New-York daily tribune., 1865-10-13

Disfrnnchiscmcut Of sbe PcOns-Dis.
cu.-ion CONCERNING the Workingnnn's
SALARY Possibility Of Large American
Inportatiens 10 mexico-Coasrqnenes
Of Juarez's Fiight-The Growth Of Cot
ton in IIcxico-viciory OF the S""risfs
DISQUALIFICATION Of fJuares-r7iiitmry
Oporntions-A City Roasted Alive by
the Innrists.
From Our Special Correspondent.
Mexico, Sept %. 1865
The Empire is following with an unwaverng
irrnness its energetic career. No other event but
the encounter Of some guerrilla bands, the cap
ture of few mules and horses, the burning and
assassination of few Imporaliss, the arrest OF dii
gences aud the deeds OF few highway robbers. have
during the last fifteen days disturbed It, and checked
Us progress a few homeless and wandering squads
of gucrrlas. amounting perhaps 10 1900 men in ai'
scattered all over the country in de;achmeDts Of 100 10
1000 and half dozen rosing bands Of malofGctors
posted along the rcada Is all apparently, that remains
OF JuaIegs army.
You are aware, / suppose. oi the sad condition ia
which the 20 years Of msrulo in Mexico has
placed the common laborer. Yoa know. and
tie world knows. that so great was the poverty
of the country during that period that most Of
tie aborcrs powed the farms and unable TO support
themselves and their families compelled tn mort
gage their freedom to Obtain tho mose OF bread which
was TO prevent them from starving. This immoral
mortcago-ths alienation OF human rights, Which
places the Mexican laborer in the immediate depend
ence Of master and makes him Ia reality slnTe-,h'
bleeding wound Of whole nation the Empire received
from the Republic and has 10 settle II in some way
How is il going 10 got rid Of III How are the POOR
peor. to be relieved from their present condition. Are
they 10 receive the remittance OF the debts they have
incurred and DO liberated at once. or axe the land
owners to whom the debt due to retain the on IN
bondage tn he has liberated himself b. bis labor This
is the question now discussed In tic pubic prints oi
Mexico As usual in a quarrel between the rioh and
tie poor the Fortunate and the unfortunate, tho poor
peor, have but a very few advocates. Almost every
great and influential paper Of the sud is the side Of
the proprietors Emperor MACMILLAN alone Ii said to
be on the side Of hunanl,y and freedom lie has Sp.
pointed jgHa or committee 10 report on The
relative position Of the emploJes and Of he en-
poyers Of the prom and OF lis MASTER and when the
report is ready a decree will naturally follow The
Marion, ppper Published IN the Ciy Of Merico an
teptlng the decisions OF the Emperor announced the
other day that the debts Of the P,0n bad been RENTED
aud that they woad b,Ieafer be free II any charge
incurred wsrd their employers.
The question Of the Mexican peon has carried along
with IL discussion on wages. People have asked
themselves whether considering the condition ofqnHsi.
bondage OF the Mexican poassntry. II wonla not -
proper fc- the Government 10 protect tbc poor o'ss
and 30 establish a minimum OF wages IL say TIE ad-
yoca,es fthai measure. the ing Is Dow dose tho
land owner continuing take sdvauiagc cfheiT posi-
ton will obtain labor hs cheap a. thes can and The
poor will be made victims of their rspacy. A. labor
is soarco plenty will bc ioand who viii b harpf 10
submit 10 any condition whatever aud TO worn for .
trife The advocatos Of compulsory salary hhVe met
must say, with q powerful opposition. Wages, th'y
aY ays the consequence Of production and
neither Of which can be regnlsted by law. Attic time
Of ths French revolution the National Assembly lie.
erred victory aud victory followed bat soue years later
Napoleon decreed the Continental blows andhs decree
failed Tire fpnatcism of few enthusiasts mh, work
miracles but statistics have enthusiasm and cannot
have any. No law, however wise and provdeht vii
raise the production and the consumption of country
80 n. to establish m equilibrium between them and the
price Of labor Those things have 10 regulate them.
selves. Like the waters OF the ocean they hnc their
own Lowell The Empire by giving an imrnlse 20 ai' the
bran shes OF the national wealth has already brought
about rise In the price Of labor Indians who under
the republic, we're earning tVo shllngs day earn
now twice that amount. A. 10 the immigrant bis
salary runs from el 10 81 30 u day. In little
time when the great works Contemplated b. the
Government III 10 in course of execution whom immi
grafton will hayo received is fgll swing. when Eu
ropeap csutsl viii have taken the route Of Mexico
when public confidence viii be properly established
without any apprehension for the present or the uIare
then the price OF labor will still rise higher aud the Ia
borer will be better remuEoraied. Such are, iD the
main. the arguments used the present controversy
between the friends and the sdyeraries OF the Law on
wages.
These discussions have excellent effect They
prove 10 the first place that there in MEXICO public
opinion Interested In the welfare and advancement Of
the Masses in the seeend place that the Empire Ia fast
approaching that period when the uneasnes produced
by the Aekoring ire OF oiV will altogether cease
aud the work OF peece which the discussion Of these
questions has for its object 30 prepare. will have nll
and uncontrolled sway Rarely. ever. the dncnssioh
Of political questions takes place in period OF ciy war
The fact that they atsted IN the capital OF Mexico
can be but the expression OF sentiment OF security for
the present and Of hope for the future.
In MEXICO the problem u economical questions IL Ger
tainly Of the most ardaons vhoh ever tested tho
patience and sklll Of q Government So greatly have
they been neglected that everything Is tc be done In
that line. A Mexican paper WA PROPOSING tho other
day that property ,hould be taxed $40 oD per AL
num- TO which another paper justly replied thai before
being taxed 20 thai amount it ought 10 bs created In
other words such has been the disorder produced by
the conflicting Administrations. which succeeded
each other during the republican period that there s
hardly any record Of property Ia that hitherto
unfortunate oountry IL then difficult for the Govern
meni TO raise tax upon the soil Also the decree on
taxes which is now IA progress and which will likely be
out on the first Of October next will affect only the
revenue and not the property,