New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-06-08


allowed reigion' IL was the insignia upon her Dan
ner she had gone nack TO the parent OF her IAN
guage for lts inscription, ~ Hoe Stgno ptnces,''
and under Ihese signs she went forth to conquer
and conquest. That banner seemed to follow the
fields Of gold and gems, Of fruits and fowers-the
direction OF the cross seemingly lead only to fields
Of richness and repose. America was to pass the
ordeal Of its teachings and example, and have
said Cortez reared it in Mexico. 1t was here to
take the place Of whatever was found dedicated
to the worship of the ideal or true God. This was
a land of idolaters; they worshipped in temples
had affairs devoted to human sacrifices; they wor-
shipped images in gold and silver in carved rock
and sunburnt clay. They lived life of supersti-
ton, and the mythology OF their belief was natural
and 10 ther untutored minds, without the light"
sacred ana sincere.
ouch was Me1lco az the time OF her subjugation
by ooftez. having burned his vessels to cut of
an nope y escape-1o oestfoy al contemplations
OF the return OF MS companions IN arms-he made
.hem 70 ies tnat tne value OF their lives lay in the
defense 10 ene oeatn. AT TINS period all communi-
eatloh pesWeen 'he coast ana City Of Mexico was
conveyed on 1901, and yet SO perfectly and well
arranged were 1he posts and relays, that within
twenty-iour hours OF the spaniards landing the
98s8
"fhen was 1eit the shock OF war, the jar of ele-
nien's. ~ ~ one aay' WIN az the trained en-
hghtenmeht OF mind II De yet startled by electric
nasnes q sudden events, what must not have been
the excitement produced at the hitherto secluded
lndan sapi'a, Wneh ~ ~ announced tnat mere
were ''lair ana pearaed strangers on the coast"
with weapons that mocked the storm With hre
anu .nuhuei' .ne ram WIN IRON, sweeping all De-
n He
speak ana destfoy al the VIII OF man." The horses,
the nrst eser seeh y Mexico were reverenced for
their tractapleness 70 the strangers and regarded
~ pa.a 4 sl,eni niiica u they couid Use q dls
pense WIN a' p,easuie. my were very cehtaurs
M tlls ~ iiall,e nihus =, w people. ou
persn''oh iiau ,'unu an any .na' a"afIeo Iheir
| temples ~ seiieu tueif sous.
| Inc adroit ana Wiiy opaniafd iel1 nothing I'M
done 70 heighten tne superhuman innuence which
he found might be instled into their superstitions
minds, and BY thus subduing, mould them to the
direction Of his own will and power. he made
| them to believe that he could control the ele-
ments-that he could bring famine upon their
land-that ne could destroy them from the face OF
the earth, and consign them to eternal torment.
At the head Of less than 1000 Spaniards an empire
| of millions trembled with awe. They imagined
1 tuat SuoAi pSihoo AAhi5ht ~ upi4ui.ouS ouu hCu
/ panic stricken from the swaylng Of storms lest
these were but the presage Of some new act in the
| grand drama ordained and to be enacted by the
| wondrous and wonderful strangers. 1t was repre-
sented to Cortez that il was impossible for him to
obtain an audience with the august sovereign
that he was pleased that the strangers had visited
his country, and that as an earnest of his good
feelings, and in return for the honor Of the visit he
sent him an immense heap OF gold and presents OF
great value. Montezuma imagined that this would
apPease the ooiiosAy anu saus'y .he opaniaFos J
ana 'hat lley Wouiu =. once iease lne country.
out aroused tne cupid'ty, ana enkinoied the hres
oi aSarice' WINCH ~ Tue strongest passion that
pufns IN the spanish heart' save that OF revenge.
Ihey would explore country that could load
them with such munihcent wealth.
i With the slender means at his command
scarce above the munitions of an American
revenue.cutter, and at the head OF force te
which was opposed more than thousand te
one, the daring soldier lett Vera Cruz for the
City OF Mexico. will not stop to recount his
conflicts ere he reached the capital OF the de
thronlng and numbering OF the KING ms destruc
ton OF their temples ana gods ana more of the
conquest than Simply 70 REMARK 'hat tne lattel
was compie.e anu .ne ior,her carried ior"are