New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-11-30


While the Tehauntepec concession Wal
under discussion in. the Mexican Con
gress, it was severely opposed-by quite .
number of -hidalgos, whose names have
been subdued at all times to merely
local circulation. These men turned theil
backs upon the canal and railroad in thei1
own country, in order to show their indie
pendence of the Americans. Theil
naughty excellence refused to concedt
what the Americans requested, in order te
show its imperial capacity to cut off its
nose to spite it's face. 1t is quality o.
the small Mexican that he hates the big
American with very general SAVIOR. Il
is to be 1amepted that this is so, but Mr..
Serdo de Tejada will affirm as we do, thai
many of his best endeavors to benefit
Mexico have been thwarted by efforts
which have originated in the oppo.
sition that his countrymen entertain
toward the American people. And
now this Tehauntepec grant. which
can result in nothing but benefit
to Mexico, is arrested and challenged by
men who impoverish the world to fatten
their prejudices. 1t would be laughable,
while We are all condemning the Mexican,
if it was gravely told that the South is
constantly committing the same wrong
against herself, by refusing to encourage
strangers to do those works of improve
ment, which she has not the means to do
herself. We have men in Louisiana who
will bunch their shoulders and decline
improvements because the Yankees pro-
pose to make them. The Chattanooga
road was opposed because Northern CAPT
tai was to build and control it. This is
the same spirit that actuated the Mexican
when he rejected the Tehuantepec road, in
order to be independent Of the Americans.
However, the telegraph assures us that
President Juarez will effec: the passage
of concession in favor of the Tehuan-
tepec grant which will be satisfactory to
the grantee. If this is done, as We have
no doubt it will be, there is one result
which should follow speedily, and that is
the translation Of the charter from the
control of Mr.. Emile La Sere to some
more enterprising man. If President
Juarez, on account Of his friendship for
our Louisiana diplomat, will insist on
comforting the charter on Mr.. La Sere,
that should be no reason why Mr.. La
Sere should insist on holding it in his
hands. There are men who can make
something out Of this grant, either in the
way Of railroad or a canal, and Don
Emilio La Sere is not that man. He
has been tried, and has proved himself
failure. Capital will never risk itself in
this scheme without feeling some conf
dence in the manager; and as Mr.. Emile,
as the grantee is Familiarity known, is not
the man to inspire confidence, the best
thing he can do is to retire at once in
favor of some party with enterprise and
capacity to push the work through. The
Isthmus of Tehuantepec, if it could once
be crossed by railroad, would offer su-
perior inducements to travel between
New Orleans and the west coast of Mex
leo, and the ports of Nicaragua, San Sal
vador, Guatemala and the State of CHA
pas. The road itself would traverse
territory of unexampled fertility, con-
Meeting the town Of Minatitlan with the
city of Tehuantepec, and ultimately with
the richand beautiful capital Of Oaxaca
It will be the conductor for all the
southwestern provinces of Mexico, and
it's tendency would be to concentrate
that Gulf trade which is now scattered to
a dozen different ports. A healthy city
would at once spring up at the mouth of
The Coatzacoalcos river, and New Orleans |
would have to supply it with dry goods
md groceries. At present Tampico and |
III that section of the Mexican coast trade
lirectly with Europe. With chip canal
n railroad across the Isthmus and
inc of steamships from New Orleans to
Tampico and Minatitlan, all this trades
would concentrate in our harbor, and
Nth it would come the traffic along the
Belize coast. All that is wanted is for
Ir. Emile La Lere to secure grant, and
hen make haste to transfer it to somebody
rho will do the work.