The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-09-15

Prom the Ne : Orb ans Bee, Aug. eel
IN u n LEI igeted snf m'sgoverned republic, the
iDs,eas,oDs Of ~peedy ch@ge se Two eams'oas
ard str,kiag 10 be- overlooked. We have slre4i'
ebIoniclsd the resurrection in the south, wacn. des-
pise the booted pruwess OF Santa Anna, and aus
vsUBtsd overthrow az varsy Is, from 81 accounts.
In fun progress. The robes WOO 40 Ciudad We
tcria are -sil unsubdaeo, though an over 1ne Mug
force had been against the town, WITH orders ~
rae IL its foundations II IL refused 70 surrender
~ discretion. b ls.e intelligence, fom tie Rio
GssDde, it appears that the revolutionary move
mont bss extended to that portion OF Mexico, ana
that less than two hundred Mexicans und-r toe
comma OF 6eu0l Vaioamar have defeated Caonsl
Cruz, and large body sf regulars. Thero cAn beon
tle 6subt thai Aassmoras has bsen included IN the
wide ci Gle If dssf ciion and ere long we may az
pect 70 hear Of opeo revolt along the entire north
eTn frosyer. The popularity Of Santa Anna has
waDed "a rapidly as It ose, and there Ia good
son for the belief that before many months that
ees. otic ruler viii tyr the fourth time become an
outcsst and afpRinve.
UntortuDstely, however, the expulsion Of Santa
Anna would avail h.tle towards o permanent melio-
ration Of The condition Of the Mexican people. Toe
evil that afiicts them cannot be removed by
chsnge Of lul<ss Il IA radical, and we fear, incur
able. Mexico shares the fate Of the South Ameri
csn republics Like them she has mixed popula-
ton il which the original Castili an blood 10 de-
te,iorstec and polluted By the Infusion Of the bsse
puddle that flows In Indian veios. Like them, the
Spanish element 70 arcely ever 10 be found 10 its
purity, and only exisss amlng the few really csps-
biz ard strong minded men who here and there,
form exceptions 70 the slAvish, ignorant and beso
t.d masses. The great majority Of the people Of
Mexico are cit or Indians or hybrids. The former
are utterly unfit for ell the purposes Of sslfgovern
mens, lie the latter seem TO have retained all tae
vices of both the Spanish and indian socks, With
cut the better qualities Of either. They have tn
arrogance II the Spsniard without his high sens,
Of honor, aud the ferOcity and cunning Of tn
IDdsn, without his hospitality and his 81 nplictty.
The idea Of teaching su h . population the self
control and the incessant personal restraints which
are iDssr arabic rom law regulated liberty, ha,
the overthrow Of the Spanish domiuation, too tru
attess the nuoDpetAncy OF her inoabitAnss for sell
government. In that unhappy country revolutiou
have sue, eeos each ether with startling rapidly
without 6diDg enc lots TO the material comfort o
the p ht,caI .slfare Of ITS Inhabitants. Anarchy
and despOtism have constantly alternated. Tla PEG
pie Rave grown weary Of their tyrans, and dep0sed
them, often by sADgnina'y revo,ts; but never has
the ausp,cious .xsmplar Of cur own couatry before
her, as remained sta ionary; and enough nomioaly
republic, ID as far removed from all tbs essential
attributes If government Of laws reposng on An
enlightened popular will, a. II she were ruled by the
Shah ri Persia or the Sultan of Imaam and Ia this
respect the various 80 ed republics Of Central
ard South Anne lea offer almost identcally the
same features The unerrine laws Of political ecoa-
omy have wrought their inevitable upon them
Let Santa Anna be de posed once more, AMI will
Mexico gain particle Of real and substantial iber.
~? Ne doubt it. Men must be fitted 10 kaow
what freedom is ere they can enjoy it, Toe leperos
sDd poems Of Hex CO unae stand about as mach OF
our tbecry ara practice Of self g0veramen. a.
Mohawk Indian does OF the problems OF Eucid. It
matters Los munh who may be the successor OF his
most Serene Hignneas, The most virsuOus and
most capable citizen Of the spubic woult find i
NJ int oss be task to reduces to order, obedience
ard T. enqnihty tee chaotic clements by which he
would he snrr 1un, ed. What Mexico seems TO us
to most need, ia mau OF Santa Annals eeso!uee
viii, without that dictstors iDordinate selshness
cruelty and psrfdy. Mexiio, we take it. can only
be governed b. the strong arm, bat to be wisely
ruled, the arm must wait upon she d tstes Of cool
sDo Thoughtful brain, and patriotic and generous
lear. Till such man be found there Is small hope
Of Mexican Improvement, and none Of Mexican
rece neration.