The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-08-24

will cause a relaxation of discipline among the
men, and, besides, will certainly disgust the
community at this small trihing with their lives
and material interests; while to the Commits
sioners it will prove another instance of that
''vaulting ambition which o'erleaps itself and
falls on tOther side."
Observation-Disclosures Rumors-General Rose
General Rosecrans' mission to Mexico and
its objects, together with the instructions he is
to receive from the State Department, are
themes Of lively interest and speculation Just
now in Washington. We mentioned on Saturday
the probable difficulty between the new Minis
ter and Mr.. Seward with regard to enforcing
the telegraph, express company, railroad and
other claims in which Thurlow Weed and mem
bers of the Seward family are interested. II
is said now that General Rosecrans is to DE
invested with power to prop up the Juarez
government, even by using the forces of the
United States if necessary, and to take, by
way of compensation, a large slice of North
ern Mexico. This looks like great job to
sustain and give value to the vast land grants
and schemes in Lower California and Sonora,
in which Ben Butler, George Wilkes, Forney,
the Washington lobby and host of Wall
street spectators are Interested That cum
ming little diplomat, Romero with host of
Mexican chiefs and leading military men of the
United States, appears to be mixed up with and
TO- 4 no nd fhn T,,o
chiefs of Mexico see, probably, that there is
no other way to maintain the existing govern
ment there against rival factions and leaders
than by the strong arm of the United States.
AT the same time our own leading military
men want active employment. Their ambition
and warlike spirit chafe under the present in
action, and they want new fields Of glory. 1t
is rather significant, too, that just at this time
General Rosecrans is hobnobbing at the Vir-
ginia sulphur springs with those splendid rebel
Longstreet Beauregard, Ewel, Echols. Gov
ernor Pickens aud others. Does this mean
harmony. reunion aud reconstruction among
the military heroes and chiefs Of the South
with the military heroes of the North on the
basis of new Mexican policy and new field
of united action for all a.? Are the men who
fought side by side in our war with Mexico
again to become brothers in arms to regeuerate
that country? This is an interesting aues-
ton. II is certain nothing would tend much
to allay bad feeling arising ont of our civil war
and to mite these men and the whole country
in frat nrtai lo md he.
glory of extending our empire.
But as we have said frequently half
measures will not do To use The navy
and army of the United States TO maintain one
faction in Mexico against the others or to
support weak and rotten government that
cannot stand alone. would he impolitic and alb
surd The death knel of Mexico as a ma
tiouality is sounded. We drove out the French
and the bogus foreign imperial government st
the risk of war with great European Power
and set the republican government of Mexico
on its legs. II has had fair chance, but it
cannot rxist without foreign aid. The whole
country is disorganzed and demoralized politi-
caly Our duty is plain. We should take
not slice of the northern portion only. for the
benefit of few SPECTATORS. but the whole
country-by negotiation IL possible. or by force
of arms il we must. The Mexican people
have tried every form of government and have
failed. They have been "a constant trouble to
the United States. and may continue 10 be so
II allowed to remain in their disorganized con-
dition. II would he vastly To the interest of
both countries thai Mexico should be annexed
The Nexicans would soon value the peace we
should give them. the rapid increase of their
wealth and the glory Of being part of the great
republic, while we should reap the advantage
Of American enterprise in the richest country on
the globe aud in vast development of trade
and commerce. The time has come when all
this should be accomplished. II President
I johnson can see what IL for the interest of his
! own country as well as for Mexico and what
would give him immortal fame. he will send
General Rosecrans away at once with instruc-
tons to work for the immediate annexation of
the whole of that territory. from Arizona to
! Central America.
Furnishing the Iodinns-The Right Course
M Last.
We have received some tangible account OF
the late raids OF the Indians from Generals
Sherman and Sheridan which puts us in pos
sr..v. az h.. E.wl.