New-York tribune., 1868-01-06

the Mexican laws Mexico is therefore in effect severed
both by present choice and necessity from diplomatic re-
be the opportunity of the United STATES If it is worth
while making commercial treaty which will give us
cheaply the best products Of Mexico. and rendering
American commerce dominant in her ports and Amer,
goods and implements common in her fields ana
In abandoning the Convocatoria and in surrendering
his ample powers before they had uDques-
tiOnaby expired President Juarez has shown sagaeity
more keenly appreciated in Mexico than IN the United
states His right to propose constitutional amendment
direct to the people being disputed he valves the ver-
cation of the vote upon the subject and places the Eoe
ties was to extend to 80 days after the meeting Of Con
gress or until the had expired, and while II s
question whether tho war has politically ceased, the
Intervention having made no sign, President Juarez
nevertheless makes prudent surrender Of hs powers.
the opposition 1t is the impression OF THIS
fact upon the minds Of the latter which has probably
given rise vague fear that the President will ask for
a speedy renewal of his faculties and receive 1t.
The budght is abolished by Executive decree in the
capital district 1t all that the President hedged IN
by state lines, able to do. But it is timely and
precious example, and viii work like Wholesome eaten
the arena is good sign in It's way as the passing OUT
Of sight Of the apctobock and other %l
could be on occasion quite as cruel and not as brave
as matador and picador AS more natural institution
ling than the priGehght. 1t was a common
school Of revolution nursery OF ,tsss tas SPdi Pard
children attended the bullhght and capped their small
hands ana wnen one coo o nfS fsmar with the image Of
murder the atrooIous operation OF tordrng life TO the
Whether hull or man were tortured and killed The bull
arena was theater the bufght drama, the interest
of which depended solely upon its cruelty Asa pun was
confOunded or enraged by attacks OF spears & 10y aas H
quvering in his flesh and by fireworks SCI on aDoul he
head so interest tagged or mounted. The nearer q
matador came to death, much better grew the actual
tragedy If n bull killed man. what was IL Dut an ehct-
loath TO search for single redeemng feature in this
butchery amusement unfit for the eyes OF people ana
so brutal example that 1t is wonder the Mexican
people preserve sensibty Of the value OF lie ana tne
in tha nj Uhpr fhe
that some of the most habitua spectators thereoI
would not % be greatly Ss matter Of course that
has conserved tho bulght and this clement now anu
aSn pp hS sso @ their ecks ana the knife
their AS school OF physical courage IT'S yaue Is
has not morals Of some Kind which has not at
least the principle Of fairness Fifteen OF twenty
men sometimes attack one bull Daring ne m may & DC,
but the picadOr is very seldom slain and the more
brave the bull IS the more certain d ~ s d az aneness
performance. and It's animal murders run 70 teduih
Necessarily those who witness 1t often must grow du 70
its action upon the feelings and wholly aos9rDe1 10 & ohs
mere animal process OF It's cruelties But the DulRh
popular hardhearedness Its limits spectacle and as
drama arc exceedingly and therefore unmanly
length stupid as we'll cruel and Mexicans had been
of Its essential wickedness as ece OF action
their disgust would long ago have turned It out OF doors
Sunday last the day OF the Inauguration OF congress
occurred the last bullhght in the Capital You VIII cur
buhght for the benefit of religion would sound as well
O% the S f6G6 to i & enn has IS the @
Mexican piey done to reform the popular morals, SO
iectness and sagnatiOn spiritual fe The abolition OF
the bufght liberal measure OF the most vltai nm
portance, in which the great body OF intelligent MeAas
OUR LADY OF GUADALUPL.
From Our Correspondent
MEXICO, Dec. iG, 1867.
The people of Mexico have just celebrated
the most popular not to say the most national of their
holidays people to be seen at their feasts and
heard their songs. Mexico is to be observed at her
beads God has blest than any other nation,
is the pous inscription monksh establishment near
the city The sentence is little sinister perhaps, but,
literally construed signifies net alone the blessings OF
suns skies, magueys chrmoyas. and fruit for every
day in the year but the eminent and wholesale benefae
ton of the Church The Church. having quite absorbed
the people, and all their properties and effects, had
ceent for congratuatng itself in this way but
for the present let this pass Blessed cursed by their sa
cred paternity the people have been oonstent TO their
knees Among their eccslas tcal products have been
number Of native saints and goddess as authentic as
the ancient Tonansn. This Is the modern divinity OF
haps more Mexican than Roman. should these saints
and their shrnes be admitted TO equal date with Andes
transcendentalisfs At all events they have grown out
of the bosom OF the Church. aud are as raey OF the soil as
On Thursday last the i2th was observed the anniver-
sary Of the Marvellous Appation Of Our Lady OF Guada
revealed RSsef 70 the astoniscd Indian 50 that this
miracle does not want the sanetlcat9n ton o. o. age Inc
Of Corez the happy Indian, Juan Diego going to
f W snT & e'S rend W 1rcs theresbont suddeplT
he was passing the hill OF Tepeyac the BLESSED virgin
stood before him, and commanded him to go forthwith TO
the Bishop. and make known that she desired church
TO be built in her honor upon that spot Next day the
Blessed Virgin reappeared, when Juan Diego ayowed
that try hard he would he could not obtain the ear
Of the Bishop. Go back" said the Lady OF Guadalupe,
"make known that l. Mary, Mother Of Cod send thee"
WhereupOn Juan Diego started again upon his orrand
The Bishop refused 70 believe him, unless he would bring
token Of the Virgins desire On the 18th Of Decem
ber the Indian for the third time beheld the apparton
Of the Holy Lady This lime she ordered him to climb
and bring them TO her. Juan Diego obeyed, knowing
great amazement he found the roses lourshng lie at
gathered them and brought them 10 the virgin
Mary who threw them into his tDG, and said, Go back
again 70 the Bishop show nun these credentals.
Accordingly Juan Diego again before the Bshopand
imprinted upon the marvellous image OF the Virgin The
Bishop awestruck professions and masses were had
IN % nOnO5 o % ne o & from eve1V Dsrt
Of the country ocked thther naturalsprng tnctured
chapel was erected and marvellous remedia properties
attributed TO its waters Every year the day Of appa
been enriched thereby That the miracle was convenient
to the e nt mat M az me % Tbsn i %as
TO convert the Indian BY supernatural means
Curiously enough, the Cathedral Of Our Lady stands
where once stood the temple Of Tonantsn the bland In
divinity her hundreds OF thousands OF simple alb
ject. hopeful believers but whether her innumerable |
sey sye @ r pS0 Goe
long faces shake their heads AS opposed TO the old
TOnantsin, one cannOts but take sides with the |
ohivary Of Mexico under the banner Of Guadalupe
supposing the lady thereof 10 be monsh reproduction
Yet that in the three hundred years and more the sybls
and prayers uttered from the mountain Of Tepeyac have
wrought change In the character and condition
of the Indians than appears to-day is greater marvel
than the appariton OF our Lady Of Guadalupe In these
three hundred years the Church OF Mexico has learned
nothing and has taught nothing. Her ambition has |
devoured her children and the mild and merciful symbol
the Virgin trustngy beloved by the simple Indians
has been the standard Of her greed and aggrandzemen
The story Of Guadalupe seems 10 be fortified by age
and by absence testamenary dsproof and II 10 be
To aud fhnse IIlipiOua who