Santa Fe gazette. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1859-1864, 1864-05-21
(NUMBER 40 NEW SERIES

which the United States have long since
avowed their opposition, and which, should
the attempt be made, they will resist Ivy oil
,he means in their power. | believe that
to day the people ofths country would back
M an Administration that would give a
proper defiance TO this French informed.
ding. They would sustain the doctrine Of
President Monroe, which has been since bis
time always hailed as the true continental
nolgy Of this Government qsl H.'
Mr, DAVIS | do not know, Mr. speak
er, how the resolution could be more EN-
phatc than to say that we will not recog.
Mise The Government which European Pow.
eis contemplate establishing on our South.
ern frontier, inclInoto think that every
body acquainted with the conduct Of for
eigu aGars will understand that Govern,
ment not recognised by US, resting on our
Southern bsrdcr will have very uhcom!
Portable time and very short time to live.
Whether it is worth while to say, 10 SO
, many words-what we are not prepared at
this moment to do--that we mean, by force
Of arms when the time shall come, and if
j this warning be not effective to prevent
the accomplishment Of any such purpose,
! gentlemen may Judge for themselves.
t When the gentleman from Ohio refers 10
Z the Democratic policy with reference to this
p continent, beg loave very respectfully to
1 remind him that France and Eng Gland have
T. more than once interrered jointly in colll'
e sions in South America, between different
parties, in different Republics: and IL there
e was protest on the pprt Of the Govern.
! menL Of tho United States, do not reco-
5 Ieet 1t Certainly there was no armed ins
. torycuton on our part to exclude their in.
a tcrycnton
We iuangurlte another policy than that
which characterized the Democratic party
before power passed from between their
feet. The Democratic policy in dealing
with our republican brethren in South Am.
erica and in Mexico has been that of the
wolf to the lamb. Their growl was to
u Tighten foreign wolves from the prey they
II marked for their own. They hcciored, bul.
II lied, and pInndcrcd thcm without even
stretching out the hand of republican sym.
70 pahy toappeasc their dissensons or conso.
| iidate their power. ...#....... ....
'a Mr. COX. trust my friend from Mary
g land will not forget the services Of dis.
LS tingushed citizen ofhis State Mr. McLane,
o. who made a treaty that know must have
re received his appreciation, not with view
ol of annexation, but with view of extend
u. ing our commerce, and with view Of
10 turning $50,0OO,OO0 of silver from Mexico,
" which now goes mostly to England, to our
u own country, and which treaty was defeat.
10 u ed by a union Of New England Senators
IL and secession Senators in the Senate of the
.sr United States l believe many of the party
~ Of the gentleman from Maryland approved
u That treaty, which was maugurated by a
Democratic Administration
w. I MIR. DAVIS, suppose the treaty of Mr.
N McLane was intended to smooth the way
III for the intrusion Of the Southern interests
III now in rebellion against the United States
ol into Mexico. 1t afforded Southern men th,
ID opportunity, after breaking away from the
e, Union, tolasten themselves upon Mexico
81 The provisions of that treaty, if remem
u Der rightly secured such q right Of inter
'S; ference and intermeddling in the affairs o
10 Mexico as would have been contrary t.
M the policy of this Government to exercise
on unless it was with the further purpose o
reducing Mexico to the condition of a pro
10 vince If my friend from Ohio had ex
.G,e pressed his regret at the failure of the ra
ia tilcOtion in the Senate of the treaty negO
ne tiatcd by Mr.. CoTwin, granting pecunar,
" aid 10 the Government of Mexico, whicI
'A' would in all probability have prevented
ice this European Intervention, | should hav
.oe heartily agreed with him. But, sir, tina
'SS time has already passed The war is goin
G lol on, and we wish, before another usnrpe
-le has placed his foot upon Mexican soil, t
@ as let him understand whether he be of tn
'm house of Austria or Of the family which fc
of the nresent disposes of tbe forces of Franc
! bon tho wcll.fnown enemies ofrepublica