The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-02-04

cugAt 70 be their broehsu Even to-day Tie situation
Of the republic Is the most expressive con-
sa a. r.. 1s ;ss ire. " n Ss
administration, have deposed their Governors
in Jallsco, Sonora, and Tamaulpas and the govern
ment has recognized sometimes, in the chambers, the
right Of in@urecti0n logical and necessary since
il the people is the only sovereign, and 1t suits
its sovereignty to change governors 1t is free to do
so; and when 1t establishes anything 1t only exer-
cses one Of its most imprescrptble rights. The
governor, therefore, has only to subject himself to
the popular will-has only to descend from the post
which he occupes-and If he resists, If he appeals
to force, then he commits crime, because he OPP
poses the exercise Of q sovereign right The govern
ment by its conduct in Jalisco during the contnu-
ance of Don GregoriO Davila at the head of that
State, and by its mode Of proceeding in Orizava,
during the revolution Of Vera Cruz, recognized the
right (which we have spoken and one OF its minis
tiers sanctioned it soemny in the Chamber of Depu-
ties But for this reason those sovereign States and
others which joined them have thought that it suits
republic should be deprived of his power; and
the government, to be consistent should abandon its
post and sending its forces against the mac0ntens
1t has committed grave crime once that 1t has OPP
posed itself to the exercise of sovereignty since it had
already recognized the legitimate right in the peo-
pie to depOse their governors. The ministry Will say
that this deduction is absurd but nevertheless the
consequence could not be more exact and 1t create
embarrassment, it is the fault of the principles which
rule us, and Of the unsustanable system which the
government processes and which it cannot maintain
Indeed, to the reflections which we have already
adduced, it is necessary to add that the inevitable
consequences of system untitled to our people have
been the causes Of our dsunon and our weakness.
The manufacturing State which puts itself in oppo-
stion to freedom of commerce, exercises right OF
sovereignty, because if it joined the confederacy it
the object OF forwarding its elements OF prosperi-
ty; and the State situated along the coast opposes
the imposition Of prohbitive dutiest also exercises
an equal right for the same identical reason.
The tobacco growing State is opposed to the
Of tha fay. md hat wi
any kind Of manufactures Expresses beyond measure
those Of the same class which are fabricated in any
other State to protect its own industry. And all are
rights because their interests being separate, each
guards with preference that which pertains to it,
without caring for the rest, which are considered
secondary From this it arises that the Governor
General cannot extend his action on either side
hence il is that every effort directed to ccntraze and
to unite is considered by the States as tyranncal
tendency to be combaed by the resistance Of each Of
the legislatures. And is it possible that country
with such an organization could flourish and pro.
gess? Can it strive with any hope ofsuccess against
people strong covet0us, and vigorously pressed for
ward on our territory? No hope of our salvation
exists in our opinion, save in the radical reform Of
our institutions.
When we profess these political ideas-when we
express them as the echo of our sincere conviction
when we find them consecrated by facts and support
ed by reflection and philosophy, we cannot but feela
sentiment Of sadness reading the protest of the 60
vernment, which would assure that it is better the
country should perish than that the federal nstitu
tons should be attacked though theyare breaking at
every STEP But if the administration processes those
princplesf it has flung itself into the arms of the
party which has raised these principles in the
try, then it ought to mediate deeply how much and
how grave is its responsibility. The government has
thrown away all its resources and so cannot help its
situation; legal remedies being exhausted it takes to
exceptional ones, and has pretended to extraordinary
faculties, which have been denied to it by the high
Chamber, with great and respectable majority.
The administration therefore, must comprehend that
it is not now in its power to control the crisis.
Every instant increases the acknowledgements and
resources decay in proportions unanimous outcry
Of disapprobation resounds through all the corners Of
cabient, and if there exist in the persons who
form it, o sentiment Of honor, of gratitude and Of
probity, they should depose the government Of the
State in the hands of other persons who have not on
their shoulders the heavy load Of national re-,
probation.