New-York daily tribune., 1856-07-19
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MEXICO.
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MEXICO, Saturday, July 5, 1856
It w4s feared tor time at least ny grea
portion Of the L beralR that the President (Co-
morfort) WAS becoming much moderate parry
nan that there wmld be finally aD outbreak be-
tween hin them, including the present Coz
srees; but Wbelher those fears we're uofoundrd, or
tuar be las Thought proper to yield wholly ~ their
views there can low be no doubt That he Is en-
tjt+, with them apd, wel or ILL., will do all 10 hs
poc er to carr, Gu, thtir intent Iulb and snare
with 'bt III the responsibility. decree was lssued
hy n o. the 25th June (ulsimo), aud Was ANNE
d,af,lq ,aur nutd ny C"pgresr, com2r1'as me SAFE
Of all tie CAurch p5opeIty throughout this enne Re-
s,Jtc THIS act har naturally drawn Ihe attention
of all from the cobsid-rauou of everything else.
ali the pending vtxtd questl' nS have been Tor t7e
III neut forgotten II tbe lnrense surprise c4,sed by
the sudden appearance OF this la~, which was
ftpr a profound secret unrl the dag " us pup
J,cntion-a Iare oecurrence-wh ch soo%s me
u1lty of opinion OF those who gave aid
sanctioned it. The vote in Congress io7
this law vas 81 to II. l must spesk
w,hm reserve in strict Justice and, say 5naa this
law Is agreeable TO all, thougo very many tear 20
e1prtsa openly their opinion | except tho,e ~h9
a1e lmmeolately interested in keep'ng relngs as
,b,y are. and tbose who live by msaDs Of toe
patiurs4e OF tyranny Or civil commouons 10
dtpot.s be 0aMn IF neW era IN Mexico L. has
uni,ed the PftEoeDt aid the whole Of the befal
party, and does not ib reality in1re the Church IN
q material point Of view, because they were not
SLOWED to sell their property and thus avail them
selves Of the increase OF it's value, and by the
lave of lndiar " aanctuned by us4ge OF over two
ctnturieS they could not raise the rent upon
IN original tenant, nor any Of his descendants,
his heirs, aud they will get the same revenue
row from tlis property az before. The only
difterre to the clergy is fbat they viii not be TOR
tie future tie propYietors of real estate. hls
law cor,iders TIE rent now paid by the tenants as
the standard, aud the capital, which will produce
the sane amount at six per cent Par aDnum, s
10 be The value Of the property. For example,
that which now yields S6OO d year IS estimated at
the yaue ., ST. go which is 10 be secured to the
Church. One If the great benefits of tns law
will be the creation of large number OF small
prnprietors who now hold the land under
tent, in small parcels, and who will thus be
olll ed to take an interest 10 the general
" raIe to preserve peace, aid wilt become more
valuable mtmnt rs of society. Tney now mere
stIts 81 d Instruments If revolutionary facilons.
he renteee of lnmtnse tracts Of land VIII hnd III
to heir int reAt 10 sell 10 Others tor they cannot
cultivate the quarter part Ot what they now
lold. Be,lde this property will now be regener-
atto snd cared Tor, Al present it is io state Of
dilspidai"n throus hour, because tho renfe-s are
sotN iutert stet in getting al they csn from 1t
wi lieut. more xpeDSe than ID absolutely neces-
sary ard the Church will not improve it, for they
cup get no more rent ON that account. For these
r.as ns most of the real estate ls III state OF de-
plmsbl Ut glect aud decay
By virtue Of this law many millions (somethlng
hle ,bree huudrec Of do lars worth OF real esta e
will be thr VII into market within the space OF
the thr. coming months, dating from the 18th
June last, for that Ii the time n 0tted tor oil the
city AID country real estate in the Republic, be-
loI giIe TO the Church, to change owners. Ibis law
IL too loIg for to translate entire IN time Tor
tie courier hut send the articles which appear TO
ne to be sufficient to give the readers of The
Tribune fsir idea OF it.
lie preamble sets forth "thst one of the great
"esi obstacles to the prosperity aud greatness OF
1.-THE nation is the want OF movement or tree cur
culAtitn OF great part OF the real estate OF the
"cuunlly which is the foundation Of public
I" Ueaith.'
Ike lst article ie as follows:
"A thu al estate, both city 8nd county, n0~ held
or nuistfreo ny the evil VI eccltses.oa oorpors
on- oi th- Republic stal be sojujcated those per-
s,1t sho have hired the same, for a sum which 1t Dix
pe1 CT 1t per .rnum ~ould produce equal %
the 1,n. hey .re no~ paying for This property
20. PROVIDES that ,bt bpecl.s Ut property iS TO
he sdjuo -leo 10 pesous who hold it in ether
ways sp' clteo iu this lasr, at the snne rate.
3d. = Urder ne naue of corpors lon- is conpre-
te otd nIl gious COMMUNITIES Of bo sexes broth
Ell GOES pc hrothtrhoods, congregations, parishes,
curIoIail"ls r ool-ees and i'll genorI all establish
mt - which may have the character Of perpetual
lldt finite oura'i"n
Al. " Clryleal estate, reSte9 d-cctly by CORPORA
tors to vsr"or I, sautS, shah be sd u1lcst,-o tue
pr, sent ualt who pays the most rent, and in
they all pay 81 equal smouDt il eh4l 70 70 oOes,
ttlspt. " ith Iepeet to county real estate wboo
msy be in ne case the part occupied by each
one tall be sdjn6i ica'ed 10 hun"
5,b City or country zeal estate Dot rented at tho
tin. Of tie ubica of this Law, -ha De adudicated
10 tie big bicoeI public auction by the fist evil
au hoJ,ty uf The section in ~hicb il 81 uated
6tl Prov des that wSeDevtr d tenant has been
ii. c'eq Icy ucical ,entepce, though he may NOT have
uoveo toe property il considered 3. bot rented aud
II c0ntiac has b, though the tenant De njt
VII IN po>s' seion, II l. cnDsi' eras rented
nj In all atiudio4tioDs treatsd of IN this Law the
an cunt f purchase sbal interest a. per cent
y, 7 oil hum, he psopay 20 be secuity for capital sut
imelest but tie f1m4 r~y be pad at the ule4sure of
tte purchaser, either wholly in part in squs not
!. ss ilsn y 0Co on property valneu at more tn.n
$1,000, t. $3.50 that valued az less ,han
5000
Tie sth article exczptsfle edifce4 destined immedi
eie> and directly 10 tn se1yee Or object OF the as..
tutor such % chn es coDvt nts episcopal aud m,
licipo psscer colleges, hospitals e.,
9th The aoi t,o ,uls and sl,s shall be made
tarR ~ 9nir,o