The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-01-19


The News from MeKico-The Tsipie-Headed
R~evoluticn In tlAat Republic.
The advices from Mexico which we pub
lished yesterday and those we publish to-day
are of q most interesting character. A triple
headed revolution il in full blast there, the
final results of which no one can ~foretell.
But little more than a month has elapsed since
Comonfort was clothed with dictatorial powers,
and during that time he has dispersed Congress
by q c@lp d tat, and a counter revolution, en-
bracing the most vital parts Of the republic, has
sprung up against him. To these two parties
We must add the briesnds that in the name of
the church have been dcsolsting the South and
the West of that republic, and which, having
gathered strength, are now In possession of
Oniaca and Querctaro. OttAr bands of this
same party have proclaimed Santa Auna, and
are in arms, demanding his return to power.
II would seem as though Mexico were in the
very act Of dropping to pieces. With the single
exception OF Santa Anna, oil the old leaders of
admitted capacity have disappeared; for al
though Alvarez may yet live, he is out of the
fed, rs is evident from the success of the bri-
ga1ds IN the South, where formerly his name
was all powerful.
While these dissensions are rife in Mexico,
The accounts from Spain and Cuba portend a
Spenish invasion Of that country, either for the
purpose Of re-establishing Santa Anna and the
Church or to install q monarch with a European
protectorate. At the same time we learn, both
from Mexico and from Monterey, that Vidaurri
is again agitating his scheme for q Sierra
Madre republic, which he hopes to establish
with the assistance Of "the men Of the hunting
shirt and rifle as he once called them. Thus
Mexico has on hand at this time three revolu-
tons and two invasions. To these ~oomplica-
tions we may also add a reported rupture with
Great Britain.
II Spain should carry out the plan which, &C
cording to all accounts, she seems so madly bent
On pursuing, and send an army to Vera Cruz
on any pretext, the result would probably be
very different from that she no doubt antici-
pates. All the parties in Mexico, with the ex-
ception of the brigands of the Church, have
proclaimed common hostility to Santa Anna,
and would without doubt unite in resistance to
him: while the old cry of the early battle fields
OF the republic, "Death to the Spaniards,"
would rouse to life the latent nationality of the
Mexicans. Vera Cruz, and even Mexico, might
not be able to oppose them, and the hopes OF
the republic would then fall back upon a coali-
ton of the Northern States, under the lead OF
Vidaurri. This leader may yet be the regene-
rator Of Mexico, backed up az he will be by
thousands who are ready to cross the Rio
! Crande to his aid.
We advise the flibusters to look to this and
think of it. Nicaragua is a dead cock in the
pit while in Mexico events are ripening to their
hand. No neutrality laws can stop their gather
ing there, and no costly transportation by sea
is needed to convey them. 1t is easy enough to
get to Texas. and every sympathiser can there
shoulder his rifle and take up his line of march
without let or hindrance. With q little common
sense and energy, half q dozen slave States can
be brought into the Union out of Northern
Mexico in a couple Of years, and the equilibrium
Of the Senate restored. Stirring events may be
expected during the present year south of the
Rio Grande, and Commodore Paulding may
only have been carrying out the DEGREES OF
Providence when he sent the flibusters home to
prepare for the events that await them in
Movicn