The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-07-20

all who cooperate in the movement tuo oo-o
of the wisdom and efficiency Wnlon VIC alo
persuaded will characterize the parent sooie'y'
CON 90 Mo1iOOp
F1om he Tribune. .
The eyer-soaring and gorgeous bird Of our
country. whose beak--according to the best
authorities-sips the tepid waters of the Gulf,
while his venerable tail flaps against the North
Pole, begins to show impatienoe He would
perch upon the tops OF Chimborazo He would
proudly rest upon the Cordilleras He would
make his eyrie in the Halls of the Monte
zumas. Macmillan is in his grave-the mer-
ciful Juarez is supreme. For six days there
has not been a revolution, unless we call
Santa Anna one. This venerable old pre-
tender hobbies about Campeachy claiming to
be the messenger of our bird-the agent of Mr..
Seward in the work of territorial extension.
He is a venerable falsiier Santa Anna is, of
course, man after Mr.. Seward s own heart,
and nothing is impossible in our diplomacy
after the exploits of McOracken and McGinnis,
OtterbuTg or Campbell. But Mr.. Seward dis
owns Santa Anna, and we believe him. The
bird is on the wing to Mexico, but Santa Anna
is not the falooner. ..
1t matters little who is. The bird is on the
wing. We are going to Mexico. There is
something so enthusiastic in the prospect that
for once we forcgo all notions of economy and
peace, and Join in the cry "On to Mexico 20
Weare not among the "Maximalian Avengers"
We demand Mexico upon higher grounds.
There is everything about that country to
enchant US. We shall be away from the
baleful influence of New England. There are
no schools to teach the children radical
notions. There are inspiring associations.
There the chivalrous COrtez planted the cross,
~ 4 i
of roses. There are no vulgar laws of pro-
perty. If creditors press, the honest yeoman
has merely to ride down, the road and stop the
first diligence. IL the taxes are not paid, the
rulers have only to send sergeant's guard
to the leading merchants and say that the
money must be produced This plan is so
simple and effective that we marvel our Com
mon Council have not tried it, Mr.. Justice
Barnard's mandamus is nothing to be COM
pared with it. If American liberty is anarchy
plus a constable, Mexican liberty is anarchy
plus sergeant's guard. Mexico has shown
us how to suppress rebellion, and so we say,
con to Mexico ~
We have long been spelling for an adven-
ture-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 very jewel in
our crown. In Jamaica rebellion was sup
pressed even more beautifully than it would
have been by Major General Jack Logan, and
in saying this we feel that the force Of Ian
| guage can 60 no further. There is Hayti--
with its semi-monthly revolutons-and the
! Central American States, where the fevers
! breed, and the beautiful snakes in green and
! gold caper over the fertile haciendas, and well
come the hardy pioneer. We want land so
! badly. We want chance to spend our money,
and increase our national debt. We want a
chance to kill somebody. Our illustrious bird
| is so cribbed that he cannot flap his wings. In
our narrow domains he is scarcely more than
menagerie bald-head or a domestic hen. We
want chance for our young men to gain
| glory. Mr.. Wilkes with his prize-fghters and
rumsellers, has been promising us revolution
! at home, but it don't come. Mr.. Wilkes riding
down Broadway, accompanied by Judge Car
| dozo and the Benicia Boy, followed by his army
of rumsellers, the streets lined with an ad-
miring crowd of children whose fathers are in
the almshouse 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 us "On to Mexico ~
We have spoken of the snakes, and the
fevers, and the great amount of land. These
are trivial attractions. Think of the gloryl
We believe glory is cheaper to-day in Mexico
IMAM III any Quiet country, 6ACSpJ ADySSluld'
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, by 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 a soldiers
death. 1t is safe to say that there are more
chances of mans meeting glorious doom in
Mexico to-day than in any other part of the
world. If he is captured or purchased by
Escobedo, he is certain to be shot. If he il
triumphant, he WILL in time, be assassnated
or executed by his rival. With revolutions
once a week, he has ftty-two chances a yeal
of falling before a sergeant's guard, and leav
ing an immortal name. America affords nc
such chance. The Whisky Rebellion and the
Indian war are all that is left us. The leaders
of the one cannot the leaders of the other will
not, fight. Labor is base, thieving dangerous
and unsteady in profit. Nothing remains bu
Mexico. Let us fall into line and march to thu
Halls of the Montezumas
The Indian Wharf.-The Way the Money
Goes.
From the Herald.
Mr.. Henderson informed us recently In tn
Senate that our Indian war was now costin
! about one hundred and fifty thousand dollar
per day, and that if it lasts all summer it wi
: probably cost one hundred million dollars. W
r can go into little surer calculation thanthat
/ MIR. Henderson There are now eleven prom