Mexico and the North.
We have already expressed the opinion that the consent of
Mexico to the passage of Northern troops for the purpose of invading the
South is a matter of no practical importance.
That it was given, as assorted in the
Northern papers, ‘"without qualifications or conditions of any kind, although such were tendered,"’ we do not believe.
We rather incline to give credence to the suggestion that
Mr. Corwin, the
United States Minister to
Mexico, promised the
Mexican Government, as a consideration for its grant of the right of way, the restoration of
Texas to the
Mexican Republic.
If so,
Mr. Corwin like some other people, has been very liberal with that which did not belong to him, and which he has neither the right nor the ability to give.
Texas achieved her independence of
Mexico by her own strong right arm, and she is not less able to maintain it as a member of the Southern Confederacy than when her ‘"
Lone Star,"’ without a friend or ally, floated in triumph over her colossal adversary.
Of course, the act of
Mexico, in granting permission for Northern troops to pass over her soil for the purpose of invading the
Southern Republic, is a hostile act, and one which will, sooner or later, secure its just retribution.
The protectorate which
England and
France, according to rumor, extend over
Mexico, cannot possibly give her immunity under the law of nations to commit any violation of good faith and breach of the peace towards her neighbors which she may be inclined to perpetrate.
She will be held to a rigid account for her conduct.
The Southern Confederacy has no filibustering policy or passions; it has territory enough to satisfy all its wants, but it has also rights which must be respected, and the violation of which by
Mexico may end in the readjustment of the
Southern boundary, but not in the manner which
Mexico expects.
