The Ottawa free trader., 1878-08-10

dist party patronizingly hold up for the ad
miration of the descendants Of Monczuma
and Conquisadorc, The United States OF
America are nominally Il republic, practically
II plutocracy qualified bya mobocracy. There
money Is the lever which moves the vast ma
chincry of politics, society and religion itself
/ Is it not so? Let us take a glance at then
history for the last thirty years:
Thirty years ago the "Gringos' OF the mode
Irepublic began the work OF regcncrting Mex
/ leo By wagng war upon their republican SIS
ter, and rObbing Us of half our taircst territory
| They seized upon the great domain Of IcNa,
I-largcr than all Spain and Portugal anu
Immediately converted it to land OF Negro
slavery. They then proceeded to fight among
| themselves about turning the rest OF our stolen
territory into slave states and seventeen years
ago the selfgovernmg citizens Of that self
Ivauntcl "land Of the free plunged into civ
! il war uncquallcd on this continent in dura
! ton, cost, and bIOOdShCd. incidental To TINS
reign of anarchy, our own Mexico was made
the prey of European intrigue, and cursed
with disastrous foreign INVASION.
Thirteen years ago the superiority OF An
glo.Saxon selfgovcrnment" eliminated in the
assassination Of the ruling president, for
which they valiantly hanged woman. Two
years later the presidents successor was i'm
pcaChed for msdCmcanOrs. Ten years ago a
military chieftan, in whose character the hui
manity of Santa Anna was combined with the
abncgation of PizarrO, was chosen for the pres
idenCv At the end of his four years term he
was almost unanimously reelected. He was
a very popular ruler During his term Of Of
flee the vice president Of the country, the sec
retary of the interior (or hacicnda, the sccrctl-
ry Of the treasury, the secretary OF war, the
secretary of the navy, the miaister to England,
the presidents private secretary, the speaker
of the house of representatives, and an army
of minor dlgnitarics, We're all found guilty OF
public and private robbery. Some were I'M
prisoned but the popular president immedi-
atelv pardoncd them. A public man in the
United States is rarely brought to trial for
crime. He either valves trial by pleading
his privilege" as it is called, or else submits
his case to Il CAUCUS Of his party, or in eccle.
siasical cases, Of his church, and is always tri-
umphantly vindicatcd.
Two years ago the quadricAnial election for
president occurred Scnor Tildcn received a
majority Of Il quarter Of Il million OF votes; but
the party in power tavorng his opponents, and
threutning to use the army in favor of the lat
ter a compromise was effected, by which fif
teen of the purcst men OF both parties were
chosen to decide the question. These fifteen
men proved Their superiority 10y voting IN
court exactly is thtN mao Nolcu III thc cIcclloh
SO pure were the fifteen purcst men found IN
Sodom The selt.governing Anglo-Saxons at the
north are now investigating this affair, and
uncovering mass Of corrupt bargain and sale
such as never disgraCcd the yllcst pueblo Of
North or South America No. Senor Lerdo, if
YOU want to gain the Sutlragc> Of free MeXicans,
YOU must hold up Il lottler cXcmplar than that
of the corrupt, anarchial republican despotism
of the north We are not yet prepared to cN-
change our bulLtishts ior your prizc-rng, our
religious liberty lor yoUr Methodist state
church. nor the legacy of Bolivar for either
Ian Austrian scepter ora mock republic disguis-
ing military plutocracy