National Republican., 1878-01-28

der have been murdered and robbed, not by |
scores, but by hundreds 1t may be that |
Americans have committed wrongs against !
Mexicans, but If this is so the Government
has been always ready to make rcparation
Mexico never. Under the treaty this was
provided for, but Mexico has never OBJ
served the stipulations of that treaty.
So FIR as American residents of Mexico
are concerned there has been one continu
Gus story of wrong and oppression. Mil
lions of dollars belonging to citizens of the
! United States have been invested in mining
and other enterprises in Mexico and in
almost every instance il has been conlis-
Gated and the owners driven out of Mexico,
poorer by the amount of every dollar car
ricd there. We know it will be said that
| tho central government of Mexico is not
responsible for these acts, that tEcy were
committed by irresponsible men, the chiefs
OF some proauaciamento against the faction
in power. But this, instead of weakening,
strengthens the argument that something
must be done to give the central govern
ment OF Mexico pcrmancncy and power TO
iniorce the laws and the treaty stipulations
of the government.
| This brings ms to the present condition Of
af,hirs II may be taken for granted that
wrongs such rs we have spoken Of have
been, and are being committed. How shall
they be righted is the question. 1t is use
less to depend upon the treaties that now
exist, for they have proven but broken
reed to lean upon. This being so, other
methods must be found, and it is the part of
wise craftsmanship to consider maturely
what these methods should be, and having
determined upon them, to adopt them.
We have not had occasion to lavish many
words of praise upon the administration Of
President HAYES, because il has, in our
opinion, in the language of the Episcopal
prayer book, done many things it ought
not to have done, and left undone many
things it ought to have DONE" but its con-
duct toward the DIAZ government in Mex
leo seems 10 have been inspired by higher
wisdom than most Of its other acts. This
may be due to the fact that the Mexican
question has been in charge of Assistant
Secretary Of State SEWARD, who has posS-
bly, inherited the mantle of his father and
possesses other ability than that necessary
f to merely make successful and money
| making lawyer. The DlAZ government has
, been for year asking recognition at the
1 hands Of the United States, and has not oh
tanned it neither should it do so, until sui-
itcicnt guarantees are obtained that the
| rights of American citizens are properly re-
&, spectcd, both in Mexico and upon the bor-
a der. Mere paper promises will not do. We
c have them now. Something stronger is
Y required.
Y A new treaty should be made by which
n the Government of the United States is
# granted the right to protect its own citizens.
il When this is done DIAZ should be recog.
q niZed, and not till then. II may be argued
e that such treaty could only be in the
e form of protectorate over Mexico, and that
Y ii DIAZ were to make such terms he would
y be Overthrown. That is not so. Grants
o have been made to citizens of the United
l. States for railway lines through Mexic,
N that give to the grantees extraordinary
l. powers and privileges. Through them al
IN that we ask for in the way of protection
#. can be obtained. A joint resolution ha
,e been introduced into the Senate by Senate
10 JONES, of Florida, that reads as follows:
l. Resolred By The Senate and House Of Represen
tqtirss Of The L'Hied Siutes Of dmoricd IN Con
" prsss assembled, That the President of tn,
e, United States be, and he is hereby, authorized
N and requested to open and conduct negOtia
- tOns with the existing government of said re
= public, with view to secure protection to th
70 capital, labor, and enterprise which may b
10 invested and employed by citizens Of tn
m United States, in the opening and maintaining
under grants already, or which may be, oh
oi tanned from said republic, such railway AM
ld other commercial lines of communication be
O. tween the Pacific coast and the bOundary-lin
. of the United States and in said NOrther
'o States Of Mexico.
3 This seems to cover the ground, an
IL should be made condition precedent to til
ar recognition of the DIAZ government.
IL The building of a system of railway
ne through the northern States of Mexico, con
'h' Meeting with our railway system, would, {
III course give us the control of the trade
~ that country, one of the richest in the worl,
'h' II would bind the two republics MOI
w. strongly together giving TO our weaker si'
49, ter the support OF our stronger Cover
III mcnt-would secure peace to Mexico, d,
;io yoI,,. its ir,p,c,s. ,veal,h ro,v I,,ir,, do
NtlDp It's llnhltllrC Ntdltl, llOM lying no
I" mant, and add immensely to the wealth an
III prosperity of this country, vivifying cvci
branch OF trade and industry by pOurr
the millions that now go from Mexico
England and Germany into the Unite
I" States.
'to We do not propose to say that the wor
~ of the resolution offered by Senator jon
~, i'' should be adopted, hut the American Co
IN gress could do 10 wiser act than to instru
i"' the Administration by adopting the spin
ine of this resolution as the basis of trea
Wv Wv with Mexico, upon the adoption Of whit
'e the DGAz government would be recognize
P'i and sustained.
rnt
les The Progress Of Ruin.
na- We have it from II gentleman who h
been spending some time in Philadclph
'cd and in whose observation and crcdibility