Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1836-09-22
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NJ the PHILADELPHIA Gazette.

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Z" am about 10 detail to YOU some things which
have in the Republic of Mexico.
have seen 10 squads 1900 men each, impress
scd against their own prOtcstaions, and those
their wives and children into the armed service of
the country.
] have seen GOO men chained, with not a rag
on 10 hide their nakehncss, up to their middle, in
the common sewers of the city, guarded by half
as many soldiers, who, besides their arms, carried
large switcles,wi which, they numerically dashed
the poor prisoners, fpcrchancc they should shrink
from or hesitate to plunge into vile collection Us
the vilcst filth.
have seen bayonct presented to the breast
of man for refusing to knccl in the streets when
the Host was passing.
] have seen man stoned for ncelccing tn
doll his la, when before the Image OF the Virgin,
II Saint.
have seen n man conveyed three hundred
miles TO be incarccracd, for having written and
published h,s honest opinions in oppositions 10 those
oi the general belief that Don Antonio Lopez do
Santa Ana was just and good and grcai--that ls
was God and lnvnciblc
have Seen forced loan levied virtually on
foreigners alone, wiil,om any prospect Of repay
mcnt, To the amount Of two millions of dollars.
have ,e.n more than 100 corpscs Inferred in
spots along the Carmna Del Ruy, where us many
PERSONS have been slain by brgands or rob-
bcrs
have seen general depository for the DO.
dos OF all persons assassinacd in the capital 1t
Is here understood that the average daily nunbcv
throughout the year is five, making 1925 murders
committed in this one city, in the course Of IL
months, (and this country is called Republic y
| have seen some hundreds of families sleeping,
cooking and eating in the cutters Of the streets.
have seen thousands Of loatcrs, blind, halt and
deformed in every possible manner and degree,
exposing their hldeous ulcers to excite the COM
passion of passcr by, and begging quar,ello for
the Love of God.
hnve seen thousands and thousands of men,.
women and children. stretched along the pave
mcnls, baskng in the sun, with no other employ
mcnt than that of scratching their uncovered limbs,
and mutually assisting each other in catching tho
vcrmin ont OF their heads and the patches Of ragS
which they sometimes throw around their mid
dies.
have scon the doors Of private citizens, and
of public officers, and Of the National Assembly,
guarded by bodies Of armed men. Yet this is
called Republic
have never seen IA rancrro who not artA
cd with sword, pistols and la,so.
have rarely seen city gentleman WHO did not
ride with holsters at the pummel OF his saddle.
| hey all, without exception, 90 secretly armed.
have heard threats against Foreigners pro-
claimed in the streets, and oa,hs taken that they
should all die the death of dogs and hcrctics.
! myself have been thrice threatened, and the
promises of vengeance the only promises
winch these people keep.
have not slept without pistols under my pile
low, nor gone into the streets "ithout being arm-
ed to the teeth. We are obliged to keep guard
a, the door night and day
Last week the city of Ga jaco was set upon by
about 400 of these n,er-ihey succeeded in forcing
entrance, sacked the city, killed the foreigners,
violated the nuns, and set themselves down IL a
merry teastng, drawn from the cellars Of the
wealthy. The Liberal party Of this countr, have
an immense majority Of the p oplc on their side,
but have heretofore been prevented from making
any military movement for want Of arms. Thu
arms however in the country; and as the obi
General said in speaking Of the Irish under similar
circumstances, lei, the people take them.
BY the way, Mexico wants sucha man as the
General at the head Of affairs here, aud the inns nssy
resources of their country in an agricultural aud
commercial point Of view would soon make i, be-
come the first in the World"