New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-07-23
MEXICO
IRON OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT
we FROM MrxICo INTO THE UNITED


rrRoN OUR OWN CORRESPONDENCE
,,,r,.o,,,,c FROM MEXICO INTO HE INllED
STATES.
N,,v,co Time 3O-President Juarez mas peeh
-, M, tbe imputatons pubished against
a., soeral newspapers Of the Oh',eu o'o'o' !" wi"
oo 80 evidence given before tN' Joiu' oelo'' Non'
,,too an Rctrenchmcnt, III W '"S'o" 'u'1'A VOC
declared 10 have struggled, an" Ia % -
- tho limited States, during the Confederate
- s,,b an accusation is considered mere as "onucI-
Ni' - oven bv the political opponents OF the
',s,t and every asks how the committee couiu
- ad pbblish such evidently false ana CARRIED
.,,,r, without submitting the witnesses 10 more
a.abing examination. The truth is, that Dy no posi-
,s T,arez have taken part in any such snug
pll! ns,ctops ms may he seen from the following
glns tccb OF events during the period IN question
STeT the battle Of san Lorenzo which was gained ny
altncb invaders, in April 1863 President JuaIel To-
sbcr with the members Of his GoVCrnlneht aDannoneH
g. Federal capital. and proceeded to san LUIS fotos
e TDTralists and French continued their march into
- interior and JuaroZ, after short stay IN san uls
PtoSi rctreaed to saltilo, and from thence to Mon
49, CEN Don Santiago NidauTri was then Governor
~ f6c States of NueYO Leon and Coahud ne hau lhal
$3.50 desire 10 adhere 10 the Intervention, and pub
hS PROCLAMATION calling upon the inhabitants Of the
two States 10 declare whether they would ADMIT OF not
the Intervention; and all your readers VINO are aC
0uainted with Mexican affairs will remember that after
ward Vidaurr openly eSpoused the cause OF Maxnnan
was Minister of War and Finance OF the nnloItunate
Prince in QUCret0ro came from thence with Marquee 10
raise funds in this city, assisted in the defense OF Mexico
against POrrO DiaZ, ana was aIerWiu dlsc0S IN
M hiding place, tried and shot as traitor You may
thus easily conceive that the actions Of Nldaur as
ernOT OF NuevO Leon ana COahui, WSIo hot t AZ
by the desires OF Juarez In fact me FTesdGh 1 a
patched troops from san LUIS Iotosi 10 Jon o
power of NdauTTl before ne Nentureu 10 upIIoat id
tcrey The result that the Federal troops OCCUPIED
Monterey without fight, Juarez followed ana Nl1aurrl
fled This happened in the Winter Of 1868 and the Spring
of 1864 iouSy JuaTez had no power on the lI0ner
January 1904, hut did not venture TO proceed to Mon
tercy until the middle Of March, after the success OF ms
measures TO ucutralZc the power OF NdalrIl JuiIeZ
remained in Monterey from the middle OF March 1871 10
the 10Th Of August o. the same car Mnel ne Io IO
xn1tifh MIA IN
0C99OC anu on nat tdlsed ON the frontier before
Juarcz entered Monterey in March, 1864, was De-
5 ~ he wei olfv ISSUES involved I'm the first struggle
nst Tho intervention the siege of Puebla the battle
Of Lorenzo the transfercnce of the Federal Govern
en from Mexico to San Louis POtosi, would naturally
prevent the President from taking part in the affairs ON
the remote frontier. The only period during which
Juarez possessed any effective command along the IRON
ter bordering on Texas while the Confederate war
lasted was from March TO August Of 1904 Previously
the influence OF NdauIri was paramount mere ana aSI
ward the French and ImpeuallSts occupied Sdluuo,
Monterey and Matamoros Jurez was then lar away IN
chihuahua anu Pas0 Del Noile anu IoI ong .o is
Government the Texan border was represented only
10y guerilla bands which under the energetIc ana per
SlstCut direction or Escobedo GtronllhS IreSI9 anu
sostcncs Rocha assumed ultimately the form and con-
IN truc that Matamoros did become port of entry
and of export for the Confederates nut al persons con
corned know very well that JuareZ had not the slightest
responsibility or participation During nearly an the
time of that movement OF imports ana exports MataO-
Minister Of public Works of Macmillan, Don Luis
Robes Pezuea sent there by the Emperor to take
nccon or alliance between Imperiaists and Confede-
rates o..
The witnesses who were examined before the Commit
tee on Rereuchment in Washington cannot he ignorant
the circumstances above related, but IN their pup
hshed evidence they sudiOuSy kept ont OF sight ana
only such fractions Of truth mentioned as may help
10 create false impression regarding Juarez ana TO TX
an undue responsibility the Mexican President Mr.
O. H. B, when he relates the occurrences OF 1862 and
1853, state that they were permitted under the
paramount influence of NIdaUrr who was afterwald
shot by Juarez as traitor and minister OF the Empire,
that when the rebellion closed there We're from
S6OOOOOO to SOOOOOO worth of surplus goods IN Mexico
and that part OF them found Their way INTO Jhe
United states he does not mention the important
fact that such goods all in MatamOros which was
occupied by the enemies of JuarcZ Ihe testimony OF
Mr. Francs Latham shows chiefly that smuggling Is car
ried on Systematically from the United states INTO MeAl
co and that ne used 10 smugge tobacco INTO inns country
A. 10 tbe conversations which he reports as having
passed with uaTeZ they are simply lhcit9lDe; ana es
ecav fiat tIn Mexican President should have visited
ms small merchant and tobacco smugger 10 manifest
ms sympathy with the Come rates VINO were HSnlius
ag,i1st he Government that was the only one which
continued 10 recognize and 10 give moral support 10
JuareZ and 10 the liberal party in Mexico ,
The Confederate General James j. slaughter, VINO com
is now residing here, and he has pubAshed letter
stating that by virtue of his command he ad every Ol
pOrtuny OF knowing the truth regarding events on the
frontier ana that he mas no hcsoh III ~ tls
testimony against President Juarez las announced ana
destitute Of any character Of TRUTH 81,
Pedro Marunez-Ihs reFoluJon9Iy tIGI "as Will ort
some 7OO IN ChaTta EscOndlda threatening the port
OF Matamoros He appears to have hxed nus attSnton
exclusively the movements OF Gen. kOcha, ana was
following him from Iamaulipas when he was surprised
on the l4tl inst by Gen. Don. Geronimo Irevlno, the
Governor of NuCvO Leon, who, atter an almost unheI
ruptcd march Of leagues NEARLY 100 mes attacked
Mirtncz defeated him completely, and took nearly 400
prisoner, including more than 80 chiefs ana ohcers
ACCORDING 10 the latest reports Martinez had escaped
across tie Bravo and found refuge IN Texas BeIOre
fms defeat, some movements had commenced on the
frontier OF the parsans Of QurOaga, who Is living IN
Texas but these have disappeared after the victory OF
rryiuo over Martinez The reyOlutionists Of Zacatecds
and san LUIS POtOsi have now all been put dOW, lor
Pedro Martinez the last who had kept together
force OF Importance.