The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-07-31

when the thinking process is complete. These
people. will some day claim their share In the
land. for the public school and the o%ne-cent
newspapers arc giving, them an education, |
have made n study OF those. peorlc, for here Is
the real. the aatocthonous Mexican, the son OF
9TH otSe so day oai Ike Ike" tho Ss R i&al%R SioG for Sf / have 6HS
noticed that when an American comes here he
he Hires us by the hundred. as When R% bulls
n railway or starts a new factory. 1 do not Ike
the Gochupiu ,contemptunus local name for tho
Yesterday. I was. talking with a venerable
his life passed. in this valley OF Mexico. a man
OF fine qualities of head and heart, erect, nj ~
and TriidiinrGg lSaguC eau lie has "tb@ BEEN az ny taEic,
and his, manner arc, as perfect as those of tho
most blme-hlooded Bostonian or spanish hi
gentleman Of the old school. Well. this wortl Y
man said; Il rcud the paper every day. and l
the Americans. / know the Americans here;
tthejy are good nooplc: they are not robbing us
d dST!ansd' Tf tfe,y Tor tS StyilI72bS rims AZ n l fhc
RAILWAYS and the. new businesses. I tn
a. ,en any T ySging II, [rie I 4 n;,r i r. my =, p1 %,sI
years from now who does not, Know EnglisG
will be goo, FOR nothing at all! l wish I knew
lI84ij-47 l fought against them asa gucrrilla.
Ii,hcy were not had neoplc. your soldiers. They
did t npt shoot ns down in cold blood, as Ito
your soldiers Would Xix our poor peopic he.
cause they could not understand, them. They
mGanf wjh | Szr Maot Ia "n4. WSn, G ;S,t G %S. of 1o, 20
they didn't understand, But soon we got. on
VEL with them, for they paid for What they
r railways f"S %oT T' bni If there 5@,Sy arc moro 3nI A S1ItTE 1n|
all good people, all working. And / see, al
though am o!d, hat ., change is coming. We
The, other day. over in the state Of ;Inlisco, in
little Indian places, / found the people reading
OF the Spaninrds. One strong man said, and he
seemed to be q sort Of extreme, tnitarian: "
By and 10y began to think. and l left OF going
to- chnrch md went hard + t. work, and | have
to him that some good man. possibly a saint, had
said that work was prayer, - whereat he was
pleased, Ho was very ~nro-Yankec. and wantod
to see the, Snaninrls, who were harsh and rig
orous with the Indians. whipped to pieces by
l might multiply cases; hut of what avail? l
think that my readers will agree now that all
MeXicans do not hate all Amrricans. and that
feel that he is not wanted.
There are enlightened and progressive priests
tories Of the American arms. They know that
in the United States their Church is protected
eyt fnG law "a ff fbo is DS,T 9 NgPnS, s IT pGSs ana 90 th 5Syc are
of the times, So all priests here are not bitter
coTnttemners OF the American ,people,
The reason why there ara few citations to be
made from Mexican newspapers in favor OF the
United States is because the Liberal papers are
observing, as the administration has requested.
an attitude Of neutrality. But l know Liberal
journalists In this country who are bitter haters
Of the Spaniards. And there are people in tho
Govcrnment who are strongly for the United
States. and lately. as one defeat after another
has ovcrtakcn the Spanish fleets and armies.
the MeXicanshnvc begun chatting the Spnniards,
and the most influential, humorous paper hero
c0ricatures ridiculing Spain and her Govern
ment. The fact that this paper is widely sold
shows that its audience demands anti-Spanish
articles and pictures.