New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-07-06
MEXICO.

MEXICO.
What are the precise plans of the Mexican Dictator
the world at large is not yet allowed to know He is
az careful not to show his hand he to conceal
the path of glory by which he escaped from Cerro Cor
d. Nevertheless in spite Of all this retcence, Rdcs
tons Of what he means to do are not wanting Ii is
certain that he goes for the largest liberty for himself
and for no liberty at all for the nation over whom he
bears sway So far his ideal Of government for Mex
leo is the opposite Of democratic No freedom Of the
Press and no control Of the Legislature over the Ex
ecutige, the leading points in his political theory
They are the foundation which his present experiment
in saving the country will be tried. They show too,
quite clearly what is the Of that experiment
BY whatever name it may be called it will be essential
" monarchca a government without free press or
an iDdependent Legislature Nor must We suppose
that this is merely for the time being Had the muz
cling Of the press been temporary or had he desired
to have it supposed So there would have been end
Of protestatons 10 that effect Or, had the immortal
Benenerto designed to submit bis dOings the scrut
ny of Congress at future period, he would have
made even more of that design than Of the present
cessity for dispensing with Legislative advice aud as
sstance 1t then plain that be does not propose here
after to restore the press its right Of free speech or
to the nation the benefit of representative govern
ment In word he designs that his dictatorship shall
be perpetual and that the Mexican Republic shall exist
hereafter, if it exist at all, only as name
In this particular Santa Ana has two prototypes in
recent history. We refer to his Imperial Majesty
Fsustin and bis other Imperial Majesty Napoleon III.
Why should not third hero come into this redOubtabe
company and make it complete as the neurological
group of the Three Gracesi Why should not Santa
Ana have the name well SIS the reality Of absolute
power Why should there not be third Imperial Ma
,esty namely, LopezI We do not see the slightest
difficulty in the wsy.-no need OF cutting throats or
blowing out brains IN order to reach the throne which
| Faustin and Napoleon had 10 dO,-no trouble about
getting such dsurbs the sensitive soul
Partisan Emperor-no delay in priestiy cOngratula-
tons and spproya such as has taken his Hsytian Ma
esty above four ears Lard work 10 obtain but which
Monsenor Spaccspietra has at last spread on with
liberal trowe Neither of his great exemplars had any
thing Ike clear track now opens before the Illus
trous Don Antonio Lopez and We venture TO say that
neither Of them is by and mental and moral gifts
better fitted TO wear the imperial purple with more in
tense and ardent satisfaction TO hmselc.
While an exhausted, vitiated and submissive people,
dumb and ieteIed press, and iayoring and aLpOwer
iu Church. thus acy invite the Dictator 20 put the
last touch to his glory he seems to admit the pleas
inc seduction and to be advancing by rapid aud easy
stages to the contamination. His birthday was cee
brated at MexcoOn the 18th ut with pomp little short
Of imperial. There was a kissing OF the Dctatoral
hands, grand review of troops firing of artillery,
bauoueting in the Palace for the select circle Of the
Count panem CircnS,S for the lusty mob without and,
10 wind up theday, ball OF Incompatible magnicence,
whittier the monarch drove in high style, every OF
the hunkeys TO his carriage wearing goldaced livery
with bag-wig and powder After this let Mexico get
ready to shout IRA 81 ImPerddor When the birth
day of ruler is celebrated after such fashion, there is
little left for him to do in the way of his own elevations
except perhaps, indicate the particular title which
he has ixcd his fancy In this respect, however our
hero in no hurry lie knows there is still in Mexico
good deal of Republican prejudice which is best not
TO shock too suddenly violently His prudence is
commeudablc If he has really made up his mind to re-
store TO the Halls of the Monezumas the full splendors
of the imperial reeme-and nothing be more accord
ant with the disposition Of the the indications Of
actual events he does well 10 60 about deliberately
Ii is true he is not excessively prudent Napoleon
WAS and does not lie and swear false about his intentions
as freely as did that puissant and glorious potenate
Nor on the other hand does he grab a, the scepter with
such African ferocty did the Haytien savior OF his
country whom Bishop Spsccapetra now calls the Con-
staptine Of the black race en- the whole, then il is
safe 70 pronounce Santa Ana OF than either
of his models In him Mexico will have greater and
wiser Emperor than either France Hsyt have been
able TO produce Lucky Mexico.
Whatever be the future appellatOn which the new
Government OF that country may degn assume it is
certain that its advent has produced change 10 for
een policy no less marked than that which Gen Pierce
brought with him into the administration ofthe United
States We have long been entertained wiki rumors
and reports 20 tie effect thar Mexico and Spain had
formed an offensive and defensive alliance, the former
agreeing to help the latter keep the Yankees from get
ting Cuba, in for which Spain sgrees 10 help
Mexico keep the same Yankees from swallowing her
entire A very pretty basis Of mutual assistance, no
doubt; all that is necessary 10 render the Joke per-
feet is that the parties should undertake to pay each
others debts and guarantee each Others scyency for
ever
We confess that have placed much more cOnfdene,
in the denias that such treaty has been made,
which have reached us from good authority at Madrid,
than in the loud assertion Of its existence. However
to-day have this assertion repeated by
of our Own at Mexico and Will the addition that Eng