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Show THE MEXICAN TROUBLES. Tlio Mexican troubles are ho serioiii again, that intention is reported under ooiiFidcratinn on the part, of .the. administration, ad-ministration, to intervene so as to quell di!-f urbanoe elos'e to the border. These insurrections make a great deal of anxiety near the line, and the insurgents insur-gents arc nrtho over a .vast extent, of territory. Orders have been, received in Han Francisco for the troops at the Prcfiilio to be in readiness for orders to proceed to I hp Mexican border, Similar orders have been received nL Fort Doug-las, Doug-las, and a sufficient force is merely waiting the order; to inarch. There is no donl'.i but. that the preparedness pre-paredness of the United States forces to enforce neutrality' on the border will-have will-have a powerful effect in that direction. direc-tion. And still, if the design of ie insurgents in-surgents is to induce iiVervent.ioii on the pari of tho United States, our very preparedness will help their jdaus. For. it would appear to be evident that these insurgents have a far friendlier feeling towards ,'he United States than they have toward the Government of Mexico. Mex-ico. This was also, evident in the troubles trou-bles on the border last spring. The insurgents in-surgents relied upon American medical aid. and sympathy from the United States citizens and United States troops more than they did upon, the efforts and the troops ol their own countrymen. country-men. It is evident that the nor.'.h of Mexico Mex-ico is out of sympathy with the central portions of that country, and would rather affiliate with .the United States than with the established government in the capital. It is reasonably plain tbijt Chihuahua, Sonora. and Lower UalifpJJn feel themselves a.t outs all the time vrlii the Mexican central government. As long as Diaz was in control, ami up to the time of the Madcro insurrection, the uprisings in those three provinces were kept well in check; but they have always al-ways been in more or less ferment against the central government in Mcx-ico Mcx-ico Ci.'.v. Jn view of the antagonism between Northern Mexico aud the central and .southern States of that Kepublic, perhaps per-haps the best way; out of the difficulty would be for the. Uni.tcd States to buy Chihuahua, Sonora, and Lower California Califor-nia from Mexico. Thereby a great sourco of trouble would be taken away from the Mexican administrations; and as self-governing States, those provinces would speedily take upou themselves settled peace and order as States in the American Union. wV.h Lower California Califor-nia perhaps in a Territorial condition for some Lime to come, but Chihuahua and Sonora to be admitted as States without much delay. The territory purchased from Mexico at the close of the war which .terminated .termi-nated with the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo Hi-dalgo in IS tS, and 'which included Utah, Nevada, California, Arizona, aud New Mexico, with part of Colorado, has proved to be immensely profitable to the United States politically, economically", economic-ally", industrially, and in every way. Thcro is no reason to doubt but that the provinces of Chihuahua. Sonora, and Lower f'aliforuia would develop rapidly' into American communities precisely as tho regions named have done. We believe be-lieve that it would be very grca.tly to the advantage, both of Mexico and of the United States, to make thifc negotiation negotia-tion aud transfer. In the meantime, our duty is Hear to protect the border against forays and our own territory from invasion, oil her by the actual presence of hostile forces or through invnsion by shooting across the border to .the danger of American citizens. This should be stopped, and undoubtedly the notice given by our Government that it must stop will be respected; unless, indeed, it. is part of the programme of ,.hc iusurrectos to do the very things that will force intervention inter-vention and the secession of Chihuahua from the lexican republic. |
