The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1853-05-06
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f. lAS4tk9 4N the DDAADN SttstN
The aegesaion Of Santa Anna to the Pre-.
siderlcy of Mexico ID Al important event g
that unfsrtuz : Republic and IS important
event ii he career 81 that man Of strange
/ and varied fortunes. Brave d every thing
but action. and eloquent and Wiss 10 speech,
sAnsa Anns. though popular and admired,
has ever proved nosl impotans FOR good.
He enters upon tie station q which he has
been called appealing q the pride nnd war
ike passions g Sis countryInsn 8 the only
feelings be can arouse e sustain him il :
last desperate effort Tor ths preservation Of
her independence W. look q the COM
mencelnens Of bis administration with con
cern, but without hope. The err Of hope
for that nation is past.
There Is no country Oh the face Of the
earth that Is or has been 30 uretchedly mis-
governed Is our unfortunate nsighbor
With constitution which, in is main feat
ufes. bears some ressn 5lanee to that Of our
own country. ihe people seem incapable Of
appreciating any Of the blessings which
their form Of government might secure. and
are constantly engaged in revolutionary ef-
forts sc every kind and character Scarce
Ely an executive officer. elected under the
! forms of the constitution, IS permitted to
serve out his regular lsrm. Some disap-
pointed aspirant, chafng under defeat, or
some military chieftain thirsting for power,
Istirs up the spirit of civil strife and the con
tagin catching from one section to another.
soon becomes too strong for the feeble hold
which the rulers have on the affections Of
an ignorant people.
We are not NV certain whether this con.
dition Sc tbinps sprinos more from the imbe.
eility Of the rulers than from the vices of
the people: the fact is the same. and so pro-
babIy NAV be the consequences. let ii arise
from What cause it may. Our own opinion
is. that there is no element in the Mexican
character which win ever lead them to the
enjoyment of nasiOnal freedom. A small
portion of the people are wealthy, aristo-
cratic and overbearing. The great MAORI
~. in fact the almost entire mass, are mean,
ignorant, seryile and destitute Of any Of the
high feelings and redeeming prinCiples
which can alone make men free and keep
shtm 50. The great mass are entirely de-
pfndent on their proud masters and are. to
81 iutents and purposes. more degraded than
the slaves on the worst managed plantation
lin the South. And ret the theory of their
constitution makes them all the same, and
these miserable wFetches, having no interest
in the stability of the government or inter
nal peace of the country. are always ready
to Join the standard of any adventurous
leader who will promise to reward them
with the plumber Of the people This is
ltheis condition in 8 national as well as social
point Of view.
Itnav be.hat the oeople there are not
50 mud. Is blame for such conduct as at
first thought they Void seem to be. The
most Of them know little else than to wage
war against the peace of their country. -
They have besntaught 70 believe that they
have right. whenever thef have the or
pcrlunity, to Overturn the civil authority by
the strong arm Of military power. And all
Their experience leads them to believe that
tlara e m condition of flsinos al Desirable
Is anarchy, civil strife. and social disOrgan-
izatiop. Such teachings win make bad citi-
zens anywhere. Even in our own country
there are doctrines propogated and habits of