New-York daily tribune., 1865-11-08

GROSS II dcporabc influences OF this institution are
40 obyoas ,qnd It's effect upon tho prosperity Of Mexico
so arino tho Government conld not help taking
into consideration 1t alone can have in fact. the IN
dependence and Ihe power required to DO away grad
nal n mot Immediately with peoRage All tho pro-
cedent Goyernments who were more or less the
instruments of the arSocracy OF the land were 10,
terested in maintaining the peon IN bondage ana
in Increasing tue weight of his chains. Beside as
ese Governments were always engaged In civil war
they have neither the tune nor inc VIII 70 .G,nh U
emane pating race whose ignoranoe anu H 20
were essential 10 I'LL their ranks WIN so'ue'' a" '"
contribute to their elevation.
Bnt ve have inst said the Emperor has the power,
and moro than the power. the desire 10 put an esu "a
pcona2e and TO restore 10 the indian Dis "nu
nde neniencc the two best and most useful atrDnies
OF human nature when well used Inc intehtiofs oi
the Emperor that question are SO wen hno"n .na'
they subject OF Conversation az o'e G % no, ion1
The newspap1rs themselves intinaie ~ ana noI ions
since the Esafee published in the city OF Mexico, a
nouDced that law was soon to make s haon
thoroughly disfranehising the Indian. & has a,
the signal of controversy. long and arden'
the defenders OF the Indians aud the supporters vi %
landowners which will sum up as briefly rs possible
According TO the testimony OF their iriends anu we
tenders the Indians engaged on an baclenda OF pata
ton wOIk IL hours day. rise early, sing prayer ~
common retire late after sunset pray again ana 20 W
bed Their labor on tho hacienda Is paid - Genus q
day sometimes they have be assisted by their WIVES
and children 10 order to make that much WIN ths
tTining salary they have to board themselves. !le!
wives and children. pay for their houses, pay ~"
priests who absorb good portion OF their earnngs'
and fill I'D their houses with saints whom they Worsuip
The Indian unfortunately for him. Is stu an luoalet
like all oppressed races nc IL eihhIn.'y suPI i '
ne in extend more money for the object OF ms @'oI
ton than Tor his want; the priest whose interest ~
Is TO foster such sentiments conntenances insteau %
checking inclnatons TO idoatry ana exeites " n n,
prediuat!on and advice. IN Imagination alfcauY too
prone indulge In all the excesses VI Dhnu WORSHIP
When an Indian morries he has to pay twenty aol
lars TO his priest; when be baptHes GNU from ~ .se
To dollars; a this money IS advanced 10 hh ~ tuo
Iaciebda Sometimes his salary 10 paid IN corn wncn
k sold to him higher than the current price. ine me
IgciendG sells also 10 him the articles composing us
dress and that Of his family and makes very manu-
some profit on them The little cash he receives gVer
into The hands the AaeieHdndo or purser, VINO se's
also brandy. soap candles. &c 10 hnc hls artlcies o
inc udne the candles he burns before the
images and gnres OF saints he worships in certain
the Indian laborer Is pat In prison ana chahtd
and sometimes whipped This severe punishment is
frequently Inflicted by the hecieddado ni'nsen wIhout
right or authority In some instances, " Is ordered pI
the Alcaldo Who in most OF the cases 's Ia secret 'ei
ligeuce with the landowner or planter Other acts oi
atrocious cruelty and revolving doOauchery arc also
perpt by the same class of landed arlsocracy
against the Indians. To them are ettrbated the ge,
nunf er .f runaway Indians and gucIrlas VINO nave
at III times Infested the country ana VINO revenge
the m elves by robberes and murders o the sE1eFings
| they have endured with their masters.
These are In the main. the chief arguments used by
tie advocates of the rights OF the lndiansi arauous
labor without adequate reward IN tne m'JoTHy vi
eases. priv ion Of ns freedom moteaeed % Tue Ad'.e
dado Tor debts speculation by the iaIer upon ihe Jew
articles he purchases speculation by the priest upon
bis ignorance and supersiiiioni hnaly III tred'Deit
aud oftcBtmes crney exercised toward MIN anu MS
family by his employer.
II i, ouyious that any race Of men. however great
nav Le thicr Intelligence cannot sh0w itself IN very
favorable light under the trcpe weight OF superstition
serfinm and of barbsrity Also the indians are nj
II cied with many vices none Of which could not he
corrected under the influence OF freedom and eoou
training lie Is lazy. hypocriticAI ana iilse bat nis
defects ore the Consequence OF oppression thagt nis
soca status aud he viii lose his vices a1d acquire the
virtues o his race. which are quick conception, GOOD
memory a natural aptitude for all mechanical arls,
INN gNI oh.
/ the possession Oi which u always charsc"iNte VI
great innate Strength. The Iudan race, whether oil
rnrc or mixed blood has pIoduceda snihcient number
Of distinguished 10 show what At would become IN
he middle OF al atmosphere Of independence ana Heo
dom. ,,r
actual condition ~ tho Indians rest the shoulders OF
thc property holder, and oi the conqGcriug class IA
general constituting toe nrstocfaos OF The laod coul
not ui Cour,c remain nnaDswetcd. w .atcFrr NAV DC
said and believed ~ the power and influence ~ cemoo
acy the pcpondcrnnce II arstDcrncy every society,"
let hat sociriy be governed by m0nArchicll OF fepu1
iosn Institutions Is fact whieh II Nouid be diincnlt
TO deny altogether And By sIisiocracy do Tot m
dcrsiand. merely class whose privileges bayc been
perpotuarcd from generation To generation down 10
the present time but that class which rises suddenly
through wealth. or other ncident, of fortune, above
ufhcs In Mexico the arisiocrHcy has, Ike that OF
Spain and England il ancestry aud Tulcs by Tho priv
icgy both of rank and fortune The number OF those
who have becu recently admitted into IT. rnnks fe
CON pfrativey few They consist nostv 0 toe wealthy
hacic,dados AID landonGers Of some mcmbors OF iho
mag eistatuic. and of some military men. The estab
lsLncnt Of the Empire by exciting the cmuin0n ot the
middle.cass aud by Offering simuiauts 10 personal
ambition will no doubt swell It's ranks and maze it
sill more potent than ~ is low.
IT. Justice Mexican arist0cracy, must say TINT II
has thowu hbeTaty ana Justice IN the treatment
of it, servants than most Of the arstOcraces similarly
situated. IL has In many instances aEcn the initia
tive Of concessions, the effect 81 which nas been TO
maintain among the puro and hathreed Indian eer-
tain degree Of intelligence and OF sctrcspcct seldom
mel among the oppressed oginstanee u has allowed
each kdcedG plantation 10 have lts school, IN Nlcl
l IA. fr.V aNf
schools are esablscd IN virtue OF law aud the teach
en- appointed by the JFtd counsel OF instruction. but
the silay Of the tcachers tho books tie hbTal the
.ufr .urc aud The binding al the expense of the
landowner. Tie Indians who are compelled 10 work
thoir children for living. and who cannot in cor 50.
qurnce send them t0 school the whole time are nade
to send them there two hours of tine day.
BE do these expenses tue hiticaGd, which is small
yalc OF il-elG and occupies. IN Mexico. me poson
of ou township pays nearly all toe taxes II mas 70 at
tend 20 the repairing Of The roads ana Oi TIE bridges
surpofs TIE army and the Clergy. and bears IN fact
ue.ry the whole burden OF The expenses Of IN. nton
m exchange for those charges. the yOu Will per
cr,s ~ those existing ~ countries governed eXelu-
sivcn by q landed aristocracy. the owrers OF the
hacrts havo atbuted 10 themselves all political aud
social rights and privileges; II l. them aud not The
people wao have hitherto made IroasHet1meH'os and
revolutions appointed public officers, desgnaed those
VINO had be- removed and supplied TIE parry 10 Whpn
h,c belonged with the resources N mcn ana arms 10
ar on civil war and TO to II tAe success neces'
sau 10 their ambitious designs.
such are tue Advantages which the hocfea9ndo has
dei iyc1 from bis position. Beng tdc exclusive owner
of t. soile las aimed 40 beng the exclusive manager
of ulbhc Affairs. lie has iacd ls WI. idl hl classes
Of exclusive in their ideas of government proud
and elf N. Asto tho lndiRn--thc real owner o the
so-Lo has been treated as heot hind oil ooast OF
buidcr on the back VI which has weighed al tho Ia.
bor. of the soil passive instrument In the hands Of
The white whencyoIse plays part IN Tie bloody onds
o'lis country, i sfNat OF nesh nor powder nc Was
an chcd 20 the musSet 10 the plowto IRE the one
aud drive the other without having tha freedom Of
choice or The permission to utter word. Inc few |
men OF hs class who make exception 10 TINS rule nnd
oh, r.,srd 10 enineuce being overwhelmed by this |
NARA unabIe % their nssst.