The New York herald., 1870-08-27
M e xIc O.
REVIEW OF MEXICAN NEWS.
Matters In yaliscs Candidates for the Presi.
dsnoy-0pposition to the 4ehuantepec
Canal 0ouosssis n-Tone of the Mexi-
can Created by False Fears.


present government OF the state OF ailsco az being
that OF dictatorship. and denoance the conduct Of
Gomez Cuervo, the Governor a. being unconstl-
tutlonai aud cruel.
Nappears that the two principal candidates for
'ne goVernorship OF Tamaulipas are Andres Tre6iho
and General Canalcs AID that tao probabilities are
III favor OF the election OF the latter.
The sudden death OF NJ Prevosl-Paraaol French
Minister az Washington. will undoubtedly relieve
the minds OF those anxious Aexlcans who began at
once To see clouds gather when they learned that
tins supposed enemy. Of republican MexicO had been
sent 10 relieve Derthemy.
IL Is seen by the papers from New York that it is
supposed mat General Escobedo aspires 10 the Presl.
dency. This idea conhicLs very much with the late
brownsville bohemian letter announcing the dis.
cOvery that General b. General Rosecrans and
General Magruder propose TO hlibuster Mexico.
From present appearances President Juarez and
Mr.. Lerdo de Tejada will be the only candidates un-
less some new complications should arse, placing
Diaz In the leld Instead OF Lerdo. 1t stated and
believed that General Diaz viii present himself to
Congress In September and take his seat. Hereto
tore he has refused to do SO, although he been
member elect since 1867.
The rumor that Minister Lerdo de Tejada has sent
word to the Mexican Bishop expelled rom the coun.
try In 1867 FOR his adhesion to the empire that he
might return needs confirmation, and Is declared by
the friends Of MIR. Lerdo to he an invention oil his
enemies who desire to have it understood that he
seeks the favor OF the Church party Tor his can.
didacy.
newspaper OF this capital announces that letters
nave been received asserting that General Lozada
Ii preparing ior war; collecting together Materials
provisions, &c, and lortiyiug his territory.
Ii would appear from the following sophomore
edirorial which lately appeared in paper Of tins
cspital that the elements of war against the conce
'ng oil The "fehuantepec Canal Concession 10 an
american company are being mustcred:-
fWehty years ago an old employe Of the custom
LOUISE o. vera Cruz cr.tlcisihg the AngloAmericaas
os:-"in Two words, | VIII picture these men. /
asked taen where did you come iro,np .Ahead,,
And then with air OF sasi action repeated. .Tnis
10 the fankee.'n This IS tLc Yalkeel A., fa.t
wnnoas ors himself compreheading the truth oI ms
words, the Vera Cruz view WIS painted win the
touca OF master hanl, representing In Significant
sernls thus people OF yesterday, winch Is to-day the
noiling more thaa the go-ahead OF the Americans:
...s aaa .llc Americans are douotlessiy the best
. reJuvenated type or racs thai ia al
ways advancing ON the road OF progress
anu civilization. This Is the rad which man ~,
order 10 accom- plisi MS misson in the wora has To
uavel until The end OF time. Where shall we find
Iilis road and Iotnd where shall We reach it Cur
nilted Intelligence does not permit us To discover
what IS hiddcn III The mysteries tne future bur it
~ eoinpi ehend "a perfectly well that humanity Crews
closer III lts continued Improvement To It's divine
noaei . which Is the type of perfection, In whose
naee we nave been created. All Individuals. peo.
Pres aia nations a.i of US. contribute With our grun
VI ~ saaa 70 tns great work Of Improvement.
sewers Africa irom Iic CID continent couyerting IL
into q new one. navlgators leaving Europe will not
voyages TO India, Cl.laa and Japan. IL is q iaat
WHICH calls forth admiration that IN tue mythoiOgI-
ca Of antiqaily we nnd things whicil for many
centuries we have considered as vulgar inventions,
products OF the imagination OF primitive people
anu anu entirely fabulous, which however, 10y tLe new
ana advanced DISCO cries oil sceAce, nyesigatcd by
planned.
The poetcal admiration OF the ancients led them
70 deity those men who haa done some work OF
eIe.t bcAeh 10 hnnhity and among TIE most celc-
Hcrcutes, thc pcisonincaton III waic grateful los-
tcr1ty united the works oil many generations. The
twelve grcarworss Of the Nero cSaid nave been re-
duccd 10 one; tiis alonc "A enough 10 convert
into a demisod soa oI Alenaeila. Tnls work was
the separation Of the meuitains Abila ana Ca pea
winch cal OF the MedltcrraueG4 from couimunca.
uon With the Atlantlc IerGales, with has Do ef,u
ana, oatried The wJik 10 complexion sepa, atln1
is".oFo iivih a.i"a openis the suait petweeA the
Columns OF ADii0 In AFRICA, ana Calpea, M tarepe
which bears MS name tlus uniting the great ueul
tciianeaa Seattle theatre OF ali the mercantile
acviy oi tie ancen's. and which has since ,ost the
illness OF lis iame-with the great Atlantic ocean,
sIle theatre oI tAe great commercial schemes ol mo-
defa times.
10 facilitate the onward march Of humanity
through the ages OF The world man. with the view
0i accomplishing his noble MISSION, commands ihe
ana converts iiie hgiituIag IntO The dvcie instr-
nent OF his wilt Ahl how does he realize sucn pro-
digles! Cutting lnlis and leveii4g nounains to
open the way Tor hts railroads; boring Inaccessible
mountain ranges II there be otier otse OF pass
ing them; cutting canals across sthmuses to unite
seas separated ~ conLnents, ana establishing tele
graph lines. According as the people agree the
railroads cross The Pyrenees pietce The bowels OF
Inc APPS Or Dind The Atantlc TO tie Pacuc, passing
over the tops OF the rocky Mountains ut great |
distance irom the region o. perpetual SNOW reduce
Ing the distance OF san Francisce ifon New YORK 10
SIX days travel, 200 leagues when formerly ships
required Six months TO make the trip doubling cape
Horn. Tie dangers ol Navigation h..ve c0nsideraDIy
diminished With tie STEAMSHIP, Us which continue Oh
their way IN the midst OF glcanes leaving beAnd
ine M storms WHICH formerly would have involved
then III their whlrlNsniS.
The memory stil fresh with the incidents OF the
inauguraticn Of the Suez Canal, whose Importance
ls SHOWN from The TACT that there took part Ia tie
solemn act, u beautiful ana Intelligent empress, |
an enpcsor Of ancient lineage as q lover OF pro- |
gfess, and Of several other princes ana Lotentates
VI the world, desigons oI witnessing the realization
Ol an lmpossibility carried 10 Its completion by |
man sustained by faith and confidence ia the IDEA
VI aleloratng the material ana moral condllion
human society. Che hecessiles OF rlis activity |
Wmch crowds on the man or the future lndacc me |
Hercules OF Suez to open the istus which separated
!he Ncderraneau on The Red Sea- ofder to put it
IN direct COMMUNICATION with the indian Ocean and |
anus cut oa completely Africa from the Old Conti-
nent.
Ii mercantile and social necessities Obliged The |
ancients and moderns to snnder the po,,dsw b,cS |
united Africa with Europe and Asia 10 put The |
(Medtewean III communications, first with |
dian Ocean, the recent and extraordinary In.
crosse OF relations ol both America with ASIA
and Europe aiso demand. on the otner hand, tue
opening ~ lnterOceanlc communications between
The Pacific ana autic ior the necessities lelJ
in the Mediterranean Droducei by the progressive
increase OF uaific betwcco all the nations Of the
earth have extended 70 al ther>as be.heen which
the communications may DC acillta.ed and sLolt-
ened, and the industry of man should Lear Sway all
carriers which prevent tue attain:neat VI s,.h
beneficial result Among these barriers Is our
ssthmus OF Tehuantepec, which should be opened, |
and We should work with all our force OF Will That
we May carry IL into execution ourselves, without
allowing the Interested hand OF foreign specuaLors
md dangerous ambition TO tlterlnedule la " work
wijch should be Mexican and notling more tlaa
Mexican. A,id when SHAH we iDaugnfate the iuture
canei which snail the two great oceans wnich
patde the coasts OF Amefca 10 iacAifaCe the mari
ulne relations Win the extreInes, the East
and the West OF the Old World We -Wili
Construct the Tehuautepec canal and We shall
no ia ppgI n