Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1848-03-06

The news from Caracas is painful and dtsspntlng 10
all who have taken any interest IN die ctls Of the Span
i.h American race at sell government Venezuela WAS
perhaps the las, Of the South American Republics IN
which at this day. we should haze expected bloody
anu revolutionary preceding. The prnc ples of civil
hbefry seemed be better understood there the guy
,rpmcn more stable, than IN any other State, except,
rcrhaps Chill Revolutions and revoIts certainly occur
red at longer intervals aud there evidently Pm,
orss Since the retirement Of Grn. Paz, however,
there has existed much dsconteEi and the conduct u the
present President to have ben high handed and
subyersiyc Of the constitution Pdez, in whose pattot
sm prea, confidence may be placed has been drawn from
is retirement, aud, hope. may adjust all di irutes
without, es,rlng the sword. Confidence shaken
by these Revolutionary movements. is MT restored for
years. and instead OF looking 10 the future, as our people
DO with exung anllriplons of national Advancement,
intelligent all the Spanish American Republics,
cx pect almost matter ucourSe the periodical return
of intestine commotion,an calculate Tie time with
" as much precision the astronomer the appearance
.f comet. In anarchy would seem In be the
normal aud peace and ordcrio constitute the unnatural
and exceptional. condition Of pabic atlilrs
We would call the attention, To the late disturbance al
Caracas of those who indly imagine that MrNiro,
nexcd the United States could, under g0i
dance. be taught the simplest udlmens Of civil liberty.
Her population not to be compared to that Of Nene
zucl. 1t is less h,m gencol5 anl the proportion Of
lightoneL men Is much smaller. Il IS mere uuisn
tina, our institutions the result Of, and dependent
on the Intelligence aud the virtue, olthe few but ct
he general mass OF the people. Now such intelligence
and virtue among the u be found IN
Mexico than in The coenate republics of the Southern
norton Of the continent Were the Mexican States ad-
mi,,.d into confaJeracy-whrh my Heaven, in
mercy, avert-there would not be single disturbance
the less We should have halt dozea p,onuncianen-
tos every year. The General Government would 10
called uponevery SIX months, to qne inSnrrecon, and
the militia If Virginia he liable be drafted to 90
Tobasco or Chiapas, To protect one-cass of
rre fellow citizens from the rage of the other State
Rights would SON become o'S ete len. Procama,
tions more high toned and ultra federal Than that OF
1892 would become ordinary Executive papers, and the
most stringent, force bill be Incorporated among the per
manent statutes. Outs is government of equal laws
VIVA, would be ioaud necessary for the maintenance Of
law and order among Aztec brethren. would soon
pehaps be enforced in members of lhJ existing c,aejer
acy and the public liberty aleagtn be tranpl d under
fh The greatest foe ocr prysperty-lhe bitter
est enemy institutions could not desire any
thing fal to career than the anneAa-
alton of Mexlc,, with eight OF nine millions of lis degra
ded Inhabitants
Merely drawing over people republican instu-
tons will not secure taeir liberty, peace happiness
The experiment has been fully tried in Mexico. Our
constitution copied almost every particular the
number other PROVINCES att riding opportunity to apply the
federative principle. lion has passed and hat
has beeu the resulr Are they whit more enlightened
than when they escaped from Spanish bondage? Are
:hey tolerant, lees bgolird, less superstons?-
Are they more law loving, and more law abding7 Has
the country increased in wealth ur even in populaliun
Ioai these qlefies negative be returned
What hope, then, that lc people would do better under
our rs'e 'tlon? Mere We 10 imrase upon the States.
respectively the latest adopted aud ultra democratic
constitution sc!onnd in our conicderacy The evil
would be merely aggravated. They able to ap-
PROBATE, or To exercise ;rigl the privileges now guar
anI"ed To them-en pfpef.
We do pretend lurcs,e the future fate of Next
co. We earnestly hope it may be, in degree, con.
nected with uuruWn.