The Independent Press

INTERVENTION IN MEXICO.—The following paragraph from the New York Herald is a condensed and conclusive statement of the objections against the intervention of our Government in Mexican affairs. The recent treaty of Mr. McLane is absurd and objectionable in every point of view:

The question, therefore, resolves itself into the proposition, shall we intervene in the domestic affairs of Mexico, by giving to its government several millions of dollars and several thousand men, to enable it to put down a rebellious priesthood and army. This naturally divides itself in two: Have we the right to intervene? If we have the right, is it right for us to intervene? Every logical mind will say we have not the right to intervene in the domestic affairs of Mexico. To do so, even for the purpose of establishing a good government would be destructive of the independence of that republic. It would carry with it the right of intervention on the part of England, France, Spain, and every other country that might find interest in so doing. The true policy of every Mexican government is to avoid such an utter destruction of itself and of the nationality of Mexico, while the only one for our government to pursue is to prevent all other governments from such intervention for their own purposes. It can do this only by refraining itself from intervention.