The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-06-16
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TRAN statue OF Cl8rI6S " Oh OpAlus d
splendid piece of art and said to be the
largest equestrian statue in the world
ever cast in a single piece. Ole OF the
most contemplate of men, the subser-
Went tool of his wife's paramour, at
whose bidding, to thwart his son, he
delivered up his kingdom Of Napoleon,
| Charles owes this statute to the fact
that he happened to be King Of Spain
when it was cast. The Republic has
retained the statue, but has been 1T
full to add, Preserved by the Mexican
Republic only On account Of it's value
as a work OF art" 1t is immensely
more valuable than the original and all
his tribe.
In the Panteon, by the church Of
San Fernando, not far off, in which
| rests 80 many of the Industrious men Of
the R public, is another handsome
work of art, but this time art could
not surpass the merits of it's model.
Under q marble canopy is seated a
! marble statue of Liberty weeping who
holds in her lap the head of "Juarez
Dying"-a marble likeness of the
statesman and patriot. A Z,potec
Indian, of the purest blood, born in a
little Indian village near Oaxeca, in
Southern Mexico, till twelve years Of
/ age he had heard not a word of Span
ish. He bound himself out as a ser
want in order to learn that language,
won an education, became Governor
Of his State. Chief Justice, and Presi-
dent Of the r public during its storm
lest era, from 1857 Gill bis death in 1872,
| overthrow the gigantic political pc yer
Of the church, copfi3cated ell its prop
erty, amounting to nearly half the OF
total in Mexico, resisted the French in
vasion, had the foreign Emp o shot,
re-established order, and started Mex
leo on the upward path which she has
trodden ever since. In an age and
| country where the military is the first
of professions he vas not a soldier, and
though stoical in courage he showed
no desire to earn a warriors prestige.
With the power of the church against
him and no sympathy from military
leaders, he won because he leaned for
support upon the masses, for whom he
unselfsaly labored and who instinct
lively and thoroughly understood him
He died efUer so many tolls and so
many perils in the full flush of success.
Daunted by no danger, depressed by
no defeat, hopeful when all others had
ceased to hope, he, this z spotec Indian,
lived to see his country redeemed by
his IF rts alike from the invader from
without and the more deadly money
power within, and climbed to that pin
nacle whera he justly takes his stand
by George Washington and William Of
Nassau. Such men belong to no race,
no time, and no country, but are the
common property Of all mankind and
the glory Of all the ages.
The street a line that passes By the
tree OF Noche Triste goes through the
! Garita (gete) San Cosme, and the
chuch is pointed out to whose steeple,
when the Americans assaulted this
gate, U. S Grant, then q simple second
lieutenant, had a cannon raised and
efficiently add By is fire TO take this
entrance to the city. This he did with
out orders, inspired only by his mill
tary instinct. He tells the story very
modestly IN his autobiography.
The top of PopOcatapetl is a vast
crater filed with sulphur which is
brought down and sold by it's owner,
a wealthy Mexican. The summit,
which is not easy of asc5nt, is said to
present a glorious view, and we'll it
may, being so much taller than Mont
Blanc, and this rarified atmosphere per
mits such clearness and di~stinctness of
vision. 1t i5 much to be desired that
some enterprising company shall run
a funicular or cogwheel railroad to it's
summit or to the top of Oriz sba. Elec,
TRICKY has reduced greatly the Difficult
ties of operating such roads. The road
to tbs top Of the R'ghi pays edmira
bly,, as does the hotel on the summit,
though owing to the rigors of the
Swiss climate that railroad and hotel
can be used only four months in the
year. Here they could be used the
year round and would attract thou
sands of visitors. If such a railroad
can be built in no other way, all the
railroads c%enturing in the city of Mex
leo might unite for the purpose and
would doubtless find a profit in the