The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1858-09-16

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| About my temples can trace
| The gathering threads Of snow,
And the singing bird, from sorrow,
Flew 70 Heaven. years ago.
The Breaking mp Of Mssieo-who May
| aud should Save Her.
The accounts from Mexico, which we
published in our yesterdays issue. are such
as might have been anticipated from the
long continued internal strife in that coun-
try. The government that prevails in the
capital, and which arrogates to itself the
title Of the National government, has not
only lost all respect for the principles upon
which public authority Is founded, but has
turned highwayman, and taken to robbing
people in the most outrageous manner. The
subscriptions to national bank, which
we're forced upon natives and foreigners
alike, and against which our Minister so
rightly protested, were done under the forms
of law. But the arrest Of Senores Escan-
don and Bringas, because they refused to
discount the notes Of hand Of corrupt
clergy, IL one Of the most scandalous pro-
ceedings that has ever been performed under
the prostituted name Of government.
President Zulosga Is the creature Of the
church, and is said TO be guided by the chris
tian maxims Of the priests on the one hand,
and the imperial counsels Of the French
Minister on the other. But the fruits which
these are producing throughout Mexico have
little Of the appearance Of Christian charity
or Of imperial skill. The land everywhere
q scene Of iuternecine strife; one hundred
towns sacked by the contendpg forces pri-
vate citizens incarcerated by hundreds with
out crime the farms plundered OF their
products foreigners driven from the coun-
try because they will not be despoiled in 81
lence travel and commerce suspended the
merchants on the brink Of bankruptcy the
press destroyed, and destitution staring the
people in the face such are the fruits oil the
conflict between the church and its oppo-
nents in Mexico; and this sanguinary strife
Is maintained under the cry Of " religion" on
oue side, and " liberty" on the other. But
there is neither religion nor liberty in it.
The one party is impelled by fanaticism, and
the other by thirst for vengeance and de-
struction.
II is not TO be wondered that foreign cit.
liens should look to their own governments
for shield from the evils that weigh upon
them, nor that the peacefully disposed in
habitants should long for foreign interven-
ton. But these misiortunes have q far
deeper origin than any that can be reached
by the interposition Of foreign governments.
They flow from the brt aking up Of the po-
litical organization and the dissolution Of
society in that republic. They can be rem
edied only by the operation Of causes exist
ing within the republic itself or by foreign
conquest. There is no national organization
from which foreign government can de-
mand reparation of the injuries to its citi
liens, or force to impose respect for the
obligations OF international duties. Foreign
Intervention In behalf of the peaceful in
habitants Of Mexico il q thing out Of the
question. The duties Of government, like
those of individuals, are limited to the care
OF its own household. Conquest is not 10
be thought OF, for besides that il is in oppo.
sition TO the spirit Of the age in which we
admitted, that Mexico with its present pop
ulation Of mixed and insubordinate races is
not worth conquering.
There is but one remedy for the present
disorders OF Mexico. There exists amid her
crumbling social elements class Of wealthy
and powerful citizens, which, though being
rapidly diminished in numbers, has still the
power TO save the State. But they must
combine for action before their means are
gone. They must take the government OF
the country into their own hands, and re-
establish the rule Of authority and order,
This they have now the power to do; but
the day Is approaching when, if the present
state Of things continues to exist and to
follow its natural development, they will not
possess il. Their haciendas are being de-
populated and DESTROYED. Their mines are
ceasing TO be worked. The consumers Of
the products Of their lands are fast losing
the ability TO pay for them, and when they
cannot pay tor them necessity will compel
them to still wider robbery and greater
violence. The Tendency Of Mexico now IL
rapidly towards q war Of races, and the
feelings and passions which have been in
voked under the cry Of liberty, in the con-
fliet with the church power, have given that
tendency an impulse which torebodes the
dirsst results.
When the coufic, does come, il is DO.
difficult to forsee that the classes possessing
the sexest wants and the greatest power OF
endurance Of privation must triumph. The
men who now enjoy in Mexico, through their
wealth, q social position which has hitherto
placed them even absye the power OF the
government, viii soon disappear. Not one
OF their sons viii enjoy the influence they
now possess. They have seen the men Of
intellect, who were once their compeers,
swept away. They have beheld the com
manders Of the army, who gained their rank
and position by years Of faithful service to
the nation, displaesd BY upstart insurgents
and highway robbers. They know taa, their
! statesmen have been showed aside by plot