New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-12-17
MR. SEUARD AND TIRE MEXICANS.

Il was a proud day for the Mexicans when
NJ. Seward, some years after Marshal Forey,
entered their capital. They have entertained
his eyes and cars from sunrise to sunset, and
bmqueted him sumptuously from day to day.
| lie has in a short time visited all the note
| worthy places of the Mexican Valley. and has
found leisure meanwhile TO undergo being
nantly those varied Inequalities of the tropical
table that Mexicans know how to offer with
bounty and politeness which is sometimes a
part of their feasts Among the gentlemanly
ruling class of Mexican republicans, Mr. Seward
must have missed the loud and burly manner,
the emphatic energy of language, the positive
ness and strength of feature, which are char
acteristics of q considerable body of Northern
politicians. There is no such prodigy of good
natured craftsmanship in Mexico as Lincoln,
or indeed anywhere else outside of the land
that bore him; there are no men of Jacksonian
or. indeed, Johnsonian demonstration at the
head of Mexican affairs. The half century
during which Mexico has run the gauntlet Of
all kinds of revolutions has not produced in
the features of her chief Indian figure more
interesting characteristics than those which be-
sneak her endurance and her sadness. Mr..
Juarez is stoical; Mr. Lerdo is astute and alert ;
Mr.. Romero is broad browed and earnest; all
are sad and polite. The lightweight Mexican
political life which follows these central figures
is also Enthusiastically polite, so that quar-
| rel in the Mexican Congress is of strikingly
rare occurrence.
Yet Mr. Seward found an audience TO inter-
est him highly, and national traits worthy OF
study We have not doubt that he was edl-
| fed with the courtesy, enthusiasm, and amount
! of liberal sentiment prevalent among his Next
can entertainers. One of Mr. Juarez's speeches,
our correspondent informs us, was eloquentiy
supplemented by Mr.. Altimarano, native In
| dian. like Mr.. Juarez, distinguished for his
i high success as a politician, and for his versa
tility as a scholar, writer, and speaker. Mr..
Ramirez may more than dispute with Mr. Att
mirano the claim made for the latter to be
considered the ablest of Mexican writers. MIR.
= Zarco, the editor of the Sigle XI4, and form
1 erly Secretary of State, IA also Mr. Iamacona,
i another editor and ex-Premier. are likewise
j writer's Of cherished reputation. But it Is well
! for Mr. Seward to have noted that the firmest
statesman and, perhaps, the most eloquent man
of the republic, belong to the ragged, di-
i sheveed race of Indians-thOse who even yet
! are hewers of wood and drawers of water-and
| what is more, do not blush for their origin,
but hold their heads high among the best and
I most honored in the olve-colored and copper
colored republic.
/ Here is an argument alike against caste and
against despair. 1t is one of the morals of the
splendid feasts to which Mr.. Seward sat down,
which our correspondent so fully describes, and
which have not been equaled since the days
of the viceroys. In his turn Mr.. Seward found
occasion to instruct the suspicious of the Mex
leans with the great truth that our interest in
the concerns of the neighbOring republic is
continental and not self-aggrandizing. Now
] that Mexico has Toasted Mr.. Seward, let her
\ proceed to investigate the case of Gen. Canto.
/ Will our wandering magician undertake to ex-
/ plain this murderous mystery, report whereof
preserves to the worlds view the old dark and
I blood stained complexion of Santa Annals vaga-
| bond republic 7 When Mr. Seward has added
| some inevitable reflections incident to these to
| the sum of his observations, let him come back
| to us and be welcomed