Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-10-30
THE FUTURE OF MEXICO.

Ouukly q 1919 4
md allowed once more to enjoy the rights
self government. The near approach
u such an event naturally raises the ques-
ion What nexts
There is a strong propensity abroad to
Jump to the conclusion that the future Of
will be just like the past, and that
he withdrawal Of the European invasion
s to bring back the same condition Of per-
,etual uncertainty and anarchy which
before, and which has pade Mex
can politics q by-word among nations.
The European press, which seemst to know
Of the MsIicans, except that they
DO n pay well, assumes that all things
.re to fall back into their old channel, %
loon as the empire is deposed and the re-
restored. A considerable number
Of our own journals are 80 much in the
habit Of adopting the facts and beliefs Of
their English exchanges, that they do not
take pains to examine for themselves the
actual condition Of this nearest neighbor
Of ours, with those affairs our own welfare
is so much involved.
These unfarorable anticipations - to
the future Of Mexico are formed BY lsav-
ing out two important elements, which
have recently become parts Of the problem.
Two srea, political changes have occurred
which vitality affect the prospects OF the
Mexican republic. The hrss is the extinc-
ton Of the slave power in this country,
and with it the whole Of the 6llibustsring
element, and all desire for the acquisition
OF Mexico as an extension Of slave terri
tory.
Our Government is now bound to the
great principles of international justice
and self-respecs, put forth BY Washington
and Monroe. The people Of tho United
States can now see how greatly they are
interested in the true welfare and healthy
growth Of = sister republic on the border,
and will demand that our whole influence,
in every legitimate way, shall 60 to build
up the Mexican nation in all that makes .
people great and happy. Instead Of vain
regrets tina, General Scott did not n
the whole country, or at least establish an
American dictatorship, as he might have
done, i, is a matter Of congratulation that
the available territory Of Mexico remains
entire, with its vast mineral wealth and
other resources, to become the home Of .
noble nation. Il is now no longer rea-
sonabls to take into the account any pos
,ibls interference Of this Government,
either hostile or friendly, to prevent the
Mexican people from working out their
own destiny az they may now work out
for themselves, after being restored to their
Just rights Of self government and the
peaceabls possession Of the fine country
which belongs to them.
The other condition Of new import is
the change which has taken place in Mex
leo itself. The invasion has taught the
Nsxieans . now lesson a. to the impor-
lance Of Union among themselves. BY
showing how helpless their disssnsions
made them against any invader. There
is hardly q case in modern history where
. civilized nation Of seven millions, in .
country so admirably constructed for de-
tense, has so fsebly withstood an unjust
invasion. With the exception Of the
gallant defense Of Puebla, they hays
been driven like sheep from every city
and province to which the invasion eI-
tended. Yet the name Of Puebla will re-
main to all time A. . proof that MeIicans
are both patriotic and brave. and fully
capable of standing together in defense Of
their country when once they are con-
sciously freed from the organic difficulties
with which they have been bsset. The
whole Of this long and drsary captivity
has been to thsm, as the Babylonish exile
was to the Jews. . school Of patriotism,
weaving them from idolatry and warning
them against disunion. Then the chief
source Of their disssnsions. disorders and
distractions has been taken away BY the
generalization of the Church property.
The Bishops have no longer the means Of
rswarding Adventures for o~ysrturning the
Government. The Priests, having nothing
to depend on but the good will Of the
people, will themselves become patriotic
and examples Of submission to the laws.
The Juarex Government which has
proved both its capacity and fidelity,
although not now strictly constitutional
in form, has been found too ssryicsable to
Do abandoned. and is accepted I'D interim
BY the great body Of the people. owing to
the confused state Of the country. which
has rendered it impossible to 60 through
the form Of an election. It il reported
BY the friends Of General Ortega. who
il now in the city Of New York, that
they do not mean to attempt Q rsyolu.
tionary movement in his favor, pro-
yidsd they can depend upon having .
regular constitutional election a. soon ~
the authority Of the republic il restored.
The forty years in the wilderness which
Mexico has undergone has had Its value
as q discipline for the exercise Of national
functions. The advance in education and
in general intelligence among the people
has besn very great. A large number Of
Msxicans have bsOn in this country with
in the last few years, and have bsnt their
attention to the study Of our institutions,
on purpose to learn, for the benefit Of
their people at home, the reason Of the
difference between the two countries in
the results Of thsir Independence.
The bitterness Of feeling which was left
in Mexico by the war Of 1886 has been
greatly allsysd, and the pr.judicss which
our returning army p~ropagatsd in this
country have been much ~mitigatsd, 90 that
the two peoples are prepared to cultivate
. ys.l alika honoy.h1. .aa -.