The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-12-23


wttn the " On.n- sAOw MeAicaA,
Landowners hs.p Possession Of
Their Estates.
Col. George fiOu noy, OF Galveston Tex.
who has lived long la Mexico, was In The
French army which placed 0axllnil an On
ths throne, and understands ,be MvAeian
people anu their pecullaritles yeIv thor
oIghy, said 10 reporter IN Wa, nlngtU n
the other day:
Suppose we taks Mexico 40 a whole, not
coDiining ourselves 10 the worst classes
that infest the border, out including the
better elements Vi the more settled d,s
,ricts. While the spirit VI b.lgandage Is
not 80 strong. 1t 10 Incredible now deep
SEATED In the pr, Idlces oil all the people
is the feeling that Is right ne ar them, knock.
ing at their doors, trying 10 encIoach on
their teriitorJ, Is a new, progressive. mt
Gu anicai, commercial race, IiAeiy IN u few
years, II mol ylolsntly opposed, To change
aud perhaps destroy tne social relations
anu the peculiar naDlts. which have been
growing ST onger ADD stronger To Me Aieo
Tor centuries. This Is really the u minent
uroaJ IN the hea. Is vi The Mexican pt ople
They don't like tue Angl J-Saxon push and
enterprise. IL inIert, res with their settled
pref Idice in favor Of standing st !, keep
ing quiet, living ai0ng lzlIy from year 10
year, ana stunning novelties and invent
ions OF every description. spain Is in a
tr.nce, aud Mexico wan u enjoy the
same sort vi Iepose. They believe ii Is
destiny. Now growing out OF this anti
patty, which you viii observe Is strong as
against improvement from every quarter
as well as from the United states, lis the
curIousy unsettled state oil society. There
10 little or none OF the home life there we
see ia tnis county Duling Jul recent CIV
| war ~" du,'hy We "eht oach "
the az" vi pea.e. o' because 'ue men
COM osihe oui ainies , nau hohies anu
ouiiuien w 'Hnn va "'s 'ohio
tnlug III oui sooaai ieia.ions .Aa. inaie IL
ithpos'iDle Loi uau W ielnaIh guol!liia.
Dut III heAi.o ~ uss 'Le Le'eise. lne
Is iuieeteu VIII "'Io !ouhs neh
WHOSE ioituue' anu chaiacter are pat,
eu, anu they tuih W ioooihs uiNsences anu
ell 'ylhg pIosuuos vi siiia anu ueiehseitss
tUwLs Here the sentiment oil the people
max an outlaw OF man tue moment he
turns pirate and stage robber, and cOmmu-
mites band sgainsl him. But in Mexico
his ssrt Of career IL enyelOped in Jack
sheppard cloud OF romance. 1t Is impo-,i-
bic lor the people not ~ indulge a Dlaudnn
sentiment IN layUr OF these daie devil yag-
ab1nds who perform such feats Of prUwess
and dexterity. w It'll, the women parucu.
larly, these Fra Diavoios are extremely
popular. OF course such n condition or
ceiling among even the better Classes en-
ders q good state of society out OF tue
question. Their norma. condition Is uis-
order. For fifty years they ha, e known
nothing else. All bend to the hero Of the
hour, r. gardless OF right or law, and what
is called soldier in Mexico is enlisted with
the unders landing that his services are cue
tomorrow to another president il tile peo..
pie change their miLus. ! hey owe allegi-
ance 10 tue man in power, 10 matter how
often change comes.
lis this geaeral among the reopleg"
"Anong the poorer Grasses, yes, but not
among HE people OF wealth and large in
t.rests. some time ago | visited in south.
ern Mexico q gentleman Of New Urlean-
who had IN .rrieu a rich Me xican widow.
He had become dumesticated. he had
private soldiers on his vast oStato-. Asn-
lmllian Was IN power, aua oruel was begin-
Mug to reign Tor the hrst time IL many
years. Ihis gentleman SAID 10 me that lie
believed IN the empire because II promised
good government, put ne Woull oppose IL
'hrou.h policy, In explanation 10 TINS
curious contradiction, ne said thst they
always opposed the party In power, De
cause thy knew that Tor the sake OF his
own reputation he would 90 the large
landowners any violence, and thus being
safe, SO Tar as he was concerned, they must
rank themselves against him 10 AVOID be-
m. plundered by ms enemies. IL was
iaci 'ouhd trse all through Mexico said
the COLONEL, that THESE ia'ee properly
owners always came out III hosunty 10 the
re HnlLg powers or q heIal piihclpies. ~
was the 'hstiLct ol sen-prsseryati d. 1
know IL ID the same 10 uay' LOT nave Ia
Ken pains 10 inquire.
HOW can We se't'e these ma'lefs' ny
Occupation! ~
NO, inaeeu. we n..snt W.T. lot years
anu nlt scconhp,isn an! ln.ns III Tue way
OF reforming tnis sent'il' ., unres, ane
lOstlllty 10 cnhUEb. zen. ScOtl conquered