The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-02-22
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CHAPTER XIV Continued.
''Shall / tell your IAever have spoken
of it to living soul but Alvarado. Shall
] tell it to a woman-and an Iturbi y
Moncada2 Could the folly Of man fur
ther go?"
IF am q woman I am an Iturbi y
Moncada, and if am an Iturbi y Mon
cada have the honor Of its generations
in my veins"
"Very good. ! believe you would not
betray me, even in the interest Of your
house. Would your
"No."
sand I love to talk to You, to tell you
what would tell no other. Listen, then.
An envoy goes to Mexico next week with
letters from Alvarado desiring that be
the next governor Of the CALIFORNIA;, and
containing the assurance that the de-
partment junta will indorse me. Ishall
follow next month to see Santa Anna per-
sonally; i know him well, and he was a
friend Of my fathers. ! wish to be in
vested with peculiar powers-that is to
say, wish California to be practically
overlooked while / am governor, and !
wish It understood that shall be gov
ernor as long as please. Alvarado does
not care for the Office again; he has othor
ambitions.
"Of course my prediction for the
Americans must be carefully concealed
both from the Mexican government and
the mass of the people here. Santa Anna
and Alvarado know what is bound to
come; the Mexicans generally retain
enough interest in the CALIFORNIA; to
wish to keep them. shall be the last
governor Of the department, and / shall
employ that period to amalgamate the
native population 80 closely that they
will make q strong contingent in the
new order Of things and be completely
under my domination. shall establish
q college with American professors, so
that our youth viii be taught to think,
and to think in English.
"Alvarado has done something for ed
tucation, but not enough; he has not en-
forced it, and the methods are very
primitive. Intend to be virtually die
tator. With as little delay as possible
shall establish newspapers powerful
weapon In the hands of ruler, as well
as factor of development. Then shall
organize a superior court for the punish
ment Of capital crimes. Not that do
not recognize the right Of man to kill
II his reasons satisfy himself, but there
can be no subservience to authority m a
country where murder is practically
licensed.
American immigration will be moro
than encouraged, and it will be dis
tinctly understood by the Americans that
] encourage it. Everything of course
viii be done TO promote good will be-
tween the Californians and the new
corners. Then when the United States
make up their mind to take possession
of us / shall waste no blood, but hand
over country worthy of capture. In
the meantime 1t will have been care
fully drilled in the Californian mind
that American occupation will be for
their ultimate good, and that / shall go
to Washington to protect their interests.
There will then be no foolish insurrec-
tions. Do you care to hear moreY
Her face was flushed; her chest was
rising rapidly.
II hardly know what to think-how i
feel. You interest me so much as you
talk that / wish you to succeed; pic
ture your success. And yet it maddens
me to hear you talk Of the Americans in
that way-also to know that your house
viii be greater than ours-that we will
be forgotten. But-yes. tell me all
What will you do them
II will have California, in the first
place, scratched for the gold that be-
lieve lies somewhere within her. When
that great resource is located and de-
veloped shall publish in every Ameri-
can newspaper the extraordinary agri-
cultural advantages Of the country. In
word. my object is to make California
great state and its name synonymous
with my own. AS told you before, for
fame as fame care nothing; / do no,
care IL am forgotten on my deathbed
but with my blood biting my veins
must have action while living. Shall
say that have have a worthier motiv,
IN wishing 10 aid In the development o
civilization But why worthierl Mere
ly a higher form OF selfshness. The bes
and the worst Of motives are promptet
by the same instinct"
II would advise YOU she said slowly