New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-10-21


curty demanded that they sbonld take his life. ard
without listening to bis entr1aties they immeJ teIy
thrust dagger into his heart The whole population
Of tic CT, Oh Mexico has been msyed by this horrible
crime.
The Emperor himself 10 put IN end 20 deeds which.
unfortunately are Of too frequent occurrence ordered
the three mur3erers 10 be brought before a court
martial a. hours after tiey were found guilty, sem
fenced to death and carroct. These three men were
not robbers by profession or education ihey wore
simply sucu.las, acting under the influence
peculiar TO this class OF men. Iley tired their
bands 81 o speculation and did lot succ ed.
There are cases however where he intentions q the
gGoriilas are not 50 pure II T. when they arc ami
mated by O reycngehl lpirt. Then ON sorry 70 say,
the AIT Of stealing and numbering IS ATTENDED By cir
cumstances Of truly shocking cruelty. As az in.
stance Of ;he manner in which guCrras are behaving
themselves when under tie influence Of that
passion, let me relate to YOU the death
Of Bouiflrio Soto, soldier Of the EnpIe.
Sotr. who lives in Tamaulipas had obtained far
Tough. AMI was At home on visit 10 his family when
be was surprised By Victor RAMIREZ ofthe leu'en-
ants Of Esco0cdo who az you know Is gcneTaissiuo
Of s the forces II J1arez in that State. Il RAMIREZ
lad been a soldier, the instinct Of generosity
and military honor peculiar TO that profession
wonld have led him 20 spare the life Of brother
in arms. whose Whole crime consisted in lis being in
an opposite camp Unfortunately, Ramirez is gucril-
Iero and has neither the heart Of nor thnt Of
solder He ordered two horsenen TO tie the legs Of
SOTO 80 ith the reata-a rope which each guerlero
Iies at bis saddle This operation performed, the two
horses were driven at full speed in opposite drec
ton and the soldier OF the Empire quartcrod alive.
These nre the enemies against which the Empire
has now to contend They are divided into four
classes gucrruas arrestine diligences and robbing
Travellers guerrilas breaking open houses and
haccDdas and plla2ng their contentsi guerrilas sur
prisng villages aud cities and putting the inhabitants
under contribution; guerrlas putting their victims
under bonds aud killing them afterwa:d and ruerrillas
giving the tg.ure to their enemies before dealing the
death blow Upon them. l would not swear, however
that any Of these classes s confined 10 single field of
operations that those who steal the highways do not
murder aferward and that those who put cities under
contributions DO not quarter men alive. I an not
aware that any one belonging the profession is moved
BY scyupes Of any Kind or that chine is 10 his eyes,
backer than another All mean is TO describe the
character Of their operations IfaDy class Of guorras
is more yirtuous than another let it come forth and
wash itself of the criminal imputation which sticks TO
certificate ofinnoconce.
These are also instances where several bodies Of gucr
ras band together for the purpose OF surprising and
defeating a body OF Austrians Begians OF 30 OF 100
men, But these never unless the guerriias arc
sure to be FIVE or six against The motives fo these
attacks is also az interested The Austrian and
Belgian troops splendidy armed and dressed they
wear gilded coats and buttons ana the officers carry
gold cpauete and straps The capture of one Of them,
although attended with danger is not without its re-
ward Add to this the spirit OF revenge which embit
tiers the heart Of every good guerrilla the confidence he
possesses in his enormous numerical superiority the
need he has Of ammunition and of good musket the
hope Of getting the coat Of officer or even the
gidod envelope of some Austrian soldier and yoI Will
have explanation of the two or three encounters
which have recently taken place between the guerrias
and MaXimilan's soldiers
l should not omit, however in the enumera.
ton make of she enemies Of the Mexican Empire
the few passive foes who although apparently
unconccrned in the warfare carried on by the
guerrnas are secretly counenancing them and lend.
ing them indirectly, the support of their name and in
dueucc To understand fully the action of these men,
II would be necessary that should pass from ques
ton to another, enter into quite different order Of
Mexican society nteITogate the records Of their poll
tcans and study the history Of 2j years of amentabe
anarchy and bloodshed But as this woud lead me too
far, l will simply make on appeal to our own expert
ence, and say that social and political evils have their
root deeply attached 10 the vital organs Of
society itself and form a part of its orgsni.
zAticu. Please also 10 remember tnat soon after
the million OF Spaniards men Of Spanish
h4d lod in
the virgin soil Of Mexico and putting under the
woke COO 600 Of Indians whom they treated slaves
the invaders and lords of the soil divided themselves
into two parties or casteo-one called Conservatives
oscd OF the landed arsocracy Of the country the
other, Liberals consisting Of men who had not a red
copper under the sun. As it is usually the with
castles who have really in the nation except that
which they take themselves by violence the war soon
broke ont between those who owned everything and
those who possessed nothing. The Conservatives or
landed aristocracy having made the Indian sorf bred
in ignorance and supcrsttution could not of course
rely upon bis assistance to defend themselves against
the Liberals The Liberals, who owned nothing but
who had on their side that boliness which brought
up in poverty often possess knowinethe hepessness Of
the Conservatives, organized themselves into bands
and robbed the latter Of The property. which they had
not succeeded in acquiring IS the Liberals be
onged 70 the poor caste and the Door are always
more numerous and Gudacious than the rich they
obtained the ascendlncy over The rich men, who as
have snid compose the caste Of the Conservatives.
Those who in the power ola flctious majority who
respected neither person nor property and whose De.
vice was booty ana beauty soon were under the
necessity Of making appeal alternately Spain En-.
gland and France.
Thcirapreal heard not because the Conservatives