The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1853-12-31
: hc Late Revolution IN Mexico

rnc, FIR wears ,.a.r has depended on nIcr,
h,r I'D TN, uaa IL .unac.c an! ,e las f, l.r
tack ant, u 60 uuIi of ali-o,u,irn from which IA.
wa, re..r.! wih ~ great m expenditure .
hInpI anil trars Poor mistaken and m-rnide,
N,xcr. Her history i .rtanrcr than rpy ',
uluor. move instructive than ary lnmil,. mon,
ululru.ul than ANY ,rahr,v. She stpris .f.,,
the word 10 d,r n miserable mrp,r. 4 and CON
hrrn.t,on II thr'.ruih that lbprty and yir,u. sr,
rr,epor,llc. Blessed with ihe most ,u,h,n,ir,
r!in,s the mot luyuri,u, nf soil. and ,i,. ii h,.-
nf mines -hr IS 70 d,y by f,r ,lr mot ,,isrrghr,
l.ra within 4 a 60. pc ~ ci,i''z,tio. TIE Il rr
~ fur which ilwi. f.rI.rs f,Yolt iLc children
have hasrlv s1uartrrrd away. and altor rryu'u
iilu .urc,ra..y rcYu,uriuu. have at last qui,,l,
s.u; lpwn iu'p ~. ugprv.llle un,ifiop oi sub
f.,.- nry Dictator M t,,r,,a ,lr,aNtv , sim,
..H. .npreme Indifference and ,,,yrLat me,
wiz, o.hiah the United States have received
'hr GiIr., If radical chang, in Ii, govern
mon, of urr nearest ncrghborinc power. j. f.,
evidence Of their cutrc fith ani reliance j.
and upnn the stability and nernanancy Of ON,
own institutions We Laue no cause for lral
from the /, nucncc that such an event rniyh, have
up01 or neoola. Wrh,yn within oBr.clves the
oem5n'7 Of orr own vihlty anil strength an
are neither dependent uno7. nor rearf4l. of any
cv'ranopu. inf icnacs. Iu Europe it Is rot So
4 revolution which has inst taken place IN Mex
leo could no, have transprred in England or an,
one Of the continental States without scIiou-ly
a'fscjing. in one way or another all its neigh
bore.
The Manarchs of Europe stand on slippery
places The slightest shock dis,urhs Their eqpi
lbriun aul shakes their thrones. while Brother
jonathan siauIa a. firm a. plymou.h Rock. and
as calm ~ the Plcifc Orcsn. laughing at hurr
canes and whistIing at tornadoes
Ba, while we NAV for the present regard the
imprrializ lion Of Mexico with entire indTarenc,
it cannot well be denied that events now
tr,u-plrne there may prove to be. in the future
Of verv great and vital importance to US At al
EVENT.. their history is even now intensely inter
e.tina, to those who love to trace in the hi-,or,
ofnation. the working of individual ambition
pri ls. and power, and who, looii > below III,
surface see the real springs which move the
mass in obedience TO the will OF one greater mas
ter spirit,
We mi,ht certainly eyprcf that at the present
momert the public mind Of Me1icn. would be ag
'aled hy the recent fi,libu,terng expedition
which hnstnkcn La Paz But thi. even, seems tc
have really excited but ycrr little attention.
The Mexican newspapers speak Of the fact, bat
comment upon it with but little sharpness q
feeling. They appear to believe that this stcT
: but the initiative one towards the one which
+. known to be the chief object of the fillibuStcrs,
n,moly to revolutiouizing the State of Snrors- -
They say that Ia Paz is adjacent to Guavama,
the chief town Of Sonors that the Mexican pop.
ua'pn ofthat portion Of the country is small
and that the government will find it almost i'm.
possible To concentrate there force sufficient 10