The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1846-03-25
sstlestinetl want
AS well attempt Niagara on the leap,
With all her oceans plunging DER the steep,
AS hope to stay the torrent which moves on
Steady, and still Increasing as it AoMs.''

Steady, and still increasing as it flows"
When we look at the present situation of our
sister republic of the South, MnzIoo, we cannot
but be impressed that her national star, which
ever was baeful one, is about TO set and that
that the Constellation of the North must ere
long shed genial influence over the land of Mon
tczuma 1t is now quarter of century since
lIturbide threw ofthe Spanish yoke, and yet the
condition Of the people is at his day no better
than it was under their European masters. The
late pronunciamcnto of Gen. PAREDEs declares
that the revenues of that unhappy country shave
fallen prey to robbery and qnackery; the old
servants Of the repubIc-he judiciary and ar
my, are suffered to remain in indulgence and mis-
cry, while in some departments the most colos-
sal fortunes are made as if by magic. Bank
Irpptcy is universal ;-the government is men
ldcant 1.-THE scales of justice thrown from the
balance by the hand Of the partisan ;-agricul-
ture perishng, and commerce abandoning the
coasts." Tzis is a sad picture, hut a true one
We might trace the effect to various causes, but
one will suffice, Spanish Mexico was scion
from diseased stock, else had it expanded and
! AouFished in a most delightful cline and under a
most glorious sunshine. 1t needs the energies of
q nev people to make that garden of America
/ what it was destined by nature to be, and the
b lag5o SaronS are the only race tIat can "re-
deem, fegenerate and disenthrall' that land of
lhe sun. General Paredes fears sthat the North
American stars and stripes will ere long wave
lover the towers Of Mexico, and be carried in tri-
umph as far as the isthmus of Panama. and
however wounding 10 his national feelings, his
] fears should be his hopes. Wherever thai flag is
Iunfurled there the patriot may breathe freely, fol
tyranny file before ii! Like the bow of Hea.
ven, when the sar-spanglcd banner floats upoI
! The breeze each tint Of its beautiful embhzonry
will convey to the soul Of the patriot promises o
peace, protection, joy and hope, present and pros
pective!
Tie march of freedom and good will toward
man should have no barrier to its progress, nj
spent up Utica" to contract its sublime aspira
/, iions; and true Democratic liberty must in th'
. end prevail over every species Of tyranny. Ou
heart is impulsiye TO the thought of universe
freedom II is an emotion Of the soul, and can
not be repressed, the hope that other coantrie
!, may enjoy Democratic liberty--may share wit
US in the ineslimable privileges which Heave
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! hath bestowed upon our favored land AS th
/, Visigotbs, full Of lofty berosm and strength /
character, infused vitality into Spain, then prs
vince ofFoatile, debauched, ickle ,priestridde
; Rome, and by amalgamaing with degenerai
people elevated character, and broughtfo
lthe race Of the CID, Of Gonsalvo, Of Columbu
81 Of Isabella, Of Xmenes, Of Cores! SO may ii
We b carrying our Anglosaxon energy, al
N Anglo-American institutions, into Mexico---n
10y The iron car Of conquest, but BY peaceful d
IT. aeration- give the land Of Anabuac arace eqn
lo lis Spanish conqilerous, in sgof, and surpas
n ling them il possessing principles Of fgoyerIme
Il founded mol on Teronic feudalissn, but id ii
N mutable truth, justice and beneyolence.
n Tie reyolusion which threw oT the spanil