Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1853-03-09
THE LATEST SETTLEMENT OF
MEXICO

The most recent advices from Mexico state
that the revolutionists are agreed upon what is
called " the plan of Guadalajara." which is now
the accepted creed of the country. Our readers
would, doubtless, like to know what this plan
is, and we must tell them that as near as we
can come at it, amid the conflicting and factious
political sentiments of the nation, the ten thou.
sand and one Morrison-pills, which as many up.
starts are proposing as remedies for the dis
tracted state of Mexico-it embodies these
points
First, it recognises the republican representa-
tive system and the present federation, and calls
for the immediate election of new Congress
be composed of two deputies from each state
Secondly, it demands the immediate return Of
Santa Ana TO the country.
The first Of these points is, as New Orleans
paper says, the desire of n majority of the peo
pie of Mexico, and we have no doubt will be in
sisted upon, with some slight notifications, as
the principal feature of her political institutions
The second is the habitual recourse which ir
time of danger the Mexicans make to the mar
who undoubtedly is the greatest manager thai
country has produced. But the difficulty with
Santa Ana is his extremely selfish character
and his want of political honesty. His talent
at administration, and his unweared energy
adapt him to those periods of relaxation which
generally succeed a violent storm-but after
these are past, he seems incapable of temper
ing his government to n more moderate condi
ton of affairs, so that his own strngency anC
despotism always leads to his own defeat and
expulsion. A halfdoZen times ut least, in the
course Of the last two decades, he has been call
ed in to settle the troubles of his country, anC
he has, succeeded in doing so after a fashion,
yet every time he has been driven out amid the
indignant shouts of the people. He can in
trigue himself into office very well, but he can
not manage TO keep himself there any length Of
time.
We do not, therefore, hope much from his re
appearance now on the scene Of action. He is
old, and less energetic than he was, and would
arrive in the midst of new circumstances and
opinions, which quite changed the face of Of
fairs since he was before in the ascendant.
youthful and growing party looks to the com
plete ACKNOWLEDGMENT of the republic, on the
ground that the present federative system has
brought them no good. Itleves the most eyre
gious taxes on the more distant states, while il
is utterly unable to afford them protection. In
this emergency, therefore, many Of them enter
tain the idea of entering into new political re-
lutiOns
Thus we see Tamauipas, Coahuila and Nue.
vo Leon cherish the project of Sierra Nevadi
Republic; Michoacan and Jalisco are longing
for the sectional disbursement of the duties col
lected in their ports on the Pacific, and por
ton, at least, of the Isthmus. States of Pue
bla, Vera Cruz, Guerrero and Ojaca contemplate
coalition or union, somewhat like the Zollve
rein of Germany. Santa Ana, with his strong
centralizing tendencies, will hardly be able tC
cope with this new increment N. Y. Post.