The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-03-13

ar DeyOnu all Earth s repln1nX,
Weshall meet where light is shining
Fair and clear on Hills Eternal
And the night has passed away,
MEXICO.
what Ex.Governor Fisk, Of Ken.
lucky Saw and Heard In tho
Country OF the M0ntexumas.
Cincinnati Enquirer. Feb. 10.
Ex-Governor Fisk, of Kentucky
and Mr.. James Gord0u, of Cincinnati
yesterday arrived home from their
trip to Mexico, whittier they went
with the late excursion to the Mexican
Exposition. Below we give Governor
Fisk's opinions Of the Southern Re-
public and what he saw there:
what was the object of your visit
to Mexico, Governor? asked the re.
porter:
1T was to establish, or lay the
grounds for establishing, a better bus.
iness understanding with that people,
replied he. sOur Minister to Mexico
Hon. John w. Foster, had written 9
letter discouraging any attempt at q
more intimate commercial relation
with them, and the Mexican Minister
to the United States, friendly to such
relations, conceived the idea of q visit
by Representative body of Americans
to his people to disabuse both peoples
of the erroneous impression.
sThe trade of Mexico is chifey with
the French and the Germans, and the
Mexican people have a desire to trade
with our people. They want chiefly
implements of agricultural and other
labor for the products of that labor
is the state of civilization there en-.
couraging to the friends of advance in
the world p pursued the interviewer.
1T is of the most finished kind, waf
the response. Far ahead of us, and
we are accustomed to think Of the
Mexicans as oarbarians. Their funda.
mental law is modelled after our own
Constitution, with some material i'm.
provements, among them the one tern
restriction in the Office of President.
Two other features are noteworthy
They try cases with eleven jurors In
stead of twelve, and Courts composed
of more than one Judge have an ode
number. The rule is that a majority
prevails, and hence there is never {
mistrial, but always a verdict or ,
judgment one way or the other
what was your observation as t.
the labor question p
sThat the people there are industri.
GUS as an almost universal rule. They
all work or want to work. There il
no disposition to idleness. A laborer'
pay is two rials, or about twenty-five
cents day, but their clothing is sim.
pie and the expense of food almost
nothing
Are the people as free as ours
Has popular liberty reached the de-
gree there that prevails here7'
'The very despotism of liberty pre-
walls there. A community could no
be freer and live within the pale o
law. This, of course, includes religiou'
liberty. Ecclesiastics complain of ar
bitrary proceedings, such as prohibit
ing religious establishments such as
converts and monasteriea, hppropri
ating the property 10 State uses and
adorning the walls of public building
with rare and costly works of the oli
masters. But the State has proceeded
upon the theory that this was justifia
BILE as a measure of expediency, if not
of necessity. The Church, or rather
the ecclesiastics in it, had so absorbed
the treasure and the power of the peo
pie as to overshadow the State. and
hence the revolution. But there is NJ
interdiction of religion. Mexia, tn
Assistant Secretary of State, himsel
q Catholic, upon being asked by m
whether all religions were tolerated
answered, Not tolerated, hut free.
very nice, but, upon reflection, q YER
palpable distinction. Every man
free to go to his church, and ever
Church free TO worship as it see
proper
DO the mec hanic arts prosper?
sTo the extent that l have alread
indicated only. There is skill in mar
ufactures, but the Mexicans are not u
to the Americans in the making {
the implements of manufacturing.
may include also the fancy industrit
IN their attainments. Their taste, lii
erality and high cultivation in thet
are remarkable
What are the facilities for educs
ton and the extent to which they al
improved7'
Abundant and perfectly free, excel
perhaps, where something far aboy
and beyond the limits OF liberal edt
cation is desired. The intermedlat
schools excel the very best in th
country
1t is to be hoped that the visit 4
our deputation to . country and pee
pie so favored will bear fruit sugges
ed the Governors yisiter.
sIhave no doubt it will answere