The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1878-08-28
A Mexican Opinion.

IDally AguArdirntc Of Pololitica' Mexico,
ave propose giving TO our below
cdcountry constitution and gov
eminent. founded ON the great prin-
leiples sof TIT Juited States of thcj
Norih!o SoisayS1hc party of Lcrdo
Let us inpariiallyexaminc the mere
its of this famous government which
the gentlemen of the Lerdist party
patronizingly hold up for the adui-
ration of the descendants of Monte
yuma, and the Conluistldores. The
UnitcdlStates of Aincrica are nonii-
nally republic, practically pluto
e.aeyi qualified by mobocracy. There.
money Is the lever that moves the
vast intclIincry Of politics, society,
religion itself. Isii not SO? Let us
take a glance at their history for the
past thirty years.
Thirty years ago the "Gringos" of
the model republic began the work
Of regenerating Mexico by waging
war upon ilie lRgmblitan sister and
robbing us Of half our tairest terri
tory. They seized the great domain
of Tcxas-larger than all Spain and
Portugal--and Immediately convert
ed into land of negro slavery. They
then proceeded to fight among them
selves about converting the rest of
our stolen territory into slave States;
and seventeen years ago the self gov
erning citizens OF that selt-vaunted
''land of the free" plunged into a
civil war nnequaled ON this continent
in duration, cost and bloodshed. In
cidentalto this reign of anarchy our
own Mexico was made the prey of
European intrigue and cursed with n
disastrous foreign invasion.
| Thirteen wears ago the superiority
of "Anglo-Snxon selt-government'
eliminated in the assassination of
the ruling President, for which they
valiantly hanged a woman. Two
years later the Presidents successor
| was impeached for Inisdemeanor.
| Ten years ago n military chiet:ain,
| in whose character the humanity of
Santa Anna was combined with the
abnegation of Pizarro, was chosen
to the Presidency. At the end of
bis.four years. term of office he was
almost unanimously reelected. He
I was very popular ruler. During
his term of office the Vice President
of the country, the Secretary of the
Interior Tor hacienda), the Secretary
of the Treasury, the Navy, the Min
lister to England, the Presidents pri-
vate secretary, the Speaker of the
House of Representatives and an ar
my of minor dignitarics, were all
found guilty of public and private
robbery. Some were imprisoned,
but the popular President immedi-
ately pardoned them. A public iuan
i'm the United States is rarely brought
| to a trial for crime. He either
valves a trial by "pleading his priv
ilege," asst, is called, or else submits
his case to a caucus of his party, or,
| In ecclesiastical eases, of his church,
and is always triumphantly vindi-
Gated. ..Glr-st1H 4inE
| Two years ago the quadrcnnial
election for President occurred. SEN
or Tilden received a majority of Il
quarter of million of votes: but
| the party in power favoring his OPP
/ ponont, and threatening to use the
army in favor of the latter, compro-
mise was effected, by which fifteen of
the purest men of both parties were
| chosen to decide the question. These
fifteen purc-men proved their superb
ority by voting in court exactly as
they had voted at the election. So
pure were the fifteen purest men
found in Sodom. The self-govern-
ing Anglo-Saxons at the North are
now investigating this affair, and
uncovcring II mass of corrupt bar
gain and sale such rs never disgraced
the vilest pueblo of North and South
America. No, Senior Lerdo, if you
wish to gain the sufiragcs of free
Mexicans, you must hold up n loftier
example than that of the corrupt,
anarchical Republican despotism of
the North. We are not yet prepared
to exchange our bull-ights for your
prize ring, our religious liberty for
your Methodist State Church, nor the
legacy of Bolivar for either an Aus
trian scepter or mock Republic dis
guising military plutocracy.
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