The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-09-12
n, xieo-Ksr Present II. riorabi1 Condition
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N. xic0-Hsr Present II. riorabi1 Condition.
No h;nS- Gadsoca TresAI-s.
No counirS upon the ace of the earth evil
lied semi civi lied, can ~e venture to say.
he tout at lis time in o more deplorabie
and hopeless condition han the 80 called replD-
lie of Mexic.. Wasted by thirty years Of mites
tire wars he bas on,y CHANGED, by force OF
AIMS, one set oi piuuderins officials for Another.
h,r p,icy has been steadily Gown gard to the
lrst principles Of anarchy and narharisn
Never has The :onJ.tion ~ or unhappy
neighbnr, in every respcct-social. rel ,ous,
and pOltical-he,u half ~ 1epl0rabie now
a large number OF the States VI the Nartn the
West. and tie south, are IN open revolt Against
the gGvernm.ns--the wild Iaiians are desoia.-
ing her frontier upon every side --hrigauds
have multiplied upon the highways-th the ciioie
ia has desola'cd the m"Ss p"palous cities an!
dCpartmeDtf--drUngh aud The locusts have IL.
traduced raging ami into 9th r---.lnd yet.
While the people are pafishog from starvation,
the .xtortions upon tacm to meet the WAITS o.
he Dictator were never more tyranncsl ani
Oppressive War, pesttience aud famine, des.
poiisH ana enafchy ignorance and superstition
IL their eorst Developments, are all working
together in the dissolution vt a country WHOSE
supplies are exhausted aud whose pco
PIE are in The Cepths Of despair. The
political and social disorders of Spain
tie agonizing tl,oes OF manacled Itals
thu teriofs Of the cAecutiOner's government -
Naples, The late sanguinary struggles and pun-
siments OF Greece. the famine in tue Holy
Land, aid the desoiation ot the Turkish Pr,.l-
ciIG'iies by FIRE and sword and cholera, hay.
zach their peculiar features of licensed eri.ae
tIuod, confusion ana general distress; put al
,he late suierings Of outraged humanity AM
helpless poverty in Spain, III the iap.i u IA
Austrian States of Italy, in the kingdom ot
Naples, in the w,r districts of the Dauuoe, in
Greece, and undabout the ancient city -
Zion, ar" a'ccly equivalent to the combiDa
ton OF evils wa,ch have neen ai1lctlng, aat
which, more painfully than ever, cootiaue 10
piilict, the Ill starred republic of Mexico
The Icacnr atiou OF the republic 30 cood-
der,ly expected til the return OF Santa Aaoa
has proved to he i nost revolving mock
~. Lis last re.estaul!shmeGt in authority
With the at-oiule powers ii taustio ) iJul,ic.
mas been bis most complete al, signal faiiu,r
With the government and VITA the people. IT,
stead If cons oiidafing the one and ha.l1Jnzin-
he other bis efforts in both drecii us have
"a every step he has taken. resulted oniy ia
eNasp.ratiDg aod widening the general demo
,alizntion. Recalled cat yesterday amidst TIE
pcclana,ious p' the Mexican p,puiace, rs De-
asmt,Ho nc Ia p0fria, h. is oday eniiaiel
hy coDsprators AID revolutions upon every
hand From the frontiers of Texas t. the b)r-
de,s of Guate Baa the republic Or the empire,
We care not which, Is 10 d state Of revolt. Re-
dies Of men are multiplying around him in
every quarter. The flames are arrested At one
,oint, only to break out with greater violence
al another. The Mexicans are wearicd Of the
Dictator soon as, in obedience t. their urgent
request, ne ploce, d. to yoke item ana tranple
tteiI democratic illusion into the dust. They
received him with open arms-they would expei
him at the point OF tie bayonet AM thing
,or change.
But the so-called % Saviour Of the Republic "
has prOtited from experience, and has bound his
victims, a far possible, hand and foot. The
liberty OF the press, the privileges Of classes,
the rights Of the people, we're distractions to
The fnil experiment 10 which he was invited
A. d he has retnov, d them. There is only one
power in The coDDtIy which he has respected
ald ebdeavored to concilate by the enlarge
nent OF it, authority. This Is the Church,
scarcely less potential in Mexico than in Rome
But superstitious and ignorant as are the Mex
csns they yet appear to have discovered from
scme source or other. that there is a proper liue
OF distinction between their spiritual directors
and their political rights Hence, with all the
Influence which the unity, the wealth, and
the spiritual power of the Chur CHI eau bring t.
ms aid, Santa Anna has yet the task before him
of conque,iag the N xican people ere he can
e down to the imperial enjoyment of the suo
-idies OF the Gsdsden treaty.
Having the seven nations at his comm md
lie may by piecemeal reduce the revolntionist-
o obedience; or he my exhaust their lea err,
Without succeeding. The moaey Of the Cad
den treaty may he wasted in the useless slaagh
ter Of HE rrbellious subjects, and be NAV BE-
or further supplies The struggle may be pr
rac'ed orr may be brief He may quiet she
rebels or they may expel him again to Cartha-
gena or jamaica In eli her event, the prescn,
PROSTATE and deplorable condition Of Mexico
very where and in every view, appears to be
utterly hopeless and irreclaimable.
should Santa Auna maintain his position 20
long, his seven millions from the Gads,ca
rea,y win be exhausted within year. II
present liabilities and engagements, we pr
sume more than cover the whole amount /;
h. continues in power, he will need furthc,
surpies from some charitable foreign sourcs
or if he is displaced, money will be the vita
necessity Of the new government. And neither
be nor his successors will have any other