The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-09-26
A Mexican View of the Great Republic.

The following article has been trans.
lated from the daily Agnardicute, of Pol
oiteca, Mexico, and published in the
Boston Pilot. 1t affords an opportunity
TO Americans to see themselves as they
appear through Mexican spectacles.
The view is neither cheerful nor compli-
mentary:
We purpose giving to our beloved
country constitution and Government
founded upon the great principles of the
United States of the North. So says the
party of Lerdo. Let us impartially ex-
anime the merits of this famous Gov
ernment, which the gentlemen of the
Lerdist party patronizingly held up for
the admiration of the descendants of
Montezuma and the Conquistadores.
Th, United States of America are nom-
inallya a republic; practically a plutoc-
racy, 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
the history for the past twenty years.
Twenty years ago, the "gringoes" of the
North began the work of "regenerating
Mexico" "by robbing US of tithe of our
fairest territory, which they Immediately
converted into a land of negro slavery.
Seventeen years ago, the self-governing
citizens of the North plunged into a
civil war, unequaled on this continent
in duration, cost and bloodshed. Incl
dental to this reign of anarchy, our own
Mexico was made the prey of European
intrigue, and cursed with disastrous
foreign invasion. Thirteen years ago
the supremacy of "Anglo-Saxon self
government" eliminated in the assassi-
nation of the ruling President. For
which they valiently hanged woman.
Two years later the Presidents successor
was impeachcd for misdemeanors.
Ten years ago military adventurer,
in whose character the humanity of
Santa Anna was combined with the ab-
neJyation of a Pizarro, was chosen to the
Presidency. At the end of his four
years term of Office, be was almost .unan-
imously reelected. He Mas very
popular ruler. During his term of CT
fce the Vice President of the country,
the Secretary of the Interior (hacindal,
the Secretary of War, the Secretary of
the Navy, the Secretary of the Treasury,
the minister to England, the Presidents
private Secretary, the Speaker of the
House of Representatives, and an army
OF minor dignitaries, were all found gull
ty of public or private robbery. Some
were imprisoned, but the popular Presi-
dent Immediately pardoned them. A
public man in the United States is sell
dom brought to trial for crime. He
either valves a trial by pleading his
privilege" as it is called. or else submits
his case to "caucus" of his party, or,
in ecclesiastical cases, of his church,
and is always triumphantly vindicated.
Two years ago the quadrennial cleo
tion for President occurred. Senor Til
den received majority of half million
voters Z; but the party in power fayoring
hin opponents, 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. Those fifteen
pure men proved their superiority by vo:
ting in court exactly as they had voted
at the election. So pure were the fifteen
purest men found in Sodom!
The selfgoverning Anglo.Sa1ons at
the North are now investigating this af-
fair, and uncovering mass of corrupt
bargain and sale such as never disgraced
the vilest pueblo of North or South
America.
No, Senor Lerdo, if you wish to gain
suffrages of flee Mexicans, you must
hold up loftier exemplar than that of
the corrupt, anarchial republic-despo-
tism of the North. We are not yet pre-
pared to exchange our bull-6ghts for your
prize-ring, our religious liberty for your
Methodist State church, nor the legacy
of Bolivar for either on Austrin scepter,
or mock republic Disgusting a military
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