The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-12-03
The News From MexicO-The Spanish Fall
busters at Key West.

The News From Mexi-o-The Spanish Fili-
busters at Key West.
The news from Mexico is little more than
repetition of former portions of the history of
that republic, and only shows how steady and
undertaking is its march to dissolution. Co
monfort, sitter being declared Dictator, has
adopted the policy of every other absolute
ruler, and begun to drive from the country all
who are obnoxious to him; and the press, gagged
and chained dewn, can give the reader no in
sight into what is passing there.
If Comonfort were man of strong abilities,
and equal to the exigencies Of the situation, he
might, perhaps, even now work out the re-
demption from anarchy of his country. But
the history of his two years dictatorship, which
only expired last September, and the concur
rent testimony of all unbiased advices from
Mexico, go to show that he is only a vacillating
and weak ruler. Whether he will be able to
sustain himself for any length of time against
the reactionists is very problematical.
II is stated that the factions opposed
to the government are much in want of a
strong leader and that while many of
them are again looking to Santa Anna,
others have a design to bring forward
Don Angel Iturbide, son of the former EN-
peror. This gentleman is still comparatively
young, and, we believe, was educated in this
country; but he has never been distinguished in
any way in the many upturns and overturns
that have occurred in Mexico, though we think
he has been an aide-de-camp to half dozen
Presidents and Dictators.
But while these symptoms of weakness are
being exhibited in Mexico, a new race of fill
busters has sprung up to take hand in her
movements The grand expedition of the
Spanish government that was to have gone from
Havana being given up, the Santanistas that
congregate there, aided by some Spanish officers
and money. have undertaken to fit out an ex-
petition from Key West. The steamer Scottish
Chief, and three or four schooners, have been
purchased, and we may soon hear that strong
party of Spaniards and Santanistas have depart
ed for some place on the Gulf shore of Mexico.
This expedition is fitted out from Key West, be-
cause the Spanish government wishes that all
such undertakings should depart from our shores,
lest its participation should become known, and
injure in Europe the purity of its holy horror at
anything of the kind There was a rumor in
town yesterday that the expedition had already
started, and would soon give good report of
itself.
We have little confidence in the ability of
Santa Anna or Iturbide to do anything in favor
of Mexico. The one is too corrupt, and the
other too weak-and whether that country
would be able to stand an honest administra-
ton is somewhat doubtful. 1t has had, within
the past six years, one good ruler, who was too
brave to be bullied, and too honest to be bribed
into the unwise paths of his predecessors.
When President Ceballos dissolved turbulent
Congress that wished to impeach him after it
had conferred dictatorial power upon him, he
took step and exhibited spirit that should
have endearcd him to every honest Mexican, for
it is such a spirit that is wanting to regenerate
Mexico. And when Robes, Uraga and Lom-
bardini conspired, and seduced the army from
him, they destroyed the nascent hopes of Mex
leo, and opened wide the door for Santa Annals
return; and he did return. Where Mexicos
hope lies now, to save her distant States from
the savage Indian, and her central ones from
anarchy, is problem that she seems not likely
soon to solve.