The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1885-09-21
SEvENTY-FlvE YEARS.
WHY MEXICANS CELEBRATE THE SIN
TENTH SEPTEMBER.

Directly after the Revolution,
when the United States declared her
independence and shook off the yoke
of Great Britain and the rule of
King George, the rumors of war and
the result of the uprising of the
Americans drifted slowly towards
Mexico, spreading among the popu-
lace as swiftly as events of that
kind could be spread one hundred
years ago. By reason of the OPP
preston to which the Mexicans had
been subjected for many years by
the King of Spain, his courtiers and
the satellites that hung around his
throne, they decided to throw off the
yoke of oppression from their necks
and declare themselves free and in
dependent, and no longer to pay the
taxes and tributes the mother coun-
try demanded from them at the
mouth of the cannon and point of
the bayonet. These tributes were
most calling to them. Oppressed
and insulted by the emissaries and
soldiers of the King, they deter
mined to make one grand effort TO
throw off their shackles, renounce
their allegiance and follow the eX-
ample of the United States. But
where to find leader, master mind
to guide them to victory? In the
small town of Dolores lived parish
priest of great knowledge and ener-
getic character, who loved his coun-
try dearly. He had enlightened
himself as to the merits of the
Spanish Government by reading such
few European books as were possible
to obtain. He expressed his senti-
ments and persecution was COM
menced against him by the hirelings
of the King of Spain. This priest,
who was destined in the New World
to acquire great celebrity, was
named
DON MIGUEL HIDALGO CosTILIA.
He had introduced into his parish
the breeding of silkworms and the
culture of the vine, but Spain re-
CURED that all the wine consumed
in Mexico must come from the
mother country and under heavy
taxation. An order arrived to
pluck up all the vines that orna-
mented the hills in the environs of
Dolores, and it was obeyed by the
minions of the King. This act of
tyranny increased in the heart of
Hidalgo as well as his countrymen
the resentment they felt against the
domination of Spain. Muttering of
the coming uprising had been grow
ing louder for years, and on the
10Th of September, 1910, Hidalgo
raised the standard of independ-
ence. The populace were SO well
prepared to respond to his signal
that the next day he was able to
take possession of two towns num-
bering 10000 inhabitants, who inn
mediately flocked to him, and in
few DAYS afterwards he entered the
beautiful city of Guannascuato,
which contained Is, 900 souls. This
city was noted for it's wealth and
immense returns from the silver
mines in the vicinity.
THE KINGS PROPERTY CoNFIsCATED.
One of the first acts of Hidalgo
was to confscate the property of
the Spaniards and all the moneys in
the hands of the Kings agents and
divide it among his troops, reserving
nothing for himself. Thus was
struck the first blow for Mexican
independence.
Hidalgo is dead, but his memory
will ever live green among his coun-
trymen, and year by year, on the
18th of September, the Mexican
populace, wherever dispersed, think
of him and revere his memory.
This year, in commemoration of the