New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-07-19
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"ON TO MEYTCO"
The cyer-sOaring and gorgeous Bird OF our
country, whose beak-accOrding to to the best
authorities-sips the tepid waters of the Gulf,
while his venerable tail flaps against the North
Pole, begins to show impaticnce. He would
perch upon the tops of ChimOorazo. He would
proudly rest upon the COrdilleras. lie would
make his eyrie in the Halls of the MoDtezumas.
Macmillan is in his graye-the mcrciful Juarez
is supreme. For six days there has not been
revolution, unless we call Santa Anna one.
This venerable old pretender hobbies about
Campeachy claiming to be the messenger OF
Our Bird-tlc agent of Mr.. Seward in the
work of territorial extension. He is a venera-
bic falsifier. Santa Anna is, OF course, a man
after Mr. Stewards own heart, and nothing is
impossible in our diplomacy after the exploits
Of McCracken and McGinnis, 0tterburg or
Campbell. Bit Nj Seward disowns Santa
Anna, and we believe him. The Bird is on
the wing to Mexico but Santa Anna is not the
falconer.
1t matters little who il. The Bird is on the
wing. We are going TO Mexico. There Is
something so enthusiastic in the prospect that
for once we fOregO all notions of economy and
peace and join in the cry "On to Mexico"
We are not among the "Maximilian Avengers
We demand Mexico upon higher grounds.
There is everything about that country to en-
chant us We shall be away from the baleiul
influence of New England There are no
schools TO teach the children radical notions.
There are inspiring associations. There the
chiYalrOus COrtcz planted the cross, and the
patient MOntezuma slept upon his bed of roses
There are no vulgar laws of property. II
creditors press, the honest yeoman has merely
to ride down the road and stop the first dill
gence. If the taxes are not paid, the rulers
have only TO send a sergeant's guard to the
leading merchants and say that the money
must be produced. This iDlan is so simple
and effective that wed marvel our Common
Council have not tried it. Mr.. Justice Bar
nard's mandamus is nothing to he compared
with it. If American liberty is anarchy plus
constable, Mexican liberty is anarchy plus a
scrgeant's guard Mexico has shown MS how
to suppress a rebellion, and so We say con to
Mexicor
We have long been spelling for an adven-
turc-a genuine old-fashiOned enterprise. Now
we have one. We shall have the good times of
Lopez and William Walker While on the
way we may pick up Cuba and the West India
Islands Jamaica would be a very jewel in
our crown. In Jamaica a rebellion was sup
pressed even more beautifully than it would
have been by Major-Gen. Jack Logan, and in
saying this we feel that the force of language
can gOf no further. There is Hayti-wth its
semi-monthly revolutions-and the Central
American States, where the fevers breed, and
fba ful in
over the fertile haciendas and welcome the
hardy pioneer. We want land so badly. We
want a chance to spend our money and in
crease our national debt. We want a chance
to kill somebody. Our Illustrious Bird is so
crbbed that he cannot flap his wings. In our
narrow domains he is scarcely more than
mcnagerie bad-hcad or a domestic hen. We
want a chance for Our young men to gain
glory. Mr. Wilkes, with his prize fighters and
rumseeTs, has been promising us a revolution
at home but il do MT come. Mr.. Wilkes riding
down Broadway, accompanied by Judge Car
dozo and the Benicia Boy followed by his
army Of rumscllcrs, the streets lined with an
admiring crowd of children whose fathers are
in the ams-hOus and State Prison, of wives
who are worse than widows of mothers whose
sons come reeling nightly to their happy
homes, might comfort us-but he don't fight,
and for fight we are in despair. Let such
trihing cease. Let MS con to MexicOw
We have spoken of the snakes, and the fevers,
and the great amount of land. These are trivial
attractions. Think of the glory. We believe
glory is cheaper to-day in Mexico than IN any
other country, except Abyssinia Think OF the
peerless fame of Juan Jose Baz, whose troops, at
last accounts were steadily driving the small
army of nuns. Think of the matchless valor
of Escobedo, who has revolutionized modern
warfare, and put our own Grant in the shade,
10y showing that it is far easier to buy city
than to take it, We wonder that resolutions of
thanks have not been introduced into Congress.
Think of the opportunities of dying soldiers
death 1t is safe to say that there are more
chances OF a mans meeting glorious doom in
Mexico to-day than in any other part Of the