Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-03-20
THE CITY OF MEXICO.
A PICTURE or THE "PoOR INDIAN"
AS SEEN BY A RICHMOND MAN.
Statues, EdiHces. Paintings' ana
tho Magnificent Capital Contrasts"
With the Lowiy, Dcspised Race
,correspondeDco of tho Richmond Di'Da'ch.5

fcorrespondene OF tho Richmond Dlspascn'
Cry OF Mrxrco. March 80 put tihS
ci,v in a letter would be TO empty iaA'
into a vineclass. take the least thihe IN
IL 1.-THE poor Indian"-clad as IN 'hc usSo
of the Spanish invasion; trott'ng unuo,
hurdens strapped around his forehead ana
bodv under which burro couid nov
move padding his dugout with s'oiiu
indifference about the Floating gardens,
or poliup the barge with sturdy arms anu
n.tod lecs down DE Vega" to Lake
Ta1soco'. which surrounded the city. linen
TenochtitIan. where the crafty CorteI en-
terad n and when the bloody AlVnIau93
| Al from N The poor Indian. II ne couiu
III zoe IL ia now indicated by the mohu-
mant 10 Gsutsmotzen, the grandest on
MaTimilian's Paseo do la heforna, .no
great drive of the city; the colossal sta.uo
IN the National Palace. ana tne nt Isa
earconbacus of the Indian President ooa-
eaz. and the diligence Of science IN as
covering the kew OF his ancient LANGUAGE
| 90 decinber the monumental inscrlEtions,
now being copied in plaster Tor eAhioi'ioh
at the Worlds FAIR.
CONTEMPT FOB ROYALTY.
Tbis honor. though tardy, is IN STRIKING
contrast with the contempt for European
ROYALTY AZ illustrated by the lnscriPtion
on the equestrian statue or CuarleS az
tho ENTRANCE of the Paseo. preserved lot
the sake of art" and the tuck-coino oil tho
unfortunate Cerlotta, and the gilueu .al
race of her ill-starred husband, e1nlpi'eat
in the National Museum. Al the sIght Oh
The one peopie laugh and on seeing the
otbar one remarked: THE man that rode
in such a thing ought to have been shot OF,
But. though the cats paw of Napoleon III.
Macmillan was noble enough, III tne
honr of execution. to give the place OF
honor to his faithful Megia, and many
enough, after the deadly yoley was nreu
into his breast to spring to ms ieet 70
receive Le coup de grace from the hahu oi
the executioler.
LAST WAR COUNCIL.
What visitor does not stand mute under
the branches of the giant tree. where me
last war council of Cuauhtemo was nelu.
and lnger about Chapultepec, on when
the Citizen President has his summer VII
In? Each of the 1877 churches surround
ing 1.-THE Cathedral " has Its story ecclesl-
asfic or legendary. and the Cathedral has
more of interest in art and sepulture
than them all. Yet the great interest OF
this fourth grandest editice OF the world
is that II stands on the site OF the ancient
lu0lan lelNplt. IHc pOoe - -
Indian. viewed in the light OF his past
history, is the exhausted Navajo de 10
luca and the more silent and snow
crowned Popopeltpelt exhausted III active
powers, but worthy of more consideration
than ali the flaming magnltcence OF TINS
magnificent city. The most famous paint
Ines of the National Academy OF Art Is
priest defending an Indian, even TO the
death of her adversary.
DEsPIsED RACE.
How suggestive this of the Christian
duty TO the ten thousands of these poor
| souls who throng the narrow streets ana
humble abodes of the eastern part OF the
| CITY. containing some 100000 neglected
poori The varied beauty and glory OF TINS
great city, Astounding In all That fascinates
| the senses. and addresses the social, intel
| lectual. and asthetical nature, make more
interesting the gloom that rests upon d
people who once roamed our hemisphere
| from the American lakes to the camp,
bean Sea, and now the most despised
| of all the children Of men. A thousand
things during our stay in this city mas
made our heart ache, but nothing so much
as the poor Indian. The scenery from san
Luis Potosi TO this city IS increasingly
grand, and the engineering from loluca Is
perhaps unsurpassed on this continent.
| But more than ali this was enjoyed our
stav at the capital OF Coapulla, where our
sixteenth birthday was celebrated py
| fiesta provided by active hands ana LOVING
| hearts, which, as Thackeray says, VIII DC