The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-09-20

ANARCHY N NExlco.-The Spartan journals In
Cuba have been strenuous supporter, up to q
lste period, of President zuloaga and the church
party in Mexico. But 80 marked have been re-
cent events in that capital that even these have
been forced to come out in condemnation of
them, and letter to the Dsayio de Ia Mar;na,
which we reprint in another column, gives
further and even stronger particulars than have
been hitherto published of the resort to violent
means for raising money by the Zuloago govern
ment. According TO the Spanish journal, not
only were Aessrs Escandon and Bringas inn
prisoned until they paid thousands Of dollars to
sustain the civil war now going on, but officers
were publicly sent to break open the safes Of
other parties and bring away the money contain
ed therein. 1t seems, however, that this system
of robbery is not confined exclusively to the
government party. It's subordinates have been
practising the same plan Of finance in other
places, and Echeagaray at Jalapa and Miramon
at Guanajuato have imprisoned wealthy citizens
until they paid large sums.
The same thing has been done By the constitu-
tionalists vidaurri imprisoned several wealthy
Spaniapds at San Luis Potosi until they paid
him eight thousand dollars; Caryajal forced
the citizens of Tampico to contribute nearly
thirty thousand dollars for the support of his
forces a., soon as he entered that city and the
exactions of Zayas and Aramberri in the west
are familiar to our readers. The system pur-
sued by the chiefs is initiated by every petty
leader, and thus the spirit of robbery is rife
everywhere throughout the republic. This state
of things is the natural result Of the history Of
Mexico for the last thirty-dve years. In that
period there have been sixty-three changes Of
the chief magistrates, nearly all of which have
been effected by violence. Such political his
tory cannot be expected to show any political
progress or material Development The reve-
nues have either disappeared or are absorbed by
petty leaders the moment they are collected.
AS a necessary consequence the struggle for life
OF death, now going on between the priests and
the people, can only be carried on by plundering
friend and foe alike.
1t is now supposed that the constitutionalists
are about to triumph in Mexico, and they enter
tain lively hopes of being able to reorganize
the country and restore peace. We hope it
will be so, but there is room for grave doubts.
Their hopes now hang upon the defeat
Of Miramon by vidaurri, and this must
bide the chances of war. Should Vidauri sue
coed, then the constitutionalists, if they adhere
to their principles, must gather in Congress and
reorganize the government by causing all and
each of the leaders now in the field to return To
a subordinate position, and give up the now pre-
vailing practice of seizing upon the public
revenue in its passage TO the treasury and de-
voting it to his own private purposes In such a
Congress the wisdom of the serpent" and the
"gentleness Of the dove" will be alike requisite.
History does not teach Us that we can hope for
this union. As the liberals are expected soon to
triumph, We need not attempt to anticipate their
course.