San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1884-05-15

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I am done with him.
The mien and department OF Ar
milo are well calculated to strike
timorous people with awe; for, rs ]
have before remarked, he is large
portly man, Of stern countenance and
clustering manner. Not one jot OF
title of personal bravery does he
possess, but is known as o most ar
rant coward. In all his revolutions
that have taken place since he first
courted power, his own person has
never been exposed, il We except one
instance. In o skirmish with some
Indians he received q wound in the
leg, from which he still limps, but
the action was not his own seeking,
and his conduct on this occasion was
that of a man engaged in
business anything but to his
liking. He has made great capi.
tai, however of his crippled leg, and
like his great examplar, Santa Anna,
is determined that his subjects shall
never forget that he received it while
encountering their enemy. But the
masterstroke of this great man was
the capturing of the Santa Fe expe-
dition. These small squads of latter
ed soldiers, taken piece-meal, in his
grandiloquent bulletin he multiplied
into legion Of Buclramites-for
which act of most heroic daring, he
was all in good time knighted by
Santa Anna. He knows his people
thoroughly, having studied their char
acter with most acute discernment.
A common remark Of his is "Vale
mas estar tornado por valiente, que
serlo"-Gt is better to be thought
brave than really to be SOY. And
thus, by clustering and staggering,
he keeps the timid natives in subjec,
ton.
It may be thought singular that
no attention is paid to Armijo's tyr
amy by the general government; but
his policy is only a part Of that which
has obtained in many of the depart
ments. In our own confederacy we
regard intelligence as the great bond
of union the reverse is the case in
Mexico-a sufficient test to prove the
socalled republic is no republic at all.
To general Armijo will now bid
adieu; but I can not do it without
again saying that however much he
may be astonished at seeing his por-
trait thus taken, he cannot urge o
single syllable against it's fidelity.
lend OF KENDALL's NARRATIVE.
Next Mr.. Kendall laments his dis
appointment in the disregard of his
passport, given him by the Mexican
consul in New Orleans but what
else could he expect from the Mexi
cans, mongrel race Of Spaniards
mixed with the treacherous, blood
thirsty, ignorant Indians? Our com
mand was taken piecemeal, and were
betrayed; the treaty of capitulation
we made with them in writing, was
totally disregarded, nor was it ever
forwarded to the city of Mexico.
Now l will resume my narrative,
of our march towards the city Of
Mexico, and I will not enter SO much
into the details of the sad journey, as
Mr.. Kendall has done, but l will give
them what he omitted, a descrip-
ton of the manners, habits, customs
and general mode of life in Mex
leo which will be interesting to
my readers, for but few Americans
have ever Travelled over the interior
of Mexico; and as / believe that as
the Mexicans are not progressive, and
as q mass abhor innovations and i'm
provements, that since 1 was there,
AZ years ago, but little change has
taken place in their internal improve
menters manners, or customs. Twill
also state here that Americans were
never half as much esteemed by
as the English, and next the
Germans. Also that no foreigner
could possess real estate in his own
name, if he had any it was under tina
guise Of a Mexican, the only excep-
ton being mines, that English cap
ital bought, and marked with machin-
cry that the Mexicans did not know
how to utilize. Again, the Catholic re
ligion, being the established religion
Of Mexico, no Protestant man could
marry legally, unless be abjured his
protestant belief and joined the Cath
ole church
One thing more, since American
enterprisc has built railroads in Mex
ioo, Mexico vii per force, II even
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