Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1859-12-29

government If Zuloaga WAS earnesiIv ros "a the
many part Of the republic, aud even in ,Ia IN
tai, a partition II tie army having urpr,a,, eaf,
against H. ITS iancsi ons were declared .,rm;n,,.4'
aud All assembly al citizens WAS iuyitr,i -.
cliaico of n new President. This ascent. - 'ae
ed General Miramnn. but that officer rem ;'sst,
the plan under which he was chosen. ami - '"tel
WAS thus restored to his previous position H.
sn,ncd II. however, only to Withdraw fran, d
Mlramvn, having become. ly his arp,j,in% "n'
President Substitute. y continues, with ,h,, 't"'
ut the head IF the insurgent party. "''e'
In my last annual message / c,mmunin. -
Congress the cirruhstanc"s under wliicl, tho =
Minister of the United States susrenlnI liz ale
cial relations with the central guvernmen, -
withdrew from the country. 1t was imn,x.Ii "'i
maintain friendly interebur>e with n .',,,nat Il
like that Mt the capital, under whose usurnoI ~
tliority wrongs were constantly commiti.d
never relres-ed. Had this been an e,,olrI"s
government with its power extending by ,hs
sent of the people over tho wtr,lr If Mrxi,, -
sort tohnstiiities against it would have been 49, 49,.
jnstiiialle aud inlced necessary. Blu, the nv
try was II prey t. civil war ; and it was h ,.e IN.
tho success OF the constitutional President n;.l,
lead Ia 4 condition IF things less iniuriops T.,
United States. This success lrcan,, -, n r.t ~
that. in January last, | ~e.nployed n reliah!e nr.n,
to visit Mexico, and report to me the actual r',l;
ton and prospect Of the contcndiug ,a,tns T..
consequence of his report, and from irt,rmatia,
which reached me from other sources, favorable =
the PROSPECTS OF the constitutions cause fL,
justified in appointing n new minister 10 Mrxi.,
who might embrace the earliest suitable onn,r.a
my OF restoring our diplomatic relations w.,h tia,
republic. For this purpose n E,listinrui,hed en-.
zen of Maryland was selected, who proceeded -
bis mission on the Sh Of March last, with ,i,x.ra.
tloEary authority to recognise the government =,
President Juarez, if on his arrival in Mexico h.,
should find it entitled to such reco% ,nition. n.,,..
ding to tho established practice Of the ,ni,el
Stnt,l III fIa =, IF A.-l r ~
Lane presented his credentials t. President Juar,z
having no hesitation Is in pronrunciny the govern.
ment OF Juarez, to be the only existin, ,,,y,,n.
ment OF tho Republic" lie was cordially r,,oiy.
ed by the authorities at Vera Cruz, aud they have
ever since manifested the most friendly disp,s.-
ten towards thu United States.
UnhaPpily, however, tie constitutional oovc,,.
mcnt has not been able to establish it, p,wrr oyrr
the whule republic. 1t is supported by lar,e
majority OF the people ind the States, bat there
are important parts of. the country where it cn,
enforce II" obedience. Gen. Miramon maintains
himself At the capitol. and in some of the di,lunt
provinces there are military governors who pay
little respect to the DEGREES of either government.
In tho meantime the excuses which always attend
upon civil war, especially in Mexico. are constant
" occurring. Outrages Of the worst description
are committed both upon persons aud property.
There Is scarcely any form Of injury which has
not been suffered by our citizens in Mexico du.
ing the last few years. We have been nominally
ut peace with that republic, but $50 far ms the in.
tere>ts of our coinmerce or Of our citizens w..oh have
visited the country US merchants, sllipmasters, or
III other capacities, are concerned, we might as
well have been Mt war" Life has been insecure,
property unprotected, and trade impossible except
at Il risk of loss which prudent men cannot be
expected to incur. Important contracts, insoiy.
ing large expenditures, entered into by the GER
trail government, have been set ut defiance by he
local governments. Peaceful American resideats.
...,, =, mr. ttnir rirbtfp1 p,ss,pJ,n, la,o -.
suddenly expelled the country, in defiance of
treaties, and by the mere force Of arbitrary power.
Even thu course Of justice has not been safe from
control, and u recent decree of Miramon, permits
the intervention Of government in all suits whete
either party is n foreigner. Vessels of the United
States have been seized without law, and n consu.
lar officer who protested against such seizure has
been fined and imprisoned for disrespect to the
authorities. Military contributions have been 10.
We'd in violation of every principle of right. and
tho American who resisted the lawless demand has
had lis property ~fo:cihly taken away, and las
been himself Lanisled. From a conflict of uu.
thority in different parts of the country, tariff 4u-
ties which have been paid in one place have been
exactcd over again in another place. Large num.
bers of our citizens hive leen arrested and impri-
sonel without any form Of examination or any un-
portunity for n hearing, aud oven when relra.cl
have only obtained their liberty after much suffer
ing and inj ury and without any hope of redress.
The Wholesale massacre of Crabbe aud his a>s,-
ciates without trinl III Sonora, ms well rs the ~.
zarc and murder of four sick Americans WHO hal
taken shelter in tho house of an American, upon
the soil of the United States. was communicated
To Congress ut it4 last session. Murders Of II still
more ntrocious character have bGcn committed III
the very heart Of Mexico, under the authority 81
alraH"ns government, during the present year.
Some Of these were only worthy Of IL barb rgus
are, ard, il they hal not been clearly proven,
would have seemed impossible III n country which
| t.luiIns IN lao civiliypl or his dissertation vnS
the brutal massacre in April last, by order If Gen.
Marquee, Of three American physicians, who we've
seized in the hospital ut Tacubaya while attend
Ing upon the sick and the dying TT both parties,
and without trial. MS without crim", were hurried
away to speedy execution. Little less shocking
WAS the recent late Of Ormond Chase, who was
shot in repcc ON the : ia OF August by order ii NE
same Mexican general, not "nly without II trial.
but without amy conjecture by his fIieul> uf tEr
cause of his arrest. lie is represented rs "A y"nns5
man "f good character aud intelligence, wiz" hii
male numerous friends in Topic Ly the c,'lrase
and hunSnity which he had displayed On se,er2l
tr.ln: occasions. and his death was as unexprctei
a 1t was shocking to the whole community. Oa-
err ontrnscs might be enumerated, but these are
snihcient to illustrate the wrctchcd state Of tie
country and the unprotected condition OF the per-
sonS and property Of our citizens in Mexico.
In ali these cases our ministers have been con-
slant AMI faithful in their demands FIR redress,
but both they and this Government, which they
have successfully represented, lave been wholly
powcrl"ss to make their dc.ands effective. Their
testimony in this res pect, and in reference t. llH
only remedy which, in their judgments, woull
meet tie exigenry, has been both Uniform aud
emphatic. Nothing but II manifestation Of the
power of the Government Of the United States
wrote our late minis er in 1861 and of its rur-
pose to punish these wrongs will avail. | assure
you that the universal belief here is that there Is
nothing to lie apprehended from the Government