Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1860-01-12
Further Extracts From
THE PRESIDENTS MESsAGE.
NESICAS AFFAIRS.


regret TO inform voH that there has
been no improvement, in the affairs of Mex
leo since my last annual message, and am
again obliged 10 ask the earnest attention
of Congress to the unhappy condition Of
thst Republic.
The constituent Congress Of Mexico,
which adjourned on the l7lh of February,
1857, adopted a constitution and provided
for general election. This took place in the
following July, (l857,) and General Com
onfort was chosen President, almost wi,hou,
opposition. At the same election new
Congress was chosen, whose first session
commenced On the 10Th Of September, ('5O
Py the constitution of 1857 the Prosiler-
tial term was to begin On the lst of Deem
Der, (lSJ7,) and continue for four years.
On that day General ComonfOrt appeared
before the assembled Congress in the city
of Mexico, took the cath TO support the
new constitution, and was duly inaugurated
as President. Within q month afterwards
he had been dIigen from the capitol, and a
military rebellion had assigned the supreme
power Of the Republic 10 Gen. Zuloaga.-
The constitution provided that in Che ab-
sencs OF The President his cGice should de-
volve upon the Chief Justice of the Su-
preme Court, and Gen. COmonlOrt having
left the country, This funclionarY, General
Juarez, proceeded TO form, ut Guahpjuato,
q constitutional Government. Before this
was officially kno IN, however, at the cap
ilol, the government Of Zuloaga had been
recognized by the entire diplomatic corps,
including the minister of the L. s. as The
de tacio government Of Mexico. The con-
stitutlonal President, nevertheless, main
tanned his position with frmness, and was
soon established with his cabinet a: Vera
Cruz. Meanwhile iha government Of Zu-
loaga was earnestly resisted in many parts
Of the republic, and even in the capitol, q
portion of the army having pronounced a
gainst it, its functions were declared Ter
minated, and an assembly of citizens was
invited for the choice Of new President
This assembly elected Gen. Miramon, but
that officer repudiatcd The plan under which
he was chosen, and Zuloaga was thus re-
stored TO his previous position. He assum-
cd if, however, only to withdraw from it,
and Miramon, having become, by his np-
pointnent, "Presiden. Substitute" oontin-
uss, with that tile, al the head of the insur-
gent party.
In my last annual messageI communica-
ted TO Congress the circumstances under
which the late Minister of The United
States suspended official relations with the
central government, and Withdrew from the
country. 1t was impossible TO maintain
friendly intercourse with government,
like that at the capitol, under whose usurp-
ed authority wrongs were constantly COM
mitted, but never redressed. Had this been
an established government, with its power
extending, by the consent Of the people over
the whole of Mexico, resort to hostilities
against it would have been quite juslifable
and indeed necessary. But the country was
o prey ia civil war; and it was hoped that
the success of the constitutional President
might lead to condition Of things less in
furious to the United States. This success
became SO probable. that in January last, /
appointed reliable agent TO visit Mexico.
and report TO me the actual condition and
prospects Of the cOntending parties. In