Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-03-11
ON TO MEXICO!
AMOnster.Filibustering, A Scheme
Tom Scott, Simon Cameron and Others
Arranging for the Capture Of q Few
Mexican States.

Mexican states.
Washington Special TO the Chicago Times.
There is now being perfected in this city
one of the most gigantic schemes for the ac-
quisition OF territory. A ring has been
formed Of about 20 leading Senators and
prominent capitalists in the East, to make
raid upon the Northern provinces Of Mex
leo. This project is to be disguised under
the cover Of pleasure trip. Senator Cam
erOn, of Pennsylvania, has been for several
days secretly making preparations for so
called pleasure trip Of party OF his Sena-
tors. The following Senators have already
promised to 20: Cameron, of Pennsylva-
MIA; Morton, Of Indiana; Clayton, Of Ar
kansas; Logan, Of Illinois; Gordon, Of
Georgia; Ransom, Of North Carolina;
Oglesby, Of Illinois; Dennis, Of Maryland;
Sargent, of California; Stevenson, Of Ken
tucky, and COnkling, Of New York. This
party will leave Washington at the close Of
the executive session for New Orleans, with
the ostensible purpose Of making
A PLEASURE TRIP THROUGH NEW MEXICO,
returning through California. Tom Scott
will furnish free transportation for the par
ty in special Pullman cars to New Orleans.
At that city a Government steamer will
convey the party to Vera Cruz. From that
city the party will 60 by rail to Mexico,
and then through the country towards Ma
zatlan, and inspect the silver mines
Of the provinces Of Chiahua-
hua and Sonora. All of the pro-
jects Of this party have, up to the present
time, been kept a profound secret, and it
was not intended that any information re-
garding the trip should be made known
until the party was ready 10 start. Then
it was to be given out as a party going out
for the sole purpose Of pleasure. Of course
the country would. never accept any such
absurd explanation Of the departure Of so
many prominent men upon such journey.
The Times correspondent is able, however,
through careful investigation, to give the
exact facts in the case, the true explana-
tiOn of this projected tour. For a long
time, prominent American capitalists have
been trying to get possession or control Of
the
RICH MINING PROVINCES OF NORTHERN
AIEXICO.
Three years ago, a company was formed,
with VIM. r. Trainers, sOn-in-laW Of Rever-
dy johnson, as President, and Richard
Schell as Vice President. This company
secured from the Mexican Government,
control over Lower California, and certain
concessions in the province of Sonora, ad-
joining. The company is not satisfied with
its present condition, and is now working
in with this new project. The following
railroad corporations are also in the scheme:
The International Railroad, Of Texas; St.
Louis and Iron Mountain Railroad, con-
trolled by Thomas Allen and the Barring
Brothers, of London, and the Missouri,
Kansas and Texas Railroad, controlled by
August Belmont and the ROsthchilds. The
International Railroad has a projected line
from its future terminus opposite San Juan
to Mazatlan, on the Pacific coast. II had a
concession from Juarez, former President
of Mexico, for the construction Of the road.
Sixteen thousand dollars in gold a mile was
10 be given to aid the building Of the road
through Mexico, and fourteen thousand
dollars in gold per mile additional when
the road was completed. It was
THE OBJECT OF THIS COMBINED RING
Of railroads, among other things, to get the
right of building railroads in Mexico to the
exclusion Of all foreigners. The subsidy
given 70 the International road by JUarez
was taken back, under the administration
of the present President, LerdO de Teiada.
1t IS hoped that this subsidy can be re-
gained, and absolute control gained over
the provinces northwest of the projected
line, from San Juan to MaZatlan.
Gen. Rosecrans is one Of the active
workers in the gigantic scheme. His
brother is an archbishop in the Catholic
Church, and he is using
THE ARCHBIsHOP's INFLUENCE
in the Church il Mexico to further the
plan. just now there is a strong disaffec-
tiOn between the Church in Mexico and the
Government. This disaffectiOn is being
used by the archbishop to perfect the ar
rangements for the concession.
Il is said that the Oldest Of the prime
movers in this project talk of the entire ac-
quisitiOn Of the provinces named 1t is
very easy to stir up a revolution and to
drive all Of the profit from it.
1t is doubtful whether all of the Sena-
tors who have promised to 60 out on this
trip are aware Of all the importance at
tached to it, but it is certain that they all
have an idea Of some Of the objects to be
attained.
SIMON CAMERON,
chairman Of the Committee on Foreign
Relations, was the first man approached by
the speculatOrs. He fell in at once with
the project, and it seems has received SEMI
official endorsement from the Adm.nistra-
tiOn, as one Of the Government side-wheel-
ers has been placed at the disposal Of the
party to 90 down from New Orleans to
Vera Cruz.
Another prominent parsonage mentioned
in connection with this project is E. l..
Plum, late Consul General at Havana.
THIS PROJECT
is one that has been worked up very care
fully, and with more than ordinary secrecy.
The Times correspondent has interviewed
several Senators upon the subject, among
whom are Powell Clayton, Dennis and
COnkling. They all admitted that there
was pleasure trip to Mexico cOntempla-
ted, but said that they had no authority TO
say a word about it. 5 natOr Cameron
was the only man who had any authority
to give information upon the subject. Can
erOn declines to say anything, one way or
the other: The plans for the trip are now
to a great extent fully completed, and the
projectors Of it may be classified as follows:
A party Of Senators, led by Senator Gamer
on, semi-O1icially backed by the Admins
tratiOn; a ring Of railroads, generated by
Thomas Scott, and a party Of spectators
with the officers Of the Lower CalifOrnia a
company at their head.
1t appears that Simon Cameron is invit-
ing nearly all the Senators to 90 with him
upon his Mexican trip, with hopes of get
ting up large party. There is no doubt
that several Senators have accepted the in
VitatlOn, with no other idea than Of going
on a pleasant trip. The reasonable sup
position is that Cameron and few Of the
knowing ones are seeking to entrap large
number Of the Senators in an endorsement
of the scheme.
For the Black Hills.