The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-11-03
ANNEXATION OF MExIcc.
A New story abOWt Beaurs..~., s.,I
As0secraIss and hoe SOhmNF0S.
IFrom De CincinnatI Commcrci.

mere are signs in the air OF aIl...ler
great annexation schen e. The o. iac- {
1--WE point IS no longer San Domingo, {
with its lnXuriant soil, tfopical ;sro- 5
ducts, and sad, forsak en- peopGe for ;
ever drifting from evolution TO = vO-
I'!ttnh. Nor il it the Danish West
India Islands, contracted for at fab
ul"us prlce by our late magnificent L
Secretary of State, Mr.. Seward. and
which have since "gOne under in
more senses than one. The new
scheme reaches for beyond any ~ Use
pent-up Uticas.
1t has a continental sweep IN IT, aud
II viii appeal powerfully to the I-".ket
As we'll as to the imagination. While
there may be little doubt that tf,re is /
an Intrigue at the bottom of it, iand /
what annexation known to L;-Iory !
WAS ever effected without il p there |
are yet elements which may be cunt |
Cd ON TO make q strong showing for
popular support, on political grounds. |
Our sister Republic of Mexico j. the /
OF JeciiVe point of the new "syndicate' |
OF annexati1nists. Their project has
been brewing for several years; but in
a quiet and undeveloped form, though
the attempt has been made to lay a
foundation broad and deep for its ulti-
mate success. The incessant intestine
troubles of the Mexicans, their shift
ing politics, with forty dynasties in
twenty years, their lack of industrial
prosperity and Internal Improvements
their large and long-cOntiuued obliga-
tiOns of q pecuniary character 10 our
citizens, and the tendency to speculate
upon the chances of getting the better
Of border nations-all these elements
have entered into the problem OF the
annexatiOnists. The unhealthy ten
ure by which the Jaurez government
has held power, the widespread dis
content pervading almost every prov
ince, the reign of brigandage and vio-
Ience, and the ambition and riValTies
81 the prominent Mexican pOliticians,
have added fuel to the flame of The
hopes which the annexationists have
cherished. They have thought that,
somehow or other, at some time or
other, the Intervention of the United
States would be secured to solve the
Mexican problem in what they Deem
ed the only permanent way, namely
by an incorporation of the territory Of
that republic with our own.
II is TO men more or less prominent
in the late war that we owe the in
ceptiOn and the urgency of this idea.
There have been gatherings, during
the last two summers, at the White
Sulphur Springs, in Virginia, Of Gen
erals who distinguished themselves on
either side of The STIR Cycles. Over the
social board, the Ratchet being wholly
buried as to the past, and the calumets
of peace being smoked over the pres
ent, the friendly discussion has gone
on over the problem of the future. The
question has presented itself in many
aspects besides the political, and no.
tRbly in connection with schemes, of
internal communication for Mexico,
which, ii is assumed IS her great cry
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for her welfare and civilization than
any other cause. Curiously enough
Though very naturally the military
gentlemen most earnestly engaged in
this great enterprise of Mexican in
teTnal improvement and ultimate abb
sOTption are men who have been
closely identified with the railways of
the United States.
Gen. Joseph e. Johnston, late of
the Confederate army, is in the
scheme, and, rumOr says, almost
equally enthusiastic and interested as
our own Gen. w. S. ROSecrans. The
last named gentleman, if not Tie
putative father of the above plan, is at
least a very jealous and devoted
foster~father. A man of singular and
controlling ideality, boundless 6OIh0n3-
ME, and saDguiHe enthusiasm, Cen
Rosecrans carries his convictions
in his countenance, and holds his
opinions with firm and good-humored
tenRcity. Gen. Beauregard, it is said
is in it, and so is Gen. Lew. Wallace,
of Indians, who has been much in
Mexico. Gen. Banks, too, is in it,
having already taken an active share
ia the Lower California scheme OF
settlement, and being pledged, by
temperament and constitution, to
every scheme of manifest destiny,
which the future holds in store.
When things are little liper, it is
expected that fully matured plan
FOR aiding the movement will be de-
velOped, and things will be pushed,
both in Mexico and the United States,
with view to its speediest possible
realization. AS nothing whatever can
be done successfully without govern
ment aid, an early attempt will be
made to commit Congress to a faVora-
bile view Of the scheme, at least in the
lower House. At the same time the
influence Of the Executive and the
State Department, so powerful in all
matters Of international concern, will
be cautiously and artfully invoked to
aid the project. Nothing will be done
ia the filibustering line, because the
"reminiscences of attempted extensions
Of the area of freedom by that means
are not of cheerful character to the
average American mind. The shades
Of Lopez aud VIM. Walker need not
TO be invoked to strike to the souls Of
these modern anneXatiOnists, since il
is the intention to do everything, no.
only honOTably, but in the most rest
pectable manner. There will be Nc
red caps or pixies, nor promises to the
drunken volunteers of reveIing in the
halls of the Montezumas. On the
contrary, the enterprise is to be sur
rounded, from the start, with the staiC
air Of commercial respectability. The
central idea Of the project, mind you
Is the development, through Ameri
can capital, OF the internal resources
OF our sister Republic, now lying waste
and dormant. She is to be provided
10y our not wholly disinterested aid
with a complete thew departure.'
Aside from the general question o
American development on this CONT
nent, and the steady extension of tn.
flag, we shall have high pecuniaIy
motives to invest in this new annexa
ton security, soon to be placed upor
the market. Not only will the com
pany own all the immensely prOfta
ble line Of interior communication il
= great and rapidly growing country
but It has, or may have, q controllins
interest ia all things Mexican. Wha
with the heavy Indebtedness to thu
United States of citizens of that re
public, and unsettled claims which tn
Mixed Commission now sitting a
Washington are to award, and tn
certainty OF getting frm grasp upOl
the Golfers of the republic, through
Government aid to railways, may /
not soon be that we shall hold mort
gage upon the halls of the MonteZu
an Int Il