Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1854-01-06
ElIIDertai Mexico.

people who are rapidly degenerating TO conSe
quence, power and virtue, invariably incline to des-
potism, 10 imperial power, granduer and display
Their vanity and love of outside show increase
their vigor and substance Wane. They strv. TO
cea the sores the emaciate frame of their body, po
itic, by thr wing over it some tawdry emblem of I'M
peria power. Despalrng OF the substance they pur-
the shadow of nationality. Names their sub
sttutes for things.
Such is, emphatically, the present state of poor
Mexico. Like her darker cOmpleXinned neighbors Of
Hayti, she imagir:es that her downward tendency may
be arrested by chang the style and form of her gov
erument Emperor Soulouque who stands now the
second in the list of Emperors, next TO the Garland
in advance of Louis NapoIeon-ls TO be initiated on a
grand scale by one-legged friend to whom the
United States indebted for many kind and CRATE
fu returns for favors rendered We say is to be-
though cur neghbor OF the Picayune has proclaimed
that ii already in that attractive caption ofits Mex
lean news, in Mondays edition, s. The Empire pro-
Claimed.'
But our neighbours enterprise is frequently little
FAST and the empire is not yet proclaimed though
we believe it will be. Not that it is necessary to add
to the powers already embraced in the movemen! at
Quad .aiara, assened to by ma jorty of the other
States and forced upon Santa Anna by which he is
vested with the uhority TO proong his power long
as lie may think Ii necessary for the protection of the
country well a. with the authority to transfer it
by will, other act, to give them imperial char
acter--but because in Mexico things, and
6: Emperor has a sonorous and ringing ,und The
people who could find pride and delight in designa-
ting such cOnsumate knave Santa Anna by the
titles" Grand Elector of Mexico, Grand Admiral
Marshal General of the Mexican Armies. and Most
Serene Highness will never stop short of the grand
and swelling epllogue of Emperor.
At present, however, the name generally adopted
characterize Santa Annals authority. is that OF
Captain General. Does not this smack of the Span
sh alliance of which much was said and written
short time ago! This title is peculiarly Spanish
1t has superseded Vice Royalty, which expired with
the extinction of Spanish power in Mexico and South
America. Since then, the Governors of Provinces
representing he Viceroys of old times, have been
called Captain Generals, office next to the throne
in consequence and honor Where there many
more expressive and modern titles, does not the adop
ton OF this indicate tendency 10 the idea of
European coalitiGn-a return the part of Mexico
to the arms from which she has so long strayed, tc
her great injury and degeneration Besides, If
the plan Of JaliSco, the origin of the recent move
ment. see the following clause:
g With a view of providing for the death, or any
moral physical disability of the iIlusrious chief o
the nation he is empowered to gnae his successor
under sealed envelope 10 be deposited in the bureau
of the Minister of Foreign Affairs with the customary
| formalities and guarantees
Here is unlimited authority 10 transfer the hron
| to whomsoever he may choose. Santa Anna has NJ
son. daIghte. by his first wife is the sole heir tt
his name and fortunes. What is there, under thi
clause. prevent him from transferring the govern
men to the Queen of Spain, or any agent to be de
signated by that power ?-Desto.