The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1878-06-29
AS OTHERS SEE Us.


lation of an article from Mexican jour
nal, clipped from an eastern paper. APP
pcaring at time when the great howl OF
the Republicans is made that the Democrats
want to Mexicanize our fair government, it
is not inappropriate. After careful and
unbiased reading Of the article a law
abiding citizen might almost be tempted
to wish that the threatened attempt to
MeIicanize the country should succeed.
Translated from the Daily Aguarden,e. OF PolO.
tiCs, Mexico
We purpose giving to our beloved coun-
try a constitution and government founded
upon the great principles Of the United
States Of the North So says the party Of
Lardo.
Let US impartially examine the merits Of
this famous government, which the gentle
men Of the Lerdist party patronizingly
hold up for the admiration Of the descend
ants of MOntezuma and the Conquistadores
The United States Of America are nomi-
nally republic; practically "a plutocracy
qualified by mobocracy. There money is
the lever which moves the vast machinery
of politics, society. religion itself Is it not
so! Let us glance at their history for
the past twenty years.
Twenty years ago. the "Gringos" Of the
North began the work Of ''regenerating
Mexico by robbing Us Of 1.-THE OF our
faircst territory, which they Immediately
converted into land Of negro slavery.
Seventeen years ago, the self-goyerning
citizens Of the north plunged into civil
war, uncqualed on THIS continent in dura-
ton, cost and bloodshed. Incidental to
this reign of anarchy our own Mexico was
made the prey Of European intrigue, and
cursed with a 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 a woman.
Two years later that presidents success
sor was impcached for misdemeanOrs. Ten
years ago a military adventurer, in whose
character the humanity Of Santa Anna was
combined with tho sbnegation of Pizzaro
was chosen to the presidency. At the end
Of his four years term of Office, he was
almost unanimously reelected. He was
very popular ruler. During his term of
Office the vice-prcsidcnt of the country, the
secretary of the interior Tor hacienda, the
secretary of the treasury, the secretary Of
war, the secretary of the navy, the min.
lister to England, the presidents private
secretary, the speaker Of the house Of rep
resentatives-and an army Of minor digni-
tarics. were all found guilty of public and
private robbery. Some were imprisoned
but the popular president Immediately
pardoned them. A public man in the
United States is rarely brought TO trial for
crime. He either valves trial by plead
inc his privilege" AS it is called. or else
submits his case 10 a caucus Of his party,
or, in ecclesiastical cases, OF his church,
and is always triumphianty indicated.
Two years ago the quadrcnnal election
for president occurred Senior Tilden re-
ccivcd majority Of half a million votes ;
but the party in power tayoring his oppo-
nentS. and threatening TO use the army in
favor Of the latter compromise was eff
tcctcd, by which fifteen Of the pnrest men
of both parties were chosen TO decide
the question. Those fifteen pure men
proved their superiority by voting in court
exactly as they had voted at the election
So pure were the fifteen purcst men found
in Sodom.
The scli-govcrning Anglo-SaXOns at the
North are now investigating this affair, and
uncovering mass of corrupt bargain and
sale such as never disgraccd the vilest
pueblo Of North or South America.
No, Snor Lerdo, if you wish to gain the
suiiragcs of free McXicans, YOU must
hold up a lofter cXcmplar than that of the
corrupt, anarchical republic dcspotism
of the North. We are not yet pre-
pared to exchange our our bull-fghts for
your ''prize-ring" our religious liberty for
your Methodist state church. nor the legacy
Of Bolivar for either an Austrian scep,re, or
mock republic Disgusting military
plutocracy.'