The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-02-06
AFFAIRS IN MEXICO.


Oar TaNspioo CorresYendensss
j go TAnrcc Dec ~ 1854
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81 - Iness~. EsrcSss~ I
A"""ers :" Port Protected By Eno.au. i.
s'v"s on no Cotton Trade Monopoly- Un,o. fzn,.
se cS'nA vessel WMo'&e WIsp-YnsrioD, Aoa;,,
We o"usd Ssasss and Wrstcssd Condition Of as In
pire, de-, dc. Nv ."
ffom the interior and the capital tho s,s,. =,
10 by NJ means datterins or interesting. nor ,pdoa
from any pat Of this new monarchy through vn,sh
have been sojourning Nothing settled and tbinys sso
N me moro chaotic than ever Nor need wa ~
meet v 1t otherwise under the rule or Nanoloo,
Order ! Poor Macmillan s not the man to dsen,sng
the Me dcan skein. Nor Is tho mantle of Napoleon o
sufficient dimensions to cover the land OF the Aztecs
although Vw in shattered condition For Mexic,
lacks not In tive talent but the moral culture OF tina
which her Diy Master has given her. for the futur,
destiny OF the ma yen must from the mothers
as the moving mo "a agency Of the in lfes grea
drama And truly ovs is now being acted the Next
can stage and thro.yhoat the Americas Of no small
magntuds-ons In wlSsh the United States 10 deeply
Interested.
On my arrival hero fsund rAis port full o. blockade
runners which learn has been the since the with
drawal Of the United Statcs forces from Brownsville
The Of the mose abandoned character Of every
nation all chiefly under the protection Of tho English
nag-given with SO much eedsm TO aid the enemies Of
the North and to place the besn possession Of muai
lions OF war in return for tler cotton, Or with food
clothing and the dreaded and detosted implements
TO take away human life have wherever have BEEN
watched these movements, and and that plan has
Ishmen and Englsh officers abroad 70 make severance
OF the Unon 70 destroy the power CT the North, and
break down all American republics and institutions give
England the grsat commercial traffic or the sea- and
tramp1o upon and degrade the principles of liberty and
swagger over tho ruin that Great Britain had wrought
txh xrlaAu .(ro
understand thaS within the last weess six block
AIDE runneo have entered this pornve Of them under
English colors Aexican-a laden with cotton and
ali furnished through English agency.
On the 14th OF this monh--the day I arrived here--I
found the city IN state Of excitement on account Of an
sad vessef having been chased into this port by
Union cruiser Her NAME was tho Willo the Wsp God
frey MASTER built tho Clyde, near Glasgow, tive hun
dred ana tons clear OF her coal hunks and
heavily laden with munitions Of war; and doubtless from
her arms and armament, intended to be equipped Us
privateer. She carried tea guns in her hold, two
mounted rife cannon, and immense quantity Of
small arms, powder and lead ten boxes of rifles twenty
in each case number Of sacks OF pistols all mado
by w c. ScoA 4 Son, Birmingham, gunmakers I soon
learned that strong effort had been made by the United
States Consul General al Tampco to seize or deain tho
armament in question through tho French authorities
who hold this place but as the Wo' the Wisp was
under British colors, the English Consul who is most
time in joining issue in the case The American Consul
General ir Chase) demonstrated strongly but in vain,
declaring the whole proceedings violation OF the revenue
laws Yet ten OF rifles had been landed on tho
wharf, also number of sacks Of pistols and the ten
influences OF the British Consul Mr yensonl at Mata
moros, they were again allowed TO be reshpped for
that port when T well Known tns' hsr real aes
have efficient agents in foreign ports than Eng
fish Consuls minister's lending every aid that art or
plausible fraud can invent under the broad seal Of her
Britannia Majesty and abused neutral laws
Mexico is up In arms from the Gulf to the Pacific
to resist aggression Many people have been hung like
dogs while others watering tho soil with their blood
To give an idea OF the state Of things IN Tamaulipas:
Some ten days past in retaliation, one OF the self styled
twenty Ave leagues from this place twelve or fourteen
VINO ha sn e M @ ,h on
OF Tycoon memory in ordor to improve the powers in
vested In him. was muchn advance In acts OF atroclty,
thus giving them spct mcn Of French Intervention.
II to expedient that United States steamer
Of war should touch at this important port every week.
often possible, to communicate with the United
States CONSUL General ne has protection whatever
All the English French and Germans are Of one voice
eternal Of the Union. We believe that this
feeling Is mot SO much personally against tho Consul
Consul fr frustrating and opposing those unlawful acts
of the community 70 the prejudice Of American interests
which he feels bound TO protect
called upon him and found him calm, but determined
TO against all odds He said that tho Presidents
mes WIN W Nh e Sps b
hands VERY much, and would have good eieot abroad
among American officers ana that no believes n and
his nativGcoanty But the sediton Of the south had
lot loose many bloodhounds s!ill Just policy would
perpetual blessings peace and freedom the slave
Let the North rise 20 man, and let those arms that
have taken up to suppress domestic disturbances
and put down traitors as home be welded X necessary
against all foreign enemies that may sppsuAch our
shores and every deseoratcd spot DO haovcd by our
blood proof TO future generations Of tho enormity
Of tho ornie thus inflicted through designing men
destroy q nation, violate her compactsy annul her
laws pcrvorsing justice under the loud sounding pro-
clamations Of neutrality Meanwhile inn every port
that hnve been In tho Gulf and PacncI ind that
have entered and been rcshippcd especially to
that hotoed Of scdon Texas, which, think, Is now
sinking into . hopeless condition-not only into the
hands oftrators but OF the enemies a mankind; ana
greatest bArbartes or this have been ,nsgated
and carried by English gold, and the French falacy,
under the Of Intervention, trying TO plant mon
arrhy on tho borders OF the United States territory.
viii probably leave tomorrow OF next day, by the
British West India steamer for Vera Cruz, hoping from
what haze learned here Of Consul tina. At port
shall nnd also the right In the right place and then
you may again hear from Meanwhile you can only
pictrne hall the miserable state Of s Mexican degrada
ton 1ndsr the forega yoke and the nenaces o Napoleon
heYhird and poor Maxim liam new beating the chnpa-
ral the old rogue Napoleon catching the birds, and
NJ. Colonel Du Pin finishing the sal drama 81 asn,go,
VEIJA.
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