The New York herald., 1870-02-07
Mexican Anarchy-A Subject for Gemera
tsrRnt's Consideration.

cTRnIs COMMUNICATION.
Anarchy has become the chronic, life-ex-
hausting disease Of Mexico, aggravated by her
old sores breaking out in fresh eruptions from
day to day. Among our latest items of news
from that unfortunate country are these:-That
the Governor Of Zacatecas had proclaimed
against the general government because Juarez
had ordered him TO deliver up a conducta Ga
government silver train) which he had recently
seized; that this refractory State Governor
had also appropriated one hundred and fifty
thousand dollars Of private property deposited
in the mint, and that the State Legislature had
backed him up in these operations that free
dom Of the press had been suspended in the
republic; that Rocha, revolutionary leader,
had gained decisive victory over detach-
ment OF government troops at San Luis
Potosi, capturing twenty pieces of artillery
that Escobedo is supposed to be in danger;
that recently an attempt was made to kidnap
or assassinate the Cabinet Minister, Lerdo de
Tejada, but that the plot was discovered and
the ringleaders arrested, and that pronun-
camento followed; that band Of scoundrels
had plundered the church and city of Orizaba
of money, arms and horses /; that the authori-
ties of Michoacan are arming troops; that
troops had marched from Vera Cruz against
the Orizaba insurgents that General Negrete
is working in favor of the old exile of st.
Thomas, and that several persons had been
arrested on charge Of conspiring for the
return Of General Santa Anna.
This is suggestive budget OF disorders,
following directly upon the heels OF Mr.
Stewards late triumphal progress through the
Mexican republic as the honored champion of
non-intervention and self-government. But as
our venerable statesman, who literally scolded
Louis Napoleon out Of Mexico, was naturally
enough, hailed as deliverer by that grateful
people, what else could he do, in return, but
blarney stone? In contrast however, with
the rejoicing professions, and meetings and
balls and .tetes, and presents of all kinds show
cred upon Mr.. Seward along the line of his
Mexican travels, the revolutionary movements
we have just recitcd bring the miserable bur-
lesque of Mexican self-government into bolder
relief We see that battles between opposing
factions, revolutionary pronunciamentos by
military chiefs and by States highway robbie
ries, and military seizures Of mints, churches,
towns and cities, have become so far the estab-
lished order OF things in Mexico that in locali-
ties where these annoyances are not in active
operation the inhabitants as freely indulge in
their amusements as if they were living under
thesmillennium. But so it was in Paris, even in
the midst of the Reign of Terror, and again
when that gay metropolis was under the
scourge of the cholera. Nor are such things
utterly horrible to contemplate, when we
remember that they are but the natural opera
tions Of The human mind from strain in one
extreme to rebound in the other
But still the question recurs, is there no
remedy for this never ending but still begin
ming anarchy in Mexico? There is none in
Mexico. In the elements which compose the
Mexican population there is no hope. The
dominant unnixed Spanish race in that coun-
try numbers less than millions the unmxed
Indians number four millions the remaining
three millions and a half OF the population
excepting about say ten thousand pure negroes
are hybrds from all the crosses between
whites. Indians and negroes, and between the
products Of these crosses and Indians, negroes
and whites. With slight adulterations in a
part of it the Indian element embraces about
fve-sixths Of the Mexican people. This is the
laboring element. The other sixth Of the
population is that in which the Spanish blood
predomlnaies What sor. Of elements for self
government have we here? The worst in
Christendom. With these Spanish Americans.
from Mexico to Buenos Ayres, as we know
from their history of revolutions, revolution is
the ruling passion. They are never satisfied
unless they are in a revolutionary ferment. II
is the old fighting spirit of the heroic Spanish
Christians and Moors Of the Middle Ages
degenera.ed into Spanish American bush
whacking. These Spanish Mexicans again
are divided between the Church party
sad the anti-Church party, and be