The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1859-01-26
WASHINGTON CRY, WEDNEsDAY, JANUARY 90, 1859.

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have recognised IL thus and not s You did otherwise
De Jars for, by the constitution of Mexico, adopted by
extraordinary Congress at the Capito February o,
1851 it provided by section soyentynine, that
vacancy Ssfre he salsaoa }. hs newly oed Prden
Supreme cnrt Of Justice shall enter upon the exer
cise OF the functons o. flfesaeni" !" FEEF4rfFfeT
| And article thirty two:
an from reason election Of President shall not have
been made and paehod ey december i Gpsn which tho oang
% take place o. y ns m & @ SSi ~ ~, necang aS %
dem shah ueycheiess cease and ss power ss
be deposited ad tm IN the president P he suPrsae Court o.
When therefore on the Ilth Of january, 1853, Gen
Comonfort vacated the presidency, tho constitution Do
vovcd the Office upon Bcnita Juarcz the president OF
the Supreme Court of Justice. de fao for he holds
the field and bias the money and the masscs The fed
eral army, it Is true, not at his command Felix
Znsaga illegally named Dictator by clique at the
capital January 22, 1853 and having the army, and
holding the capital Juarez transferred the administration
to Vera Cruz There such officer known as Die
tato and zaloaga has paid the penalty of usrpation by
deposition. There can he but one Executive and Hobles
who assumed Zioaga's place. not that officer The
constitution under which Jarez acts is the only organic
law and that does not recognise the unta which elected
MiramoD, to whom Roblos yielded his fasces. iu T,
This constitution is the raying cry of the liberals
to its defence the nation is committed by it alone is
it is the interest and desire of the United States Pres
ident Buchanan has well considered these facts. In the
of the constitutional party be places all his hopes
of redress for the nnumerabe outages to citizens
If this party fall and there being abundant for
resort hostilities against the government holding
possession of the capital ready for one, TO vote
for any system of reprisa to grant the Executive
the necessary power to take possession of any por
ton of Mexico pledge for the settlement OF our
claims. r ts
say that am ready to vote for such reprisal oc
cupation But have considered these parties in Mexico
with the view Of qualifying this declaration believe
that it would be best at TO recognise the Juarez
stutioal government by the most solemn assurances OF
sympathy and protection The late news makes this
step innendy urgent This be done, first, by the
prompt recognition of Mat who is here seeking such
recognition second by the sending of naval force to
the Gulf where unrepresented This force should
be accompanied by commissioner to treat with the
Juarez government to counteract the influence of the
allied fleets aiding Miramon and Robes and threat
cning Juarez and with the latter to cement alliance
and to obtain such settlement of claims and diff
culties will comport with interest and honor
have the authority for saying that such arrange
ment would give not only firm union with Mexico,
not only postal and extradtion and ghtof treaties
not only foothod in the northern Mexican States, which
can be made permanent without war; but IL would foil
every attempt of the European alliance control the a
fairs of Mexico. 1t would crush the Eobles Mramon
government elevate and organize the democratic Amcr
sentiment and give us an alliance Of peace which is
| the precursor of magnificent commerce
IT, however we seize Sonora and chihuahua, without
an understanding with the constitutional government,
what will be the result Poor and miserable as is the
condition of Mexico, she would likely declare war snch
declaration would come from the Robcs- Miramon fac
ton 1t would draw to that faction the strength OF the
nation 1t would perhaps, crush Juarez and his party
and leave better off than If we had pursued more
! polite and pacific course.
Again. If delay to recognise the constitutional gov
ernmen it will be in power at the capital it is
in the provinces 1t then say to u.s. Oh, yes, you
would not help in extremity, when your advantage
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have been of service We get along without aid
Touch not foot of our soil on the penalty OF an
endless difficulty.
Wisdom interest, the law of American progress and
the prcdominance of Union this continent, all
urge the have indicated. Juarez waits ac-
| ton. Shall we miss the golden opportunity
If we fail in efforts with him, then am willing at
once to take Sonora and chihuahua, whichever party sue
/ ceeds.
believe that the list of American claims and crueltics
which has provoked the English press to wonder at
forbearance warrant enough for such possession
There yet higher grounds for such seizure The
French Minister De Gabrac, rules in the Miramon coun
cis. French fleet rides before Sacrifcios The French
admiral very ready to back Spain in her demands
To break this French power is our imperative duty II
it be not broken line of extension southwark to Cen
| trail America will be broken irrcvocably.
Such is the condition of parties in Mexico need not
discuss it further The contest between the dem
ocatc element and the conservative element The latter
has its eye Europe and adverse to the United
States Its rule has proved the most dBtractng and dis
asrous yet known in the annals of the South Amer
republics where the earthquake and the revolution
alike awake the sad cry of anguish and receive the
same defiant destructive answer
need not have pictured this land of beauty and order
to heighen the contrast of its present con-
diton After thirty years of facilitating spasms,
nd to-day, the spectacle of Mexico helpless, bleed
ing, dying the Turkey of the western world and capa-
BILE of effort of resistance to the Spanish fleet,
much less to the French English. Rapacity crime,
chaos craft license and brutality Incidence only active
to wrong and industry quickened only for vice. laws
made for their nfaction and order to be condemned
Mountain cries unto valley for relief and from hacienda
to city goes up the agony of despair This is unhappy
Mexico, in whose fate nation have the inter-
est have till such nation conquer Who shall
! terpene?
Were 1t only the natives who suffered might stand
aloof and say, they have made their bed let them
lie in it, But even this would be cupalc indifference.
Good neghborhood does not thus do its office. The
sans Of the city of Mexico out of employment and
hungcring for food. Let this fact speak volumes
In the three pawnbrokng establishments of the city,
called Mons de Pedad the last year, there Gs 900
borrowers out of population of 1856 900; $9l2, coo
loaned and $500 900 paid for Its With army
of 700 men, of which $500 officers and debt of
Sl20 900 000 and expenditure by two governments
with but one-eghth of her arabic soil cultivated, and
her mines unworked or ii worked the at the
mercy of the red guereros who infes every OF
intercourse with every of her twenty two States
and six Territories paradng array of conendng forces
and ambitious guerilla chiefs; Cara and yidaurri
alsts of the interior Pesquiera about to Ma
zatlan Alatriste the plains of Apam Camaion,
from Metamoras de Izucar, waiting to besiege Pucba
Blanco in Michoacan : Iturbide in the Bahia Marquee
repulsed from the Puente Calderon around which gather
the combating forces under Mamon, Roche and Degol