Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1867-08-02

DEFENCE OF JUAREz.-NIr. Edward
E Dunton, who states that he has been
an intimate. friend OF Juarez, thus
writes in a communication to the New
York Times:
II is true that Juarez is a pure Indian
OF the TOltec Tace-a people that were
in possession Of Mexico when the Az
tees arrived there. Taking the few re-
naming Toltees as one family, Juarez
can trace a pure lineage, clear ana QlS-
tinct. a great ways further back than
the HapsbUrg ia mily. He comes from
the mysterious regions of Militia Oajaca,
where the winds sweep mournfully
through the stately groves OF cypress
that shade the graves of the kings OF
his ancient peOple-graVes whose dates
are lost in the unknown past.
Juarez was born in 1906. He is short
of stature, thick set, has an intellectu-
al head, something perhaps, OF the
gnarly inits cOnflEu uratlOIIs and though
his face is not handSOme,= 3 good pleas
ing expression frequently breaks
through the grave repose IL usually
wears He has the Spanish polish, dig
nifty and stately suayity of manner in
the highest. degree he is thoroughly
educated in the profession of law, and
his sttiainmeuts are various he never
attempts to speak English, though he
I a
guage, and his reading of tits extensive.
Juarez is probably the best read and the
most solidly informed man in Mexico.
He has a large and exceedingly we'll
balanced intellect, of the high Webste-
rian order of astuteneSs, and though IT
moves a little slow, it moves sure. That
[ he possesses extraordinary decision OF
character and tenaeitY of purpose
that will yield only with death, the enc
mics of the Republic OF Mexico have
no doubt asCertained to their full salts
faction.
In all that constitutes what is termed
| the gentleman, the Indian citizen Juar-
ez was the equal of the deceased Prince
| Maximilian, while in scope of intellect,
solid acquirements and all those quail
| fcations that makes the wise statesman
1 and ruler, the Indian President of the
| Republic of Mexico, proclaimed an out
4 law with price set upon his head, was
/ far above the .so-called- Emperor, the
scion of the royal house OF Hapsburg,
/ A more kind-hearted and pure man, a
/ more. determined, courageous and eX-
1 aIted patriot, ,thanTBenitO Juarez never
! lived. The more / study his history
the more certain am that he will rank
! with ,pOsterity as one of the greatest
men and finest characters of the age,
| and that his career will be considered
the most extraordinary of modern
times
Now that Juarez has saved his cOun-
try and retired from the cares of State,
[ hope he may be induced to visit the
United States. ! shall be most happy
i'll the honor of havinghim as my guest
though he is a fuIl-blooded Indian, and
has red skin.
In this connection will state that I
find itimpOssible to account for the fact
that many newspapers and individuals
in this country, originally prominent
as aboIitionists, staunch supporters of
the war to liberate the blacks, and who
may vigorously advocate their social
and political equality, are the chief
mourners for MaXimiEan and his fall
en- Empire, and the most bitter in their
denunciation of Juarez and the Mexic-
an Republicans, because they are pure
Indians, or of mixed blood and have a
a dark skin