Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1858-10-11
Mexico Falling TO Pieces.

; The condition Of this unhappy Republic is truly
'deplorable. For yaars IL has been rent and dis
hactsd by internal feuds. alternately the prey Of
Factions, whose highest ambition seems 10 have
been to riot In the excuses ofciv war and to win,
sven for bricfspsce, tbs insecure trumphs achiev
Cd BY revelation. Nothing permanent; no securi-
ty for life property their public roads infe-i-
Cd with banditti their towns Abandoned; many Of
their best citizens cxpatriated; business suspend
cd. and every branch Of industry langushing; one
hundred millions Of property and money sacri-
feed to keep up the accursed strife; fifty thou
sand men in arms, debauchcd and demoralized. 40
that female virtue is no longer safe, or sacred in
the hands of ruf6an soldicry; these are some Of
tho horrors that have ensued from the last
seven months Of actual civil war. Such results
have been realized in one Of the finest countries
in the world, possessing unbounded resources,
and rich in all the natural elements Of wealth und
prosperity. Nothing but n stable government
and better population is wanting TO make Mex
leo Of tho greatest nationson the face of earth
These. however, are important requisites. md for
lack Of them. anarchy and ruiz have oyertnkcn
the people, and the Republic seems to be on the
very verge ola catastrophe, that may utterly over
whelm the entire nation. The future of this i'll
fatcd people is therefore unpromising enough,
and their condition has already elected the
ments Of the English press. From recent art-
Gle in the London Times, wecxtract the following:
It's roads rendered impossible. its mcrchan-
die is seized and eoni-catcd by robbers and bri.
gands, and no party can gam sufficient head t"
entitle itself even temporarily +" be called gov
eminent. The great Power could Of course,
step in instantly, aud without interfering in the
slightest degree with public liberty; b"t 1merica
ds the neighborina State Touid be hhfiy 10 took
nth jealousy upon their operations. The point.
therefore, IN. would she herself d o ANYTHING to-
wards the task? The desire liz to see Mexico II
prosperous member Of the commercial family and
that this end sl,ond le brought about ~ speedily
A. possible by open and honorable means. But in
one Of the leading journals 81 New York 1t is now
announced that the United States do not intend to
assume any direct policy in the matter, and that
while it is certain they will endeavor Ia prevent
others from doing 81. they will themselves take
steps to extinguish the prevailing anarchy. In
deed. it is expressly stated tbnt the country must
be left for some years to rot nmld its calculating
con vulsions;" just M the slave trade is to continue
because America will not join other countries for
its extirpation. And tho reason for the tolcra,ion
of the Saturnnlin isthat when it has done it's work
the country will fall to tho United States, helpless
and exhausted, and not in a condition to give
the slightest trouble. The object of humanity
would be to save tho patient and mitigate his tor
ments, not to stand by watching them with salts
faction until the time had come To step IN as I'M
disputed heir
1t is doubles" tho policy of the English Ito
step in" and restore something like firm gov
eminent to Mexico, but the past history of this
people is conclusive evidence that it could only
DO maintained by force Of arms, and that ~ soon
rs British bayonets were withdrawn, the smoud-
ering fires wnuld burst forth with rcdoullcd fury
An armed intervention, therefore, Of foreign
nation to preserve Mexico, intact, would not be
tolerated by the United States, while our own
policy is to refrain from ''cntangling alliances"
Under these circumstances. there is scarcely any
hope for Mexico except "to fall helpless and cx-
hausted' into the American Union. This would
he infinitely better for her. but whether with her
present Prestrdden and turbulent population
she would really he an acquisition to us, is ques-
tionablo. We have Territory enough, and vastly
more Of that character of population already
thuu in useful or desirable