New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-05-19

The hero Just South OF US with the wooden leg mas
recommended his career. He has opened business on
his own account without partners He cooly talks of
the nation "vbOse destnies are in his hands just as
if he rad obtained warrautee deed of the whole con
cern-land, population and all. He has assumed
without hesitation, and proposes exercise without
reserve the powers Of Dictator. We published yes
terdsy In cur Havana letter the names Of his new
diplomatic staff, and few days since gave those Of
his Cabinet and shall have sOOn doubtless the names
of his instruments whom he dgnifes with the tide Of
Councillors. BY his preliminary edict We learn that
legislative body would only be ia the way in his scheme
of government and therefore it is in mild phrase
enter ato YcceSs. This is modest mode Of sending
those troublesome gentlemen called legislators home
Doubtless Mr.. Santa Ana thinks they can be better
employed there than in debating his official acts. As
for the interests Of the people 81 large, Mr. Santa
Ana undoubtedly considers himself qualified 70
take care of them without the intervention or
aid of lOquacious representatives He evident
ly looks TO the idea of making his government
simple machine. Having thus concluded to take affairs
wholly into his hands he already begins TO cast
about him for allies and supporters from without Find
ing her most Catholic Majesty Of Spain little hard
pushed this side of the Atlantic account of the fill
clustering pr0penses of Brother Jonathan our sombre
hero Of the wooden leg, who is good deal down in the
mouth lest he shouldn't make things 90 he desires is
making oyertureS TO her 10 hitch teams and strength
en- another against the great marauder of the North
This is very like couple of gObbers forming an alliance
to resist locomotive. What does Mr.. Santa Ana ex-
pect TO accomplish by such a scheme this He has
the reputation OF emboayng the brains OF his nation,
but il this is sample of Mexican ,-isdOm what upon
earth must be its folly Spain, from being nation OF
extended dominion, vigorous sway, and renchant tenn
per- has had all her outpOsts driven in, except those
which the Orbearance of other powers permits her
hold has grown gray and gaun and feeble and totters in
decay and decreptude upon the very brink of national
ruin Strip her Of her American Colonies and al her
existing machinery of Government would collapse and
fall under the burden of hopeless bankruptcy There
is no power in all Mexico and there is none in the Span
ish Government between which to form league that
would not provoke ridcue for its imbecity and such
would be the readest to bring about the very re-
suit the league would be established to guard against
But what can Santa Ana do This is difficult
question to 1t is easier to and TO say what
he cannot do. We doubt if the whole fabric of Mexi
can nationality and character be not hollow and rot
ten that nothing substantial can upon it, II seems
to Us that Mexico in state of hopeless decay Her
population is Of the meanest congomerste 1t is
tally morally and physically diseased to extent that
appears TO forbid all reasonable hope that it
be raised to the level of selfsusainiDg civilization
IL seems to be the doom Of ell our mixed races to dis
appear The Indian race melts away before the white
man even without smalgamaticn. The Mexican has
far less of solid, enduring base Of character, less
genuine manhood to oppose to the perpetual atriton
Of the great Northern American race than the pure
savage He is efeminste and feeble in his physical
chArscterstics aud destitute Of ever suassns qua.