The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-10-13
a New naexican Revolution.

too soon. He wasambitious to be the rul-
erof Mexico but, when he started off on
his unfortunate expedition to revolution
ize that wealthy possession of the Spanish
Crown, the people were not so much
accustomed to revolutions as they have
since become ). and if he had succeeded
in escaping from the jurisdiction of his
own country, he would probably have
received harsher treatment from the
people whom he intended to put under
obligations to him, by making himself
their governor, than he got from his own
Government, whose laws he had viola
ted.
Since then the Mexicans have gained
their freedom, but they have never learn
ed the art of using it to their own advan
tage, and they have been the slaves of
any man of tolerable ability who has
had the ambition to place himself at
their head, until some more capable, or
unscrupulous adventurer has succeeded
in displacing him. The priests and the
army rule the country between them,
and neither party has been able to sue
ceed without cooperation of the other
But, unhappily for the people. there has
never yet man of first-rate ability ap-
peared to place himself at their head
from the days of IrURBIDE down to
SANTA anna and the country has been
constantly torn by internal distraction,
and all the great interests of the people
have been neglected, while rival leaders
have been lighting for the ascendancy.-
The Spanish race have had abundant
opportunities in this country for self
government; but they have never yet
manifested the requisite qualities for a
republican commonwealth, beyond a
readiness to fight whenever they are
called upon to defend or overthrow any
Government in OBJ dience to the will of
a popular leader.
Though Burr was an alien to their
race, and hereto to their church, If he
had but enjoyed the opportunities of
placing himself at the head OF the Mexl-
cans which have occurred during the
past thirty years, he possessed the ability
to rule them, and he was sufficiently un
scrupulous TO adopt any measures which
would have gained him the power he
coveted. If he could but have been the
dictator or. ruler of that magnificent
REGION, he would have brought order
out of chaos, and have made Mexico one
of the great powers of the earth. But a
different destiny awaits that distracted
and wretched country, and, as we have
previously intimated, we believe that
designs have been formed, and have as
sumed more formidable shape than the
public have any suspicion of, for making
Mexico member of our Conledefacy.-
New Mexico, Texas, and California are
already members of our Union, and our
political equilibrium has not been SO
much disturbed as many of our far see
ing Statesmen anticipated. 1t is not a
very wild dream to imagine that there
are those among us already come to
mans estate, who will live to see the
whole of the Mexican Territory absorbed
into our Confederacy and then the time
will not be far off when that wild predic
ton of Senator Douglas viii be fulfilled
and our Republic will be ocean bound,
and all the ..red lines" which the over
sanguine Senator complained of will be
expunged from the map of the American
Conlinen Just now there is splen
did opening in Mexico for some ambi-
ito US and able man to put himself at
the head of the people, and rule them,
for their own good, as Catharine Ill ruled
the Russians and Napoleon the French.
By the arrival of the 0rizaba at New
Orleans, news has been received of an
other abdication by Santa Anna, his
flight from the country, and the triumph
of the Alvarez party. General Garage
is at the head of the Government, and
La Vega in ncommand ofthe Army. The
next arrival from Vera Cruz will. doubt
less, bring US important news from the
Capital.-E Y. Times.