Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-13
MEXICO.
Prof. Bartlett on the Bloodless Con-
quests Of American Energy,
Money and Foresight.
Facts About the Quaint, Primitive,
Slow and Picturesque worship.
ers Of the sun.
Tho Revolutionary Feeling Fass Dying
ou'--Aycrage Income OF the sIc4i.
Constitutional character,stics.


Prof. Herbert Bartlett, a MINING epsin- |
Ger OF long experience In Old Mexico. has |
oeen IN the city two or three days IN
business connected with mines bcloneiny
to Fort Worth parties. YESTERDAY morn.
ing he took the south.honud train re-
turning to his duties TN the sister reDuh.
lic Before his departure GAgrrrf re-
porter had an extended conversation with
Prof. Bartlett in regard 10 existing condi.
tons In Mexico His long Residence
there, coupled with acute and cultivated
perceptions, give his views and state.
nents unusual interest, It will be 90.
served that his estimate OF Mexican
character differs materially from that cen.
orally accepted and perpetuated by news.
paper correspondents who write under
the inspiration of prejudice, selhshness
or senSationalism.
What Is the Yankee doing In Mexico?v
was the first question put by the reporter
TO Prof. Bartlett.
Mexico, save to the very few, has un-
I'll very recently been an almost unknown
country Among the latest--and, TO those
who know anything of the past of this
conntry's history, the most surprising
achievements of American energy must
/ be counted the construction of the sew
eral lines OF railroad opening way
/ through the very heart of the country, in-
vading its carefully guardedscapltal from
/ two directions. The country is now open
for entrance to whoever will come, and
| her chief cities are connected hy continu-
Gus lines with the entire railway system
OF the United States This is unques.
tionably the greatest event save one In
| the stormy and somber history OF our sis
] In rg NJ bnr t.,h "A
Americans themselves is of only sec.
ondary Importance. Fenced by impasSa-
/ BILE barriers, for some three hundred
years this old, rich, quaint and isolated
empire has suddenly become the coming
country of the capitalist and tourist, a
land in which, by the invitation of its peo-
! pie, we have already begun
an endless series Of most
efficient and bloodless conquests.
/ Energy, money and foresight are the
! prophets of a practical age, and the long
wires of steel that are laid across plains
and mountains, through uninhabited ST.
lences and amid dangers and hardships
and Indian hostility, prove stronger than
any Arguments could that Americans pos
/ sess this to q greater extent than any
other people. The northern and eastern
! sides of Mexico are her nearest ap-
proaches to us in all senses. Her most
| valuable neighbor Is our own country.
| Differing from her in everything but 10
the name of the form of our government,
! internally strong, enterprislng, advanced
| In ideas and education, wealthy and nd
venturous, we are yet akin 10 her In ma
/ tional sympathy, allied to her by strong
commercial interest, and greatly interest
ed IN her advancement. We are, in fact,
the only neghbor from whom she has
aught to hope. To us Mexico is the com
ing country, il there he any on this CONT
pent. She is accessible as she has never
been before. Hopeful, eNpectant and cor
dial, with sincerity that the wisest
had scarcely hoped for in this
century, and seemingly fearless of the
magnihed and unreal dangers OF political
alliance with us, abandoning all the an
Gent antagonisms of race and religion,
asking no passports and making no In
uuiries, she invites every conner from the
land of her ideals and hopes TO the palms
and pyramids, the gray towers and tropi-
cal gardens OF capital that is as old as
Thebes, as quaint as Tangiers, as foreign
as Spain, and yet as new as the widest
American territory"
"What OF the people; are they jealous
and suspicious, or open-hearted and hos
pitablep'
at is but fair to recall the well-known
fact that brief Characterization OF peo-
pie is difficult task, and anything that
NAV say is but brief condensation OF
hundreds OF impressions derived from
long.continued intercourse with the peo-
lple. In all this intercourse | found them
exceedingly courteous, and am compelled
al. atalv In Ia M 80
among the most hospitable OF all peoples
care there many Americans in the
country"
"Not large number. The American
il reunited the greatest OF modern adven'
turrrs. There is no civilized country u
which he has not gone or to which he does
not intend to 90; but as yet he has not
extensively visited Mexico, though with
out doubt the most interesting OF all re-
pions. and now 10 be seen with the leasi
Inconvenience. The country has hereto
fore presented many obstacles TO even 50
adventurous a character as the American,
who. with his usual astuteness, has dis
missed the subject with the quick con-
clusion that ii would not pay. IL has been
the land OF political uncertainties. IL Is
colored with the memories OF San Jacin-
To The Alamo, Buena Vista and the ex-
ploits Of Gen. Santa Anna. We all recall
certain sentences from the famous speech
OF Thomas Benton and the half-forgotten
narratives OF the surviving veterans Ol
maj UNNECESSARY series OF brilliant skirm-
ishes called by us the Mexican war, I'm
M now the country has been fenced in by
rocky barriers, mountain chains an im-
mensc distance, more impossible than any
sen by lack of information concerning II,
and nv differences OF race, language and
custom. This is now all changed and the
only incidents Of travel now are those OF a
most delightful journey in regard to The
people, climate and scenery
"What is there in such a journey espe'
chilly inviting TO touristf"
"Eyerything. The country VIII amply
renay careful visit and Inspection.
Winter aud summer the climate remains remain,
nearly the same. region 81 tropical
/, iatitn5e but uf immense elevations, there
are senses in which Florida, tue West
indies and Bermuda offer no comparison
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