Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1878-12-29
low THEY ThEAr REBELS IN
MEXiCO.
Says the telegraph :

san Francisco, December ga passen gel
" the STEAMER Granad, Just arrived from
Panama and way ports, reports that as h
iranad'. was leaving MAJ atm, bound north,
::;::s was received of a severe battle between
he forces of the C.ericl chief Lernla ana
the National troops under General Esculero,
Military Commander Al Gua'lIla lara. Ler,ra,
with his Indians, had captured the town at
ltpic, in the name "f the Clerical party, and
there held high carnival for IL few days He
sso held the road leading from Topic to the
seaport of San Bias Upon the advance of
G'cuter", Lernn marched out t" meet HIM
'ur was totally defea ed, and most of his All ,
lerenfs Captured, of whom eighty were i'm
nedlately hanged. The balance IF tho<,
:,ptnred, claiming t" have been fore d int
the rebel service, We're allowed to 60 to the r
anmes.
1t hanging, as an exemplary agent or
method, were pr" luctive Of the good that the
advocates OF capital punishment claim for it,
rebellion melted and carried us far as the
'.vert act in Mckee, would, one should Judge,
10 discouraged past any further dem"n,tra-
ions. Bat the execution of Maxinillian did
not deter E.cnbe,io from reheIIi z against the
constituted authorities. and even now the
ldherents of Lerdo are talking of al, organized
revolt. The fact is, hanging does IL" more
good i'll Mexic, than it used to- do in England
,nd IS no more ettctusl deterrent of rev
'iutionary schemes and acts among people of
spanish bio vi and civiliz atom than it is of
murder in Nevada
This clerical party, whose adherents wer'
thus summariy dealt with, is the remnant OF
the Mexico hierarchy which was stripped at
It's enormous 'wer by Jnarez. Many years
ago the Mexican Cnurch, corrupt and vicious
o the core, seeded from the Mother Church.
Vt Rome, and set mp AN independent authority
II its own. Il was probably the most venal
md depraved of all the s"-calIed religious
'rglnz .tions of its time. Also it was beyond
Measure graspiug, avarlcious and tyrannicI.
1t owned the grea part of all the arabic
Ianis; cl .ined and held the best real estate
mi the best buildings in the cities owned
I'll the cnnsecrated bhrial grounds and ex-
torted enormous fees from the faithful for the
rites and privileges of interment; fi.che :
the larger share If the revenues of the State
and carried things with high hand, gen
orally Juarez cured all this. After offering
them chance to modify some of their abuses
.nd adopt more humane and liberal policy
md finding them Stubborn, contemptu"us
md intrac, able, he issued II mandate com6s
eating all or nearly all their property and
placing the same within reach of popular pre-
emptiun, rental and purchase. Never WAS a
uore righteous or acceptable thin. done 10y
my government, aui never WAS any revulu-
ion more desirable or complete The church
purity was overthrow, utterly and irretriev
thly; vast areas of lands and blocks and
squares of buildings Cncluding churches and
c"nventS), were put upon the market anu
within reach upon the most reasonable terms
# rental or pnrct,ase) Of the people; and
regular, systematic denocratical form of gov
-rnment organized and maintained dur
my the Presidency IF that very able, homes
md c"urageons Chief Magstrate-f pure aud
unauthorized Indian. Now, it seems, The
$; ,ttered and demoralizad odds and ends of
the church party are endeavoring to turn d
revolution back wards.