New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1844-11-16
THE TEXAN REVOLUTION. No. V.
Extracted chiefly from pamphlet under this te pubshet
at Wnshing;on. D. c. April. 1913, by PaoBus.
rarrrxr or rH= RENOVATION. lcOntinued.

rRYrExr or TIE REVOLUTION. CONTINUED
There may be thoss who are disposed to re,
proach or deride the Mexicins on account of the
protracted era of revolutions, through which il
has been their lot to pass. | am not OF that
number. / sec in the repeated and continual
struggles of Mexico 20 obiain her true position,
proof that she possesses keen sense of what
that position is, and that she will ultimately at
tain it. see also in the general maintenance
of order and justice, the early and total abolition
of slavery and tho slave-trade, her hospitality
and unparalleled generosity TO emigrants, all ex.
eroised in the midst of successive revolutionary
troubles, proofs of humanity, patience, forti,ude,
and magnaniUity which emlnently 1T them, as
people, for social aud national improvement,
happiness, snd respectabi.y. That the Next
cane, without experience IN seiEgovernment,
withou. the advantage of q system of common
schools, should not at once have hit upon the
bes. form OF OWL polity, IS not wonderful. Not
having init upon it, the next best thing was not
to be satisfied with thor work. | must say, in
all candor, tina; think the Americans have
Judged the south American Republics. ard
Mexico in particular, with degree of rashness
and superciiousness, which do not we'll supper.
pretensiens to superior wisdom. We enjoyed
unrival.ed advantages, both civil and social, FOR
insttuting and sustaining system Of self-gov
eminent. We were rich in records and tradi-
tions, handed down by our free forefathers We
had legislative and judicial models in the mother
country, not perfect, it is true, but possessing one
perfection, prevailing tendency, occasionally
interrupted, but en- the; account the more con-
AIMED, so,oGrGs perfection. We had men in our
country, and in our revolutionary councils, capa-
bio of appreciatng, gathering, and spreading
before u.s. ali the lessons Of experience IN political
legislation. Above all, We had access to glori
Gus body of liberty literature. (the like of which
no young nation ever epjpyed,) oeeueathed us as
Enpl:shmen, by the sages ana martyrs OF Eng
Iish liberty And after ell, gu, success has not
bean 80 decided as 70 make 1t quite becoming IN
us TO put on ans of superiority over orr less ia
vored neighbo,s.
Our first American Congress, WAS Congress
of nations. In that capacity our delegates con-
vened, and concerted measures Tor tho common
GOOD of the contracting parties. After SIX years
of Experiment in this way. they formed consti-
tution under the name of Articles Of Confedera-
ton. We are in the habit of regarding that IN
strument us a slight and temporary affair, Tor
such in effect il proved. To estimate correctly
its bearing on the present subject, we must put
ourselves in the place of the delegates who tofn-
ed. and tho States which ratified 1t. They In.
landed it to be the permanent form ii govern.
ment for this nation. That it was utterly mace
ouata IN this purpose, need not be contended. 1t
was OF considerable service III It's dSy, but IN the
end, proved complete failure. II was dis-
iointed, numbering and worthless apparatus Nine
wears we submitted to il, until the country was
reduced 10 condition as exhausted, deplorable,