New-York tribune., 1868-08-14

S, %i' tbe whole cause of Oreea slipping away as
quietly at present sight as II It's whole IS "eIe ~
orgument t has grown stale. The G0NerhIhoht
caTncstly AYERS that in jaihng Ortega no END was was
sought but the public safety menaceu no not 4 tbe eG
Chief Justice, but by every phase of wicked lalocy
that could take the names OF santa A,IhIai AadIIHdi
MaroueZ and OTtega to serve what CerVantes calleu
'the devil behind the Cross" or, 10 speak l noIe
practically, mischief plunder and the ChuIch PaioS'
the Government now finds 1t saie 10 et mn S
not only because the country Is out OF an ~ ~Nlsloo
danger and is nowhere revolutionary, Du1 peoauSo %
whatever rights Mr. Ortega lnslsted upon nav Ho"
than expired by the terms OI Sne we're valid
i'm the first place, il would now cease LOT t ;h b
that the Vice Presidential term OF Once Ior Won m no
was elected has run out lie couio hou nov ~ w -
Ieotimate successor of Mr. Juarez, even IL BIS cse
were granted and beng thus POWeIleSS 10 eIoou ~ a
technical cause against the President there seells
to he no danger that either for personal or lmper1
sonal reasons the country will allow TINS pOnucll
bankrupt TO set it by the ears. Under these ciIGn
stances Mr. Qrega may yb urge al the a0'V Government
IL at liberty to respond with whateVer
proofs of mafeasance and iniidellty II may nave IN
It's power OF the ex-prisoner may accept tho lul III
letter of Secretary Mejias order OF release anu 20
wherever he pieases As any attempt AT reNolItlon
would be foolish scandal when ~ were PHI PSInapo d
uninst To accuse Mr. Ortega OF designing, ne VIII pos
slbly please to 90 out of harms way ana IeaVe tlie
country to pursue its chosen course; MT. hul%
claims that if Mr.. OTtega was not fTesiueht ny TO"
snn of beInR n military deSerter, then he HIMSELF US
bcing Ortegas legal successor to the Chlef-JuslGe
ship of the Supreme Court, or IN Other WoIus' !no
Vice Presidency, was by constitutional terms il,o
President dc jare of the Republic. G0yernmehI hous
that these claims were advanced d0uptI9ny az a
time when their sole effect was TO ana le @ E
when the commission of plenary powers from Coi
press made its discretion arbitrary, ana MhTn ~ ~
was absolutely necessary for JuaieZ 70 holu
cost m gave the country OTtegas personal character
and snsn,cious course wholly aided TINS Wow
of the question at. time whom ageRcles OF
Macmillan were bent on securing the deieGuOn OF
some of the adherents OF Juarez' zen NegIete'
nrononnces among the rest. That the ele-
ments opposing Juarez IN tins question were 80
highly sublimed as to make their protests sacilhce
and their Imprisonment martyrd0m, ana 10 rase UP
constitutional and patriotic cause IN cOntradlstnc-
tiOn to the One-man power, the people here by no
means believe. If they did, why has not tne oppoe
stiOn in Congress- marshaled under th9 DaHher OF
Consttutionality, insisted more strongly upon Ine
cases of Ortega and Rul2f
II is an omen question whether the former head
and front of what may be called the Satanst party
of Mexico-nO less nuisance than ola MT, SANTA
Anna himsef-Is now acting III ms dlsIeputaOlo ue-
cline and fall as the Havana agent OF news ior tle
United States or whether he Is merely applied 70 as
an iuspiTer of startling information lOi uly Jour
nal on Broadway. In either case his services as a
yilliieT of all good things Mexican ought 10 DC nl-
mense Who else would SO gladly have counte-
nanced the prOdigiOus rooTDack that JuareZ ran
away with ten millions VINO else so yam OF cIe,u
Ions as to believe that there is any hope for that
shelved evil, Santa Anna. IN these straight,
forward times Is the rival OF Ieran and
the victim of Taylor, at work upon ms autoDiQ-
GRANNY ia task which, if it have Mr. Bamum's
blnsbing candor cannot but bc interesting to the
world But it appears that Mr. Santa Anna is not
given over much to literary distractions, Tor the
latest Havana scandal is that no took mistress to
| the splendid ball of the Countess de la Palma and
| thus committed an atroclty IN the eyes OF the
| Havanese Besides, the old warriors syntaX IS un-
happy and his style IN the manner OF the prononnc-
| ers who steal Yet this is the man OF whom Maxi
milan is believed to have made note that he was the
| only one who knew how to govern Mexico
! ard had understood its people, proof, take
! it, of the shallowness of the Imperial under
standing with reference TO certain matters of policy.
Santa Anna understood the dishonest side of Mexican
! life as well any knave whoever came INTO power
| He had brains OF kind and. accordingly ne huhg
| any number of small robbers and maintained a few
| great ones. He once issued decree against gam
bling and, in the face of it, went out aud saked his
| was this man. and so well did he affect to under
| stand his cOuntTymen, that he never held his seat
and again. When il comes to be said that such slip
perry fellows Santa Anna understand principles or
mankind one may well feel amused The truth Is, that
Mr. Antonio Lopez did appreciate the men With whom
il was his custom to gamble regularly he knew tho
priesthood somewhat and had the Bishop OF
Michoacan in his Cabinets he mangled the INDECENT
sort of highwaymeD, and would have his own way If
it were possible at all but OF the Mexico that rose
above the cockpit and now crows over him, this
most pernicious man which Mexico gave TO the his
tory which his conduct did much to Yitiate and
debauch-one of those phosphorlc characters which
really flourish in mpurity. And now st four score
he goes TO balls with mistress, is said to be plump
as mango and still is the father OF family in we'd
lock- Why, at this mellow age he should care to DO
|
As for the pronOuncers their way, like that of the
transgressor, is hard The general situation TO
be daily growing better for Mexico Galyezand Lopez
have been shot Chavez has retired from business;
Plata asks pardon; the Sierra emeute has been
quelled the Pueblans cause no anxiety; Gems. Arce
and JmeneZ in Guerrero subslst on good terms and
Government is matter-Of-fact and not open ques-
tion in the country. captains band has appeared
in the State of Vera Cruz for the purpose OF robbery
but the general military situation Is at present wTt-
ing duer than 1t has been III perhaps tu score OF
years and dull because It is quiet Rumors OF fill
buster troubles have blown over. The business
purginS ISliS the roads roads; but it IS pat
ent that very considerable gain has been effected.
So impressed is Mr. Francisco Zarco with the appear
ance of affairs that he writes gratulatory article
upon the pachcatiOn in the columns of the SgiO.
Mr.. ZarcO is an exPremier OF the country, but not
always highly sangulne of the future of his
try that his views can be regarded as visionary.
Since the failure of Intervention nothing quite
hopeful has been reported OF Mexico as this summary
of the situation, and the added and most emphatic
fact that Ortega has been set free. AS necessary
consequence, the world must be inspired with
greater trust in the conduct OF Mexico than 1t has
hitherto INDUCED.
The system of taxation by States which is n relic
of the barbarism of wars, has made and will still
make the justification OF rents throughout the Re-
public a slow matter Queretaro in point, is levying
by code of taxation all her own, the features of
which at hand in the shape of acabala decree
The States will doubtless have TO be cOaxed and per-
suaded INTO abOshing unreasonable taxes upon
mining which, albeit rich business il is in parts
might be made tenfold more prosperous in a few
years. The wise example of Gov. AuZa in encOurag-
ing the Zacatecas mines is likely to be followed in
some sort by pubc-splrited men elsewhere. A de-
of the State of Tamaupas declares that the cu
tivation and traffic of cotton in that State shall be
free of all charge and that cotton hands shall be
empt from the national guard. Considering all
things, the Tamaupans act with becoming shrewd-
ness and enterprise. They can and will grow much
and good cotton. ..
The fair the 11th inst, at Papantla in the State
of Vera Cruz reminds us that cOck-hghts and bull
fights are not yet out of date but it is unqueston-
able that the States of Mexico have improved in re-
spec to the abolition of OF these evils at least
Were it matter TO be directly affected by the will
of the supreme authorities there is reason to believe