The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-06-07
Mexico and the unissd stAses.

'Tbe New 1ofk> hcFutd ltOsus oesHt"
raj GRANT the temptation. Of acquiring
Mexico. This would be, It argues, n strata
gem by which he would secure his .e', ','a
ton aud reestablsh his popularity VIII '"'
nation. 1t says: ,s,,;no i,
elf General Grant. instead o. :., i 'oi;.;";sns
local notifies and quarrelllng Will po.i: .t,s
would make The annexation " III oro,so
i",,'l vi popular ambition, overwheim
anu ~ - n,nonents by this oyershadowlng
;.nun y" and make his name more ii!uslrious IN
history.
II considers the time ripe and the opportu'
nifty ready.
The idea is not bad one. 1t would make
a change in The situation, and possibly save
GRANT, il anything can.
We have long entertained the opinion thai
the ACQUISITION of Mexico by the United States
wonld certainly take place. So great power
as the United States Government must either
be broken or he expanded. 1t resisted the
attempt at disruption, its next step Is eXpan-
sion. We say it's next step: indeed, it has
already been taken in the acquisition OF
Alaska. Alas, for acquisition If we are TO
have nothing better than that. Yet, 1t was,a
first move in the fulflmcnt of manifest des-
| tiny and it renders necessary compromising
extension southwardly.
The annexation of Mexico would inflse
order into that country and lead to the de
velopmcnt" Chats it, of the mineral
| wealth with which it abounds. Who can
"develop' things so actively and efficiently
| AZ The "Amcrlcan," so called, because we
ALWAYS feel that the whole continent pro-
pcrly belongs to us
There are ADVERTISEMENTS and complca'
lions in our own country that must find
solution, and we believe the acquisition OF
Mexico would furnish, at least in part, that
solution of them. Therefore we shall COLI
| slider the acquisition of Mexico beneticent
event. ...
so tile Dispatch has thought from rs
| foundation. It's doctrine was that If The
| Union lasted it must expand and 60 on eX-
pqnding until it separated into subdivisions
| that of all the acquisitions practicable upon
this continent Mexico was the most yaluaT
ble-and that in anncXing Mexico mucli
| would be gained in the way Of order and the
increase of the sources of wealth and COM
| fort for man. That has been the DtSpatcA
doctrine, and it would he popular If aVowcu
by bold strong man ut Washington. !,
Bnt GRANT is too dull-too slow. II Is loo
late for him to move in it, if he had the ire
and activity to support the movement. The
opportunity IL already lost to him. II in
stead of studying how to keep up the Sec
tional preilldiceS of the nation-how to alien
ate white and black and humilate and per-
sec,itc his southern white fellow-citizens-he
had undertaken the restoration Of order in
Mexico and the annexation of that country
to the United States, his position would be
now vastly more advantageous than it Is.
But, as STANTON said, he is not able to govern
the country. Indeed, nothing can be made
out of him. He is stolid and unimprcSsibIe,
devoid of genius, and has no fire about him
save what is carried in the end of his cigar.
The Dispatch tried its hand upon him and
failed, and after that he was of course hope
less case! Somebody else will have to reap
the ecllt of anneXing Mexico.