The independent press. (Abbeville C.H., S.C.) 1853-1860, 1857-01-30
The Future Of Mexico.

Comonfort has either been untrue to the
revolution which placed him in power, or
unable to work out the programme which
1t comprised. 1t is likely he committed
the common error of mediocre statesmen,
and stopped short before the revolution was
complete, compromising the future for the
tranquility of the present, and attempting
to consolidate his power, before he had es-
tablished a principle, by an amaIgamation
Of incongruous clements. "A failure is the
result. lie has effected no political or COM
mercial reform worth mentioning though
the demand for both-trenchant and thor
ougll-was the watcllword Of the revolu-
ton. The Church deties him insnrrecticn
bristles all around him; he is on volcano
of reaction and explosion England presses
the claims Of her citizens upon him; Spain
DULLES him, and talks about the reconquest
of Mexico and, altogether, he is, to use an
expressive vernacular phrase, Gin fix"
aVhat is he to do What is Mexico to do
TO save the remnant Of civilization left it.,
and to secure future of better things2
We have heretofore, pronounced the civ
ilization of Mexico as ut present organized,
(or unorganized,) and resting upon such So
v,
to be a failure, and have said that the only
regeneration for it must come from without.
The half million Of whites can do nothing,
and are gradually melting away in the
dark tide mongrclsm. The mixed races
can do nothing, for they are incapable of
progress, are every day lapsing further in
to their original savagcry, and delnonstra-
ting that the most fatal blundcr in Mexican
politics has been the equalization of the Cau-
casian with inferior races. Regeneration
then must come from without if it come at
all. And it will come, for civilization ab-
hors vacuum, and the commerce of the
nineteenth century will not leave such an
India of the West, so opulcnL in resour-
ces, and so admirable in its geography, 10
ae unoccupicd and undcvcloped. But
whence is this kind of regeneration to
come? 1t is q sufficient answer to say that
the future Of Mexico, like the future of Cuba
rs an American question.
with the people Of Mexico. When it was
proposed, after the close of the war, to hold
that country under military away, with a
perfect organization of tho municipal bod
les, and Gen. Quitman was called home
from his position as Governor of the city of
Mexico, to receive detailed instructions from
our own Government, the idea found many
strong supporters there. 1t is well known
that after that plan fell through by the ma
king of the unauthorized treaty Of peace
Gen. Scott was offered million of dollars by
a body of the prominent citizens there, if
he would remain and organize a Govern
ment. At a late date, when the Cuban expo
|dition was nearly consummated by Gen.
Qnitman, he was approached by parties
from Mexico, and an invitation to turn his
organization to that country was held out to
him. Comonfort, therefore, in seeking the
aid of our Government, is only following in
the footsteps of former events.
ut is not at all surprising that Mexico
should look upon our institutions, and our
material progress and welfare under thcm
with admiration and desire. There is in
her midst large party of conservative
and order-loving citizens, who have ever
regretted the day when our army was with
drawn from her borders, and who would
hail with delight the advent of a Govern
ment directed by, and in close alliance with
our own. Snch an event would be to Mex
leo the greatest possible guarantee Of
liberal rule, and the development Of her rich
resources"