The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-10-31
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Msssso,-.iSbiic issseation~ewtfsehs ,''e oeee
Tor sometime aesorbea hs fie trai1s'seiiei'so .
daily occurrence. Immediately arcune--fes iias
once Mere te be iixed upon Mexico. ias -
lance formed besweea France ihg'sih"' "h z
Spain, The object of which Is tooehSe MeA
Go to pay her Just debts. will compel the LII
coin Government either to abandon Tue fioi
roe doctrine altogether, 81 90 take a ceci''e'
stand against ibe eilies ii 10 ifsse, sha' 's'
allies, or at ieas, the London f'cSf, when Is 'o'
organ Of Lord PAIyERsfoA. declare that they
do not intend 80 laird in neSieo; that then
operations are TO he confined 10 the rea ana
The hasbars; THAI taes mean 10 biocsiilse tt't
lalser. and assemble large ileet IN the sus',
for the purpose oSenierslna rhe hsoesaa.
syith great Difference 30 the better jadgmei.
Of the Post. We zee not how the proposed oh
.je,t can be accomplished by the proposed npa
sures. To us il seems very Ike the aDcien'
policy Of the debtor, who, as hong AZ the law
allowed him, locked up liz insoIvent ere
iitor in jail, thereby insuFiag the absolute
impossihility of bis ever receiving his det
Nor will the proposed plan Of taking posses.
sion of to- pors, aud themselves collecting the
revenues answer ANY better purpose. The YES
scl going in will pay dutier 10 ihe power TIA
holds the port bat the moment they lapd th'
goods the Mexican Government will collect an
other duty, equal at least in amount to tina, al
ready exacted. ooe OF two,or /. may be Il duzen
vessels viii come in and submit 10 this process
Of abstraction; but they viii be all Trad
VIII ii, once leave the port, and the high co, Z.
tracing parties, az well rs the Mexican Gov
ernment, viii be deprived for all time to COM
of their revenues from the customs. Such al
arrangement j. not possible as long As Ia,
Mexican Government is allowed to exist, o,
rather we should say, such an arrangement
must inevitably defeat It's own object. II
possible that the Mexican Government nigh
consent 10 the installation of the allies az col
lectors Of the revenue: bat if the preseI; MeA
lean Governmental all resembles any Govern.
uent that Mexico ever had since she broke o.
her connection with Spain it will none the ler,
be certain 10 collect new Sc, of duties upo;
the goods when once landed, Even il IL.
prese nj Government be honest-wiicl Is har,il,
posi-. le-there is no security for its continu-
anSe until the first day OF next January. An,
should the allies Interfere TO prevent the co,
lection of second set OF duties, they must en-
by planting their standards npon the steeyle
TIC Grand Cathedral. Intervention in Mexic.
means, in plain terms, the conquest of Mexico
To accomplish their object, be il actual,
W bat it may, tie allies have set on foot "a yer,
powerful naval expedition TIE British n-s
.
more than i've hundred guns, aud are name,
by ak or seven thousand seamen arid marine,
Sr en- fleet as this, united " ith ,he .o,,oao,,.
Of France and Spain, or even without thei
assistance. ean easily pat down any opposito,
which Mexico can make, Nor do we believ,
that old AsF and ali lis Yankees can proven
The allies from doing exactly hat they l,eae
That he will Use high language, talk loud,
about the Monroe doctrine, hlnater and threate'
we do not doubt. Bnt he can impose on nobod
but tie miserablt II xcaus themselves wi,
well remembering the victories of the SUIT
ern troops in 1916 and g., and supposing then
10 be 90 many Yankee triumphs, ente rtain tht
most exaggerated notions of Yankee power
The Yankee Minister. ToN Coz WIZ. has n.
elected no opportunity To heighien these im
pressions He has been intriguing with IT,
Mexican Government to induce them to claim
the protection of King ABE, and he grH
ciously accords it, on condition that Yanke'
troops be allowed TO pass over Mexican te.
Iitory for the purpose Of invading Texas. 4
loan of GtteeD million in the meantime ha
been asked of the Federal Government, an
doubtless, while that Government is equau
deriDg five buadrei millions year, it will no
hesitate about So small matter. Tue New
York Her ali assures us--aI least its Washing
ton correspondents do--that Old ABE has detel
mined to sustain Mexico, aud has caused ::
note TO be addressed to the Ministers Of the
three powers, demanding an explanation OF
their Intentions Ii he will shell out the IF
teen millions, it will enable Mexico 10 pay hei
debts, the allies will not seize her ports, and
there W i'll Q no occasion for war. If he viii
not, he will be- compelled to fight the allies, or
back out. We rather thius be will choose the
latter course. We wish he would try the
former II may be that this Mexican imbfo-
Clio will lead TO the opening Of our ports,
but we do not think It will Our opinion Is,
that LINCOLN will submit TO any species Of
insult rather than go to war with the alice.
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BE EcosoAicaL.-At the beginning Of this
war. the public press Of the country pointed
out the obvious necessity Of econony in the
management of private affairs, advice whic,,
4 4 = II.