New-York tribune., 1884-12-07
A 6RFAF nAY ron MhNiee,
pprl,Ls or 4 pEAepFN REyoWIleN


days Here we have stood upon slumborhs Nol'
csno, not knowing what moment OF III Wha' paw" "
vonld break out The strain has been trem'huo"'
md the tension was relieved not moment 700
soon Had il continued into last night no mortar
can say what might not have happenei'
MSxleo has passed safely through ITS greatest
fcvolntion-its greatest because It's mrs. peaceiul
one. Heretofore resistance TO the Will oi the "ov-
ernmcnt has been vain unless asserted by force OF
arms For the first time in the history OF tins he
pnhlic the popular will has horne all before 1t ana
overwhelmed the great Government majority III
Congress. The triumph is apparently only tempo
rary, but il is in fact complete.
Ahon, all that the world at large will think OF
this is that il was caused by the unwllingness OF
the pcope TO pay lust debt. IL was nothing OF the
sort From bcyinning to end there has ocen no Talk
of repndation either on the floor of Congress- III
The galleries or in the streets II was simply resist
ance 70 the commands of the Government which, III
full confidence of obedience, had ordered congress
to pass a bill ratifyng an agreement in which were
certain provisions which no American Congressman
would dare for moment to defend. Inc at'eWpt
was made to push 1t through. and push IL 'hr'ngh
entire without amendment. And for the HSl ''hio
Concress ha, dared 70 assert the independence
guaranteed to it by the Constitution. No one uh-
ACQUAINTED with the politics of Mexico can under
stand what such resistance means. Ana one may
read ALI The books and correspondence that nave
bcen pnbli,hel about Mexico. yet know nothing oil
its p,itics until one lives IN this city Tor ihe' DC
come, acquainted with its people and above all
understands ITS language
Mexico is in form republic 30 was Rome uhn'i
Augustus and his successors The Constitution ana
organic laws of Mexico largely cope from tho'e
of the United states and IN some respects are even
better There the resemblance ends paS hllcr
day. week after week. and month after month lt'
Congress meets, does the VIII oi the Executive WIZ
out dissenting voice and adJournS III i'"
minutes. And why should it noti Why use ones
own Judgment when by 40 do ng one can only io'e
n seat and $3.50 a month for twenty minutes work
a dovY What is the use of being independent when
one has no constituency TO fall back upon To op
nose the Administration may. In the United states
bc a very fine thing and send one back 10 Congress
with nying colors. But here il will make dherent
set of cpors fly. and Gy too, the wrong way. lnore
j. no middle elias, here of any consequences ana out
side of the capital mono. The lower cla' n'ilh'r
know. nor cares anvtling about politics ia time of
pcacc When trouble arse, one part OF II gets ont
of the way and the other pant starts 10 Tor iuhdef'
The upper classes are much like the upper classes
with ms. They care lttle Or nothing Tor politics in
tnc of pea g. AMI IN tnc of troubl" went their
ra,roti .m largely iu talking aul soribb'inl " th"
rres.nrc become, too severe they may revolt but OF
a revolution hy means uf the ballot they know
nothing and their numbers are too small to do much
even 10 thoy should try. Consequently the elections
nrc controlled entirely hy the Administration.
Thnugh the Couatcssmon are elected 10y the people,
,uch election is merely nominal II lac decline to
,o the bidding of the Government u representative
might ~ well look for support 10 the man IN the
moon 49, to the man ~ home whose interests h' htS
really defculcL lie nominal con,tliuont neither
4 hot IL.
in pt.on npon some picoN' oi other they simply let
lm nneuish luarmcd II Is ueccHs i"r them To
ptotc g. and armcA piotc,t,t,on may rcsult un-
ule,.Antly Could clopuruce Or oven otatorA be
po,,tLlr under such "a ANatemY Every one OF
tonghf wOuld at once Say no. Imagine then the
tutprise oi every one when Congress few days ago
burst tae ietcrs OF years and through tho iurthest
galleries of the Chamber of Deputies rang speeches
of which no Senator Of tho Unltel states W0nd need
T. be ashamed. No one not familiar tn TINS city
can comprehend the heiosm which 1t took to make
the hrst speech in that debate.
, @Irise TO sacrifice ambition TO honor. l abandon
NIL hopes of entering Congress again rather than
support what will bc the RUN of nay cou fry"
Such were the first words of Diaz Mlron, scarcely
twentv-six years Of age. almost unknown without
fortune or friends. the youngest member OF the
House feeble and sickly. and with one arm useless
from a pstOl-shot in duel. felt sorry tor him rs
H. walked to the tribune at the right hand OF the
stage No one knew what he WAS about to do. He
himself knew nothing OF what was to follow. lie
knew only that he was leading forlor hope.
Ivery one had predicted that the bill would pass as
n matter OF course No one had any Idea OF what
members opposed it, and the public had as yet
scarcely hrcathed its opinion. Beginning IN a low
but clear tone. without notes or paper of any Kind
in five minutes his voice rang like trumpet
.b. oh. nf flo q
theatrc of Iturbide. His action was anything but
,raceful for he was intensely excited; but his
articulation and modulaton of tone were almost
perlertion Faster than any sten0graphrr could
write it hc poured forth for over half an holr tor
rent of fanlt.css rhetoric yet every word 80 clear
and ringing that not one was lost upon the inrtleNt
listener lie drew touching picture of the present
unhappy situation of the country, with treasury
emptv, soldiers unpaid and want of confidence
everywhere and lashed the Executive in a way that
few dare to do even in conversation. He denounced
in bitterest terms the cause Of the agreement which
provides for the sale of thirteen millions Of The pro-
posed new bonds to pay the expenses OF the con-
version of the other seventy millions the terms of
fhc sale and the character of the expenses being left
wholly 70 the dis rctiOn of tie Government; and
The further mortg gage of revenues ALREADY heavily
mortgased 10 the railroads ana QtheT enl'rP Los
when what was left of them was already lnsut cent
10 paw the soldiers Of the nation. Win inrJabie
scorn he dwet upon the outrageous snuh gwen T.
his country by pToyi linz that The new bonds shonld
De stamped with thr revenue stamp ol .uSmut-
thereby. under the head OF "eAIenocN,' taking
thousands of dollars from the empty l"chetS OF
Mexico and turning them INTO the Golfers OF wealthy
England. when the bonds would hc iu,t ~ ana
with the revenue stamp OF Mexico ana r1uld be
executed here as we'll rs III london lie conc udcI
with "a glowing tribute 20 General niaz. 10 whom
all eyes are now turned with good hole. ana
urged tie po,iponemcnt OF the matter uniii after
his Inauguration.
This speech poured forth with vchcmence and
passion that never saw in tic best speakers ot NY
own country and that lc' uo doubt OF h., earnest
ness and sincerity. went Ike hot shot INTO The
maglZLmc nL The civ. W hO Numll snan.- i-al iuAl