New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-03-09
MEXICO.

The poet. statesman, or philosopher who
originated fine emblem of Mexico has better
right to invention than most OF his compeerS'
The leopardsIof England are subjects OIL nerce
controversy. The bees, the lilies, the lmpeflai
eaele, and the Gallo cock have been criticised
without end, but the thorny points OF vhe
cactus on which is perched the Mexican Diro
and tho serpent twined around him. are 81
clearly founded in truth that they de1y csi'l,
cism. From the day when Montezuma reslgneu
his feather circlet to the iron hand Oh OoleS'
tbe maths of Mexican dominion nave
been thorny. and the serpent, ignoring the Weak-
moss Of the snake-in- the grass policy, mas Deen
no,,,,ont ond venomous. The last drama OF
tbe Emnire has hardly closed on the shuader'
inc audience of the civilized world, when inc
cnrtan rises to fresh oratorlo Oh n lor
For the credit of humanity, and rs an hsOur-
ment of retributiye justice which rarely mann
tests itself in so singular manner MIRA liqinOn
ond Marouez Dersbed in the last massacre.
p,oboblv neither of them in their last moments
tboucl,t of the thousands they had muir
dered. though the ghost of the surgeon "a
civilian), called from the bedside OF
the wounded soldier at Tacubaya whose arm
he had Just amputated, and shot without trlaP
| then and there, in his shirt sleeves, IN the
! sauare of the hospital, for tending MlramOn
ana Naruucz's enemies, might have moment
shared them. But greater than either is ie1t
behind. and, though past the age OF ordinary
men. is active to do mischief Who, in
America. has not execrated the name OF
Santa AnnaP For years past, his life at the Island
of St. Thomas has been n by-word he
snowfall walls which hemmed in his garden
at the top Of the higher of the two pyramids
which dominate that harbor. looked on scenes OF
| oriental splendor and debauchery, which served
70 "Doint moral and adOrn tale.p 1t was known
that the General carried with him on his en-
forced retreat from his native country fabu'
lous wealth, and the use he made Oh " was
| quite rs INSCRIPTIONS as the means by which
! it had been raked together. He escaped I'M
notation by the happiest accident during lis
last visit TO Yucatan, though the Ssls Oh
! American protection was never invoked Tor
more unworthy cause Clinging 20 life by
very thread, with no human tie, for ms Gnu
dren are almost incapable, Santa Anna agar
using his wealth for the disturbance Of Mexico
aud greedly stretching out a palsied hand fol
! the glaiye of armed power. Happily
foreign Intervention has been proved 81
fatal mistake, its results have beer
invariably so disastrous, that all attempts al
France and Spain have hitherto failed. z
mock sympathy with the Cubaus on the pan
of certain Mexcans seems to share the same
ftte and Santa Anna is not destined to SEIZE
the oecasiou. But it is no wonder That 'b'
calls, allow long how long u Wien viii th'
I'll -. 1.aN str,hu YaTNt
country, usbelcd, "a il was into tho family o.
I nations as new world counterbalapeing thu
old in tho imaginative dreams of indepen
deneo aud freedom jndulsed in by stptes
mont Centuries Of misrule, bad govern
ment, worse faith, public and private
Ssyo gradually produced one of th'
most degrading spectacles that the ciypize'
world lps yet seen. Aud oil this amidst Q
wealth Of material and physical riches such as
requires poets pen to describe. @