The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1847-01-27
From the N ~. Pinnyune, Jan. 1 AZ
; II RONE M EXHCO.
LATER FROM THE UNITED STATES
3lf G ULF SQUADRON.


Santa Aana President Of Mcrico Cos
meg Farias Vice President Var Med.
sures-- Condition Of Yucatdn, DC.
q BY the arrival of the bark John Barnes,
Captain Staples, we have dates from "A NJ
& ton Lizartlo up to The 3ls.ult. and letter
from one Of our correspondents dated on
the 2Slh. The John Adams was still
blockading Vera Cruz. while the rest or
the squadron were TO leewartl on cruise.
The only vessels al Anton Lizar.lo when
the John Barnes sailed were, tho frigaie
Raritan, the store.sliip Relief and lhe
steamer Pctri,a.
We are indebted to the pronp,ness or a
friend for tho faithful delivery Of the fol-
lowing letter from one OF our corresp0n-
dents. II contains the intelligence of in
,erest brought by this arrival.
II is a remarkable feature of the news,
AMI one which exhibits the vicissiiudes Of
public life in Mexico III q striking phusis,
that Gomez Farias is Vice President under
Santa Anna. Farias was once bcfnrc Vice
President during Santa Annals Presil ency.
His willy superior, knowing The hostility
Of Farias 10 hierarchy, aud desirous Of
ofimproving the finances by confisca,ion
Of the church property, set him to work 10
digest plan and prepare the public mind
for seizing upon the ecclesiastical estates.
The effort failed utterly. and the govern.
ment was about being made 10 feel the
power Of an interest it had alarmed
when Santa Anna deserted Gcmez Furias,
threw upon him the odium Of The scheme,
and escaped himself from the storm he
had helped TO raise. Gomez Farias wns ban
ished the state and for number Of years
resided in this city with his family, pinch.
cd by necessity and oppressed with care
SANTA Anna in time was overthrown and
banshcd by Paretles. arius,immetliuinly =
upon the fall Of the dictator, returned IL
Mexico where he has ever since tuken u
conspicuous part in the political affairs Of
the country. Santa Anna, by a sudden
revolution in public opinion, was recalled
from Punishment, and nov these two poll.
ticians, as 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.
Faras is a reformer Of the progressive
party; his opinions are Of the most libcr.
al character. He is republican a, heart,
federal in the Mexican sense Of the term.
and as bitter against religious as political
trummcls. Santa Anna is just whu, his in.
eClCSt sot tuC ttuiC oCtuS utUb LII
be. The close proximity Of two sucl.
men does not auger well Of the durability
Of the government which they administer
nor of tho suavi.y that may qualify their
councils.
In so far as the ele vation 10 Office Of two
men occupying the extremes Of political
faction may interpret the Pnbic opinion
of Mexico, it may indicate fusion Of all
parties, union Of ull cliques, sccts, divis-
ions and classes of the people in one great
war party. Gomez Farias was, if any.
thing the most violent Of all Mcxicun pol.
ilcians against the dismembermcn, Of Tex
as, and lie may have nni,ed with Santa
Anna 10 set an example OF the supprc sson
Of personal and political hatred in farming
an alliance for the object Of onsolsa,ing z
the strength Of the state against common
enemy.
EXTRACTS FROM THE LETTER.
u, S.SQuADRoN, Dec. 2S. 1916.