Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1871-11-04
~ANNEXATIoN on MENIcn.
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kU>CCrauS and Joe Johnston.

aUc's, ana sad, iOrsaEen people, lul
ever drifting from revolution to rev.
luton. Nor is it the Danish We
India Islands, contracted for at a lal,
ulous price 10y our late magnifcel.
Secretary Of State, Mr.. Seward, au,
which have since ''gone undern IL
more seuses than one. The u".'
scheme reaches for beyond any ofth,r,
pent-up Cticas.
Ii has 4 continental sweep in ii, AL
il will appeal powerfully to the pock,
rs well as to the Imagination. Viii
There may BE- little doubt that there
an intrigue at-the bottom of it, tan,
What annexation known to histnrl
was ever effected without it?l thu,
are yet elements whiea may be cOur.
rd on 10 make a strong showing f.
popular support, ON political ground.
Our sister Republic Of Mexico is Ii,
oi joe i've point Of The new "SyndiCatr
OF aunpNa,inHi4ts. Their project h&
been brewing for several years; but j
quiet and undeyeloped lorm, th0ugi
the attempt has been made TO lay ;
foundation broad and deep forts ulti.
mate success. The incessaut intestine
troubles Of the MeXicans, their shift.
ing politics, with forty dynasties IL
twenty years, their lack Of induStriaI
prosperity and internal Improvements.
their large and long.cOntinUed 0bliga,
lions Of a pecuniary character TO 0ul
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
annexstiOnists. The unhealthy ten.
IRE by which the Jaure2 government
has held power, the widespread dis
content pervading almost every prov
ince, the reign OF brigandage and vi0-
lence, and the ambition ard rivalries
al 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 he secured to solve the
Mexican problem in what they deem
cd the only permanent way, namely
10y an incorporation ofthe territory Of
that republic with our own.
1t is to men nor 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 Cen
erals who distinguished themselves on
either side ofthe STIR ggles. 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 tie problem Of the future. The
question has presented itself in many
aspects besides the political, and no.
tahly in connection with schemes, OF
internal communication for Mexico,
which, it is assumed is her great cry-
ing want to-day, and would do more
for her welfare aud civilization than
any other cause. Curiously enough
though very naturally the military
gentlemen most earnestly engaged III
this great enterprise of Mexican in.
ternal improvement and ultimate all.
sorpiiOn are men who have been
closcly identified with the rail ways 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. Rose Grams, The
last named gentleman, if not the
pntatiye father of the above plan, isat
least z very jealous and devoted
iosier>tather. a man of singular and
controlling ideality, bound,ess d0phoU}-
n''f, and sanguiue enthusiasm, Gen.
Rosecrans carlies his convictions
in lis c0mtenance, and holds his
opinions with firm and good-humored
teNacity. Gen. Reauregard, it is said
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 ective share
i'll tue Lower California scheme of
settlement, and being pledged, by
tempe-NeDt~ aud constitutions. to
eyeap'schcme OF, "maniiest destiny,
the future holds in store.
p,MLeA things ere a little Iiper, it is
expected that a fully matured uIan
for aidipg the movement will be de-
Veloped, and things will I've pushed,
in Mexico and the United States,
a 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 fayora.
view Of the scheme, at least in the
House. At the same time the
influence OF the Executive and the
state Department, so powerful in all
matters Of international concern, will
De cautiously and artfully invoked to
the project. Nothing will he done
Il the liiibustering line, because the
'eminiscences Of attempted extensions
1.-THE area of freedom by that means
ire not Of a cheerful character to the
average American mind. The shades
u Lopez and VIM. Walker need not
0 be invoked to strike to the souls of
hese modern anneXationists, since il
5 the intention to do everything, no.
'nly honolably, but in the most rest
'ectabIe manner. There will be no
ed caps or pixies, nor promises to the
iiunken volunteers Of reveliuC in thr
OF the Montezumas. On The
'onl'ary, the enterprise is to lie sur
ounded, from the start, with the staid
'ir OF commercial respectatility. The
'entral idea OF the project, mind you,
8 the development, through Amer.
AN capital, Of the internal resources
If our sister Republic, now living waste
md dormant. She is to be provided,
" our not wholly di~sinterested aid
with a complete "new departure.E
Aside from the general question of
American development on this cont.
lent, and the steady extension of the
lag, we shall have high pecunjarv
motives to invest in this new annexa.
ion security, soon to be placed upon
he market. Not only will the com.
own all the immensely profita.
Die line Of interior communication In
great and rapidly growing country
lut it has, Or may have, a c%ontrolliHs
interest in all things Mexican. Wbat
with the heavy Indebtedness TO the
Jnited States Of citizens of that re.
public, and unsettled claims which the
NllXed Commission now sitting at
Washington are to award, and the
certainty OF getting a firm grasp upop
he Golfers Of the republic, througb
government aid to railways, may il
not soon be that we shall hold mort.
gage upon the halls Of the Montezn.
mas, aud that the only thing peces.
to affect 3 peaceful anHexation
Will be simple notice of foreclosure.