The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1864-03-24

the innocent people for the iniquitous
purpose Of maintaining interests and
preserving privileges entirely incompati
bic with the we'll being of the country.
thus, the Liberal party, which, at the
beginning, was small in numbers and
weak in power, became stronger every
day, until, finally, iu tho year 1860, it
had become strong enoug h to crush en-. |
tirely the Church party, and to re-estab.
lsh, it was hoped forever, cons -titutional
law and constitutional government thro'-
out the whole extent of Mexican terrific
ry. This was done without foreign aid,
and even against the sympathies and en-
couragcment of European powers, who
had ever lent all possible aid to the
Church party. AT the same time all the
special privileges of the clergy were re-
pealed, and the Church property was de-
clared to be National, an d was sold to the
people at low nominal price
This latter measure had double OBJ
icct. While the Mexican Government
proposed to disarm the clergy, by taking
from them the princi pal weapon they
had used in their efforts to excite pro,
nunciamen.os and disturb the public
peace, it.desired to render useful to the
country the immense wealth which had
been accumulated by the Church, and
which, be:rg Withdrawn from free circu-
la.ion, and moaopolized by class ipd:s-
posed or incapable of making it product
i've, had only been source of evil, and
perpetual barrier to tie prosperity of the
nation. Thus when it was generally be-
leved abroad that we were at war with
out a plausible motive, only to promote
patty personal ambitions: We were really
| working cut one Of the most thorough
! of revolutions, and ore Of the most nee
essary for the true prosperity Of the peo
pie Of Mexico. s..
1t should be we'll understood that we
have never raised any issue with the
| Church party Of Mexico on spiritual
questions. Our disagreement has been
wholly with reference to temporal affairs,
and has not, in any manner, involved the
dogmas of the Catholic faith.
Che Church party has wished as an
association, to rule the country for their
own advantage. We have sought to es-
! tablish perfect independence between
Church and State, to confine the Church
to spiritual! affairs, and to mike it sator-
| uiua,e 10 the State In temporal .."l.-,s.
Thus, when we Lad reason to believe
that our long civil wars had ended-fo'
we had removed, even to the roots, The
sole cause Of all our past misfortunes-
and that we were now about to ENJOY the
blessings of pcace-the on y thing need
cd by Mexico to become prosperous
pation-new misfortunes Of a different
kind have suddenly fallen upon US.
The Church party of Mexico, seeing
that with their own means it was impos
siblc to make any further resistance, Oh
to fomeut any further revolutions, and
having in view, as they always have had
only their own advantage, regardless OF
the welfare Of the country-rcsol'ed tc
send emissaries to Europe, for the pur
pose of interesting in their favor some Of
the principal European Governments, il
order to be by them restored to power IL
Mexico.
These cmissaries represented that th'
Church party were in favor Of Conscrv
ative Governmental Monarchical Gov
ernmcnt-modelled after the Europeal
system; while the Liberal party were il
favor of democratic institutions, ans
sympathized fully with the views an,
principles of the United States.
On this point the emissarics were right
The Liberals of Mexico do believe tha
, if they can succeed in developing there
the great principles which have mad
, the United States SO great and prosper
. Gus, Mexico viii reach the great end b
, using the same means.
:, !, These emissaries, however, exaggcra'
ed the Influence of the Church party /
Mexico. They said the Liberal Govern
ment of that country was tyranplcal. OF
h only by force; and they even aihrme
= that the mere moral influence of Euroor
o would be sufficient to overthrow 1t, and
5, restore the Church party to power
e They further promised, that after owe
throwing the Liberal Government, II
IS Church party would establish Govern
T. ment which should be entirely under II
= influence of the European nations while
" should aid them in their purpose:
These false representations Of the Ell
"a issaries led to the allied expedition
a France, England, and Spain, which,
IN suming pretexts utterly insufficient a
~ unjust, disembarked at Vera Cruz,
10 December, 1861.
or When the English and Spanish Ger
p. rails and Commissioners, after having
u sided some time in Mexico, saw that
OF state of things in that country was c
CT tirely different from what the Chur
al rarty emissaries had represented to tn
ie- respective Governments, they decld
nst without hesitation to withdraw, "
a. their forces, from the country; and
'ss clear to them was the deception practl'
ear upon their Governments that they tt
'; the delicate step Of Withdrawing tr
l!Q 49, alliance sc tba;r oun accOrd with