Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-03-07
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THE BEEcHus, Febrasry l6.-Ihere never s
e better time 10 consider eur tereigR feieis9Ils
thar ii the midst of domestic war. The pres
euce OF one dsnSer should nlake Us more sensl-
ble to another Generally We have been very
iorluuate ia our diplomacy. We hsve been
honest and open-ogalities which gave US gree.
advantages just because they were not possessed
Nv other nsti5ns We have been just, and re-
ouired Justice, which c0ald not well be deaiea
to nation which, in addition to being right
wss powerful But we hsye not been Q0lle 80
fortunata in our recent relations to Mexico, Ia
my opinion it was clear mistake not to hsFs
lrafi6ed the treaty made BY Cogwin with Jaazez
| If that treaty had bsen ratified, If would have
satisfied all the pretended csius Of France, eng
pTebsatsd sll the dangerous complications wheE
are fast rising, aud must certainly arise hefeaf-
ter The nloti0e i5f rejecting fhas tresty neyes
knew. bat have iasgined It was ths IsaT OF We.
are called tegssna5Iag alliances 1s Ri's
vas tbs that, grapgag Is 5ia BAG ~ .s' s.a-s
eas 5sga1d biexico tnose acts wese Tar less Gan
gerous than those we shah have to encounter
] what is the condition Of Mexico, ana our re-
/ lstiop to jtl Let lae briefly state It. Mexico
was q country Of about l,650,001 square miles;
/ from which we have obtained, by trsaty or
otherwise, the following parts, VIZ
Texes. 3s55J square miles,
New Mexico.----..--,- l75s5 square miles
Upper Cafornis 80 1sl square niles
/ 1t win thus be seen that we havs already Sc
auified mere than half tae original Mexican ter
Titory. If we have got half, have We ne inteE-
est in the remainderl In point Of population,
/ however, we acquired and Mexico lost very
! little. These ysss territories contained lew IN
babitants, and those not worth much. some OF
] tbs Northern provinces of Mexico are still very
/ thinly populated The population OF Mexico
has increased very slowly for the last forty
years. and the greater part of She increase now
fsllowed is a mere estimate on a supposed natu'
raj growth The following ara results which
may be Interesting
1881 Actual Census.--..--.---- o.3s59
ISis Basis Of Congressional EleotioR...... b by
1850 Estimate Of Brantz Mayer. o-9.o5i
l560 Estimate OF per cent growth 'o-s Il
Mexico has e density of population not mate
rally different from ten to a square mie oot tae
Southern and Central provinces, in which nearly
the whole population I've, have density four
! fold as great In fact, the Spanish-AmeTlesn
race civilized and populated butts small portion
/ Of Mexico The main part or Its settlement ana
growth was from Vera Cruz, through Faeoia 10
. Mexico &ld ENeucc 70 t445 tANAAAls 49,
oandizing Jesuits, and the avarcious mlno nun-
ters. attended by a few soldiers, did, indeed,
make settlements, build converts and sluk
! shafts At many points of New Mexico, Calitor-
MIA. Texas and chihuahua.
But long before Yankee or Erenchman
thought much about them, most Of them we're
deserted Hundreds Of rnined Paebtos (toWpsl
and Syeed-co7erad converts, attsss in those wild
and desolated countries the ultimate supremacy
t. Nn.~N n
abandoned settlements is a most melancholy
one. The peaceful lab0rs Of the Catholic priest
/ were interrupted, tho eTichest mines abandoned,
and towns aud converts given over to destrue-
| zion. The time viii come for their reclamation,
but B,, fehen Must This region of America be
aysin subjected TO European invasion, Whica
viii seaia subject it 20 military ravages ana
organized plunder For what 10 plant
monarchy and restore the Latiu race @ says
4 NapoleoH, the NEST shameless OF moqeIn caslia'
tsns. IL was exactly 20 prevent this--to over
( turp monarchy and dispiacs tbs Latin fGea--
thst Mexico he's endured inteTminable wars,
sBtFsrirl7s and oalsnitios And is ell this to be
/ lostf Is North America, ana ooUtn America
and England, 10 look csimly and quietly on out
RACES of which aDy Roman emperor would nave
been ashamed
In the meanwhile, if we look to the compost
ton Of he Mexican people, we shall see clearly
WnW u is EuaE Ll-HE lA- -AIl Se-it.4 t--+
has struggled so long to csmpiete revolution
which was nearly perfected when France inter
! vened The Mongol race, who had crossed 70
tne North over the marrow and pacific seas OF the
/ w az. serni-Cavilizsd aud accustomed to SOFT
climate, iriited down and condensed on the
Mexican gulf The Eatehez Of Mississippi We're
of this race, hut the great body OF them settles
in Mexico, an6 for centuries butt ap olysEeIlcus
towers and Monuments, which Stephens mas go
4 well described This was the race which CoTtoz
found there-not so hardy and energetic as their
wild brathren of ths North, but far stronger IN
their denser and more civilized communities.
Nsiniv. this race yet forms the people OF Mexico.
The. were never SO conquered that they aid not
remain, ike our old Saxons 10 England the
original aud real people Of the country. SPAN
imposed her governors, and Rome her baptism
but did not essentially change their condition.
They are still tie Mexican race Allowing ioI
the proportional growth Of the race, the present
uopulation Of Mexico Is composed IS follows
Mixed races (nosty Indians and whites s9 %,
, VIII ~
Negroes. s..'sss-'' 'ioV'
Wa see that nearly twothiFds of the whole
neopie are pule Indians, and that q majority o
Inc remainder have Indian blood. In fact four
ffths of the Mexican people are Of the aboIigina
Indian race It follows from this, that slnce
: this race makes up tho bulk of the people, snC
has to be relied on in var, sooner or later theJ
must come to be the ruling race, however ssrope
the power or vigorous the measures OF th'
whites A struggle must 60 on till that IS &C
complished. And can any man deny that Z
. shat race properly belongs the country they i've
: in and is cultivated by their labor Well, W
I understand that the true republican principle D
Z dominant and Jusrez, native Indian, is at th'
. head of q constitutional government Is no
that the very censummation We should WISH
Is not that the very condition Of things most u
! sympathy with ourselves
just at this point an important and usetu
!, treaty With this constitutional government
1, rejected by our sagaeious statesmen. Aud VIVA
: follows Frauce, no longer standing in awe o
!, the American feet, quietly proposes 70 swallow
: IN Mexico and convert is in colony OF France
j and establish monarchy and the Latin race
= France proposes deliberately 80 commence Il
America that system Of conquest spobatlon, OF
preston and destruction which has been IN
= most distinguishing feature Of European polite
. since the days OF Charlemsgne DO you thin
y America will besrit Do you think the span
7. ish-Amaricans viii submit Do you thin
+ the Anglo Americans viii submit to any sue
8 thing Never Perhaps few months PEI
r hans few years, and the French invasion {
: America viii result in shocks, national and CON
:. mereisl, which few men dream Of
But, you may say Whist is Nap0eon's plan
IA Wby It IS bnls, Wheei Witlih WA9ei- Al A-sAlo
= cannot resist successfully-we put no obstacle
he IL tus ~ay r = ,,is;s,,a =
= conque1iDg the French colony on the MississiE
a. pi oh, you say, thai is impossible It /
- nevertheless, his plan. If he can Suppose 1t
- plain he cannot, what thenq Then he pTopos'
:. to colonize Mexico, aud make it French Ind
E Ito rival the United States in the supply
- cotton. But, you say, this cannot be dsne.
certainly can, if neither Providence nor Il
:; United States intervene With some positive 0
- staclss But suppose Nspoleon fails in thi
- what them Why, he proposes 70 sieze aud
p hold the rich silver mines Of Sonora, Low
- California and Arizona Aud do you kno
- :, what they sTe7 They aga the richest mines
- the world. And can We afford 70 let hren'
= Emperor have then3 I tel you no. Nor shi