The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-11-22

(from the Charleston Mercury, Nov. Is
leie v little " t.e publishsd ne~s from this IN
happy country to indicate its real condition. Pab-
hcstlors adverse 70 the government are wstc red,
and in every possible way suppressed and Of course
the government organs farnish nothipg bus wha. 10
fsyoxsble. Bat private advices, Of srliatle char.
government is every whore spreading and gather
ing stfel 9Th aid consistency. The State Of Guer-
zero, which first rcse Ia Arms, after batftinG and
nearly destroy ing the powerful force which Santa
Anna in reson, led against it, has since main
tsined its Independence unmolested BY any serions
attempt. Micnoa an, adjoining Guerrero. followed
in It's wake, and in the many encounters with the
government troope it has almost slways had the I'D
is represented as daily gathering strength. In the
northern departments, Estates that were once) OF
Tamaulipas, New Leon, Coahuils and Chihuahua,
bordering on our ewn territory, 1t Is known that
there pefvsdiIg and increasing hostility to the
1t Is especially worthy Of note, that all these re-
volutionsry movements professedly aim ct the re-
covery Of State sovereignty, AZ the one great means
OF assuring TO themselves responsible and safe 60
yernment. Their leading men seem well to under
stand the nature and remedy Of the public maady.
They seek to restore Life to tho extrentes Of the
republic, and thus to constitute many centres OF
opinion, Of legislation, and OF permanent checks
upon the power Of the central government. In do
stroyiDg these for the sake Of securing irresponsible
power, Santa Anna has in fact destroyed the power
of the frontier States to resist the barbic inu .nces
that peIpetu0uy threAten them, ana tne ACTUAL
civilized region governed by Mexico has been regu.
afly contrs ctiDg in limits since the commencement
Of his rule In fifty years Of such government there
would survive scarcely vestfge Of Spanish cviliza
ton.
Alvarez, the Guerrero chief, who first unfurled
this banner of State sovereignty, knows well what
is me ant by il, and Ia skilled in the history OF our
own controversies on that subject. South Caro-
fnian gentleman. returning from California through
Mexico last summer, passed within The military
lines Of Alvarez. In the interview that ersued the
Guerrero chief remarked, You certainly ought to
be among my friends for l am fighting for Stats
rights and free trade" The reply was, OF course,
satisfactory.
The central government, though it tries hard to
wear q confident look, is continually betrAying its
uneasinesa and ts want OF faith in the issue Of this
struggle. Santa Anna Is believed to have carefully
laid up treasures in England, as caution for the
future. But still moro curious proof Of dlstrust in
the firmDees OF bis tenure Of power, Is afforded by
recent appeal to the Mexican people, proposing
that popular vote shall be taken on the LIST De-
cember, to decide whether Santa Anna shall remain
in office, or ntiie to thar privacy which he pro-
fesses especially to desire. This appears to be o
mere confrivance to break the fall Of the Dictator.
But perhaps he is really tired Of position in which
he has sgnaIly failed either to restore the abased
national pride Of his country, or to advance its pros
per1ty-n which his history Ia written in the decay
OF commerce and agriculture, the encroa :hments of
the savage tribes, the increasing insecurity Of lite
and property, ard, finally, in the desolson Of civil
war through large portion Of the republic.