The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-06-02

respect Professor Stowe; we respect all who fairv
attempt TO grappe with the practical difc,,l,iss ~
| tna quesuon. Ine more we ask what is to be done
ana the more answers are recorded, the nearer ana
more likely we seem to exhaust the subiecf ~ last
| We think, ourselves, that nothing il to he do.a
except gradually to ameliorate the condition of the
slaves, and to extend to them the rat rights of
separation OF husband and wife in our workhouses
at home and we cannot do less than protest against
the separstion of slave couples. The same analogy
holds OF mother and child up to certain age The
! slave ought certainly to have some protecsiea,
| more than he now has, against excessive punish.
nent for, without some power of puLishme ut left
to the master, there can be no slavery at all, and
we are rather for its mitigation than Its immediate
| abolition
| As to mere animal comforts, amusements, In.
struction, secular and religious, we suspect the
american slave isquite well Of in these respects
tne English aborer,-at least, If Mrs Stowe ia to
4e trusted. But these are remedies which 80 far
rom being advocated or facilitated by our anti
ssvery agitation, are only rendered more and more
| pnnpracucable We have on this point the word of
Lo, L stowe, who says that in his own early days
a. GniioIen were admitted into the same schools
as wnte. 1t is not 90 now il is not owing to the
rogless of the cotton cultivation, but TO the exces.
| h oItterness provoked by the Abolitienists and
so increasing difficulty OF dealing with free per.
world. 4, oolof' oon Like many other people in the
M ust reti ace their steps, and eat tt!e hu Bile pe
ICY niust give up-indeed, Mrs Stowe herself does
So eaiste and certain abolition and re-
WI W .uo sa'eI and less offensive plan Of gradual
ar1eiloration. Let them put il in the nnwer of
every slave to purchase his own freedor, or h:ya
purchased tor him, at a most exorhitant nrice.
and thus prepare them for that state of Eberty
wnlch SO lew men born free know how to use pron.
erly.
MExIco.-By the arrival of the steamer Tex.
as at New Orleans, the Picayune has adyices
from the city of Mexico to the 18th and from
Vera Cruz to the 22d of May. The emeute
of the National Guard at Vera Cruz, heretofore
noticed, had ceased, and quiet was restored-f
Double guards were still posted at the gates
and at the palace. Santa Anna, on hearing of
the affair." despatched 1000 veteran troops with
IA pieces of artillery to quelI the disorder
Learning, at Puebla, that quiet had been re-
stored, they discontinued their march. Santa
Anna has issued strict rules TO guide the gov
ernors of the States, until the publication
of the constitution. Legislative authority
ity of all kinds is suspended throughout the
republic, and the Offices of governor and mill
tary commandant are united in one person.
Among the DEGREES published is one disarming
all private citizens, and prohibiting any one
holding in his possession arms, powder or mu.
nitons of any kind; and one bringing the tele
graph under the direction Of the Government.
Santa Anna is somewhat bombastic in the
style of his DEGREES, heading them "Antonio Lo.
| pez de Santa Anna, Bsnemerito of the coun.
| try, General of Division. Cavalier of the Great
Cross of the Royal and Distinguished Spanish
Order Of Carlos Ill, and President Of the Re-
public" A new Ministry of State has been
created, and Don Manuel Diez de BonilIa
named Minister. The Orden says that "the
few enemies of the government propagate all
kinds of vague and contradictory rumors of
pronunciamentos." Santa Anna appears to be
making no little capital Of the late war with
the United States. He has ordered the disin-
terment, for the purpose Of placing them in
fitting sepulchres, of the remains of soldiers
del Rey and Churubusco have been declared
distinguished actions. The mutiiated officers
and soldiers Of the war had public reception,
called the "levee of the mutilated," when San.
ia Anna made a feeling speech, telling th EN-
that he, too, was mutiated in defence of the
country, and that he was but one of them.--
| He afterwards addressed the soldiers individu.
ally, telling them that their country should
not forget them. Great exertions were max.
ing to fill up the army, and batlalions of horse
foot and artillery have been created on all sides.
The order that the pickets in passing through h
the streets OF the city should subdue their mu
sc has been rescinded, and the trumpets are
now blown at their loudest blast. The soldiers
were committing many disorders in the capi
| tai, and several citizens and even some of the
civil police have been killed BY them.
The following paragraphs, touching matters
| of importance, will be read with interest:
In contemplation of an invasion by the
Count Boulbon, the Governor of the State M
Sonora has ordered an enlistment of all males
between sixteen ands fifty years of age. Lei
ters from Ures, in that State, say ibnt The
Comandante, Don Luis Garcia, had pronounc.
ed in Arspe, with an understanding with senior
Espeje, in HermosiIla, in favor of the plan of
Guadaiaj ara, and against Gov. Gandara. The
French Minister in Mexico had assured the
Government that the new expedition of Count
Boulbon had been dispersed before starting.
Inc MeSiild Saloy question was still cauS.
ing much feeling in Mexico. When the Su.
preme Government first heard of it, a note was
sent by the Minister Of Foreign Affairs to Judge
Conklng, informing him Of the facts of the
case in order that he might lay them before
his own Government, and suggested that he
should write TO Gov. Lane, offering at the
same time TO send his letter through by ex-
press. Judge Conkling accordingly wrote to
Gov. Lane, telling him Of tho enormous respon.
sibility he had assumed, and req uesting him
to suspend all action. The Mexican Govern
ment has approved the course of Gov. Trias
and sent him some reinforcenents. Don Nj.
coIas Prieto had arrived in Mexico from Chi.
huahua, in order to place the whole affair be.
fore the Government.
Gov. Trias has published long reply to
the commissioners appointed by the State to
look into the affair. The commissioners claim
that the line should be twenty-five miles north
OF the line agreed upon by Dir. Bartlett. The
Mexican papers publish statement that Gen.
Pierce had appointed q new commissioner,
Gen. Campbell and had removed Gov. Lane
IN consequence OF this affair.
CALIFoRNiA.-A letter dated Sacramento
April 80, published in the Alta CaIifornia,
gives the following account Of daring rob-