The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-12-06

The Romance 81 Young lsurbide--Adopt-
ed by MRximilian-A Mothers Cruel
Treatment and Its Reward.

ed by mnximilian-A Mothers Crus
Treatment and its Reward.
! Hon. John Bigelow, former Ministe
to France, recently delivered u lectur
In Brooklyn, N. ~, on "The Heirs 3
! the Imperial Crown of Mexico" Il
which he said;
} A telegram appeared few month
} since In the daily papers, announcin,
the arrival in England OF the youn.
Prince lturbide, grandson Of the En-
peror Iturbide, Of Mexico, to enter tn,
military school at Woolwich. This tel
egram suggested a painful incident con
nected with the recent history of Mexi
co, which will not be embarrassing, bu
In order TO grasp the details fairly II
will be well to take a backward glance
at the history Of Mexico. II is about
$50 years since Cortez and his handful
Of Adventures landed in Mexico at wi AZ
Is now Vera Cruz and marched withou
opposition OF any moment 10 the capital
Of the country. He succeeded i'm max
ing a country five times the size OF
France dependency Of the Spanish
crown, and it was held peacefully by
that Government until Napoleon placed
his brother on the Spanish throne. The
colonies refused TO accept the usurpa-
ton and remained faithful, and in 1903
the Mexicans seized the Spanish
viceroy and sent him to Spain.
The freedom from home interference
stimulated the love Of liberty, and in
1921 one Don Augustine Iturbide. who
had been dismissed from the Snan;sh
army because OF cruelty n soma ~ h;s
captiyes, managed nv addrass ard
courage to stimulate the national s,;r;,
to throwing off the woke ~ Sna;n ~ =
rather completing the worL wh;ah "a
been going on. He was daclarad F 49,
peror. In 1929. however. Santa Arna
Colonel IN the Army haad
ed the revolution which andad -
expelling Iturbide from Mex;co ard 4,
cons;der,t;on ~ HE Services 4, ..' -
lowed 4 pension 81 so5 oon IL - 49, ~
to Europe, and. TRUSTING 10 HE nonplar-
ity. he returned To Mex;co~- bvt 10
promptly arrested. tried and shot ~ ~
evening OF July 3. ls29 From No,
time until 1854 Mex;co an;orad ,.ha.
was called 4 repnbl;ca, fory, 80 ~.
eminent and freedom fro,, fora;oa s,l'
There was one Influence ho.r 80
which bore a very ;nnnor,a,,, 49,. 49, ~
country, and which was ali nowartaI
This was the influence ~ H. r IN.
Church. which owned opa.,b;rd ~ ~
real and personal nronersv ~ ~
country. and which ~ ca,,rs - 80 ~
seryient 10 the Government ~ r. p 49,
OF Rome in All tb;ngs +, a., a,, NJ
imagined what a powerful ;na,arce
the Church welded IN Mex;co ana
when It took mart in nol;t;es !, a Ga
bring a very powerful agancv - 49,
upon the side which Il ssnc,sed -,
1854 an Intellectual attem,t ,yas ,,aso.
overthrow this power. Thsra had l h'a -
indeed almost rons,an, -. lau oech
tween the Church partv and :.
nents for wears ~ iseI ,.h; III III
still went on. he civil 80. .n's
broke out in the United Sta,es III
Mexico at the same time was a. . s,a.a
II anarchy. The Mexican Govern , ,,aue
,wed claims abroad ~ fore;er Ca ..sns
nents which had never ham ra no' s ~
IN the 3ist II October France Erc, ga
Ind Spain entered into An aoreemen, ~
END troops TO Mexico 70 take noses
ion OF certain ports and hold tban, snd
,ollect the revenue thereof mil ,h t'%
laims were settled. Int tbav wa,.a ~.
D interfere with the inferno, 49, -
nent Of the Government Tho 1890
,tates were invited ~ ioin tba coc,h;a
ion, but Mr.. Seward. who was ,ha,
secretary Of State. declined IL of,a v"
d, however. 70 guarantee the nav,na s
( the interest mon the Max;carp .,a n.n.
ED by those Goyernments rnan ~
ain security which Mexico cd,ld ,raI,
ford to rive. For some raason ~ III
ed powers declined this offer, and Land v. J
in Mexico few months after w;,h !.
{, 600 men, who took possession ~ Va ,r
'ruz. = 20 !
The French Emperor had otbar v;aws :,
nan the collection ~ ! Loan ~ AZ /.
red to conciliate Rome ana ,ha 49, :