The New York herald., 1867-07-20

Chevaiier Abbott and bIexieas AsnsxatIsn.
From our Washington advioes it appears that
the brother Of the Nj. Abbott who, in his his
torio adulstions, pays such fulsome tribute to
the Bonapartes is trying to start little Napo-
leonic scheme OF his own. A number of our
prominent Legislators have listened to Mr..
Abbott's story, and while some are disgusted
with 1t, others, like shy front, are only nibbling
at the bait What a pity they cannot have the
good sense to carry forward dgniaed Mexi-
can policy. There are two great questions
before the American people reconstruction
let us at least show little common sense ON
the second.
On the part of the Mexican people, as mass,
there is not the slightest disposition to part
with single square inch of Mexican soil under
any pretence. The present rulers Of Mexico are
the exponents of this feeling to an intense
degree. So salient has il become in Mexico
that it Is one of the great principles of their
republicanism. The Mexican Congress, when
1t was forced to decree dictatorial powers to
President Juarez, gave him every power except
that of alternating Mexican territory. This they
chihuahua was issued, in November, 1866, a
government contradiction in strong terms of
the reports which were being circulated about
the sale Of Northern Mexico. At several public
dinners on the way from Chhushua to San Luis
Potos the President openly denounced those
onomtaa oc Mavirn vuhn ID oh
against the government At San Luis, at the
birthday dinner of Juarez, in March last, he
again denied the rumors and the Foreign
Minister, Sebastian Lerdo de Tejada, in the hot
test speech Of the banquet, boldly proclaimed
the policy Of the Mexican republic. and stated
that "under no circumstances would Mexico sell
a square feot OF her estate" Said he, ave will
save every inch of Mexican territory intact, or
we will sink the naton!' These words indicate
that If traders in national disintegration would
make anything out of this Northern Mexican
scheme, they must first, by revolution plotted
in the United States, upset the present Mexican
government The President, however, who in
Mexico would ALLEVIATE an inch of the soil, could
not occupy his seat while the ink of his sigma
ture was drying, so great is the national oppo-
sition to such scheme
The prop er and quickest way to make Mexico
valuable to us is to cultivate friendly relations
with her, end aid her in the support of the
Same principles which we profess and which
she is endeavorng to establish. A hearty
determination on our part to see justice done
to country which has had a long and ardu-
ous struggle in the attempt to do justice to her
self, is worthy the great nation we boast our
selves to be. This is the way to open the doors
to Mexican wealth. This will open the broad
channel OF commercial progress and give both
nations an impulse in that direction which we
so earnestly demand and absolutely need.
Out with the filibustering efforts of few dis
contented men who have not the genius to see
that peace and mutual aid, in sustaining re-
publicanism on this continent, are the true
road to great future! As we asked Europe
to let us manage our own troubles during our
rebellion, so Mexico asks us, as her just right,
to give her an opportunity to manage her
affairs. Mexico has the evils of fifty years.
religious war to train into peaceful channels.
She has, besides that the worse curse of FIVE
years. foreign Intervention and all the civil
hatreds it has engendered to quiet down. Let
us give her chance to finish the great work Of
liberalism which, under such adverse circum-
stances has come to the surface, while we, with
Anglo Saxon common sense, attend to our own
Mexican problem in the South.