The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-03-28
Affairs OF San Salvador.
We translate from Ell Mentor Repubicano, published
in the city Of Mexico the following correspondence

we trnnsate from Et uCnaf0f ReTtOitcdn0 puDNsneu
in the city Of Mexico, the following correspondence
SAN SALVADOR, Jan. q 1852.
The year 1851 was happily terminated for the SALVADOR
for it abounded from it's beginning in grave events
for the State which by little and little losing its violent
and irregular position, order and public tranquility
gained their empire The year 1852 begins, and
cordng to all presidents it appears that the march Of
order and progress will not be interrupted by any dis
graceful event The love Of duty the desire of order
the incessan for peace which heard in every part
of the country the desire for general and parcu-
lar Improvement are elements more than sufficient to
guaranty happy future if we know how to it with
retarded in the direct ratio of its longer shorter
duration The patriotism which loses patience because
dydual who depas of his position because he does not
Immediately gather the fruit of his vigilance and fatgucs
does not work with prudence. We cannot foce
turc. and though we may in some circumstances If we
may say compel events to follow impulses 1t is
not given in all cases. and always that all violent
and eccentric movements never produce regularly fortu
nate results.
We observe in Salvador, in its progressive march,
made with firm step, slow but uninterrupted, that
all the events which happen in favor of order all the
changes which are made are loss to the anarchists,
and gain for social well being; with civilization.
which Is spread and rapidly promoted the veil Of igno
We are worth The proportions which before appeared
gigantic to us only if lookedat by the regcneratcI
society for the illustration but gloomy mistakes which
umphs of theee falee categories and will be always
ephemera because being not at the lever OF society they
ing in all their enterprises The world advances every
day. and it goes before with surprising activity.
Salvador in the force Of its opinion and under the ed
ministration of ST. Aguiar knew how to triumph
the military power that Malassius wanted to impos,
upon the Of order and regularity The government
Of Honduras conducted by ID. Juan Lindo. and strong
with the inyincble force of opinion punished the mi
htary who wanted with its to replace by his own
power the law Of the country. The government Of
lineda in Nicaragua gave the last lesson that opinion
is stronger than arms. triumphng military, who
wanted sword in hand to dispose OF the fate of the Nj
carnguans. By what We have said and which repeat
that all the events which happen-that all the chance,
which have taken place in society from the creation tc
our epocharc for the profit Of order and law and tho
loss Of anarchists and demagogues. We have also said
that for working with security il is necessary to observe
the course OF because If take another march
we shall become victims of our ignorance and caprce
fany who wishes to know how we have advanced ii
the administrative directions and in the material mca
snres let him try to compare what fifteen OF
twenty years ago with what just now Let hin
examine the commercial movement-the state Of our in
comes. Let him look ut tho who occupy til,
public Offices and compare them to those who before
and he may be certain to admire the progress
which we make from day to day Our mission is to i'm
pei the movementto follow its march-to consult publ,
opinion and study it. in order not TO live in illusions.
to suffer not present receptions 1t is also necessary
study attcntvoy the in order not to attrbut,
to other persons the evil produced by the Of pr
donce in ideas, and the want of ndng mel
and causes.