Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1858-06-25


one or two ports and towns iii the interior of Mex
ico and also being in possession of the Capital has made
decree demanding forced loan, in the shape OF tax
upon capital to the amount of per cent? to be col
Iected but this one time, &C. This demand so far as
foreign capitalists concerned resisted by the for
egn minister's especially Mr. Forsythe who represents
the United States and also by the British The French
minister told the French residents and all others under
the protection of the French flag to pay the conrbu-
tion Among those so situated not French subjects,
were the Hamburgers and others from the minor Ger
man States These finding themselves left in the lurch
by the French mission put themselves under the protec
ton of the Americans. The English Minister asked for
DELAY until he could hear from his home government
the American Minister distinctly protested The result
was postponement of the collection of the contribution
for three months being equivalent to abandonment
of it altogether.
President Juarez, the Constitutional ruler the
head of the liberal party ETC., is administering gov
ernment at Vera Cruz. His party has possession of all
the ports of the country with the exception of Tampco
on the Gulf, and San Bias, on the Pacific.
Some of our papers appear to think that much reli-
ance for good may be reposed in the Constitutional
President Juarez. Who Juarez is, or how he got to
be Constitutional President is great deal more than
we can say We hear of being just the persons
uuired to meet the case in Mexico, and we find that
meeting the case in Mexico means, filling your own
pockets. They all conscentiously attend to that.
There is no government and little or no public virtue,
in Mexico There are little over six millions of people
in the country and teeourths belong to the coored
races. Alvarez who is sort OF power in the Southern
States is pinto which is, believe, half Indian and
half white or half Indian and half negro, something
or other of that sort On the North towards the Sierra
Madre Vidaurri appears to be enjoying little war and
some authority on his hook with occasional in
tmaton that he is to be assisted from this side of the
Rio Grande. He keeps manpuvering around in gen.
era way. Somehow, we rather think goods pass over
the Rio Grande without paying much duty
Looking at Mexico from any point of view it is i'm
possible to tell whence anything like resuscitation is to
come There appears to be no element of progress
stability in Mexico herself Is she to sink into a
pendage of European power is she to pass into the
hands of the United States? Daily and hourly the time
draws nearer in which these questions must be asked
and answered. Are we ready for them?
Mexico can no longer discharge the duties of good
neighborhood She can neither restrain punish Of
fences against the subjects Of other governments Meth
er can she properly respond to any call for the restora
ton of the just rights of person property of which
they may be deprived her soil within her urisdic
ton. Can President Juarez hope to restore respect
to law feeling of moral obligation, energy, sound udg
ment and patriotism among people whose whole course
of life is opposed to the practice of these virtues
A protectorate over Mexico has been limited at
Some controlling influence must secure before we fine
ourselves outockeyed, we have been in Nicaragua
by Mons. Belly some other sly and shrewd agent
despotism.