, 1860-04-05

The April number Of tile Atlantic llputl}u
contains m article on Mexican affairs, in
which Sonic attention is given to the fact that
Gen. M!ramcn, whom We have been instructed
To regard rs an enemy both TO his own country
and ours, is always successful and Juarcz, tic
so~caued Constitutional chief almost always on
the defensive mud always dclcatcd. 1t must
be admitted flat this circumstance las not ya-
ceived tho attention usually accorded to SUCCESS
IN our day and generation, and it is catit!cl to
the more notice il it be true, rs stated by the
Atlantic, that Miramon has given evidence Of
restlTeness under the rein Of Tie. Church, and
signified purpose to be the ruler rather than
the ol Of the priests. The Atlantic holds,
very justly, That nothing is wanting to make
Mramou omnipotent from Yucatan 10 Sonora
but the appearances Of foreign regiment cs-
pousins tile cause of Ills enemies.
II is not Impossible that Anglo-Saxon opin-
ions hare been abused with respect to Mexi-
can politics. 1t is not impossible that the M.
5ority Of native Mexieans are with Miramop
notwithstanding the harsh names we have
given him, and the unpopular elements which
seem to be cooperating with him. We llayo
been sclooled to believe that he is the incar-
nation Of rricslcraft and despotism in the
aeighboring republic, aud that whatever Of
free principles 1as survived the wreck Of revo-
lutioa III tl,at quarter, is c,trcncLed behind
Juarcz' s lines in Vera Cruz. And in the sym-
patty Which tllls belief has created we have
been quite ready 10 justify tho late capture Of
Miramon's S steamers or il not to justify to feel
well pleased with the fact that the besicsing
force has been thus decisircly crippled. Per
laps this opinion is correct. 1t bclooy:s
those who say it is not, to show US that ne
have been mistaken. Nevertheless it is wor-
Thy Of remark and reflection that tue channels
Of information between this country and Mcxi-
CO hare been almost wholly in possession Of
the Juarez party: that all Our diplomatic rcla-
tlons have been cementcd with the same inter-
est, aud that we have accustomed ourselves to
read and believe only one aide Of the contro-
versy. The single fact which comes in to dis
turb our logic is, that victory percfes On Mira.
mons banners, and that Juarez is at last pretty
much driven to the wall.
The attitude Of the C1ited States towards
Mexico-the attitude we hare borne towards
her ever since the failure Of aaron Durr's
great Southwestern schcme-is ALSO quite ls,-
cidly discussed in the paper to which we refer.
Yet there remains bccloudirg our knowledge
Of Mexico and its politics. such a
lack Of facts authenticated mud indisput-
able, that we havo scarcely anything
to constitute base limo for arriving at Just
policy towards Our sister republic That size is
torn to pieces with factions and impoverished
With one-horso revolutions her cAief.
tains arc "prononncipg against each other
with unexampled fury: fighting ploodless bat
ties, sacking empty towns aud robbing each
other Of specie whenever either party las
managed to raise the wind-this constitutes
about the maximum Of our knowledge Of Mex
acan politics. VIII not some one, who has
access 10 such sources Of information rs nav
exist in the United States, siye Is compend
Of Mexican history during the Iast four or
FIVE years?