, 1860-01-10
39ress l. Trit1tt1tc.
A NEW FREE SOIL MEASURE

A NEW FREE $oiL MEASURE.
The American people want Mexiro. They !
desire its acquisition not as Spanist Celtic,
Catholic hence mi~govcrued, priest-riddcr,
decaying, scm; military, som-ecclcsiastical dcs-
potism; but rs 4 calony for Auglo-Saxon,
American, Protestant development, in which |
Democracy and Christianity may work hand !
in hand for the regeneration and elevation Of
the country. TLey want it as a FREQ Soil
measure-for tue purpose Of protecting its fair
provinces from tho blight which slavery, by |
whonsoevcr introduced; would bring upon
them. They want it rs Il point d 'appui from
overnwo and keep Central america in check:
and from which, iu 1ullness Of time aud ripe
ness ;oroppouutIity, 10 take possession Of such
parts thereof as our national salcty aud our
commerc. Of two oceans n,ay demand that wo
should possess. They waut it as Il measure Of
philauthrophy and progress, whereby people
infinitely oppressed By ambitious military chief
tains md moro rapacious and blood-thirsty
priests, may be brought again under tho inAu.
eace II civilization aud law, and restored to
real as well az nominal brotherhood with the
human family.
What the condition Of Mcxico las been un-
der the rule TO which it has been and is now
subjected, all our readers lavo been told; but
in this country though its government is not
nf the best, no adequate idea caa he formed Of
the misery, which, under the name of Repub.
lica,,ism and Religion, that Mexican people las
endured. The ceasc1css striEes by which The
country is torn, the rapid and violent changes
Of government at tho capital, and the political
revolutions in The provinces arc the least ins-
portaat Of the grieis Of which they may conl-
plain. The grinding effect Of tue double taxa
ton imposed BY Church and State; the re-
preston By the Clergy of every impulse to
manly national life, tic pesils to person aud
property from the greedy violence Of an uadis.
ci7lued guerrilla stldicry, all arrayed under
patriotic banners and all prostitutipg their col
OTIS to the purposes Of robbery and rapine-
The absorption, by the priesthood Of thor
cnGhly false and rotten Church, Of So large
rorlion o. the real property Of the Republic;
the power exercised in defiance Of the State,
bv irresponsible Ecclesiastical Courts; the ban
placed upon tie education Of the masses; The
encouragement under the uamc Of religion, Of
the idleness and vice Of ronastic and convent
ual institutions; and the general disorder
introduced into tue body polite BY mass of
tlepr;aveG ucu governing iu the name Of God,
and contcuding squads Of soldiers robbins III
the name of Democracy, las made that faircst
portion Of uaan's heritage more cxcerablc in
the eyes Of the world tlan any other portion
elaimel By tic Pops as lis own.
Ono Of the good thiugs-wo had almost said
The only goad tling-lone by Mr. Buchanan is
the treaty negotiated with the Mexican chief
tain-almost the only one of his countrymen +
his class who LAS had The sense to see and the
holdness to apply the remedy to- the disorders
hy which lis country is convulsed-Gcnera
JrAnEz- With that fuuclionary, to whom
most Of tlle provinces l'avo submitted aud who
is de jure as well as DE- taeto President, bar
gain has been made by the representative Of
cur government, which is singularly fair in its
terms AMI promising III its results; aud it only
remains for the Senate at Washington 10 rat:fy
what Mr.. Buchanan has done, to warrant tire
helicf that the comprehensive plans Which
.Juarcz has forme,1 for the regeneration Of
Mexico will be at once put in force. Two years
agn, aid for Mexico, or Interference with Mc1i-
can affairs. was not thought Of except by The
rautipocs Of the Snutil as link ia the chain by
which they hope slavery may bo lilstencl Upon
all Of North America lying South Of Mason
and nixous line But since then the whole
aspect Of Mexican affairs has changed. Juarcz
has to use IN expressive vulsarism, "t:ken
the bull By the horns" His war waged with
'Nisanon is not a war agaiust 4 military dcs-
pctistn only, but against the Hierarchy By which
the country has been alternately robbcd aud
ruled Himself son o: the Church, he would re-
tricve her from the odium into which she las
fallen, aud by 4 radical Information Of her
polity in Mexico, and Of tho ecclesiastical cs.
t71lis!,mcuts throusing with monks and MUS,
restore her to usefulness rs tile friend aud
guide Of men. He Is pledged, ard his people
sustain him III the determination, to Il separa.
ton Of tue cccleastical aud potica. functions
Of the priesthood, to tile scqucstratiou to the
uses Of the State If the magnificent domain
which they have accumulated il tl.cir hands,
and to the thorough sccularization Of tho GOT
erning power. Like tue moro successful, but
not bolder Victor Emanuel, he strikes at the
root, and the result will be tue liberation ot
his people.
We are earnest Ter the ratification Of the
JrAaEz treaty, with euch possible modiiica.
tions as may be demanded, aud for tho active
interference permitted by TINT instrument with
Mexican afEairs. Tl,c choice is between that,
with freedom as its result, or the lilibustering
which cannot be much loIger fought of, with
negro slavery in its train. The fundamental
law makes slavery impossible. We want Mex.
ico as a colony, os the subject Of protcctoratc,
Us i dependency Of some sort, before that fun.
dancntal law is repealed, aud slavery obtains
a lodgmcnt from Which it cannot he dispos
scssed. Nothing seems to be moro ccrtair
than that some change both comprehensive
and durable is approaching in the condition q
that unhappy Republic. 1t is for this govern
ment to say what that change shall be.
THE TWO MILL TAX.
We learn from the Springfield Journal, thai
not a single bond was presented at the Office
Of the State Treasurer on tho lst inst, for pay
rnont out Of tic two-1nill tax fund. The fol
lowing statement shows the distribution O
this fund for several years:
1885, Amount Of tsx alsssItued 4sacs
ls5' Am.unt nf stslLu1ed. d.............. t4s1E
Bonds ncd =, ,...,.,.,..1 ~ Il
1a5a Amount sf d. t1ibutea. .-........... 6as4
Uoud* prescntcd. e.
Dords pr'scnted.. al.a:,
1850. AEno mt Of tax Observation-Disclosures. .u5.6s
Bonds presented. cd..,......-.............-...
1t is not probablc that any ,nnre bonds will
be presented for pavmopt out Of this fund
Tile State is now paving regularly the scmi-an
nual interest On its entire Indebtedness and Hi
nois bonds sell readily ut q premium in the
New York market. By the act Of the Lceis
lature Of 1857, tic proceeds Of this tax, whcr
no. called for as provided By the ISL, article