National Republican., 1883-03-03
Ex-pres,dent plnu I'm tho United State.

Ex-Prestuent Diaz In the united states.
The arrival of ex-President Diaz at New
Orleans is an interesting and an important
Mexico who have dismissed tho feeling of an
tagonism to the United States engendered by
the events which commenced with the annex
alton ofTexas, led to the acquisition of Califor-
MIA, and ended.with the iilibustcring raids into
Sonora before the war. The present presi-
dent Of Mexico, Gonzales, is equally
liberal These great leaders see clearly
that the wealth of their country
can only be developed by adding to her ma
tional resources the enterprise and capital of
strangers The choice was between European
allies and those nearer home. The influence
of European capital was and is of course ad-
verso to the growth of tho United States in
tcrests in Mexico. II was seriously proposed
that European capital should build railways
ward which shoulds stop twenty leagues
short of tho United States border. The
argument was that if Mexico tolerated rail.
way connection with tho railway systems of
the United States the border states of Mexico
| would drop away from her and seek annexa-
tion to this country. This view was enter
tanned by large portion Of the influential
people of Mexico, who could see no good in-
tentions toward their country in anything
originating in the United States. But, thanks
to the broad views of President Diaz and to his
large influence, this current ofopinion has been
checked, The hearty sympathy manifested
toward the Mexican republic by our govern
| ment, and the exhibition of military power
under Gen. Sheridan upon tho frontier inn
mediately after our civil war, which 80 nc
CELEBRATED the evacuation of the French
forces, went very far to furnish proof that
under our new regime of freedom, we were
| to be as friendly to Mexico as, under the old
regime of slavery, we had been hos.
tile because grasping. Freedom seeks
no removal Of its ncighbors' landmarks.
Slavery fought for territory out of which to
create states which should maintain its politi-
/
toral college. When President Diaz became
convinced that manifest destiny" golden
circles" and fllibustering expeditions were
but symptoms Of q disease of which the
United States had been cured, he advised
near commercial relations between the
two countries. He and his successor
have given every encouragement to
the influx Of United States capital
and enterprise, and the advancement
Of their interests. Liberal concessions have
been made to railway enterprises, and instead
of being cut off from all communication with
the Mexican capital, except by the way of
Vera Cruz it will not be more than fifteen
months before the traveller can choose between
three different through lines from the United
States into Mexico Mr.. w. w. Nevin, of
New York, writes thus enthusiastically of
the rapid growth of trade and intercourse
between the two countries:
III Business men north and south are engaging In
active trade in that country with a sudden mo-.
mentum unprecedented In the history of COM
mercial intercourse,
III
crossed the border The National has entered
Monterey, the gateway into Mexico, by an air line
from New York, The Central has opened direct
payenue from New Mexico, the Qua ymns from Ari.
zona. over 1900 miles OF American railways are
now laid in the republic of Mexico and some
1SjO,0OO0OO Of American capital or capital pro-
Vduced by the American blilders has already gone
binto these several enterprises. Monterey is now
Ian established winter resort for educated and
nwoalthy Americans, New York COM
many is opening tramways on Its streets Mai.
Randall, an American, has lighted It with elec.
htricity; California is pouring over the Guaymas
Unto Sonora; New Orleans has organized a MeXi.
lean Commercial exchange, and her papers have
columns Of Spanish advertisements. English
papers appear In Mexico. Monterey, VilladRma,
and Chihuahua have held "town meetings In
response TO conventions at Houston Galveston,
New Orleans, and Laredo TO organize the chan.
nes Of the new trade, Several Scotch land COM
panies have acqu ed ducal domains of hacendas
and great ranches, stocking them as high as
|el 900 600. An army Of drummers from the lead
ng firms of the United States is deployed from
kaoatecas TO Colima, These few facts are mere in-
llces Of the strength ami proportions of the move
Nnent.
The mines of Mexico and her fields for the
anilder tropical products win be rapidly put