Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1858-10-30
Condition of Mexico.

cant OF the iucts, arc those of doubtful au-
thentcNy giving tho result of q battle be-
tween TIC Conservatives under Mramun. and
tho Constitutionalists under Nidaur, whore
in the latter was beaten; or the repulsc of
Echcagaray at Pcrotc. or the success of Dc
incidents Of the main plot The circumstance
of fatal riomcnt is the entire Decentralization
of the Mexicans, people and leaders, Rcac-
tonists and Liberals; the recklessneSs obscry-
able in all parties a like of the laws of ma
tions of humanity, of justice. We hardly
cease to reprobNtc tho folly and impolicy OF
HulOaga, in lcvying his personal property
tax at the capital, when we have the same
madness to condemn in the ConStitutonaliSt
CARA at Tampeco. with the same circum-
stances of fines imprisonment and exile vs-
itcd upon non-conltUrmOnts. The dsappro-
val of the imprisonmentsn and pillogc enacted
10y Miramon, in the conduct Of the earlier
campaign, has barely passed our lips whcu
we are called to dcnuuncc, even more earn
Gstly, the cruelty Of Nidourri, in laying waste
the city of San Luis Potosi, and the country
for twonty miles around. These men prose
cute war upon their own countrymcn with
details OF wrong aud cruelty unknown in tic
warfare OF hostile nations, of strange blood
No stage of the American campaigns in Mex
leo was marked with such cxcesses
There is, Of course, nothing to hope from
such statesmen and such generals, or rather
let us say, such leaders Of an ungovcrnable
cOndOtheli. 1t matters not which party to
this miserable squabble beats. Either brings
to the momentmy rule of the State tho same
vicious and destructive ncgation Of princir!e;
the same thirst for power without the knOw!-
eldge to use it, and for plunder, with ineata-
ble capacity for consuming it, Either will
trnv h,t Cront;,,,, e tl g., r.
the Republic; either will find Itself destitute
of the financial ability, or moral, or popular
sympathy, to support the tlick-connng rcyo-
lutions within, and tho pressure of indignant
reclamation from without Indeed, tho for
eign relations of the unhappy State arc as
desperate as is it's internal condition. Eng
land is praying somebody, anybody, to seize
and bind people conc mad. At the very
moment tho French Minister at the City OF
Mexico protests against capital-tax tie French
Consul at Tampico finds it necessary 70 send
for a squadron to protect tic French mcr-
chants ofthat mart. Spain has fleets and
armies in motion to exact vengeance for
wrongs wrought and unatoncd for upon its
citizens. And the United States, having sus-
pended diplomatic intercourse, only awaits n
pause in the intestine struggle to dcn.nld a
formidable indemnity. Surely, we have here
an aggregate of evils sufficient to crush tho
stOutest nationality on the face Of the earth.
How is Mexico, in the last feeble spaslns OF
exhaustion to bear up against them?
What the duty of this Government under
existing circumstances may be, is question
Of immediate moment. 1t will never do to
permit crisis 80 decisive, and so long fore
seen to find us, when it arrives, without pre-
paration. Mr.. Forsyth is at last on his way
home. The usual channels Of diplomatic in
tercourse are closed. Congress- wien it
meets. will expect some recommendation
from the Executive as to the policy to be OBJ
served in this, as in other less important
questions Let us trust that this recOmmcn-
daton will lie of direct and practicable
character. Special Commissioners and secret
agents are the vogue. Why not ascertain tile
readiness of the Mexican people for the i'm,
mediate realization of their manifest destiny
by sending among them, and to their parti-
san leaders, agents who shall furnish the
best ofeyidence of the popular temper, and
point the most feasible path to the great re-
suit? This preliminary course liz the only
one that can avoid the more rugged path of
war and conquest. lfthe facts and temper
thus reported prove favorable to the plan OF
a protcctoratc, VIC may at once adjust the ia
sis upon which such intcr-dopcndont relation
may be rested. Ifthcy indicate the propric-
ty OF direct annexation, dispensing with such
predatory state, We cannot too promptly reg
ulate the conditions, both for ourselves and
for the Mcxicana, which must control the
absorption There can certainly bcno poll
by 20 rcprehensiblc as that which, foresecing
this Fastening contingency, bids lis shut our
eyes to the duty, and the way to perform it.
Nee loyh Times.
SPEAKING oUT IN DREAMs.-A cnrrcspon-
dent of the Richmond Dispatch tells tile fol-
lowing in Il letter from one of the Springs:
An amusing incident occurred in the cars
ofthc Virginia and Tennessee road, which
must be preserved in print. 1t is too good to
be lost. AS the train entered the Big Tun-
mel, near this place, in accordance with the
usual custom lamp was lit. A servant girl
accompanying her mistress, had sunk into n
profound slumbcr but just as the lamp was
lit she awoke, and half asleep, imag gined her
self in the informal regions.
Frantic with fright, shc implored her Ma
kOr to have mercy on her, romarking, at the
samo time, " the devil has got me at last, -
Her mistress, sitting on the seat in front of
the terrified negro, was deeply mortified, and
called upon her--"M Mollie, don't make such a
noise? Itis j. be not afraid" The poor
African immediately exclaimed, ooh, niissus
dat you; Jest what "P spceted; i always
thought If ebcr got to de bad ''place, i would
see you dar" These remarks we're uttered
with such yohemcnce, that not n word was
lost, and the whulecoach became conrulscd
with laugb,tr.
AN EIrroR IN DISGUISE. The Colum-
bus Ga. Sun is not very complimentary TO
his State cotemporary Hear him
Some considerable female friend has sent
the editor of the Thomasyille Enterprise a
clean shirs Poor fellow! we expect he
needed it bad enough lie announces HE