The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1867-07-18
RenffO JuareZ.

We find in the New Orleans Times
some interesting "reminiscences of Benito
Juarez, the President of Mexico. 1t
says:
"In the years 1852, '53, '54and1855,
there lived in this city, on st. Anne
street, between Dauphine and Bour-
bon, middle-aged, quiet, darkroom
pleXioned, gentlemanly parsonage,
who, either by himself or associates,
conducted a small mandatory ofcigar.
rettos. A very small, select cOterie OF
friends knew the history Of this indi-
viduaI and cultivated his society. His
life was that of student, a close and
silent observer of men and events, and
his habits were those of great simple.
| ity and reserve He was a careful
reader of the newspapers, and to graft
fly his curiosity, frequent visitor Ol
the editorial sanctum of the old Courier,
on Chartres and Custom-hOuses streets
when it was conducted by that amia,
BILE, intelligent and energetic citizen
Emile La Sere-whOm we are happy
to meet frequently on our streets, in
well-preserved vigor and good spirits
There was a cordial intimacy subsist
ing between Mr.. La Sere and his visi
tor, and in their conversations they al
ways employed the familiar appella.
tions ofEEmiIe' and 'Benito.'
s'NIr. La Sere's friend BenitO Is the
same gentleman whom recent and in.
deed previous events have assigned
| the principal part in the interesting
drama now being enacted in Mexico
Don Benfto JGarez, President Of the
Republic of Mexico, and the head 0.
the party and the people, who have
crushed the scheme of imperializing
that long desolated and unhappy cOun-
try. At the time of his quiet sojourn
in st. Anne street, he was an exile and
refugee from his native land, having
abandoned it to escape the penalty
which the invariable but detestable
policy of that people never fails to in
f1ict upon the chief of a defeated OF
minority party. Attached to the adj
ministration of ComonfOrt, until the
downfall of that chief through the in
trigues and partisan triumphs of Santa
Anna, Juarez had followed the exam
pie Of many other defeated chiefs, and
found an asylum in this country. The
time of his sojourn was usefUIly and
industriOusly employed in the study of
our institutions and laws, so that on
his return to Mexico he was well pre-
pared to apply to the administration
of his own country mind stored with
sound Republican ideas and much val
liable information. There is, perhaps,
no Mexican of position now in the
country, who is better informed in re-
gard to our political and judicial sys-
TENS than Juarez. He may not be
equal in resources, in sagacity and
general accomplishments to Almonte
now in Paris-whO was also a long
resident in this country, and served
his time at a mechanical trade in Gin
cinnati, but in the combination oil
moral and intellectual qualities, in
tenacity Of purpose, honesty and puri-
ty of personal character and habits, he
is unquestionabIy the first of the pub
lie men in Mexico. Those who con-
clude from the fact of his being an In
dian of pure blood that he must nee
essariIy possess the craft, cruelty, vim
dictiveness and savagery which are
generally attributed to the aboriginal
race, will, we think, on a clearer view
Of his life and character, find nothing
therein to justify their opinion. In
deed, the history of Mexico does not
support this idea Of the aboriginal
character. The best, the most honora-
BILE, honest and patriotic of the chiefs
who have figured in the long train of
bloody revolutions in that country
have sprung from the aboriginal stock,
and from Cortez down to Miramon and
Marquee the principal actors in the
tragic scenes which have disgraced the
country have been Of those who boast
ed of their Castilian blood"