Certainly no.
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Arbitrary and unauthorized as at first glance
apyeais to us the Executive Decree for leyyino
taxes in Mexico, we perfectly aware that it will
receive the countenance and support not only ol
those who but the breath Of the nostrils of the
President, but also of no nconsiderable number OF
persons whose instincts are hattered by the pros
pect Of aggrandizement by any other means than
those slow but sure results of the arts of peace
and stndustry which constitute the true wealth
and glory of nation. Directly in point we have
just met with the following paragraph, which, all
revolving as it cannot but be to every reader of this
paper, involves precisely the same principle as the
Order in Council which has just been officially
promulgated, viz. IN is OURS by CONQUEST ~


"a writer in the Fincastle Democrat recommends
that we selze the situer and gold stored in Me
Catholic Churches of Mexico as an indemnity
for the expenses of the war. He says, There
is more than enough there-it is ours by conquest
Where it is, it is doing part of the human ia
"mily or God any service, and it would be reli-
g'ousty right 10 return out Of these treasures the
money which their act has forced our Government
:" TO expend.'"