The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-12-28
Tho Condition Of Mckee.

Tho Condition OF Mexico.
Mexico, pursuing the ordinary il not even
tenor Of her way, is In the full enjoyment Of
another revolution. Apparently, this revolu-
ton Is very mushroom as regards the
rapidity Of its growth. Some one "pro-
nounced" at Merida, in Yucatan, on the 10th
instant What he pronounced or why he pro-
nounced it are facts Of such small moment that
they do not appear. he may have disliked the
way the Governor carried his cane or cut his
beard. Perhaps his beefsteak was spoiled.
He was determined that there should be
change. and he pronounced" His pronun-
citation was acceptable to the people. They
preferred 1t to law and order and peace. They
prefer anything to law and order and peace in
Mexico. This preference, therefore, does not
necessarily indicate that the pronunciamiento
was prime article. It received, however, an
almost universal support" and the Governor
saw good reasons for sudden departure from
his official residence. Now that seventeen days
have elapsed, the revolution has possession
Of the State-holds the capital and the sea-
ports-and has proclaimed . dictator, who Is
none other than Santa Anna, that veteran
moth who has tempted fate in the flame Of so
many revolutionary candles. Santa. Anna is
hourly expected to arrive "with men and q
million dollars" and put himself at the head
of the movement Perhaps, after all, 1t is the
very revolution that he went to lead and that
so unfortunately hung fire some months since.
Santa Anna is expected and while the Next
can Congress in Mexico city is hearing the
congratulations of Juarez on the re-establish-
ment of peace, the proper officials are prepar-
ing at Vera Cruz a military expedition for the
assertion Of the authority of the republic in
Yucatan.
1t was falsely reported short time since
that there was revolution in Durango There
was none. 1t was mere dispute. Don
Tomas Borrego and Don Francisco Palacio
were candidates for the Office of Gov
crnor. OF course they were both elected.
This happens in republics. Palacio. by way
OF argument then had Borrego dragged from
his bed and put in jail-either because he was
elected or because he WAS not. Borrego's
friends went to the Jail and seem to have made
some noise, and the Jail guard, excited by such
outrageous proceedings against the peace of
society, opened fire, to the material damage Of
Borrego's party. In Guanajuato also there
were two candidates for Governor, one named
Don Leon Gusman, the other Antillon, gene
raj. One DON Encarnacon SeMano had the
impudence to suffer a demonstration to be
made in front Of his house in favor Of Gusman,
whercupon General Antillon, that the freedom
of opinion and elections might not be com
promised, forthwith incarcerated the said
Serrano. 1t would be an outrage against the
J dignity and peace Of the Mexican republic to
argue that there is a revolution in the very
State OF Mexico, though 1t is no doubt true
that within less than hundred miles Of the
very edifice In which the Congress of the
republic has just listened to the message Of
Juarez, which claimed much for Mexican
humanity because the government had only
taken half hundred lives where it might have
taken thousands-so near to the very high
altar Of authority forty men recently held the
road all day and robbed every passenger, and
have now repeated this so often that travel and
commerce in the district are given up.
The disorders in the interior are like the
revolution" in Yucatan in each case the
distinctive fact is the same. Social order-the
dominion of law-always implies an antece-
dent dominion of force. In lands where order
has regned SO long that men have grown up
in the knowledge of its advantages moral
force Is sufficient TO sustain 1t but in oil other
lands, if not upheld by the strong hand of
power, 1t is toppled down by every breath
any mans fancied grievance, wickedness
or within may destroy ii, and il is the accident
of human rage. Mexico is in this condition.
Authority Is not strong enough anywhere to
dominate personal popularity, or to control in
any positive sense. During the time Of the
recent empire, when the French troops held
the country, 1t was noted that their authority
did not extend beyond their lines--ihat at
mile from the camp the people scorned the
power Of the soldiers This fact was used to
argue their unconquerabls characteristics
determination to be free. But 1t only indicated
the tendency to disorder wherever power was
not Immediately felt We see by all the recent
facts that the nation Is no more subordinate to
the government Of It's choice than II was to
to the destruction OF industry and trade and
the abolition Of society, In general sense, to
barbarism. At present there Is no promise
Of remedy. The recent message Of Juarez
does not appreciate the situation, or even re-
motely touch this greatest danger of the Mexi-
can republic.
DEcEMBER AND MAYA good old Methodist
hymn has II that when l am not Ia the way Of
grace