The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-02-12
New Regulations for the Government OF tho
Press IA Mexico.
TIE MINISTER OF THE INTERIOR TO THE GOVERNORS
AND POLITICAL CHIEFS.

Now Regulations Tor the Government or the
Rrcss la Mexico.
TIE MINISTER OF THE INTERIOR TO THE GOVERNORS
AND POLITICAL CHIEFS.
Mexico, Dec. 49, 1856.
His Exceleney the Provisional President Of the Repub
lc wishing to combine liberty with ORDER to leave the
cze the exercise Of their rights at the same time
to prevent, Is much possible, abuses has decreed
which hereby communicate to you.
The government IL we'll Of the great ifhcuy
herent to satisfactory regulation Of this particular
ohect the time has yet the discovery OF
effective to avoid the Of tho without
Sy the srs made w the N, a.
pean statesmen, who trying different sysrems-at
one time restricting at another extending the limits with
in which the exercise II this right to be allowed There
fore the actual does not believe
that the newly published regulations will fuy this
important object IT convinced the contrary that
they viii bs attended with great many defssts and
errors which pereDce alone point out Other def
cisncies which appeared to be Insignificant will by the
xceency the President Dehevss that citizens
ave re rghtot expressing their opinions
hrough the medium Of the PRESS it ID the duty Of the
eminent to prevent these publications from being
ered into elements Of Disorder for the press Is the
ression OF not the vehic of passions Ia the
haractsr It s destined enlRhen society spread
amongst the less advanced
Dgenerous feelings and awakening ansrch,si thouehts
for violently affecting the mind they cloud Intellect
nd fe the voice OF reason that only The discordant
ry terest may be heard which is but rarely
onsistent with that OF the commu unity.
vernment, which, whist preventing abuse has endsa-
to preserve the right OF opn0n infect therefore,
taking as basis the regulations Of the l4.h November
ing decree:The principal alterations government
has deemed necessary to make in relation to the above
regulations are-frsty the prohibition OF anonymous
wTihngs secondly the suppression of the institution Of
the jury OF both changes shall give you explans
ton you entitled 10, for loyal govern nent
the nation itself rsnkness where measure
Of such high lance as that which ocsupies
The press the mouthpieee OF society; therefore, %
finds himself necesstaed submit, under peculiar
70 certain restrictions in regard to the
Use OF his words the way society must submit
to conditions which limit the of the press Thought
IT, every respect irse but whenever It is shaped into
the form OF words not allowed either to wrong to
offend, ~ prejudice any way his fellow MAN. for
then the use OF language becomes real evil con-
the citizen right of expressing his OPT
MONS in PRINT but he inure calumniate
his fellow citizens stu less prejudice socey for then
liberty changed into license, and the press
element OF disorder.
This the origin of all common restrictions Of the
press; but with them the evil still exists owing the
faculty OF ealing the of the writer the
responding difficulty the part Of the offended party Of
calling to account the iojuer The system Of having
responsible editors remedies to certain degree this
abuse; but neither il it just in itself to make
responsible for the Of another the OBJ
jccs attained always remains dou ot as to
the real author Of the writing
The aoug6t to attain this end by pro-
Dibing the practice of writiog In fact, IL
The right OF writing Is nothing but the extension of the
faculty of speaking cannot be deaed the right Of
printing must submit, far possible, to the
rules which regulate the Of the spoken word Noble
and like ia the conduct OF those who to
face each other proah sh each others defects In
order to correct them give advice way of
tion, or how to avoic errors just Infamous and
treacherous Is the behavior Of those friend
ly hand to whom they have just calumniatd whose
defects they make pubic with COMPETENCY and whose
in which they had sfen their share they not
only condemn wthou. PITY, but exaggerate with malig-
nifty The worthy the former to be praised gnd
esteemed the more the later deserve to be dsspssd
and society which appliances the trankpess Of the
bates the vauy OF the other Therefore the
apphes 10 the light of writer. With what
with what jusuce you call liberty when writer
anonymously ex;ites rebellion overhrows social
GER olaes public morals attacks the sacred in
situations, dsemina,e discoru amongst fames and vii
lilies the most respectable names2 This Is liberty
but centiousness and right thus changed into abuse
is weapon the more the the which
strikes Is hidden. How democratic government,
which pretenos to be loyal towards its
enemies governn which is decided to establish it,
administration upon the basis Of moralisy in . word,
how the government Of his Excellency the Provi
SIGNAL President auth rEe great evil Certainly it
the Law is anxious that the f,st reform introduced
may within itself character Of atty In order
TO show the republic the convictions OF tnose who COM
pose the ministry
Liberty, in all and ything, and for ALL but liberty,
tabuse. The Mexicsus may write whas they please,
but they must sign their They may develope po
ticsl questions examine the acts Of the vernment
prove the and the faults vi the auhori
ties but they shall With the ankness Ut republicans
without wearing mask osering false ensnce.
This is true liberty the liberty which generous hearts
worship the liberty bought into the BY the Cos
pei the Liberty which duing centuries struggles every
against tyranny Of all descriptions. Tnis is the
uie OF the ptihng Pess that wonderful invention OF the
human mind whose sacred mission IL 70 every
where the germs OF virtue, establish every where
the principles Of justice, and to render nations happy
by the Immense benefits Of civilization.
The government relying upon these premises, deems
necessary TO prohibit Writings, excepting only
those works the pubitcah OF which IS witoOut any
c~nger. Moreover. the government requires the sigma
lures those Writings besr to belong Of
the Of the
IL be not deprived OF then, and wac does not live
respectfully cannot be citizen OF society truly repub-
hcan The other clauses of the law the necessary
consequences of the principles here established for
necessary to provide for 10 which may be
violated which IN general contains the same clauses -
Concerning the jury the undersigned speak to you
al ranknsss There Il no doubt bu. that the Judgment
by jury the highest expression Of democratic pruc
the minister who its In l846
does not order to-day its rev,cson but only its suspen
have just passed through period of tyranny when an
social rights were trodden down and revle the
pressicn, the greater all probability must be the csn-
oukness When you add to tins the constant efforts OF
n to the
you will easily understand that society present
passing through Of those DANCE crises which
only the political system, but the existence Of the
nation itself, is at stake.
In the Of the terrible shock which the triumph
Of the revolutin has to the bio the
yictors remained united and the during the
fret two mon hs fell into state OF bus scarce
M organized when the factions again
al desefpeons-wih their exclusiysness and their I'M
waving prsten.ion to inllibity The press as was
natural was converted into the echo conflicting ide A.
which, FORTH in this short lapse Of time have
already produced armed movements Insured and
all of which tend to impede the
establishing OF order and quiet and to deprive the coun
try even OF the hope of happiness The government in
the neantme considers 1t sacred duty to remove all
Preexs of which the enemy may avail hi self for in
new evils and a. ss unaersble principle Ia free
dom or an 1t believes the ordinary jurisdiction to be
the most proper to inquire into violations of the laws ON
the press. -
In normal times Of we'll established order the iurv as
the offspring of the political authorities who form the
lists, does not offer any Inconvenience; for then
passions are silent, and the voice of pubic in
terest makes itself easier hesd but in moments Of noi
ticat coDvuli'n such that which to-day agates the
republic the jury can only be tbs expres Of faction
TO ce On stack upon the rights Ct the otner II in
mar fx lima IT,.