The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-11-12
Overthrow OF the Mexican RePubaic-C0ans
fort Dictator.

Overthrow OF the Mexican Repubaac-COsnsn-
1oxt Dictator.
The telegraph advises US that President Co
monfort has been clothed with dictatorial pow
err. and that martial law has been proclaimed
IN a norton of the Mexican republic, In conse-
ouence of the difficulties between Mencans anu
resident Spaniards.
These adyices come to us ct remarkable
! uncture. When we first received tho new con-
stitution We foresaw that it was scheme that
would not work in any practicable iorm' ana
nm the I'd of May last we held the following Ian
orsoe In relation to it:-"The result from the
adontion of such a constitution Can only be
uorse confusion than that which has existed 30
long in that unhappy republic, and either
hasten the breaking up to which II seems 70 Dc
fas. tending. or lead to the establishment of q
complete despotism."
The giving of dictatorial powers to President
| Comoufort has come to justify our antelope
tons. and Mexico from this time ceases forever
! to be republic, except in name. A popular
renresentatiyc government Is no longer practi-
cable there. and the last resource OF expiring
| nationality is to hand its destinies over
70 some one man, that he may endeavor
70 preserve its existence. A great man
MIGHT. perhaps so far organize the
| a;scordant elements and reinvigorate the
! exhausted resources of Mexico as to give her q
new lease of national existence; but whether
President Comonfort has the greatness neces-
sarv 70 do this, the future must determine. We
do not wish to PREJUDICE him by the light OF his
mast acts. He has many excuses to render ioE
his shortcomings hitherto; but now, if we un
derstand the Geographic dispatches correctly
no has been formally and legally clothed witt
absolute powers by the constitutional represen
tatives Of the people. No long disqulsltion
. REQUIRED to explain the reforms necessary IL
Mexico and in all the other Spanish American
renubl;cs. A rotten fiscal system lies at tn
, | root of all their evils
/, But the juncture at which this news has com
Is striking. Only two days since we hear'
from Havana that the Spanish government
|, ts.re is determined to carry out the invasion
Mexico in union with the Santa Anna party
TODAY VIC hesr that Cuernavaca, the seen
!, Of the former assassination of Spanish subjects
, has been put under martial law on account
the difficulties between the citizens and the res
dent Spaniards. A few days since consprac
WAS discoyered In the city of Mexico, IN wnlc
/, several of the leading Spaniards OF that capita
; we're IMPLICATED. All this seems to connrm IN
belief that the two Powers are coming to blow
In view of this contingency offers wer
made 70 Comonfort some time since to suppl
him with any quantity of men from this coui
try and now, at the very time when the crisis
| likely to arrive, the masses OF the whole NOT
are thrown out of employment, and In TINS CT
: they are already seeking arms and leaders IN
!, they may fight for bread.
u II they will wait little while, and there
: no doub, but that they will do go they iu'
. have as much fighting as they choose-not
! ,ho s,reets of New York, but, enrolled under y
Is MEXICAN flag. the streets of Havana will be Z
score of their exploits. President Comonior
em,ss,,ries can procure In ten days from u
country fifty thousand men, armed ana equ
ned If he will only promise them that ne
l., them po from Vera Cruz to Havana, a
oil, not make peace with Spain till her nag
eased TO wave over the island OF ouoa. l
. spranee from the Dictator OF Mexico, ano
~ ~ little money to set the ball in motion,
We tina, is required. The whole of this coun
all got the war fever upon it, and 1t will br'
mas somewhere. Mexico may give us cha
out a little blood, and thus reduce the
10 ie' alton in time; if she does not, either
fanm ou, ,yi,, no forced into some K
own &, !. 90 Tho s,;busters will take the ma
Of a fig = r ba,ds We advise the lead
into the :. ,,o Tawnkins square mecti
and spea oona;,;on of affairs between Me,
to take u into consideration at once, for IL
and Cuba ,anor and more profit TO IN
will be mt ,,;nr ., tho streets of Havana,
selves in fig con sao than in the streets Of .
asr .'1 Wen 10 flag at all.
York under