The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-01-14

tfrom the New Orleans PioayIns, Dec u
tent in that unhappy country Evidences Of this come
rigor Of censorship exercised over the public press
there In everything which relates TO the personneI
., 70 p
which come to Us through private sources Of the rapid
progress which the opponents of Santa Anna making
There Is doubtless great deal Of exaggeration and
from imperfect knowledge will always be the case
where the channels Of public intelligence closed to
the relation Of every event which pleasing to the
ruling powers rs the Official accounts which get out
in that way covered with suspicion because colored
by interested parties to suit their own purposes Guard
ing ourselves against deluson from either oil thsse
causes think the evidences very convincing OF state
of ptiable disorder in Mexco and in such OF tho few
papers which continue to support the government OF
Santa Anna, we find intrinsic proof Of their sxag
gerations.
One Of the most significant indications to our mini OF
the essential unpopuiarity Of Santa Anna with the po
pie Of Mexico the want of active support which he
has among the press Hostility could Of course, not
BIO tolerated, but silence Is ominous OF real hostility
being the only way in which the repressive laws permit
hostility to be indicated The change in this respect
against the government Ia remarkable Many presses
which formerly supported Santa Anna now main tain
profound silence. Ia fact with only two excep
attitude against the dictator. This Is portentious
symptom In country where the press Is ordinarily
active and oquacous, and has exercised much uau
in making revolutions II scarcely less than
that the press win be for revolution whcne the pres
sure which Restraints II Is removed.
Among other indications OF conscious insecurity Is the
renewed vgor Of persecution with which the
hunts up those whom II fears Several ointment citireus
in the capital have lately fallen under suspicion, and
The Diario Official announces the flight OF Don Anto
MIC Haro Tamars, at the moment when the officers Of
the government about TO arrest him The DART
alleges that the government has in its hands abundant
proofs Of his completely with tho sellon in Mchoacan.
pointed by Santa Anna Minister Of War on his late
return to Mexico, and he has for long time held high
bon Manuel Payne and Don octasano Manon Isao ars
implicated in these revolutionary move nents. Both Of
these gentlemen had cabinet appointments under Arisa
the first named being well known - tho Minister Of the
Treasury, who was the advocate of low tariff and
liberal commercial system. The adhesion of these per-
to the enemies Of the government thus OH ay
proclaimed, will give the revolution character and i'm.
peus as thus far the only of mark who have opeay
engaged in 1t are Generals Alvarez and Commonrort
Santa Anna had pretty much cleared the country OF
those whom he thought dangerous by banishng every
man whose name might be ralying point for revolu.
ton sues as the OK President Cebaos and
The result of the late popular vote confirming Santa
On the contrary It is If closely examined Indicative Of
serious discomfort the originating of il mark
Of fear part OF some yet undeveloped plot aga the
people. Tho apparent unanimty only shows how efoc-
tive were the measures taken to repress the
of opposition Besides the stringent rules by which the
government superntended the casting of every vote,
commanding the signature Of every voter under the eye
Of the government and written declaration Of the OBJ
ec OF his preference other than Santa Anna an order
was promulgated previous TO the election that every
officer OF the government who should vote in the mega.
tive decline to vote at ALL should be degraded, and
rumor industriously circulated, and not contra
dicted that private citizen who should vote against
Santa Anna would be imprisoned. " certain that
he to be marked and registered by the Dictator
his enemy 1t is not to be wondered at therefore, that
no adverse opinion was rsked whore opposition
predestned to be frutess and such pers surrounded
the expression Of opinion. We not at all surprised
that the vote what the Governor OF Vera
calls "heroically unanimous" In fact, the city OF
Mexico the only city where single recorded mega
tive vote cast aad there seventeen only appeared
three days election the registering of thirteen
thousand 10 in da-
gree, OF public opinion In Mexico is manifest absurd
~ To have organized such huge imposturs is a
feason OF weakness and from what learn OF the
actual position Of the revolution there needed
fictitious exhibition of strength 10 encourage the par
sans OF the who seem to be hard
maintain themselves against the people who vote so
"herocally unanimous" on its side.
Our Intelligence OF the position and number OF the in
surgents Ia chiefly gathered FROM government bulletins
announcing their defeat in divers The govern
ment is always announcing Victories but nevertheless
the revolutions continue TO increase In force. Every
nov and then we get bulletin announcing u govern
roaat victory and thereby learn for the first time of
the existence OF instruction in that place.
The manner in which the Is carried bctrays .
desperate ferocity which Is unworthy civilized age.
The government troops Shoot and decapita.e prisoners
IN order to furnish the officer OF the dis
ricts with the actual proofs In the mutei corpse Of
gated by malice Akin to barbsrism ' and viii Srar
down. what IL portends inevitably, execration and dis
aster upon the heart that conceived the enormy, and
the hands that perpetratedh
Another fatal sign to be discovered among the proofs
Of the exhaustion Of the sic treasury The pay Of
the troops arrear the civil functionaries
paid, and present themselves TO satisfy the
claims and quiet the unspoken discontents at home
TO meet the demands Of the foreign bondhoders The
private accounts say that Santa Anna relies exclusively
being able to get possession Of the three millions
naming unpaid under the Gdsden treaty In order to
supply his most urgent needs. This " not payable
until the boundary line has been satisfactorily and
the utmost real employed In hurryng forward the
commission.
The delays which have attended the American party
we'll known and the time at which the whole will be
completed s very indefinitely estimated. The
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calculations, and the Of this money may have q
critical influence In Fastening the crisis Of HIS fate
There good many other facts developed In
counts, which not Of much importance singiy but
which concurrcntly give strong confirmation to the
opinions have expressed, that popular repugnance
Santa Anna IL strong and spreading continually In
Mexico, and that popular resistance to his sway 10
manifestng itself Enthusiastically wherever there is the
slightest chance that instruction raise Its head
and that II Ia only question Of and combtpa
tion-a question Of great moment in n country
haused Of capital and industry procrustnates
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