New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-11-01
iIEXICO.
UNSETTLED CoNpIuoN OF TIE coUNrIl- IL,
s,rroGrEns OF JCAREz-1HE tAlICAL H.
YnrN r.ErY-JUAREZ CHARGED VIII VI
OIATtvG TIE CONSTITUTION.

'' '' CITY OF MEXICO, Oct. 9, 1867.
~o ono lore. who miugles much with tho
Ns;.,. ,Il resident forc guers can tli. to noiice
that tll. prevail, among them. anoS; universally
th ouiuiot tsai this unlucky country Is on The eve
NJ SIN auo.rf civil war and they prove the SINGER
ilv of tie clirion Is acting on 1t. Ihe ais"'u'e
,to,,,o,,rp i General commerce is owing IN part to
the horrible cou,iiion Of the roads, thanks 10 the
,oinv Season, and the neglect of the new government,
end with tt dty season trade Will necessarily ieNN'
somewhat Stili lie unNargin2 staten ent IS th"''
effer eatL foImrr tcNOlution. tie whole county,
f,lipe ,ccifco 81 l,acc for at leat year or i"" re
cam, nj one, alive viii Il; de and eit'ipI'sei Wine
row o feeling at mc,r.aIty about Tie iu'ure u's
rroduce, ral3 lysis which neither bad roads ho' "o
rainy senson car gCcWnt for. Here Is t''''"
financial taking in Of sail in advance Oh lhe S'o'''
N,l.,,t. ave glIrc4t ceased to oder foons rom
Furore = art,iIation oi tie WINTER u'''' >" N
strecte tie viite paieIs on tie mInhcl'eSf '' ''''
m N,>;,,, ode of advertising hOustS 10 leu ans
most frrqt,u sin Tie finest buil"ihN S''' "'''
a. f,c H.. ,,t.l shops are almost empty oil chs
to,,r,s and ,l only thriving trade is in tie portraits
Of Mo>irgi,i.n and ChioJta, which crowd the show
c,ses Of an tie rLotoeIol lists. Iven tie cake
women ~ fr street ccrieIs, aud tie itineTaIt candy
,enders complain that their uadcs have come 10
naupin, ami u,tione,rs report that Inc furniture
finds 10 llCGvis al all In sholt. al AeNico Is econ
onizinc. no,iul mom costly lode'lrS M" chralI'
atauuOnut nNuI,,-. AMI b,tuS i''SE lul = si''."
.Ih- ctGu,pns heretofore eNlitsStU W. IhiN tuii'-
suordpl,, lU i,-ald 90 the Immediate iutult "i HlS
people have rot ,ntlGy ao'"id'd Wiih 'l"i 'itlh
forcbOd,lg. H,t no loIClanti N"n'u a.l "'S'H ~
1frovina sis own conclusions from any gwen stale 81
fsrts in MI. anomalous county,; therefore Il oty
inst 10 yotf readers that they should Know lh' "iu
IONS of tlr 81 l.caus Themselves. t"ltb"1hlfS ~
tftit Own in!uuIu,I ana every Gay S"i'tt'5 Mus
IA, here 10 il,a-e tie allIrIeSiul l"i 'h' I'H"lr
All tits may les concern \oi home l'"'selS Nti!
.s.Ft "A Z
a,noup ttr e., leans aud most fwcleh'lN' thai ti'e
eXu. ciCd civil "aI Viii soon l}lGE aIl'F II uic
ditad,d aud visited for d'feH"0H ~ pc @.'"
States loWciDi interests an" l'''s'i'N i'i'-"l'''
IL Is silu!s,,,, >,nc aisO IN the tinted SiMtS--ie
at Wuik Gee ritit"Nur to ClHg the American
utoplr INTO lrtcI uil tClli2 III NtAltai 1Ht'iN ~ j.
tnrt,,ord fbt this Government will be compelled.
ere Ions So ap.c,r az the market tlJh'r IA NdI'-sl'
or Ia tie 10th, ~ tie American "uStSS i"f "h'li-
can dollars t,a- 70 ont ~ It's ilhtCh lnht. iiu II
is eNituslNlt lvdtEtd that IN NtiluN'S "h liS
urtsent ,uu.,.. 81 IINuE is own pt"li" mao despair
ana revolt. ID rv!'t %" lie ul'i"He q rpo! III 'l.
Can ha! cl-,- rs ben The liir ''n, i"i 'r '''"''
Of the question 8. cthcI american hio1' an" Treasure
shall le luuitU Ut 10 Mexican IiE.iIrlS \"id IV'-
ers Will T. IAaI~, regret tbrh0w tC"iouS l"iIVsS WI"
which youl t.pt,, uideHce viii cIotaNoI impair
tally 10 pcuie to them tHe eAiIa"rdnaI% Pl"'c'"-
mgs now goIrs 0n IA tins country
OF thes, -, ,,utse, The llcslucnlMl tltcil"i 'he
cOriel->tuua 81 iIe iutuIc which Mexico IL huhoiut
up ior lcsst : tnr inst IN interest ana Importance
III dcuiH- "c trst'"is oi The Nv" graz l"i't ~.
ready dcinluyciJ ioimtu, lie C"nsi tt"'dh vas ii
j. beginning y,Iy generally 10 call liSrii aho The
JuAr,t, vii each la Justice be pear i"i us IL
lnaItyeat !. ltci Il Don Juan J"sc Bal, Governor
of Mexico e. gentleman well AID iavtIahly known.
in his lcc,5u ,Aiic, 10 many NcW-lmhrl>L ne Nus
publishes iii u'>t c0ceLt reasons urged Tor Iir Ic-
election Of jhe President. Juaicz was the hlst 10
frame Tie law shoii>ihg the privileges oi the clergy
and tle amy: lac carried ont Tie ltilm laws itoh-
fsCatlIg tie ,hm'h uWri}' Astonishing '"hN'h'S'
cJ pcs,Jlif lax tAr idea of the independence aid
Liberty Cf tie ia;ion; lac hlinly uicIH ihT Irln"-
hcan govclm,u nj: hc never even IN ms th"ht ms
pupos,u !, gttat with the entu5eS Of lis country
Tad Tic most desperate circumstances, tie con
trartCd Ho li .atiDi, whatever toward any l0ItlGu
ma ion; alic finally. win energy and dignity RAE
in the eliza soft and Il, Xlble 81 NJ Acus' ht
made pes haIS the greatest af all saCl1ccs III scl-
ing by tie execution Of NaXnllian Tie tial gulhlN
and future Icac- al Mexico. The iist ocih "i iiir
capiial thu, sguaitN places JuaIcZ on What may ic
cae3 the mdi-i0lelucr. Neutrality-suspicious. pat
1Oim. -. .,., -,
election order OF he President one journal, TIE Ton"
suiHcOpa, tiolgh opposing that Oidei' 3NN"s"lt4
tie rtcieCt O4 0i Juafez. Leaving ouI TIE 1U.l"i
razette winch stdOm indulges IN party loltinl's.
and Two MINOR papers stutCd expressly, ana u -
said Witn Government support, 10 sustain the ud-
mini,uation that journal may be considered the
,JuartZ organ. IL has advocated his rrtlcctlon on
very much tie same grounds Gov. Baz, but Il Las
brought ticm Out more prominently. Iof instance
IL stated that III one time Il hesated between uaitz
and Diaz, but at last decided aRainSt ne iattrr
because he praise and ebtt'lhtd 10y foreigners
In that and The Icss responsible JLaI1St organs. quct
udIOit fee leS nave been put forward ~ ne same
ne Ii lgngiiety 81 aPoSnnp 'mr """ c,
urge mn, ievirafs i'm "I'i
International law, imagining that the ilgII for
eigncr TO protection 10y hls nation against arbitrary
acts o. tlt il authorities, depends not the viii
p0wr of that nation. but on their sovereign consent.
One paper openly urged reputation OF the foreign
debt. and rather iutmttcd that diplomatic relations
with Otiar nations not at all desirable. The
administration. It's far as 1t safely COnld. backed up
ills position of IT'S defenders. The French legation
was permit to be detained here for weeks IN vio
latOn OF modern international uSlges even between
lclligeremts 10y petty suit of some iiate Frencman
The American Legation was politely smu''bed for
presumn mediate IN order To obtain safe-cOndurts
ain is
got them at last. with. I'm justice he u sand the most
Iii l-tOuei COURT sy on applying Tor them, and, 10
that extent, recognizing TINS Government though
only in their characters as private individuals: He
flight of tile Austrian Charge, Baron LagO, without
asking his passports. highly resented and II Is
even believed HAT this Government teegraphed
though too late, 20 have bin arrested.
These childish proceedings may have been dictated
by an exaggerated OF national dignity, natural
in men who for years have had 10 endure SO much
diplomatic insOl,nce from the French authorities.
But by indications of ats Policy in permanent and
more serious measures the Administration sustained
the position of those who supported II as Tie EN-.
b0diineut Of the idea Of national independence
which with the mass OF MeXicans, means the fierce
hate OF foreigners, and everything foreign. which
centuries of Spanish rigor followed 10y diplomatic
bulying by European Powers. and no small amount
of private riscay the part of some of their sub
jects in this county have combined very iOfcby To
impress the Mexican heart; and which, 1t must be
added, their intercourse with Aner1caus, especially
in that quiet and awabidng section the Rl0 GliIide
country has not AT all tended to abate The civil
war here had scarcely closed before the authorities
of Sonora formed the project OF coionHIng the
banks of the Colorado, which enters Mexican
territory near the head Of the Gulf OF California and
the press leicitated the country on the prospect 81
thus having blt IN the mouth OF the American col
Ony about To settle in Lower California. Gen. Ma
raIIio has presented, with the approval of EscObedO
project Tor military colony on grand scale, ana
for MexIcans only, on the Salado. the principal con-
fluent of the Rio CTande above Nataln0rOs In the
only colonization charter granted 10y the President
since his return 10 this captal-Onc dated 10Th sept