Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1884-05-10
A EEVCLUrI1a .lnIgGNT

Late advices from Mexico
notify us that trouble is brew
ing Tor our neighbor over the
way, who is nothing if not rev.
dictionary, The Government
is daily growing more unpop-
ular and mure arbitrary, and
having with the most reckless
extravaganza, spent more than
its revenues has been obliged
to resort to the time honorcd
usage of exorting money from
the merchants by means of the
universally eXecrated "Stam p
Act" which has caused Intense
excitement throughout Mexico,
notably in Monterey, where
posters have been nailed up all
over the city, with such heads
| ings as "Death to the Stamp
Act" ''Down with eXtortiou,"
etc. -..
| On the 3Oth' of April, the
National Bark, Monte del Pie.
dad the oldest bank in Mexico
closed ITS doors. Expecting
that the Government would
make peremptory demand up.
on it for a large sum of money
there had been a run on it for
several days by its legitimate
creditors. Agreeable to eXpec-
tation, which in Mexico is uni
versally correct in cases OF the
kind, the demand came, and
to save itself and the deposit
tors, the bank "shut up shop"
at once.
The present despotic govern
ment, which has allied itself
with many Of the old imperial>
list chiefs, has drawn down up
on itself the censure ofthe press
which does not hesitate to at.
tack it with the utmost indig-
nation and virulence. The Mon
itor Republican, the leading pa
per aud the widest in circula-
ton, says that the present sys-
TEN of government is II Repnb-
lie and dictatorship, with the
evils of both, and the advan-
tages of neither one nor the
other. General Trevino was
requested to report to head
quarters in the City of Mexico,
knowing that the summons
meant imprisonment at the very
least he declined going; then
came an official order which he
met with an excuse Later he
was notified that unless he star
ted for the capital within TWEEN
ty-tour hours he would be plac-
ed under guard. So far he has
not obeyed, thinking discretion
the better part of valor, prob-
ably. How all this will end,
no one is wise enough to fore
see. Those familiar With the
intricate machinery of Mexican
politics are assured that a reg
ular lrish-Fair- free fight is im>
minent, but which party will
come out uppermost, only the
special divinity which presides
over snch imbroglios can tell.
AS long as Mexico cannot
take care of herself, it would
appear best for her powerful
neighbor to take her under his
protecting wing. Uncle Sam
would be doing better bust
ness by anuexing Mexico to
this country, and in so doing,
outstanding it's semi .barba-
rians, who Iced civilizing also,
than by ovcrstocking Africa and
Asia with missionaries, or vast
ing mems lives in seeking for
an impracticable path to the
North Pole. Mexico needs our
civilization, our culture and our
enterprise, and we need the
wealth and unworked rcsurces
of one of the most fertile and
charming countriesin the world,
which is now practically given
over to anarchy, beathenism
auC misrule. A country where
banditti are counted as be-
longing to a reputable profess
sion, and an honest man is an
exception: where lawlcssness
jeopardizes every day and hour,
public safety and private props
erty, and where a merican set
tiers hazard every interest by
remaining under such dotniIi-
ion.