The Irish republic. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-18??, 1867-08-24

In Escobedo is exhibited malignant type of political
heresy with which in mder FORM have been familiar
He is Mexican KNOWN othing know-nothng alike in
political and in literal He lacks the first idea,
will not say of satesmanshp but of sense public
affairs lie Is not demagogue and barbarian only but fool
also for what folly greater than that of him who imagne
alleges In this nineteenth century that his nation to be
prosperous must rob and exile and then exclude from her
territory all except her own native citizens? $50 long
one foreigner remains so says this woudbe Pres
dent our liberty is in jeopardy By every in our
power we should make the country Mexican and all the
property in the hands of foreigners was made by mor
tunes we should take it thai have the poe and h'gt
regnesP" 1t astonishing that even one mailman should
be found occupying influential position who dares
mend sucn policy is utterly incredible that nation
OF indignation for of wrong and outrage select that
mailman for her chief Many worthless loated into
ism but all they proposed to deprive the foreigner of
his political rights not of his property Of his adopted
home nor Of his life Escobedo may have other chance
to become Chief Magistrate of his native country than in
deavorng to render her the Ihmae of modern naonher
hand against every and ones hand against her
but in judgment the chance is desperate That he is
candidate there can if his letter is genuine be doubt
Should by any chance whatever" he says Gomez "be
a candidate you understand my unaerable platform When
the time you make this letter public" The
time it seems has come.
Escobedo has but single for the atrocy of his
proposal Having caught what in country has sometimes
been called "the White House fever behooved him to
find weak point in the record his opponent Now Juare
of the pure native blood though he be- has, in his general
policy exhibited justice and berality towards foreign
In circular addressed by his order to the Governors
States of before French
these words "The Citizen President whose faith in
the destiny of the nation has ftere condes in that
you and all the inhabitants of your State will sustain him in
persons and property The only complaints on this score
which know to have been made against personally
even when the European nerventonss were trumpng up
all possible charges was that in February 1862 he authorized
Of two per cent all property naue and foreign Our
Minister (Corwn abiding in dispatch of March g. 1882
fully considered the subject and have the conclusion
that American citizens obliged to pay this tax" I'm
the of the rebellion bore equal share of the national
expenses incident that Aside from this the platform
of the Constitutional party adopted in 1862 embraces
Its articles in point. The articles A Constitu
onal Government. 2. Freedom of religion and of the
press g. Naturalization of Church property. 4. Army
subordinate to civil power. 5. Free immigration. In the
platform of the reaconary Church party the article ger
name to this last Isl No immigration except from Casoe
countries By the Liberal platform of 1859, uarez and all
his party bound Nor is there for believing that
the Mexican President because of the of intervention
has changed his principles far at least concerned
northward last spring. writes A the grand ball given by
Juaz farewell to the citizens of Chihuahua part of
patio the American flag occupied the post of honor In all
the speeches he made to his people, reception OCCASIONS
while route to the capital he failed when they at
aappropriate make the most friendly illusions to peo
pie and Government" Thus the defeated Church party
being no longer political organization, able keep the
field the two contendng bodies the approaching Pres-
dental election will be- probably the Native Mexican party
headed by Escobedo and the Constitutional party, led by
uarez that unless the Mexican Orlando Frioso should
discover that his is hopeless and withdraw from the
contest 1t is said that vesxths the Mexican people
will vote to reeec their present President and will be
especially to their credit if they reect him Ecobedo
Meanwhile Juarez to be acting with vgor and sound
judgment He has issued proclamation strictly enforcing
the sale of the Church property, and directing that 40 per
cent be paid in gold the remainder bonds Of the Republic
number of lotteries, it appears had been authorized by
Macmillan for the benefit Of charitable institutions and the
ladies concerned in these enterprises applied to Juarez for
permission to continue them His action this occasion
might put to shame that of pretentious
He sent money for the charities and rae for the
and needy classes and because through the incentive of
great GAIN although an improbable they weaken the
stimulus to labor which is the first basis of social welfare"
such sentiments these rally round the who utters
them and reeect him President there hope for the future
of their country But if they take the text of the Escobedo
Lotion To q natforra auriao