The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1870-03-17

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8 the negroes are equal, politically befor,
e the law, they have no fear in lettin,
f their connection with the affair be known
5 They glory in it.
Mr. Stewards views OF Mexican
Affairs.
Of his persona! experiences in travel
Mr.. Seward speaks with the creates
vivacity and interest. He believes tina
when the resources of Alaska are devel
oped, its productions will be found Of
great value; and he evidently feels proud
of the negotiations which he initiated
and consummated for the annexation OF
that domain.
"Bur," said he, al am not anxious to
. see the area of freedom, as they call it,
extended with too great rapidity. There
ought to be some preparation required
from country or people desiring to
Join their fortunes with ours"
What about the annexation of Mexi-
COZ" asked one of his callers.
"Well, sir" replied he, "you will
never have it, at least with the consent of
the Mexicans, as long as you show you
desire it. 1t is very much in this case as
it is when man is counting a woman
II he shows an undue anxiety and haste
to get her, the chances are against his
getting her at all. If he shows no par
tlcular anxiety about it, the probability
is that he will get her very easily. Now"
continued he, when George Francis
Train proposed to go to British Columbia
to preach annexation, the people there
objected very strenuously to his coming,
and opposed him with great bitterness
But, when went there--I, who had been
so much identified with projects of an
nexation-though at first they seemed a
little afraid of me, yet, when assured
them that had no design or thought of
taking any step or making any attempt
towar1 the annexation of their country,
they became very friendly, invited me to
a banquet as I returned from Alaska, and
now, it seems, they are getting up petit
tions addressed to our Congress in favor
of annexation. So in regard to Mexico
The people there are very much opposed
to this country, because we have SO many
noisy men here, who are always threaten
| ing them with annexation who tell
them that neither they uor their country
are fit for anything but to be governed
by US Then, again, the American peo-
pie are represented there by class of
men who are constantly trying to get
money out of their Treasury, on the pre-
text of one claim or another, and who are
always menancing them with the venge
ance of our Government. Of course, it is
not to be wondered at, if under these cir
cumstances, the Mexic&ns are not very
greatly attracted toward our people and
Government. But, if any American
should go there with honest purposes, he
will command respect They received
me with remarkable friendliness and lib
erality. You have, doubtless, heard the
details of the welcome received. When
| arrived at Manzanillo, on the Pacific
coast, had fifty dollars in my pocket, DIS
we had been advised not to carry much
money for fear of robbers But I found
an escort there waiting for me, to con
duct me to the City OF Mexico; and as
we passed through the country from
point to point we were taken To palaces
or the public buildings and entertained
at the expence of the State. And when
l got to the city OF Vera Cruz, on my de
parture from Mexico, it appeared that I
had been unable to spend anything
/ Whatever, lOT IOuuu udQ Cl0 w mole Oh
the fifty dollars with which originally
landed OIL Mexican soil"
i "What is your opinion, Mr.. Seward, of
the present insurrectionary outbreaks in
Mexico-are they serious?"
i Il do not think they are serious They
have not drawn any considerable number
Of people into them, but are merely local
irruptions here and there, the remnants
of fifty years of revolutions AS for the
murders and robberles OF which we hear
so much, they are no worse than they are
here. When | got to Vera Cruz and pro-
cured copy of the New York Herald, /
saw the long list of robberies, murders
and outrages committed in this country,
and really it seemed to me worse than
anything known In Mexico.
i The pronuncidmsent0s of Mexico are
their political hand bills, the marauders
are their Ku-Klux Klan, and the in urrec-
| tions are the work Of a few men aecustom-
ed to fighting. President Juarez is doing
a great deal to pacify the country, and Is
managing things well. Reconstruction
has made better progress since the over.
, throw Of foreign domination, four years
ago, than it has made in this country
: since the overthrow of the rebellion.
t There is much ground to hope for Mexi
, co, and, under the present administration
there is a prospect of better condition OF
!, things than Mexico has ever yet enjoy