The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-06-24


The Spectators in Annexation.
If audacious dcnial- and false statements
had any value, the schcmcrs and Spectators
now engaged in project to acquire the
northern provinces OF Mexico would be-
acquitted of the least design of that sort.
They claim, like the original anncxationists
Of Texas, to he innocent Of any such inicn-
ton, and, rkc their cxcmplars, also, they
are wholly unworthy Of belief. The past in
This respect Is iull Of instruction and admo-
milton.
Al the very time when Mr. POLK had sent
JoHS SLlprLL to Mexico under prctcncc of
adjusting The questions in dispute, he
ordered Gen. TAYLORt to leave Corpus Christi
and TO occupy the territory in controversy.
What followed that act Of bad faith has
become history which We do not propose to
disturb. But ia, fact cannot be gainsaid
that the then President Of the United States,
and other men distinguished in the public
service, did not hesitate to cover their
scurmc Tor augmcntiny sectional power
with INSCRIPTIONS falschood. And now.
when it is proposed to remove the boundary
then established and to plant new stakes,
the dcccptions which were successfully prac-
tiscd thirty years ago are revived
The first bold act of HAYES and EvARTs
was the order toGcn. ORD preparing the way
10y investing him with discretion to maScwar
II was not pretended that any serious cause
had brnn given for this extreme measure.
In fact. Mr.. ScHLr1cHrR Of Texas who rep
r,~c.,ts the infested district and who. thcre-
fnic. il naturally the defender Of his con
e,itucIt, and their claims, admits that there
have been no recent Expectations ON the
lpwer Rio Grnndc. lie has conveniently
located them high up on the river and
there en active imagination and an artificial
vision would bc neriici to discover them.
This movement at Washington ordering
the troops (, cross the Rio Grandc has
necessarily strengthened the hands of the
pioneers Of acquisition. who are now and
have been for some time past occupied in
locating mines. lands and mineral deposits,
So a. To grab the most valuable property in
case the schcmc should succeed AZ ii has
been planned. Though no scrip has yet been
ISSUED To operate on Congress a. was done
In the Ifcdit Mobilicr and other Jobs there
will. of course. be reserved interests for all
patriots. who 10y their votes or their voices
may aid this project.
Claims for dcpredatons are To form the
basis of action ON the part OF the Admins
tration \ step was taken in this direction
by what il familiarity known as the Ross
Commission. appointed 10y Gen. GRANr in
1872. which figured up some twenty millions
Of Texan LOSSES The barcfaccd cXnggcra-
ton and ialsilications of that report made
only two years after the census was taken,
and 10y which they were cru-hiugly exposed,
left Mr. FISH no alternative but to throw It
aside a. discrcdit To the department, and
Congress took no notice II it.
Nh. SCHLElcHIR proposes to start from
that point and tocollcct tpscthorall thecas
that have arisen since then. Thus armed.
Mr. EvARrs is 10 demonstrate at the proper
time. with An Indictment against Mexico, and
TO prepare the hearts Of the people for war
if McXico should refuse 10 foot the bills Then
it will Ice mildly suggested. that as there
j. no money In the MeNican treasury. a Jew
rich provinces viii bc taken in settlement.
And II that conc '~sion should be- refused a.
it certainly will be, the corspirator, will
next proceed t. declare their mGcpond-
rnec. and Ice supported 10y Gen ORD troops
in that declaration.
The groal hlundor 81 these spectators l.
the hcl'i tina. the desire for territorial cN-
paneioL and for stealing Ia domain OF our
noighlurs exists NOW. a. il once did, before
the Has rested oil thr lHciic. Slavery WAS
then seeking to fitiiy it, diminishing rule
bycNtcldins ,Ar Southern lines and opening,
now fields lor r,pr'-"nt.t. III Ali that has
h"ugc Restless ai,rntuiols are to be-
found North AMI South and Vast. vino can
not b." stlll or satisfied no matter what
boundary may Ice iiNrL Give them all they
n1w SOCK. and onlA n few years would pass
away before a how crop OF i'rdbhrt- would
rise up to sweep over the Gulf of California
and round on by demanding the oompnra-
lively worthless territory oi southern ~. ,,-
forn'
There Is Ill. cord enough existing within
ouI pre- ut limits. and difficulties in rc~tor-
ing sui -tautial peace and prosperity, with
ont algrlNatins thcm 10y ncW olcmcul- OF
strifo and sectional rivalry, which genera
ton to come would NOT soc composed. Let
"a strive 90 bee coli.ul without trying e.
steal our noiEhhois' goods.