The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-01-16

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ve S note 10 the Eveuement os Paris. {
b. order 10 state some ilcg cOnuecte
IA Tlth his family Sa.ca he preumes 9
n be Of interest to the pu5lie. This pre-
p sumption IS. perhaps, a gr IS Of rep1r.
We lately circulated that the Enpar0
e- llaXimiiian either has adopted, or il
We tends 70 adopt, sn heir spparsui of Jh
OF J imperial name ct u lIrl,ae. as helr pla
q sluPlve of the imperial crown O
le Mexico Toe person selected by plbh
a rumor for that honor Is a son Of SALIVA
is dor, taiTj son Of the Emperor Augustn
l~ and is G9w pursuing his studies at In,
rs college of s. Barbe Ia Paris AuCus.i-
1t z De A-urbide is the lfh and young.
& est son. Coming nearer 10 the l0uudel
IS OF this imperial line. ne probaLR
II thiuks himself more avsilsble person
r for MsXimiiians purposes than the
student Of st Barbe But thefe is shu
IS another brother, Angel, who married
b. q Mexican laay, by Wuom be has son
D. now Heariy taTee years 04 age.
2 Augustine de \ ilrblde, whose -
. mantle Ike snd tl-sl death hare,
even uoge trgn MS ir-rlrI-l station,
& clothed lis name and memory with g
{ pala'a al interest, was @ u.tive % Nsla
Z dolid, in Mexico. lie was OF pure Ia
r ropeau descent, and thia ilcL perhaps
accounts for MS having 50 urst eu-
+ 5racsd the royal or spanish oagsevhen
: the po'iUcsl tgoubles broke Out. The
Mexicau revolution, which was ogigiB-
p ally revolt OF tho aboriginal aud
mixed races, and OF the lower clergy
agains. lHe white race assumed only
IN latter years the phase O. move
meut Tor national independence, il the
sense in which we use that term Unul
10 took that form IL never had any
chance OF permaueU, success. j. took
that shape only when the amb ,ious
natives Of European descent saw ia the
revolution the means % achieving ro7-
or and distinction. lIuru.5e was q.
| FIRST devoted to the cause 0i Spanish
supremacy By his v-lor and cJgIuc.
lie rapidly rose Ia r8ES uuta IN lSi5
he had acquired the command %. the
northern army which occupied the
/ provinces Of Gusnaxutto and Nalado. :
| I'D. st this time hc W-s accused Of i'm I
| fidelity TO the royal cause le was
| acquitted Of this charge; tu. retired I
| from the army in disgust Ht remained I
IN retirement for four years, until iu .
1870 we find him again Iu the deld At I
I this time many OF the principal men in I
Mexico had become thoroughly aliena
ted from the Spanish g1Ter8neut
They determined TO embrace the pa
/ triot cause, aud selected y N.uld.da as
their agent ana leader
AtGuerrero he Joined his forces with /
those Of one of the patr.o. chiefs He
then advanced to lguala, from which
place he promulgated the declaration
which, under the name of She Plan Of
lgua!a, gave the death blow % Span
i5h supremacy in Mexico The objects I
Of this instrument by which the three
main c01tculg ideas Cf The country
were tempo arly rCC0uCiled and com
binld, w5,e .le independent OF hfexi-
co, the protection OF religion. and the
union Of the Mexicaus oil an races Al
the same time an offer Of the crown was
made to Ferdinand VII, or 90 grv 9TH
er member Of the royal family Of SDsin.
When th8 NICerOy ODOn0iu sutss-
qusntly arrived from Europe, he found
the country SO thoroughly United In
support of Nturbide and the Plan of I
lgUala' that he prudaltly resolved 10
abandon the unequal and hopeless con [,
test. He therefore, Cn the 2lth Of Au-
gust, 1921, signed a treaty so Cordoya \
by which he acknowled-ad the indie
pendeuCe Of Mexico. Ytu.biGs hasten.
ed to the capital, ofwhich he took pos
session in the name Of the nation.
The failure Of Ferdinand and of the
other members Of the royal-iamily Of |
Spain 10 accept the tender O. the Mexi.
can crown left the way clear for Ytur-
dide He was the idol of tine peoule-tho /
founder Of the nation. On the 18Th Of \
May, lS2, he was proclaimed Emperor
by the garrison and people of tine c4ui-
tai under the title of AugIstiu I This ,
choice was ratified 10y - out OF gf Of {
the duputies TO Cougres about
half OF the whole number The crown J
was declared to he hereditary in the ,
family O. the Emperor, and the title OF ,
"Priucs was bestowed on his father
and his sons. But his reign was Of /
short duration. Disputes with the Con
gress soon broke out The ambitious
Ulcers by whom he had been support
ed abandoned his CaUz. and couspired
against him. Santa Anna and Nieto-
IIa, with their troops, rose iu inurrac-
ton Even LcbavaTri, the commander. /
in-chief of bis forces. deserted him aHd
Joined the insurgents Atuvoida could
not make head against the general de
feclion. He assembled the dispersed
members Of Congress st the capital and
rendered to them his abGicatiOu OF the
crown. His remuneration was accepted
on the 20Ib Of March. l,3S This w1-
the ommencement Of tie series os vi1-
lent revolutions which have afflicted
Mexico from that day until the &C. I
cession Of Macmillan.
lturblde agreed TO leave Mexico for
ever, and was to receive 8 yearly pen /
sion Of So 0O0 He went % Lerhorn. /
where be resided until the memory of /
his lost dignities stimulated him 10
make an effort for the recovery Of the
Mexican crown He embarked from
Lerhcrn for Mexico on the lIth Of
Nay, 1924 precisely one year from the
day on which he sailed from Vera Cruz
Such was his confidence in his popular.-
ty, that he landed at Soto Ia lIarino in
the State Of IaIaaulipas, with but sin
gle attendant He was Immediately
arrested by Felipe de Ia Cara, the com
mandant Of the State, and sent 20 Pa
dilla, the provincial capital The Leg .
stature, fearful, perhaps, Of the elect
of his presence upon the public, or !
dered him to be Immediately executed, /
and the sentence was carried into effect /
without delay.
But this severe measure did not de-
slroy his popularity No other name
has so strong a hold on the Mexicansa as
that of Iturbide. He seems to be re.
gsTded rather as a martyr and o patron [,
saint than as a usurper and q criminal
Theatres, and public squares, and hotels /
are named after him and no oro
ventures 70 cast Gpprobium on his
name or his memory. It isperbaps on
account Of this fact, as much as of the
odor OF imperialism hanging around the
name Of Gtur5ide, that Maximilitu has
resolved TO adopt one OF his descend
ants rs heir 70 the crown Oi the newly
established empire.
IHE CoTEBEEArE CoL-STls Mvfco-
Letters written 10y General Sterling
pr.ra on 4ha 4nsL ,F n.-....T.a- E.... f.