The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1860-01-12
NO. H.

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storing our diplomatic relations With that
republic. For this purpose distin-
cuished citizen Of Maryland was selected,
who proceeded on his mission on the 9Th
Of March last, with discretionary author.
4 ityto recognize the e vcrnment Of Pres
ident Jusrez, if on his arrival in Mexico,
he should 6nd it entitled to such recog.
| milton, according to the established prac-
! tice of the United States. o the 7th Of
April following, Mr.. McLsne presented
his credentials to President Juarez,
having no hesitation sin arououncins
the government Of Juarez to be the only
existing government Of the republic. -
lie was cordially received by the nuthor-
tiles At Vera Cruz, and they have ever
since manifested the most friendly dispo-
sition towards the United States Un-
happily, however, the constitutional gov
ernment has not been able to establish
its power over the whole republic. Itis
supported by large majority Of the
people and the States, but there are i'm
portant parts of the country where it can
enforce no obedience. -....
Gen Miramon maintains himself at tho
capital; and in some of the distant
provinces there are military governors
who pay little respect to the DEGREES Of
either government. In the meantime
the exccsses which always attend upon
civil war, especially in Mexico, are con.
stantiy recurring Outrages of the
w'rt deseril tion are committed both up
on persons aud property. There is
scarcely any form of injury Which has
not been suffered by our citizens in
Mexico during tho last few years We
have been nominally at peace with that
republic, but $50 far as the interests of
our commerce or Of our citizens who
have visited the country as merchants,
shipmasters, or in other capacities, are
concerned, we might as we'll have been
at war" Life has been insecure, prop
erty unprotected, and trade impossible,
except at a risk of loss which prudent
men cannot be expected to incur. I'm.
portant contracts, involving large expen-
ditures, entered into by the central gov
ernment, have been set at defiance by
the local governments. Peaceful Amer.
lean residents, occupying their rightful
possessions, have been suddenly expelled
from the country, in defiance Of treatise,
aud by the mere force of arbitrary pow
er. Even the course Of justice la. not
been safe from control, and a recent de.
cree Of Miramso permits the Intervention
of government in all suits where either
party is foreigner. Vessels of the
United States have been seized without
law, and consular officer who protested
."s"'ast such seizures has been fined aud
imprisoned for dlsrespcc, 10 authorities.
Military contributions have been levied
in violation OF every principle of right,
and the American who resisted the law.
bly taken k1T away, sf, and and has been himself
banishcd. From a conflict Of authority
in different parts of the country, tariff du.
ties which have been paycd in one place
have been exacted over again in another
place. Large numbers Of our citizens
have been arrested and imprisoned with.
out any form Of examination or any op.
por:unity for hearing, aud even when
released, have only obtained their liber.
ty aftor much suffering aud injury, and
"''"ous SSy ooPS VA 'SuiSss'
The wholesale murder of Crabbe and
his associates without trial in Sonora, Us
well as the siezure and murder of four
sick Americans who had taken shelter
in the house of su American, upon the
soil Of the United States, was communi.
Gated to Congress at its last session.
Murders of still more atrocious charac.
ter have been committed in the very
heart Of Mexico, under the authority OF
Miramon's government, during the past
year. Some Of these were only worthy
of a harbarous age, and, if they had not
been clearly proven, would have seemed
impossible in a country which claims to
be civilized. OF this description was the
brutal murder in April last, by order of
General Marques, Of three American
physicians, who were seized in the hos
pital at Tacubaya, while attending upon
the sick and dying of both parties, and
without trial, as without crime, were
hurried away to speedy execution. Lit
tie less shocking was the recent fate of
Ormond Chase, who was shot in Topic on
the 7th of August, by order of the same
Mexican general, not only without trial,
but without any conjecture by his friends
as to the cause of his arrest. He is rep
resented as young man of good charac.
ter and intelligence, who had made nu-
merous friends in Topic by the courage
and humanity which he had displayed on
several trying occacions, and his death
was as unexpected as it was shocking to
the whole community. Other outragcs
might be enumerated, but these are sutf-
cient to illustrate the wretched condition
of the country, and the unprotected con-
dition Of the persons and property of our
citizens in Mexico.
In all these cases our ministers have
been constant and faithful in their do.
mands for redress, but both they and this
government, which they have successive
ly represented, have been wholly power
less to make their demands effective
Their testimony in this respect, and in
reference to the only remedy in which,
in their judgments, would meet the exi-
eency, has been both uniform and EN-.
phatic. "Nothing but manifestation
of the power of the government of tho
United States (wrote our late minister
in 1866, and Of its purpose to punish
tbosa uronoa will avail aseura Won