Year: 1867

Mexico have In turn fought their way to power.
exercised their brief suthority, and left the
country to their suocessors weaker and moro
wretched than they found It The causes
which have led to this state Of things In the
past still exist, and the nomsnt the bugbear Of
Imperialism is gone they win tell with tenfold
more force than ever. As in the past, so In the
future, unless some strong arm intervene,
Mexico must continue 10 bs tho prey Of con-
tending factions, and peace or progress there
oan be none. @asa sa


What, then, Is to be donsi We confess we
see no cure but one. Mexico,s only hope Is to
shelter herself under tho eagle Of the republic
Of the United States. This Il her inevitable
doom Sooner or later she must merge her
fate In ours. The time may not be near which
shall witness the event circumstances may
hinder II; but It must come to pass and 1t
will not bs for the interest Of Mexioo II it be
long delayed. We do not give expression to
these sentiments for the purpose Of intimidat-
ing Mexico Far from it, As We have again
and again said, tho people Of the United States
have no desire tosequire territory by the force
Of conquest or to hold Il on the principle that
might Is right. But II II should happen, ~
indeed II has happened before, that the Mexi-
can people express desire to be Incorporated
with the people Of the United States, and seek
to come with their rich but undeveloped lands
under the benign influence Of the Star Spangled
Banner 1t will not be for the interests Of Mexico,
for the interests Of the United States, or for
the interests of humanity at large, if our gov
ernment refuse to accept suoh an offer. 1t is
not without authority we say it, that with the
Church party, the property holders generally,
and all who are sick OF anarchy and nisrule,
and interested In the real preservation, the
true prosperity Of Mexico, such step would
be by no means unpopular, and that in certain
quarters some such move is already meditated.
II the offer should be made, we know Of no
reason why 1t should not be accepted. The
objections that our territory is already too
large, and that mixture Of races Is incompat-
ible with the interests Of the republic, are no
longer Of any weight. The progress of science
has destroyed the one, and recent events have
taken all force from the other. Steamboats,,
railroads and telegraphs have done much to
make distance OF little account; and
with the near prospect Of vast improve
ment In telegraphy and the various
means Of transit, tie difficulty Of making
the central authority felt in remote and
widely scattered provinces is not to be
thought Of Now, too, that we are about
to admit the Esquimaux and other mysterious
people from the unknown regions Of the North
within the pale OF the Union, we dare not
object to the alert and high spirited Mexicans.
the equality Of the races has been settled for
us and in spite Of US, by the mere force of /
events. .se ...e+t. .A


Nor need the Mexicans fear that in tina event
Of such an incorporation taking place. their
peculiar privileges would be trampled upon
and their national rights dlsregarded. Incor-
poration would not in any sense imply extinc-
ton. Local interests then, a. now, would be
under the control Of local authorities. I'm
perial matters only would come nader the
control Of the central government at Washing
ton. We conclude as We began. Annexation is
what is wanted. The interests Of Mexico, the
interests of the United States. and the cause Of
human progress all equally demand it Let
Mexico once be thrown open to American enter
prise, aud we hesitate not to predict that in ten
years from that date the population Of New
York alone, not to speak of other centres Of
will scarcely be Less than 5000, 900.