New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-03-06

rress conferred extraordinary powers on Comonfort
| Nv . dacrsa passed On the 18th Of November,
| IA57 Juaraz vas nt thai time Minister of the
Interior and the a, cree couDtersif ned by him
on the 9Th of November. BY the 4th article, 1t was
provided that "tbese fa' ilities Tor powers) shall
"continue from the publicai' on OF the present law,
cup to the Both of April next eJo0o'l When tne
Executive shall submit to Cong 'ess tne manner I'D
which they may have been eAscutei Inc
treaty lie, therefore, an unwarrantabLs assumption
of power on his part, without the color Oh legal au
tbOrity the sanction Of any usage or the result OF
aDy implied authority. Mr.. Buchanan exteh'porized
him as President for the occasion just rs me
British caught an Indian in Nicaragua aud ca rrea
him over to Jamaica and crowned him King OF the
Mosquitoes.
In the 9Th article Of the treaty il is stipulated,
" in the exceptional case however, of unforeseen
" or imminent danger 10 the lives and property OF
" citizens of the United States, the forces of said
90 Republic are authorized to act for their protec-
ton, mihom such consent haring been previously
" entertained" Who is 10 judge of this uniore-
" seen or imminent danger"i The whole discre-
ton is placed in the hands of army officers tOwhom
the power to make war is thus substantially COM
mitted. We are not TO lay complaints before the
Mexican Government, or to demand redress but to
march troops and take summary redress. With an
sr1ny two thousand miles off, aud only periodical
means OF communication, il is easy to see with
WHIT HuZlTus bUcn uDuhudl Dt Ut
tended. We were driven to the very brink of war
with England by the rashness of Gen. Harvey, and
although the Administration promptly receded from
that error, ii did so only because the
British Government had the power and the
will to resent it. The feebleness of Mex
leo would not protect her against any such en-
terprises 1t would rather furnish a reason Tor pur
suing them, if we may judge of the probable con-
duet of the Administration by the experience which
Kansas furnishes
Juarez has thus consented TO the introduction of
troops into Mexico assuming TO have full power.
Yet the Constitution, under which he claims to be
President, part l6 of the ~ article, expressly pro-
hibs him in these words: Congress only can per- |
" NIT or refuse the entrance of foreign troops into
" the Mexican territory and consent to the station
" of squadron of another Power for |
" more than one month in the waters Of the |
" Republic" The constitutional Preident" |
undertakes to violate the very instrument by which |
he claims to act in that capacity. Again, the Con-
stitutioD, part of the same I'D article expressly |
reserves to Congress only the right to ratify trea
lies, diplomatic Conventions, and all arrangements |
made with foreign Power by the Executive Yet |
Juarez assumes absolute power, and again Outrages |
the Constitution.
The Senate cannot be ignorant of these facts, |
and the grave question is thus presented, Is it becOm
ing is it right for the United States to enter into
a solemn treaty with q faction which is not only |
destitute of the means for carrying it into effect,
but is destitute of all legal authority to make such |
an engagement The Treaty cOnfesses before the
world, that if ratified, it must be sustained by |
American bayonets, because of the inability of Jua-
rez and his party to fulfill their obligations. We |
are asked to play the part of Louis Napoleon to the
Pope, and to support dynasty which is incapable |
of supporting ITSELF even if placed in possession of
power. What is this but establishing military |
government in Mexico, and the extinction of its ma
iiOnalityi The DAY that policy is naugurated, the
hours of her existence as q separate Government |
may be numbered.