The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1867-07-24
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bonito Juaroz, President of Mexico.

oonito ouafcD, IroSlucnC OF MoXlCO.
The following "reminiscences of tho
President Of Mexico, which are taken
from New Orleans 1'imes arc quito
interesting at the present time:
In the years 1852, '53, '5I, and
1888, there lived in this city, on st.
Anne Street, between Dauphin and
Hourbon, q middlc' age, dark COM
pl"Xioncd, gcntlcmanly parsonage,
who, either by himself or associates,
conducted small manufactory cigar
ottoc&. ~ very small, select cotcrio
T. iricnct knew tho history of this
individual ard cultivated his society.
Ills lifc was that ola student, close
and silent observer Of men and events,
and his habits were those of great sim
plicity and reserve. lie was care
iul reader Of, the newspapers, and to
crafty bis curiosity, a frequent >visi-
tor TO the editorial sanctum Of tho ole
Co"yjcr, on Chartrcs and Custom
house streets, when 1t was condu;t,l
by that a,"iablc, Intelligent, and encr.
gotic citizen, Emile LA Scrc-.whom
we arc happy to meet frequently on
our streets, in well preserved vigor
and good spirits. There was cordial
intimacy Subs;stns, hctwccn Mr.. la
Scrc and his visitor, and in their con.
rcrSations they always employed the
familiar appcllations of'limilc" and
"llcnito."
hr la Soro'S friend, Bcnitc. IS thc
same gentleman whom recent, and in.
deed previous events have assigned
the principal pnyt inthc interesting
drama how being cragtch in Mexico
Jon hcnito Iuarcz, President Of
the Republic Of Mexico, and tho head
OF the party and the people who have
crushed the scheme of imrcrializinH
that long dcsolatcd and unhappy coun.,
t;y. ~ the time of his quiet sojourn
ia st, Anne street Ii war ancxilc and
rcr"Goc from lis native land, having
abandoned t 10 ccarc the penalty
which thc inyarlablo bat letcstablo
policy Of that people never fails to in-
ilict upon the chief Of a defeated Or
minority party. Attached to the
administration Of Comonfort, Until tho
downfall Of that chief through the
Mtri@ucs ard partizan trumps Of
Santa Anna. luarU2 has followed the
example of many other defeated
chiefs, and found an asylum in this
country. Tho time Of his soiourn-was
usciully and industriously employed
III t'!n&tudy of ohr institutions and
lawE, so that OH his return 70 Mexico
he was we'll prepared to apply to the
administration of his own country q
mind stored with sound republican
ideas, and much valuable informa-
tion.
There is perhaps no Mexican of posi-
ION now in the corl!tIy, who is better
informed III regard 10 orr political
and judicial systems than Juarcz. M6
may not bc' t1ual'';n resources, in
&aSacity, nna general accomplishments
TO Almontc-now in Paris---who was
also long resident in this country,
and served his ti,hc at mechanical
trade in Cincirfa.l but in the combina-
tlon OF moral and intellectual qualil
tics, in tcnacity of purpose, honosts
n"d purity Of personal character and
habits, hc is uncucstionably the first
Of the public men in Mexico. Those
who conclude from the fact of his be-.
ing an Indian of pure bldod' that no
must necessarily possess tho craft,
cruelty, vindictivonoss, and savagcrv
which arc generally attributed to tho
aboriginal race, will, VIC think, on u
clGarcr view OF his iPc and character,
find nothing therein to .iti$tfy thcir
opinion. Indeed, th0h'&tory of ,Mcxi-
co does not support Ihis idth of the
aboriginal character. The best, the
most honorable; llopcst,and patriotic
Of tho chiefs he baro fs;:rcd' in tho
long train 'of' bloody revolutions in
that ,cGuntry, have sprung from tho
origina'ftdcE, and from Cortcz down
to. MiTlmQn.and Marquee the principal
actors m thu tragic scenes when have
disgraced the country have been Of
those who boastcd Of their Castilian
blood.
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