, 1876-12-18

blc.-since VIC ARC openly threatened With the
transp1antlng Of tho Mexican system Of select
lag Presidents to cur own shores-to con-
slider briefly how tho Mexican system
haa operated In the land Of It's
nativity, and what arc lts claims for our respect
and esteem. To s,n up IN brief its results.
We may 10y that from Dec. 10, 1922, when Santa
Anna proclaimed the Republic, to tho present
tIuc, there has been only one man-Benito
Juarez-Eho has held tho ot1lee nf President Of
se Va. ssetsd % sds aRs these
lutions from the adoption ot the first republican
constitution to the overtime" Of Prestlcnt
Ler,lo as reported last week. IN 1921, Den.
assiiss.. lila hin, ii@ives him from @ ths
country, and on April ! of the next
year Assumes the Presidency. The ~ same year
yaslon, elects Guerrero himself, and. on Jan. Il,
1880 seats himself Ia the Presidential chair.
Dustamautc gives way to Pedraza, who appears
once more upon the scene, only to be depossd At
once by Santa Anna, who takes tho Office April
!, 1855 Then comes ths Texan revolt In tsE'.
nnd tho battle Of San Jacinto, IN which Santa
Anna was taken prisoner. In his abscnce, Bus.
tsaas !etussns sna becomes rsssaeat Aps
esf esf; pa ss a. s1s sso III 1swen Sc a" be i
elected constitutional Preeident-hr succeeds
iii keeping tile country In such anarchtcal con-
stand what is going OIL. Scarcely Ia hc seated
fn tho mucll-coseted Office when new reyolu-
tios, arascs, by whcl, he Is deposcd and banished,
md Canal1Zo substituted for him Sept. 20, 1914.
same year, aud lis successor, Herrera, i turned
out Dee. 80. 1916 Get. Paredcs. taking tho
retns VI government ut this tunctufe, finds
that sscsd III ful flight before tho
i over 10 The more experienced hand Of
| Santa Anna, who returns from cxiIe Just
ia tinlo to bo badly defeated BY Gen. Taylor and
! forced. bnee morr, tu leave tho country. NoH-
ing tho country, once more, and Ar!ssa atte,
him, Santa Anua Is a9ain elected IN 1853 and
holds tho office until deposctl by Alvarez, who
takes Ills place fn August. 1856 lie resigns In
December Of tho same year n favor ot tconon
ncts, is superseded In 1858 by Zuloaga. liz !.
Immediately opposed by Deuito Juurcz, ClItct
Justice u tho suuserne Court, and, under the
4s fhtu ts yfss to e TcTa s' 5as c
where he establslles Ills Government and Is rec
oEnlre,! By The United States as the constlsu
tfonal President. Meanwhile, zuloaga y forced
to resign IN favor Of his colrn,audpr-ln-clhcf
Juarez, Is h',nseii cverthrown, when The iari,ne,
enters tho Capital US thr recognized President
Jan, Ii, 1871. Throughout the turbulent periot
| OF tic French usatnnt!1t he retained hts place
sud ceased 70 he President only On hts death
July u, 1sH, At his last re-clcct!on, +
1sTl. his opponents hero Gen. poFar!e i.
Jada. Tile latter, being Chief Justice
succeeded him in thu Presidency, md held th'
Office In comparative peace until the last clcc
tim. It Is only since tic complications whEct
TINT event produced That the revolutionary in
Etlnets Ut the peanle hare heen again called intt
play, and the overthrow nf Ltrdo by Dlazr d
recorded in our telegraphfc columns, 5rongh
ubuut.
Such have bcrn the workings Of the Mexican
System n its native !an1. Ave we willing t.
TRANSPLANT It. We submit the question To tn
calm consideration Of the Democratic party.
W. K D.