The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-05-27
THE MEXICAN MOVEMENT.


becility on their people, Of American
methods, progress and civilization,
IL an idea too vital and aggressive
to die out or to be long repressed.
During the past hundred years q
number OF efforts have been made
to carry out this captivating scheme,
and the present Mexican moves
ment, headed by Gen. Vaughn Thomas.
q som what noted filibuster ard a re-
puted born revolutionist, is quite
vigorous naturalization OF this great
American idea.
Our Washington correspondent, whose
racy letter will be found In the DEMO
GRAFT this morning, is no doubt correct In
saying that the only difficulty In the
way OF Gen. Thomas ID the want of
money. An abundance Of we'll drilled
and stalwart men may be had both in
the North and West. But to equip and
move on expedition large enough to
effect Judgment upon Mexican soil
would require, we fear, much larger
sum Of money than capitalists are will
Ing to venture upon desperate and un-
certain enterprise.
Mexico, with Its mines Of gold and
silver, Its fields OF sugar and coffee, its
spices and gums, its rich woods and pre-.
cious dyes, would DO as splendid prize
as that which England finally won
thro ugh "that little sally Of Give from
Fort st. David" But Give was the
agent Of rich and powerful company
of merchants and capitalists, and the
power of all England rallied to the sup
port OF the scheme which his little sally
inaugurated. Gen. Thomas Is backed by
no capital; he Is likely to meet with the
op position of the United States govern
ment before his plans are perfected, and
If he Is the voluble tallfer and fanciful
theorist our correspondent represents
him to be, we doubt II he possesses those
solid qualities which made Give sol
dier and conqueror.
The plan OF operations 90 graphically
sketched by Mr.. Buell., in his letter to
the DEMOCRAT, Ia certainly q very
attractive one; and there Ia no doubt
that o real leader could organize as
large an army of the best soldiers In
the world as would be necessary to carry
1t out, IL the needed funds could be OBJ
tanned. Whether this shall be done or
not, will depend upon the qualifications
OF Gen. Thomas for the arduous but ad-
venturous business he has engaged in.
II he has the indomitable energy, per-
severance and courage Of Walker, and
the unfaltering faith in himself which
inspired that gallant but unfortunate
leader, whose life was q heroic poem,
there ia no reason why he should not
succeed.
The tendencies Of American thought
and American progress are in accord
with his purpose. Mexico, Central
America and the West India Islands,
now the seats Of an imbecile and degrad-
ing civilization, under whose shadow the
energies Of man seem to decay and
Christianity to rot, ought to be the
abodes OF the highest American civ.
ilization and the largest commercial
wealth. The arbitrary and unwise
policy adopted by their Spanish dis
coversrs and conqurerors, and rooted
in their systems, has been for GEN.
turtles blight and a curse which
can only be exercised by the force oil
arms and the infusion of Anglo.Saxon
ideas and vigor into their governments.
After these magnificent regions had
been discovered, the tendency Of emf.
grafton from France and England was
towards them. But the jealous and ra-
pacious Spaniards prohibited all immi-
grafton therein except from Spain. The
most rigid and intolerant regulations
were made with reference to the CON-
merce OF these colonies. Spain alone was
allowed to be the beneficiary Of 1t. Even
the commercial intercourse Of one COL
ony with another was prohibited. These
are but few features OF policy which
naturally retarded the advancement oil
civilization and the development of the
resources Of the regal countries to the
south Of us.
The Spanish population was small and
in time the vast numerical superiority
OF the Indians overcame the law
through the operations of which the
superior race absorbs the inferior and
produced the mongrel race which now,
with the pure Indians, inhabit and
curse those regions. The hardy and
progressive emigrants from England
France and other European countries,
prohibited from enuering the rich colo.
mics of Spain, planted themselves In
other ATTITUDES, and out OF more
sterile soil, under a more inhospitable
sky, and in the face Of savage and bar
barous foes, created wealth, civiliza
ton and commerce, while the tyran
meal and intolerant policy Of the Span
iards blighted. ruined and cursed ths
richest regions upon the broad earth.
The American idea Of the conquest O