Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-04-04
UNION AND AMERICAN.
REVOLUTIONARY ATTEMPTS IN
MRWECO

MEXICO.
The New Orleans Republican states that
Gen. Treyino, with whose nanle the re-
bellion in Northern Mexico Las made us
familiar, is not bad man, bet he has Ger
tainly been an unfortunate revolutionist.
Time and time again he has attempted
to capture the State of Tamaulipas, and
just as often he las been defeated and
forced 70 seek rAfuge In Texas. Com
meneing his rev. 0luiops with the most brill
liant prospects, sca,e mistake in bis calcula-
tons or some. detection among his partisans
has lost him the fight. The Republican fur
nishes this biographical sketch Of the great
Mexican E.ebel: "Gen. Trevino was born
in Mexico but received his education in the
UnitefI States, where he imbibed strong re-
publ. can political ideas, and ali his endeav-
0rs have been directed to making his own
country a copy Of our own in its institu-
tons. For years he was connected with
Gen. Caravajal in the design to detach the
northern States Of Mexico into = separate
nationality for the purpose Of annexing
them to the United States; and this pro-
iect, which is well known to his
friends, has often frustrated his revolutions
Just at the moment of success, for
the Mexican politicians as class
do not favor the design of being made sub
iects of American government. Gen.
Trevino is connected with very wealthy
and influential family, and he is largely in
aerested in lands in The States of Tamauli-
pes and Nuevo Leon. If that portion of
Mckee lying north and east of the Sierra
Madre mountains could be added to the
United States, the public and private lands,
that are now almost worthless, would soon
acquire great value, because they are pro-
ductive and healthy. They are now of
but little account, owing to the unsettled
condition of the government and the
uncertainty Of the labor, the own
ers beiPg at all times subject to
pay forced loans TO all sorts of military up
starts, and the poor people being liable to a
military draft at any time. Besides, the
proximity of the Texas frontier renders
their stock insecure, thieves running off
horses and cattle across the Rio Grande
quite as frequently as our people complain
that their cattle have been stolen and driven
into Mexico. General TreyinO, besides be-
ing supported by his individual family and
friends, has always had the friendship Of a
very powerful American interest on the
Texas side Of the Rio Grande. All the
Texans who favor the annexation ofNorth-
ern Mexico to the United States, all
the commercial interests about Brownsville
that look to this project of annexation as
their surest way TO fortune, have helped
Trevino with money and information.
Gen. Carayajal, probably the most popular
Mexican on the frontier in his individual
CAPACITY, has always managed to secure
this friendship for TrevinO, on the ground
that his revolutionary aims were directed
10 bring about the favorite project Of an
Dexation. Within the last three years
Trevino has changed his base Of operations
Having failed so often in Tamaulipas, be
made an attempt on Nueyo Leon
after the fall of Vidaurri, fom
years ago, and succeeded il
making himself Governor Of that State
At Monterey he organized his rebellion
against President Juarez, and to that place
lac has returned since his defeat by Gen
Rocha at Zacatecas. The great desert which
lies between Monterey and central Mexico
and which was always the terror Of SAINT
Anna, protects him from pursuit, and tn
prospect is that he will there reorganize hi
forces for the new attempt against Zaca
tecas. In fact, the prelude to this reorgan
ization is also discoverable in the announce
ment that forced loans are being exactet
from the wealthy citizens of Nuevo LeOl
amid the salvos of the salute that he ha
ordered to be fired in honor Of what be call
his victory over Gen. ROchs, but which wa
really defeat. If Gen. Trevino succeed
in reforming his columns and in success
fully defeating President Juarez, it will the
become necessary for the United States {
interfere in Mexico; for Trevino will eithe
solicit it or ne will be assassinated, a
Comonfort was, and anarchy will prevail
between the efforts of the factionists to max
themselves rulers of the country.