Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1872-01-30

Especial Oorre.pondsaos Of the Rspublie.n.l
Murroo Orr. Dsormbsr ~ 1871

Especial Corre,pondsnos Of the Rspublioan.i
MnxIoo Orr, December =, iTL
OF course your readers are aware, In
general way, OF the inextricable confusion OF
politics In this unhappy country. But very
few even here can DO sald TO have anything
approaching q clear comprehension Of the
muddlcd situation, and In spite Of the food
Of telegraphlc news with which the American
public is no doubt inundated, fancy few
words upon the subject may prove Of some
avail. Tho truth IL, there seems to be natu-
raj tendency In the average Mexican mind
toward revolution that Il not easily overcome,
and certainly not exhibited by other people
To such remarkable degree.
THIS tendency is largely attributable TO the
peculiar composition Of the people, who, OF
all the nations upon the globe, possess, per-
haps, the greatest share OF the old feudal In.
situations and the old sentiment Of lordshlp
and yassalage. Almost every nelghborhoOd
has lis petty potentate, as morbldly sensitive
as impracticablc, and rs ambitious as any OF
Scous highland chieftalns-the object nearly
Of alteration TO the ignorant herd OF halt
hreod poems and restless seml-bandltu who
gather beneath his standard. Toa character
of this stamp, so supported, anything In the
shape Of law and order Of settled govern
ment and centralized power, Is naturally an
hnltGN OF luNtuHN ANuOTTtutet anu any man,
Eood or bad, who wins by any means the SUI
promo power Of the State Is certain 10 have
arrayed against him q score or more Of these
incorrigible malcontents.
lts condition Ia the same now as Il has
been for many years past despite the over
sangulne hope OF some who seemed TO ex-
pect President JuareE 10 do In q month what
no other ruler had ever boon able to accom-
pllsh In q generation, Wit tho complete
paclhcatlon OF Mexico. Aud II must DO
added that the conduct Of some Of those i'm
mediatoly about him has given to his enc
mics plausible pretext for hostility, which
they knew how 70 turn TO his disadvantage.
Every trivial mistake has been exaggerated
into an abuse, and every petty abuse multi
bolllon,
Just now Il appears TO be In full blast In
several different quarters. The nearest and
most formidable opponent Of the Government
e the veteran DiaS Of Oaxaca-a man who, In
days gone by, rendered good service 10 tho
republic, but who seems incurably affected
with the Mexican lnsurrectionary epidemic,
and not whit less eager now to pit his little
stronghold against the power OF his native
land than he was In tho time Of need TO barrl-
cade Its gates against the leglons OF Maxi
milan. lie has managed 10 collect q consid-
ernblo force about him, and though recently
believed 10 DO completely out-generalod and
rOutsd, has again gained, by q rapid circular
march TO the northward, the very position
from which he was supposed TO be elected.
10 short he, Is again In Oaxaca, which
means that the campaigr in the southwest
cannot DO considered as ended just yet. Il
VIII cost no little expenditure OF blood and
treasure TO crush so determined an adver.
saIy,
This Is the more unfortunate Just now since
an equally threatening war cloud looms upln
me very opposite quarter. The northeastern
STATS OF the Rio Grande aud Gulf, Tamau-
npas and NueyA Leon. seem 10 be mainly In
the hands OF Insurgents, and, spreading west.
ward, they have oyerrun the State Of Du-
range, and captured H. capital Of the same
names while Mazatlan, on the Pacific, Is also
IN the possession Of tue disaffected. To add
TO the general confusion, guorrillas swarm In
several OF the States that have not openly
pronounced against the Government aud San
Luis Pueblo Aguas Calientes and Morclcs
(all powerful from their central location, as
wen their wealth aud dense populatlon,)
are doing their utmost TO paralyEe is arm by
declaring their intention 10 remain perfectly
neutral and passive, come what may. IL r.
even rumOred that chihuahua, Juarezs old
sanctuary and fortress In time Of need, has
tailed him al this critical iuncture.
IL viii be said that this Is q dark and du-
blous outlook and 80 II Is; but there are
many who have still the utmost confidence In
the old chief, who rides the car Of State, aud,
think, not without reason. lie Ia not man
to be bullicd or forced from his rights with
out desperate struggle. There Is not a
more tenacious clutch In the world than that
OF Prealdent Juarez. Whatever his faults
may be, he fully realizes that he stands the
representative and bulwark Of constitutional
government against the nood-tides of an
archy and license that are raging all about
" and with that awful responsibility weigh
ing upon him, neither Dlaz, nor Lerdo nor
the bandltu Of the northeast will easily win
one inch from this determined leader. Be-
slides, Notwithstanding the difficulties OF the
situation, he has the great military advantage
OF consolidation Of forces; the resources OF
the capital arc at his command; bis troops are
probably the bcst disciplined and most skllfully
commanded In the country, and above oil he
bits ont hard and strong from the centre OF
the circle, so ~ speak; while they, divided
BY space and feeling alike, can only make
furtiye dashes from the circumference. II is
the old story Of tho rock with the storms
beating against 10 from every side but the
rock stands nevertheless.
Should, however, the elements OF disorgaui-
zation prevail In the present struggle, for the
sake OF humanity, Ii Is perhaps to be wished
that our more powerful Northern neighbors
would step In and save from suicide a noble
but misguided people.
Possibly no Que thing would do more 10
facilitate the pacihcatlon and solldidcatlon of
the country than thorough and well-regU-
lated railroad system. In particular, Mexico
needs connection by rail between the capital
and tho two great points Of contact with the
United states-AatamOras and Fl Paso-the
former passing through the cities Of Pot,ssi
and Monterey, the latter along the great In
land chain OF GuadalaXaTa, Zacatecas, Du-
range and chihuahua and so opening com
lnunication with the fertile valley of the Rio
Grandc, which now forms the most valuable
portion Of the United States Territory OF New
Mexico.
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