The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-07-02
.GOLUMyEERIE1Ak.. NIB IA. J.
Thursday Morning July 2, 1853.
nIexico.

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tion that an uncivilized state of man
kind is one of sr, but il is an error
to attribute this entirely to bad and
murderous instincts. Civilized and
uncivilized men have the same keen
appreciation OF prosperity and selfish
aggrandizement, but with the latter,
the only avenue open to secure these
ends is through strife. We are fully
satisfied that nine-tenths of the mil
lions of wars occurring betwe m un-
civilized tribes since the book of
history was first opened, originated
in the desire to possess one another's
treasures or comforts Of life, whether
in the way of pots. buffalo robes,
scalps, weapons. slaves, paints, food
or glass beads. Where people do
not wiring any treasures from the
earth through agriculture, they inva-
riably have to-. fight for them, and
steal from one another. Although
we cannot strictly rate Mexico in the
category of the uncivilized, yet the
condition of that country closely
assimilates with it in many respects.
Without agriculture sufficient to pro-
videfor more than the bare necessi-
ties of its people; with surplus in
the shape of exports, scarcely twenty
per cent. of the actual amount of du-
ties received in imports, business
must necessarily be paralyzed, and
the population reduced to pauperism.
ALI schemes for the regeneration of
the country must therefore, prove
futile, until this condition of affairs,
which lies at the very basis of all 60
vernment and civilization, is radi-
cally changed. Peace in Mexico to-
day is synonymous with universal
poverty. It is only in state of war,
and the necessities growing out of it,
that the least vitality can be galvan-
lied into trade. The, greatest and
only important source of revenue is
the customs, and each successive
ruler invariably diverts them into his
own and few select adherents' pri-
vate pockets. It is only while the
struggle for power is going on that
he consents to divide them with his
followers, or scatter them through
the country in the purchase of war
material. AS soon as his triumph is
secured, it is not long before the
neglected and disappointed inaugu-
rate another revolution. in the hopes
of, in turn, lingering the revenues.
The hopelessness of settling the diff
Guilty by the sword must. therefore,
be apparent. No matter who sue
ceeds to the Government. the result
must be the same. The New Orleans
Times thinks it is worse than mad
ness for any Americans to enlist in so
hopeless task Maximilian's ex-
pertinent failed through precisely
these causes, its duration from the
first being only aquestion of time.
Nor is there any chance of solution
of the problem until the present race
is either exterminated or depleted
into insignifieance. When the time
arrives, which is inevitable, when
the country is so abiectly poor that
the inhabitants will be forced to
throw aside the musket for the spade,
IN order to preserve bare existence,
a new and enlightened working popu-
lation entering that country may
found an empire of vast wealth and
grandeur; but that is yet far in the
prospective. A colony, no matter
how protective, would now only offer
additional inducements to the ban
ditti, aud serve to prolong the exist
ence of the present deplorable con-
dition of the country.
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