The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-07-04
The Complications OF the Mexican
Question.

Question.
From present appearances 1t seems probable
that Spain has determined to take active mea-
sures in her relations with Mexico, and these
may have very important effect upon the re-
suit Of the present contest In that disorgauized
and erumbling republic.
Not that we suppose she will send any of the
numerous forces, so long talked Of, to overrun
Mexico and restore ii to the Spanish crown, but
she may make q naval demonstration at Vera
Cruz that will decide the trembling balance of
Mexican parties. There has been similarity
in the policy pursued by our government and
that of Spain towards Mexico, which has not
been sufficiently observed by our statesmen
and legislators; and the present result Is that
while factious Congress, from party motives,
has refused to sustain the efforts Of Mr.. Bucha-
nan to incline the balance Of Mexican affairs
in our favor, and he is left with an
unratifed treaty and an impracticable
policy upon his hands in the present crisis, the
policy of Spain is just beginning to operate
with vigor COincident with the McLane treaty
with the Juarez government, Spain celebrated
the Mon-Almonte treaty with the Cabinet Of
Miramon. The terms of the assistance we were
to render the liberal government of Mexico
are well known; the conditions of the Mon
Almonts treaty are known only SO far as Spain
has chosen to make them public, but the tenor
of the secret articles which are known to exist
has yet to be revealed. Our treaty has been
rejected by the Senate, and the President is left
powerless, while that of Spain has been ratified
by the Cortes, and the Spanish Cabinet is fully
empowered to act
There is another curious coincidence in these
affairs, in the fact that while our Minister, Mr..
McLane, is urgent to be permitted to come
home under the conviction that the action of
Congress has destroyed his moral power and
usefulness in Mexico, Senior Pacheco, the Spa
nish Minister, has just arrived there, convinced
that the propitious time for him has just begun.
To add to this complete change in Mexican
complications, the Spanish feet in Havana is
ordered to be put on war footing, and to hold
itself in readiness to proceed to Vera Cruz,
while our gallant little navy has just received
the reproof conveyed in the decision Of the
United States District Court at New Orleans,
liberating the two steamers captured by Capt.
Turner at Anton Lizardo. All Of these events
operate to destroy our moral influence in the
neighboring republic, and to leave fair field
for Spain, should she determine to knock the
walls Of Vera Cruz about the ears of President
Juarez and his Cabinet
Meanwhile rumors are afloat OF new compli-
cations in Mexico ITSELF 1t is known that Mira
mon and Zuloaga, leaders of the church party,
are at loggerheads, and that Miramon has put
his predecessor in the Presidency under con-
fnement, and now advices from the Rio
Grande state that Miramon himself has been
defeated and made a prisoner by Gene
raj Zaragoza, of the liberal army and
that in Nuevo Leon q rising has taken
place In behalf Of the recall of ex-Presi-
dent Comonfort In addition TO all these COM
plications, there is the recent split in the Cabi
net of President Juarez at Vera Cruz, which
has very much the appearance Of split in the
liberal party. The result of all this confusion
will be that Mexico will become waif upon
the stream Of events, her commerce gone her
merchants bankrupt, her people divided, her
rulers powerless, and her territory a prize for
some energetic Power or ambitious adventurer
that shall tender to her impoverished and dis
heartened inhabitants peace and security in ex-
change for anarchical independence.