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

(Daily Ag,anllcnte Of poioltlcn, Mexico.
1--WE propose giving 10 our bclov-.
edcountry constitution and gov.
ernncnt founded on the great prin-
,efples Of TIT Jrsitpd4Statcs of the
North.'| SolsayS1hc party of Lcrdo
Let us impaftially'examime the mer-,
its of this famous government which
the gentlemen of the Lcrdist party
patronizingly hold up for the admi-
ration of the descendants of Monte
yuma, and the Conquistidores. The
UnitcdlStates Of AineriGa ARD nonli-
nally republic, practically Il pluto
craey. qualified by mobocracy. There
money is the lever that moves the
vast 1hachincry Of politics, society,
religion Itself. Jsit not SO? Let us
take u glance at their history for the
past thirty years.
Thirty years ago the "Grlngos" of
the model republic began the work
of regencrating Mexico by waging
war upon nle Republican sister and
robbing us Of half our iiiircst terri
tory. They seized the great domain
Of Texas-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 seli-yaunted
'land of the free" plunged into a
civil war unequaled 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 a
disastrous foreign invasion. ID,
| Thirteen years ago the superiority
of "Anglo-Saxon self-government
| eliminated in the assassination ol
the ruling President, for which they
valiantly hanged woman. Twu
years later the Presidents successor
| was impeached for Inisdemeanor
Ten years ago military chiettain
| in whose character the humanity OF
Santa Anna was combined with the
abnegation of Pizarro, was chosen
to the Presidency. AT the end OF
his.four years. fern of Office he was
almost unanimously reelected. He
| 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-
yate secretary, the Speaker of the
House of Representatives and an ar.
my of minor dignitarics, were al
found guilty of public and private
robbery. Some were imprisoned
but the popular President immedi
ately pardoned them. A public man
in the United States is rarely brought
TO trial for crime. He either
valves trial by "pleading his priv.
ilege," asst Is called. or, else submits
his case to d caucus of his party, or
In ecclesiastical eases, of his church
and is always triumphantly vindi-
| Gated. .sGir-aiu9 ltnIl
Two years ago the quadrcnnia
election for President occurred. Sen,
| or Tilden received a majority of d
quarter of u million of votes: but
the party in power favoring his OPP
ponent, and threatening to use the
army in favor of the latter, n compro-
mise was effected. by which fifteen of
the purest men of both parties were
chosen to decide the question. These
fifteen pure men proved their superb
GRITTY by voting in court exactly rs
they had voted at the election. Sc
pure were the fifteen purest men
found in Sodom. The self-govern-
ing Anglo-SaXons ut the North are
now investigating this affair, and
uncovering mass of corrupt bar
gain and sale such rs never disgraccd
the vilest pueblo of North and South
America. No, Senior Lerdo, if YOU
wish to gain the suflragcs of free
Mexicans, you must hold up a loftier
example than that of the corrupt,
anarchical Republican dcspotism of
the North. We are not yet prepared
to exchange our bull-fghts for your
prize ring, our religious liberty for
your Methodist State Church, nor the
legacy of Bolivar for either an Aus
trian scepter or n mock Republic dis
guising military plutocracy.