule, impeled by radically different.
impulses, these United States were regard!
ed, from Ell Paso to Cape Horn, as the ell
der brother and natural head of the family
of American Republics The younger states
asked us to meet, them ia friendly eoancil at
Panama within the memory of most of fuss
and, though that meeting was frustrated by,
/ European jealousy and intrigue, the spirit
that dictated the invitation long survived
the occasion which developed it. For
generhtion, our sister Republics on this CON-
tinent regarded this confederaey with
mingled atfectiOHy pride, and trust, and our
citizens who traded to their ports or migrat-s
ed to their soil were welcomed and confdedl
In as brethren. 3sa Oh ISIS iias IS p,-a aios
Now, all Is changed. Our power is fear.J
ed by onr sister Republics and their people::l
but we reno longer loved ncr trusted by
them. Our superior skill and ingenuity
are no longer eagerly sought by. them d
British steamboats, now navigate their
rivers to the exclusion of our own; British
engineers work their mines. and run their
factories British merchants supply them
with fabrics even native Spaniards, who
were abhored there generation since, are
now preferred to Americans Our trade
is thus curtalled by some millions per an
mum while the political 'preponderance'
or 'ascendancy' SO ardently desired, is Who'll
ly lost. There is not q government between
the Gilla and Cape Horn which is the
hearty friend Of our own; not one in which
our Influence is paramount. The Argen-o
tine Confederation quarrels, dissoIves, aud
recombines, without seeking or wishing our
good Offices New Granads and Peru ex-
change civlities with us, but do not seek
our friendship Mexico endures years of
dcsolating anarchy, and, when at length
she casts despairing eye towards US, we
respond to her appeal by proposals for far
ther spOlation of her provinces driving q
Shylock bargain with aneighbor in the
agony of death. 1t seems hardly possible
for our diplomatiSts to negotiate treaty
with any other American country which is
not promptly rejected either by the rulers
of that country or by her own. Mexico in
her death-agony appeals not to us but to
Europe for a helping hand, aud that hand
is extended. Our power, throughout the
countries south of us, is measured by the
calber of our cannon, the proximity aud
weight of our frowning batteries. g ssh
For this Union has caused itself to be
regarded and dreaded as the King Stork Of ,
the American Republics. Our seizure and b
alienation of Texas our invasion aapdu
partition OF Mexico /; our sHpercilious re- 1
tuSal to recognize the independence of Hay
ii; our intrigues for predoIhinsnee in Do
mlaiela our bullying expedition to Para
quay with its ridiculous Gnde our open
sympathy with and aid to William Walk
er's butcheries 10 Nicaragua and finally,
the impunity wherewith this saDguihsry
1 pirate has been permitted to launch new
/ warlike expedition from our ports against
the object of his cupidity aud ambition
how could all these fail to make deep inn
preston on the mind of all Spanish Ane-
rica Fear dread hate - detestatIon
buc0 are tue SeUttDentS WHICH our C0huuCba
as q people, our defiance of the most ur-l
gentrequrements Of good faith and good
neighborhood, are calculated TO inspire.
And when it is known that the animatiHg
purpose of oil these crimes agninst hnmani-F
! iy is the lost Of Slavery extension, how
could we hope to escape their abhorrenee Z.
Walker, in his account Of his former bloody
sojourn In Nicaragua coolly avows he ex-
tension of slavery to be his purpose And
TIE Mobile RegiStsr--the leading Douglas
organ 10 Alabama. edited by our late EN-
bassador to Mexico, the sou Of one OF Gen,
JacksOn's Secretaries of State-cooly says,
on receipt of the tidiRgs that Truxillo had
been captured BY Walker /; 1o'45 .sg.s ias
s'It Is dHieult to SvetessImate Che impottaseS
Of this Intelligence, The success Of Yalken
We consider as OF FAR more vital momeot 70 the
South than the suicidal claim FOR protection ito
slave Property in the Territories which Sets
the brains Of so many oD fire, aud serves so
many others Of pretext to crafty their per-
| sonal ambitions No farritofv that tr0 cslu af,.