The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1859-02-23

hardly TAIL 10 make progress; and all tina
was discovered there in the shape { nationa
wealth or political order represented the ex..
traordinary opportunities which nature had
provided.
Such was the picture given OF Mexico
420 years ago. Our American intelligence
gives us another sketch Of the country
as it exists at this moment, and it would
be hard to imagine a contrast more sur
prising. There is literally no spot on
the entire American continent, from the
Arctic seas to Cape Horn, which presents
such spectacle Of disorganization and ruin.
The Indians of Patagonia are better ordered
than the Mexicans Of 1859. In the old seat
Of American civilization there is now no
government, no recognized policy. no pub
not through the accident of political revo-
luton, or as the consequence OF transient
convulson, but necessarily and permanent
", from the utter default and breakup OF
all the institutions designed for their pro-
lection, We cannot find in any European
history-not even in that Of Spain itself
any parallel or illustration Of the state Of
things in Mexico. The country is split into
factions, but no faction has any principle,
nor does il seem to be SO much as anticipa-
ted that there is any party, or any leader Of
party, by whose ascendancy or predomi-
nance the existing anarchy could be termi-
mated.
When, in the year 1924, Republican Co
vernment was definitely substituted for the
dominion exercised by Spain, room was lelt
for Federalism and Capitalization, which
have never ceased, and which, perhaps, have
more OF less expression in all Mexican rev.
outions. We observe also, at present. that
the Roman Catholic hierarchy Of Mexico are
throwing such weight as they possess into
the scale OF absolutism, with the same views
which have recently characterized their pro-
ceedings in various parts of Europe. But,
except for these features, there is positively
nothing to be discovered in the civil war
now raging in Mexico which can raise il
above the level Of common and promiscuous
brigandage. Society is res0!s ed into its
primitive elements without. as yet, throwing
up any sage virtues to the surface.
Ii would be too abstruse a speculation TO
inquire philosophically into the causes which
have thus operated on a country so fair and
so fortunate AZ TO have once produced an
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, sitIon. ar Mexicae ierr;,arv nj s,eas.I
/ Tor the absorption Of more. What ri,es m.
+ contingency greater weight i the fac, ina,
the politics 81 the NORTH American Union
will he intimately Affected IL an far,hs, Nv
, nexat,on toward lie South. and \. w;ss.,
/ statesmen are apprehensi,e Of the results
which might ensue. Certainly. an "a ,he
present time. the Government A. w,sh;n~.
. tn has exhibited considerable forhsarsnrs
. dealing with the pro,ocatiou, 10 which ,bs
anarchy and LICENSE preyailino ,h,an.hon,
i Mexico have naturally gi,en rise. w. S.,a
howeyer. 4 more direct interes, ~ "A. ,r,,,.r
English eapital has been lsr-sls ;ns.s,.d
, in Mexican undertaking, and Enyl;sb msr'
chants have carried their enerv;e. ~ N.,;so
Tor the ioint ad,an,ag, of hat, roan,r;a. y,
i Rether. The reynIu tlonI.ts. II Their sa,c;,lsI
folly. have actually visited with ind;sr;,;s.
and penalties the foreigners who were CON
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