The Worthington advance., 1878-11-07
REMODELING MEXICO.

22, published plan for remodeling Mexico
and getting . few "stamps." The article ia
headed "Good and Disinte1ested Counsels."
It says: ""Daily, Mexico is in greater danger
Of losing it's autonomy, liberty, and indie
pendence, through tie plots of its native i'll
triguers. The polls are tampered with and
manipulated. Mexico has: :eabout nine mil
lion inhabitants, of which scarcely one mil
lion may be said to be civilized; the other
eight millions are buried in the deepest
Ignorance. The. Indians of this country,
from the time of our independence, have
not made any progress, either morally or
physically lly-bordering almost on idiotism-
and the liability of their being led by un-
scrupulous political designers is the cause of
all our evils: We have an immense border
along the frontiers of the United States,
Guatemala and Belize. We are not able to
take care of it and will always bo apt to be
pretext of our raiding on their territory.
Most of this frontier ia a desert, being a vast
outlay to Us for our troops and their main-
tenances, without its bringing us any in
come. Our neighbors there practice SNUG
Cling on the largest scale with perfect i'm
punity, and all their tendencies are to absorb
US, for w ich purpose they seek to COM
mence war in which all the advantages are
on their side; for We cannot reckon on the
patriotism of our idiotic Indian population
ignorant Of the meaning of the term native
country, nor can we reckon on those whose
only country and God is money, nor on those
who prefer the Vatican and it's clerical gov
ernment to the civil government, aud who do
rot quarrel with any invader, SO that their
rights and riches are not touched. Consid.
ering. therefore, that our chief duty is to
preserve our nationality and endeavor to be-
come an intelligent nation:
Therefore, We propose as I platform to
savs us from the threatened shipwreck:
l. To offer at public sale all the sparsely
populated country bordering on the United
States, Gautemala, and Belize, preferring as
buyers Latin races.
2. The United States may be admitted as
bidders if those above indicated do not pres
ent themselves.
3. The Mexican inhabitants of the Sec
tons sold are to be ut liberty to remain OF
emigrate, and their property is to be re-
spected.
4. With the proceeds of this sale the new
frontier is to he we'll colonized, to serve as
barrier against future encroachments.
5. For the indigenous classes lands are
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be paid for in instaiments, and an effort is
to be made to civilize the Indians.
6. Mechanics and savings banks are to
DO established.
Z. A system of public schools is to bo
rigidly enforced.
8. Railroads, telegraphs, public works,
hospitals, and penitentiaries are to be estab-
lished.
Q. By establishing national guard the
large army is to be reduced to one-third its
present size.
10. The navy, ordnance, and armories-
re to be improved and increased.
II. The least of citizens TO be able to &C
cuse before the supreme court any Congress-
men that utter an opinion of opposition to
to the constitution, reform, or progress.
The legal sale of lands are of no account
to us, in our conception, cannot diminish
our dignity or offend our solf-respect. We
cannot help rejecting that The present state
of affairs leads US to national dissolution aud
to war. True, we would confront our ene-
mics, few thousand ratris IS would die and
our fame become Gr ut, but our nationality
would be extinguiehed, our children be less
han slaves. Then would the Mexican re-
public perish, without any excuse for ever
having existed. On the other hand, the map
Of Mexico would become somewhat smaller,
but its autonomy would remain assured, and
We might acquire respectable sums of money
not otherwise to be had. Perhaps, it cou-
,,iudes. our descendants, strong and vigorous,
may afterward come to acquire what to-day
circumstance compel US to sacrifice! This
platform is fathered by man in high posi-
ton IN this capital. who would find it very
ipconvenient to have his name published as
the pr jector. Another little point he seems
to have forgotten that the hateful United
States might object to buying any desert
tract of land; they have quite enough in
Alaska. And the commerce of the good
country contagious to our border Will prob
ably in due time fall into the lap of Uncle
Sam like an over-ripe apple, without having
any trouble about it. That is about all he
cares to have from that section.