Mr. COWAN. It may be ouly 37; and if so, I beg the pardon of Mexico for surcharging her with 3. To talk about a republican Government in Mexico, I think is only to make republicanism utterly absurd and ridiculous. '1 ere never was such a thing there, and it is utterly impossible. If I were to view it as a question of dollars and cents, I think the U.S. ought to be very much obliged to anybody who would introduce into Mexico law and order and good government, because if it were introduced there for a period of 15 or 20 years I have no doubt that the U.S. would rea the largest advantages from it of any peopple upon the earth. Then, instead of sellin to KIexico a mere pittance as at presentdo not know what it I directly backward, if there 0 such a thing. 'Ethen make the best excuse we can and back out of the whole thing. amounts to, perhaps half a million annually.I have no doubt we could sell to that people of our products perhaps 2 or 300 millions. Are we in danger from the establishment of an empire there? Mr. President, I have no doubt that we could settle our difficulties man a time by removing out of the way an such obstacles as that; and I should think that an empire in Mexico, placed there as a foil for the U.S., wou d be one of the most whole somethings in the world. If we ever differed among ourselves, we should heal all our differences by going down and removing the empire and establishing another Government instead. I have no fear of the establishment of an empire in Mexico. Thank God, it never will be in the road of the U.S. This Republic will never find it an obstacle to its progress. What the people of MexiCOWANt now is a reign of law, order, peace, where the industrious man can earn something, and, when he earns it, keep it. I believe there is not avery strong desire for effective accumulation among their people, but that might be cultivated and rise to an extent which would make the people prosperous and happy. As she has been for tholast 25 or 30 years in the hands of desperate politicians, revolutionists, bri gands of every kind, her irogress has been But apart from all the relations that exist between us and France and Mexico, I am opposed to the expenditure of money, now, for this purpose, because I believe that it behooves us everywhere, one and all, to curtail our expenditures and retrench our outlay until we are absolutely certain that with a reasonable press ure upon our people we can extract taxes enough from them to keep the public credit unstained as we have kept the public patriotism and its credit and fidelity free from reproach.