Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1868-05-20
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AMERICANS TN Mexico.


Ever since the complete overthrow of
Maximiliau and his supporters in Mexico,
the treatment which has been bestowed
upon Americans in that country has been
anything but pleasant It is difficult to
see any good reason why Americans resi-.
dent in Mexico should have been made
the conspicuous objects of so many indig-
mites, for it is certainly an established
fact that throughout the contest which
was carried on between Juarez and Maxi
milan. the syrnpathies of our Government
and people were strongly in favor of the
struggling Republicans. And the Juares
Government has nowhere had so many
friends and received SO many sympathetic
and encouraging assurances siuce the
downfall Of Maximilian as in the United
States. Every indication Of permanent
peace aud prosperity for the Mexican Re-
public has been gladly welcomed BY the
American press, and the persistence of
the Mexicaus in struggling against the
establishment of government distasteful
to them and at variance with the Repub-
ican ideas has been warmly praised aud
commended In return for all this it is
not very pleasant to read Of such outrages
upon American citiEcus as were recently
committed upon half a dozen Americans in
the city of Monterey. Without any charges
heing preferred against them, or any warn
ing of the movements against them. they
were arrested while waking through one
Of the principal streets and AT once thrust
into the city prison, which had previous.
y been filed with the lowest classes Of
Mexican criminals. On the following
morning they were ordered to perform the
most menial services in connection With
the c,re of the prison, and when they
declined to do this convicted felon was
directed by the jailor to fog them into
submission with cowhide., Finding that
non compliance with the jiilor's orders
was likely to result in their being whipped
to death, the menial service was performed
nd then one of the Americans was beat.
en- most cruelty by the jilor himself for
ieclining to clean the cell aud courty ard
# the prison. Alter day of such treat
nent IS this they we're taken before the
ilcsde and 6ntd ten dollars each. though
40 explanation at all was given as to
shy the arrests were made or the fines
inflicted. They had previously had their
money and their vsluables taken from
them, and the Alcade would not allow
hem to be returned until they had paid
he jailor for making that return. The
j,ilor justified the beating and 6ogging
If the prisoners on the ground that he
mad the right to treat his prisoners as he
chose, and all the officials concerned seem
70 have regarded it as a very trifing af
fair to arrest and rob aud fog half doz.
rn American citizens. Gen. Escobedo
vas at Monterey at the time and was in.
forme1 of the arrest, but took no meas
ues to procure justice or redress. and the
Governor whose Secretary gave the order
Tor the arrest, did nothing but express a
regTet," after the American Consul had
demanded and secured their release and
the remission of their 6nes. A regret"
ls not, however, very much compensation
tor such an outrsgc. and the American
residents in Monterey, as we'll as all 9th
er foreigners there, were SO incenscd by
the affair that they closed their places of
business and organized themselves for
self defense In the streets the people
were shouting Death to Americans" aud
it looks as though Mexican officials and
people had united in the adoption Of q
policy designed to drive all Americans
out of the country. At any rate their
conduct will have that effect, and we be-
lieve the result will show that Americans
can better do without Mexico than Mexi.
co can without Americana The Mexi-
cans can lily afford to inauguFate the po-
litical life Of their reorgaaized reppblic
with a crusade Of persecution against that
people which has SO steadily aud persist.
emily favored Republicanisn in Mexico;
AMI while wo regret that American citi-
zcns have been SO upjustly treated at
Monterey, we regret more that the Mexi-
cnn Liberals are proving themselves SO il
liberal and so unworthy Of the confidence
that has been hitherto reposcd in them.
Father. think you told lib in the
pulpit today" said itilS son Of cler-
gymsh. "Why, what do you mean q
"You said, '0pe word more aud 1 have
done Then yod went on and said d great
many more words The people expected
you'd leave Of. 'caGso5; you'd promised 'em.
But Won didn't. and Kent On breachiiip n