St. Mary's beacon., 1862-05-08


VI - xsll used TO tAe yoke and pret-
II Ao~uly sesigned to their wrstched fate
o. 8 othm kand. The population Of
Me3iln = nek 200. 900 q 10 generally
belfed. bs,t only sx mil;ieas,- compos-
ed Sfb, 4OO, GOO pure " half-breed Indians
and 400. 900 white men whose blo0d il
md1eE less mixed with lDdians and
r. 11Ho 1nlians Asss 90 sank- IN
ignorssce That In some parts they be-
lisve themselves to be still subject to
Spain, A few thousand Of them drawn
away from their labors by the civil wars
take an active part in the disastrous
struggles which are waged for the ben
eft Vi Eve or six knaves, half Of whom
call themselves Liberals, and the other
half Reactionisis. ALI the rest of the
population, the real people. desire only
to work and live in peace in this coun-
try. which would be great in few years
under q true Government for poverty
is rare and it would be altogether un-
known if there was only better security
for persons and property:
The two PARTIES divide the Sax hum
dred Thousand Mexicans properly so cal
led, pretty equally, the greater part OF
them affecting political passions far enough
/ from their real sentiments. This is cas-
ily understood when it is taken into
consideration that to belong to the de-
feated party is to furnish a warrant Of
spoliation, which the poor victim rarely
escapes. often even suffering death and
one runs the same risks in his own par
ty, if he should be suspected OF any
moderation.
To sympathise with Juarcz and his
Government because they chose to call
themselves Liberals. would be in reality
to approve of state of siege. robbery.
murder, the absence Of all guaranty. Of
all liberty and all honesty. These people
steal from governments rs we'll as from in
dividuals-as witness the SO, 900 belong
ing to France stolen by the Juares Gov
e, nmcnt from the bank of NJ. Penaud.
where the money was deposited. and thu
$3.50 900 stolen by Miramon from the
English Legation. There is some differ
ence in the amounts stolen, it is true, but
the only diff.rence between the thieves j,
the regret on the part of Juarcz that he
could not steal as much az bis antagonist
The choice made by Juarcz Of his Execu-
tive officers shows we'll enough what he is
Por6rio Leon, the Chief Of Police in Mex
leo, is notorious robber. and served sew
en- years in the chain gang for assassina'
'tion-three of them in the city Of Mexic.
itself. He was the plotter Of the recent
attempt on the life Of the French Minis
ter. Saligny. and. by way ofsatisfying th'
complaints of the French Government. b.
has been promoted to be Brigadier Gene
raj. Carvaial. Coellsrd. Rojas and thu
greater part Of the other Generals now &C
lively employed by Juarcs we're mere bri
gauis, and we're commissioned Generals
when they brought their cut-throats to taxi
service with his party. -.
The only thing organized in Mexico II
highway robbery. At every station be
tween Vera Cruz and Mexico q sum o
money i taken from travellers for the ben
eft Of the robbers. 1t is like rcgula'
tax, added to tho price Of passage. Wo
men sometimes have to pay more than mo
ney.
Marques arrives at town and demand
$40, 900 for the defenders Of religion. L
The money cannM be supplied. he shoot'
twenty-five persons, under pretsnce tina
If they have no money it naust be becaus'
they have given it to his enemhs. II
eight days afterwards. Carajal will come
to the same town. and twenty-five mor'
wrs.ches are shot under similar pretence
In one district alone, about the size Of I
French Department. fifteen hundred per
sons have perished iu this manner. Th'
correspondent of the Journal des Debut
concludes bis graphic letter by repeating
that there are no such things as politica
parties in Mexico. There are oppressor
and oppressed. So far as the latter ar
concerned. the oaly difference between tn
former is that one eats them with re.
sauce and the other with black /; and .
the alternative is constantly presented
anew. those Who escape the enc are prett,
sure to fall victims TO the other. Th'
only remedy for this terrible state Of things
says the French writer, is strong govern
ment. under which 1.-The good shall be re
assured, and the wicked shall tremble."