Natchitoches union. [volume] ([Natchitoches, La.]) 1859-1864, 1862-04-10
For the UNION.
Me xican Affairs.

| az oui o"A dhditS, bHdb HOSt pc
sons look with profound indifferene
upon the great events now transpirin
ID the neighboring republic Of Mexie,
A new chapter Of history is there oper
ing. The triple alliance of France
England and Spain, has sent lis fleet
and armies there, ostensibly to enfore
pecuni1ry claims, but with a fixed dc
sign undoubtedly Of putting an EN-
to the anarchy and civil war whicl
have SO long desolated that beautiful
but unhappy country. Their armies
| are already ON their II arch to the ca
pital. This interference by one go
vernmcnt with the internal affairs o1
another independent State, is a new
thing on the American continent. moi
can any American government long
regard it with Indifference. In what
will this invasion end It is believed
by many, and, in fact, it is openly af-
drmed by the European papers, that
the ultcrior object Of the alliance is to
erect monarchy on the ruins of the
republic. The Mexican crown, it is
said, has been offered to an Austrian
Arehduke, with the guaranty IF support
by an army Of occupation
When the people of Mexico threw
of the Spanish yoke, they modelled
their constitution after that of the
United States But they understood
Of the principles on which re-
publican institutions can only be safely
based. They had the form of a free GO.
vernmcnt, but where was the spirit
which alone can give it vitality ? Nor
could it be reasonably supposed they
could have it. They hal always lived
and been borne down. under q most
grinding despotism. Instead of en-
tightening the masses with political,
or, indeed, with any kind Of knowledge,
it had always been the policy of the
spanish Government to keep them in
ignorance, believing it the only way
% keep them in colonial vassalaee
Since Mexico declared her indepen-
ience, she has been ruled by dema.
goguas, who sought only TO aggrandize
Revolution has succeed
ID revolution, until she has become a
'y.word and reproach among the ma
ions-her commerce and agriculture
ave made no advance-hcr highways
re filed with robbers, and there is
mt little security for either property
+ life. It would probably have been
etter for Mexico, had Iturbide been
bic to consolidate the empire he es.
ablished. Such people require, in
rder to he prosperous, a strong go
crnment sustained l. ~ military
over Contrast her destiny with that
t Brazil, governed by constitutional
onarch the one degraded, and now I
rerrun by foreign armies-the other
eaceful, prosperous, happy at home .
nd holding high rank in the family !
nations. AL the South American t
,ates, except Brazil, have been con- '
antly rent by anarchy and civil STRIFE !
I'd offer but sad commentary on the |
ability and intrinsic value of repub- s
;an forms of government. In this n
untry, they may last and secure the y
shts and happiness of the people, :, =
ey will endure until corruption has un- b
mined the public virtue, until an en- d
rged patriotism has given place to .,
ivefsal thirst for power, and then it =
II be found there arc not many steps ts
be taken between republican and b
perial forms of government, and W
re will always be enough of military G. g
eftalns to take such steps. A new
ler of things has begun on our con- &c
ent--and before many years have al
ssed away, every State will modify -,
forms OF government, giving greater -
ength to the ex cutive branch, and al
rowing the circle within which the in
'ple's powers revolve. So it has |th
IN in every age-"power is always n
aling from the many to the few" II
ny should Americans hope TO escape be
operation OF general law by which RI
1ost every democratic form of govern DC
Mt has been transformed to an oil ~
rchy or to tyrant. The public in
rails debased by the arts of ambi-
US and corrupt citizens-the people, w
order to escape the evils IF anarchy, ~ -,
glad to yield up the right of self it
7ernment into the hands of military 10
tators who rivet on them the chains Me-
political slavery. "ii vi