The semi-weekly Republican. (St. Francisville, La.) 1872-1872, 1872-04-16
0tEXICO.

plOflDl6 COnulLiC0 OF MeXlCO-a
country once so prosperous-is ex-
citing the solicitous attention Of
statesmen and philanthropists, a
brief allusion to her history and re-
sources may not be inappropriate.
Her history seems a highly colored
fictitious narrative, rather than a
sober, truthful record of events !:
presenting series of vicissitudes
without a parallel in the history Of
the past. From above the year 1900
the period when the Aztecs, Or
Mexican proper, acquired possession
of the country-until the middle Of
the fifteenth century, an un;nter-
rupted warfare was waged between
them and neighboring peoples
When hostilities ceased, they had
secured a domain whose area mea-
sured l,G00,3l7 square miles.
Then commenced period Of al
most uninterrupted prosperity. Agri-
culture was encouraged +; manafac-
lures We're established /; commune
cation between the remotest portions
Of the country was maintained wise
and wholesome internal regulations
were adopted, and a government in
augurated whose code, Mr.. Prescott
states, evinced a profound respect
for the great principles Of morality,
and as clear q PERCEPTION Of those
principles as is to be found among
the most cultivated nations. But,
the glory and magni6cence Of the
splendil empire they had erected
upon the ruins of other dynastics,
WIS destained to be crushed by the
ambition and cupidity Of the Span
lard.
In 1913, a Spanish squadron dis
covered Mexico and soon after,
Cortez entered upon that brilliant
but merciless crusade whice resulted
in its complete subjugation. From
1888 to 1908, Mexico was held in
subsection by Spain, and ruled by
viceroys Of her appointment. Then
commenced revolts and instructions,
with varying success, until, in 1928,
a Republic was proclaimed, and a
constitution, similar to that Of the
United States, adopted. From that
time until the present moment, with
brief intervals, this Inflated land has
been the bloody theatre of anarchy
and misrule. Her agricultural and
mineral resources have been largely
diminished her commerce paralyzod,
in consequence Of the instability and
insecurity Of her government the
most fragrant abuses of person and
property have passed uncorrectcd
merci,css bandits and vindictive
g,errillas have perpetrated acts Of
vandalism aud violence almost unre-
bukea, and have roamed her terrific
ry with impunity in a word, there
scarce remains q scmblance Of order
and established government.
Mexico possesses q climate unex-
celled by any other on the globe, i'll
Guiding both the temperate and the
torrid zones !; and her products EN-
brace the growths Of the frozen
chimes Of the North, as well as those
of the burning skies Of Asia anG
Africa. Although her developed
wealth consists mainly in the pro.
duct of her mines OF gold, silver anc
copper, her soil, with the exception
of small districts, is exuberantly fer
tile, and, owing to the variety of he
climate, there is scarcely known
product which cannot be grown with
in her territorial limits. In some 10
calities all the species Of oak, chest
nut and pine trees, also logwood an<
mahogany, grow spontaneously il
others, a great variety of dye-woods
medicinal plants, and trees from
which the most valuable gums al
produced, are found in great abund
: ance. The agricultural production
embrace not only every variety nee
, essary for consumption of the inhab
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