Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-04-20


The condition Of Mexico is IA
from being serene and untroubled
rSuarez finds the seat Of suprem
power an uneasy if not dangerou
one to occupy. He is surrounds
with difficulties and dangers, Will,
many of his counselors and officials
add to the national discomfort b,
Ghwise and indefensible orders ana
acts. The recent wholesale execu
tons of prisoners of war at Puebls
and Yucatan are being used eff
GENTLY as weapons of offense against
the national administration, and
President Juarez and his party have
suffered a serious loss in the
estrangeinent of some of the most
patriotic and honest men in the ma
ton in consequence of these occur
rences. A civil officer named Garay,
who was with the national army
after the defeat Of the Instruction
lists in the neighborhood of Puebla,
declares that he interfered and pro-
tested against the shooting of the
officers of Negrete's. army without a
trial or hearing, but to no avail.
Gen. Garcia would not listen to APP
peals for time or trial. sAll were
shot in the most summary manner.
To this charge Gen. Garcia replies
rhy stating that he had no other
choice than to act as he did, having
positive orders from Gen. Meiia, the
Minister of War and Marine, to give
no trial to insurgent officers above
the rank of Captain, but TO shoot
them as soon as taken. Gen. Gar
cha states that under these orders
he had Gen. Lujan, Coils. Juan Tru-
gillo and Augustin Morillas, Lieut..
Coils. Fernando Zetina, Francisco
Escalante and Francisco Rumaso,
and haj. CristoYal Ascevedo sum-
marily shot, seven in all. All eff
fort will be made, when Congress re-
assemblies, to have Mejia impeached
and removed from Office for his
conduct in this affair. What
course Juarez will pursue is uncer-
tain. If he attempts to support or
even shield Mejia, the storm will
burst on his own head as well as
that Of his brutal minister. The
liberal opposition journals of the
City of Mexico declare that, in a
short time, Juarez will remodel his
cabinet in all particulars, and make |
it more acceptable to the people. |
They maintain that if such a
change is not promptly made, the !
masses will alter the government |
and its present administrators by
revolutionary means. Juarez af-
fects to treat these outgivings with |
contempt, but still he has lately
granted a number of requests of an
Important character preferred by |
the opposition. Quite number of |
revOlutiOnists and ex imperialists
have been pardoned, and the Presi- |
dent has gone SO far as TO publicly |
announce that the rehabilitated per
sons that formerly belonged to the
army can petition for q return to
1t; and, IN case their representa-
tons shall be found good, they will
he re assigned to the position they
once held. This is an important |
step, which betokens a desire on
the part Of the President, at least, to
strengthen himself with the people
of all opinions. In the Northern
States the annexation party is daily
gaining numbers. They allege that
the central government at the city |
of Mexico cannot afford them suf-
ficient protection from the Indians;
and, therefore, a union with the
United States is warranted by con-
siderations of public as well as
private character. This Mexican
question is one, in which the United |
States can hardly escape a certain
degree of ENHANCEMENT, and hence
the importance of sound and we'll |
directed policy on the part of our
government on this subject.