New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-03-28

similar to those of the same class here
we will offer summary of the revolu
tionary plan of Miscoax. It is first as
sumed that ever1 party which proposes :
revolution owes to society an explanation
OF the causes which impel the movement
| This is paraphrase Of our declaration
of separation from the government 0
Great Britain, and is wholly inapplica BIZ
to people who propose merely repea
Of laws or a change Of administration
The causes alleged, however, are as FOL
| lows:
The administration has violated every
moral principle, every prescription O.
the fundamental pact, vitiated So
ciety and rendered impossible the re-
form Of these abuses by pacific means
The sovereignty of the States hardly ex.
| lists; the President rem owes Governors al
his will, as has been done in five or six
States. These Governors must obey
blndly the mandates Of the President.
The administration has hesitated at no
means, however disr reputable, to force
Congress to authorize federal Intervention
in the States. The rights of humanity
and civilization have been sacrificed by
applying the frontier protection fund to
useless repairs Of the palaces Of Mexico
and Chepultepec, in feasts and in wholly
luxurious commissions, like that sent to
Asia to observe the transit Of Venus. The
revenues of the nation are wasted at the
caprice Of fayorites. The President and
his Cabinet have allowed the dispatch of
business to fall into disorder without re-
garding anything except their pleasure.
The administration of justice is deeply
corrupted. The Supreme Court is q
shame to the nation, and the district
judges are agents for destroying the SOW
ereignty of the States. Public instruc-
ton is in chaos, and it's posts are the
spoils Of favcrites. Municipal power has
completely disappeared, and city councils
have become the humble dependents of
the government. Each Of the pets of the
President holds three or four salaried
Offices.
The constitution and laws Offering NO
adequate remedy for this monstrous
catalogue Of alleged abuses, these revolu-
tionists who did net revolutionize, declare
that, sin the name Of God, of outraged
society and Of the vilifed Mexican
people, they ':raise the standard Of war"
and proclaim the following plan: They
repudiate the executive and judiciary, and |
The "so-called Seventh Constitutional Con- |
5ress." The State governments which &C.
'ept this plan will for the present stand,
;hough illegal. Those which do not recog-
1ize it shall be governed by the first ''chief'
Who proclaims his plan. The federal gov |
overthrow, the commanding
general of the ''regenerating army" shall,
N occupying the capital, order an cleo
ion for President and judges of the
supreme Court, but he shall not be el;gi-
lie to either office. To compensate this
General, somewhat, it is provided. that
ntil a President shall have been elected,
be General shall exercise ':the powers
war and comm and of the republic"
nd as the republic will have gone into
quotation, he is to be sstrustee of the
xecutive power" In this capacity he
i'll exercise some of the very powers
of in the present administra-
On, thus: He shall! "dictate the meas
res necessary to insure compliance" On
le part of the States with the premises
this plan. He must snake effective,
the most energetic manner, the civil !
I'D criminal responsibilities of the
Lerdo, and his accomplices."
This means, We suppose, first to seize
l all their effects and then to shoot them
l the plaza. Then follow the repeal of .
terror customhou ses and an order to the .
st constituent Congress to amend the
and all is done in the name ,
''liberty and regen Grafton"
The reader can not but see the similarity
the charges made by our opposition :
ainst the President of the United States,
d especially the allegations against the
'vernor, Legislat ure and judges Of Lou !.
ana. In the quiet manner in which this :.
tempted revolution was put aside we re- .
gnize the stability of the Mexican gov
ament. In this repetition of the Basco =
Tacuboya and the devolution of =
power on General who, like
nta Anna, was to hold power as trustee, :
note the presen tation Of an ancient | =,
"a, and in the unwillingness of the peo-
} to commit themselves to military ad- =
1turers and civil war is apparent an .
akened conviction in the people of J,
.xico that it is better to reform through -
} ballot box than through the cartridge ~
< and the caisson. We hope those of !
: own citizens who have passed so near :,
brink of this volcano will take lesson -,
wisdom from the Mexican people .,
DUSTRIAL VALUE OF THE COLCEED "
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