Baton Rouge tri-weekly gazette & comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1865-18??, 1867-07-04
THE LAST OF MAMMALIAN.

| W0uld De lnHlcteu upon MIN. As-
| surance seems, from late accounts,
doubly sure, that his brave spirit
which risked 80 much, in the cause
Of nations regeneration, has been
forced, under the bloody hand of the
executioner, to take its flight from
this worlds "wild bivouac of strife, +"
to dwell in incorporeal existence.
In the flower of his days, when flushed
with high hopes and impelled
by noble ambition to serve peo.
pie racked by internecine wars and
connections, he was basely betrayed,
| entrapped and made to bend beneath
the conqueror's yoke, and finally, in
all likelihood, to seal with his best
blood, the proud though hapless
cause to which he had dedicated
himself and for which he had sacri-
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feed SO much.
If it be true that Macmillan has
suffered execution at the hands OF
his implacable conquerors, thrill
of horror will be sent throughout the
civilized world that will cause the
deed, sooner or later, to recoil upon
the heads of Juarez and his myrmi-
dons with vengeance an hundred fold
repaid. The self-styled "Liberalis
tas' will be taught such lessons as
barbarians need to be taught The
travesties they have been enacting
for years upon their high-sounding
though empty title of "Liberal,' have
long since consigned them to the in
fanny they deserve as brigands and
assassins. The elimination of their
misdeeds, 10 the execution of Maxi
milan, is a reproach and iniquity,
which, (if they escape immolation
from their own contending factions),
will bring upon them the united ret
rlbution of nations.
The civilized nations Of the globe
owe it to themselves, to the cause of
humanity and to the peace of the
world, to interpose their strong arm
for the rescue of Mexico from chronic
misrule and anarchy. 1t is slur
and reproach to them that they have
remained thus long mere passive
spectators of such state of things
as have existed in that beautiful
though i'll fated country for so many
years past. The Mexicans have
given repeated and signal evidences
of their total unfitness for self-gov-
eminent. A strong hand, welded
by an enlightened statesman such as
Macmillan promised TO be, with the
power and facilities at command to
compel obedience to supremacy of
authority and introduce a new order
of education and training among the
rising generations Of the country.
might in time bring about an era of
enduring peace and prosperity in
Mexico, which she can never arrive
at if left to the miserable factions
which are continually engaged in
tearing her to pieces.
To give an idea of the number
and variety of dynasties, which have
followed one another in rapid success
sion during the tumultuous epochs
of the past forty-five years in
Mexico, we append the following
list of rulers in that country since
the time of its independence, the
year 1921:
182l-Itu,bide, General in Chief
1922 Iturbide, Emperor.
l823-Generals Guerrero, Bravo and
Negrete, Dictators.
1924 General Victoria. President.
1827-General Pedraza, President.
lS29-Guerrero, Dictator.
Establishments, President,
1882 Pedrazza, President
1835-Santa Anna, President.
Establishments, President.
1S4O-General Fsrinos, President.
1S4l-Bustamente, President.
lS4l-Santa Anna, President.
1919 Retirement of Santa Anna-sue-
cessor not known.
1S44-Santa Anna, Dictator