The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1847-01-27
from Tho n SO. Picayune JAM as
FROM RlEXHCO.
LATER FROM 4 tn E u NlTED STATES
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Santa Anna Presidea: ii yytf Merico- Go.
meg Farias Vice President Var Med
sures Condition Of Yucatdn, drc. g.
BY the arrival Of the bark John Barnes,
Ton Lizar.o up to the 81 st ult. and letter
from one Of our CO corresponding dated on
the 29th. The John Adams was still
blockading Vera Cruz. while the rest Of
The squadron were TO ieewarti on cruise.
The only vessels al Anton Lizarlo when
the John Barnes sailed were, tho frigate
Rari.an, the store.ship Relief, and the
steamer Pctrita.
We are indebted TO the promptncss OF a
friend for tho faithful delivery Of the fol-
lowing letter from one Of our cosrespon.
dents. II contains the intelligence Of in>
lerest brought by this arrival. s!i2
It's a remarkable feature Of the news,
and one which exhibits the vicissitudes Of
public life in Mexico in striking phasis,
tha. Gomez Farias is Vice President Under
Santa Anna. Farms was once before Vice
President during Santa Annals Presidency.
His willy superior, knowing the hostility.
Of Farias TO a hierarchy, aud desrous Of
of improving the finances by confscation
of the church property, set him to work 10
digest plan:a and prepare the public mind
for seizing upon the ecclesiastical estates.
The effort failed utterly. and the govern
men, was about being made TO feel the
power Of an interest it had alarmed
when Santa Anna deserted Gomez Farias,
threw upon him the odum Of the scheme,
and escaped himself from the storm he
had helped to raise. Gomez Farias was ban
ished the state and for a number Of years
resided III this city with his family, pinch.
ell by necessity and oppressed with cnre.-
Santa Anna in time was overthrown and
banished by Paredes. Farias, ,immetliu,nly V
upon the fall or the dictator, returned 10
Mexico where he has ever since token u
conspicuous part in the political affairs of
the country. Santa Anna, by sudden
revolution in public opinion, wns recalled
from Punishment, and nov these two poll
ticians, rs opposite as the poles in princi-
pies and hating each other with a rancor
that has been malured in disgrace. occupy
the first and second Offices in The Republic.
Farias is reformer Of the progressive
party; his opinions are Of the most liber-
al character. He is republican a. heurt,
federal in the Mexican sense Of the term.
and bitter against religious as political
trammcls. Santa Anna is Just what his in
sS'SSt Aoa thO thu'S oSauS hSHuhco uiu
be. The close proximity Of two such
men does not uuger well Of the durability
Of the government. which they administer
nor Of the suavity that may qualify their
councils.
In so far as the ele valion to office of,wo
men occupying The extremes Of political
faction may interpret the pnblic opinion
Of Mexico, it may indicate fusion of all
parties, union Of nll cliuues, sccts, tiyis.
ions and classcs Of the people in one great
war party. Gomez Farias was, if any
thing the most violent Of all Mexican pol.
ilicians against the dismembermcnt Of Tex
as, and he may have nniled with Santa
Anna to set an example OF the supprc ssion
Of personal and political hatred in farming
an alliance for the ject Of consolidating
the strength Of the stale against common
enemy.
EXTRACTS FROM THE LETTER.
U. S.SauADRoN, Dec. 2S, 1916.
GENTLEMEN-The :nail from Mexico