New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-09-08

neither civilization, justice humanity to have
any place, and upon this statement, concludes that,
as nation Mexico is not entitled to longer toera
ton. The wantom aud unatoned for outrages COM
mtted upon all classes Of foreigners, the notorious
delinquency of the country in complying with its
obligations and treaty stipulations, and the uncer
tainty Of finding any one Government in existence
near leng enough to hold it responsible make it i'm
peratve upon the respectable nations of the world to
put an end to such anarchy and confusion in any
way possible to be done with due regard to the rights
Of all concerned. The mouth piece then proceeds to
state the objections Europe may have to the ncorpo
ration Of Mexico into the United States, but con.
cudes that these objections not sufficiently grave
to allow her to oppose it or even to protest against
it, for that something must be done, cannot be de-
MED, and it would be fairer that the United States
should have it than either England or France. Eng.
lish subjects have been most wantonly abused in
Mexico, says the Herald and Great Britain has am.
pie ground for hostilities against Mexico but fear
full Of offending the jealous doctrines of the Ameri-
cans she has held off and suffered her rights to rest
il allegiance rather than proceed to extremites But,
says the organ of the British premier, this cannot
last always and the United States must either take
care of Mexico or allow the world to avenge its in
juries without consulting the Americans. In my
opinion the English view of the case is very
rational one.
WOMAN IN MEXICAN LIGHT.
If any intelligent well posted writer should sketch
the history Of woman in Mexico, he would have to
draw very peculiar picture for its lights and shades
would be of the most diverse character. In this
country women are the foremost intrguants and po-
liticisns So much is this the that the State
has always discouraged their education and it is re.
markable that few Of the gentler sex know how to
write. Their minds are too active and daring to be
entrusted with those great mysteries which influ-
ence men and events at distance and, therefore,
all good or evil they can do is local and circum-
scribed They make good spies, and are adopts at
the business. They carry letters and communica-
tions, corrupt officers penetrate camps and the
licensed takers of the country. Their sex, in
great measure shields them from extreme punish.
ment, and this, suppose, encourages them in the
pursuit of this uneminne business. Lovers and hus
bands put their sweethearts and wives forward as in
triguants, and suppose they consent to all the inn
moralites charged against the sex in this country
A Mexican woman, however, is singular compound
Of good and evil, and they not responsible for
their deformed education, incline to think we'll of
them. They go to extremes either in kindness or
wickedness, because they have not been taught the
mean between the two. More than half the revolu-
tons OF this distracted State have been precptaed
by ambitious wives or courtesans and as the latter
occupy about the same standard of responsibility, it
hard to say which is the Of the two orders.
And in the wars OF the country, the army is about
equally divided between women who follow it and
soldiers who serve it. A Mexican camping ground
looks something like Methodist camp-meeting in
point of mixture. Women are seen everywhere doing
the work Of the army, while the men are laying
about in groups as if they had nothing to do. And
in the hour Of battle, too, the women take their
burthen of the fight often heading the column in the
dangerous breach. In my personal experience, I re-
member to have seen in the most fearful places,
when death fell thickest the greater proportion of
women to men. And they always fall with their
heads to the foe, and always in advance of the fight
Ask any old soldier at Cherubusco whose were the
bodies that filled the tete du pont and he will an.
swer that womens petticoats were strewn over dead
bodies thicker than shirts and jackets.
But / have gone into criticism. In my last,
mentioned how the women of Zacatecas came up to
the call of the Governor and made suits of clothing
for the army which the State equipping to fight
for the redemption of the nation. have now an OBJ
verse picture which is full of deytry as that
of good qualities The Constituencies in the State
Jalisco at the town of Acambaro, arrested and took
away friar who had conspred too publicly. The
agitated the people, and next day two thousand
women armed with knives and sticks paraded in the
public square. They attacked the house Of we'll
known Lberalst, Senior Silva, and made him write a
note requiring the release of the friar. They then
took all the other Lberaists prisoners, and march
ing them off to the public square, punished them by
a vile and unmentionable mutlation. The cura of
the town all the while eXhorted them in their dis
graceful work and after the deed was perpetrated,
declared the town in state Of siege, and appointed
guard Of women to protect it. I gather this
account from paper printed by order of Gen.
Robes, in Jalapo, and not word of condemnation
does the editor utter-in fact he to consider it
but means to the success of the Church party!
HINT TO THE MONEY LENDERS - LERDos LOAN
UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
| The Vera Cruz Reforma emphatically denies that
Senior Teada intends to negotiate for armed assist
ance in the difficulties now occurring in Mexico, but
that he simply desires to negotiate small loan
which shall serve the purposes of the war. In view
of what have previously written, you may be as.
sured this official denial of any intention to entce
two or three thousand Americans into this country,
to be badly used and probably mastered affords me
sincere satisfaction and that the intention of
the Government is explained let us look at the &C.
knowledged programme, and see how far our people
ought to 60 in lending their assistance to faction in
this Republic who struggling with doubtful pros.
poets of Approaching the illfeeling which
pervades this people towards our country, and know
ing how much they deghto overreach us in matters
of money, matter at what sacrifice of honor feel
compelled to draw the attention Of the public to the
character OF the pending loan, and to ask financial