Year: 1878

lflOtlc ana good men as the majority of them are, side with the opponents of Mariscal simply because they are Mir. Serna's personal friends In view of this national defect, We are in great danger of being found ever in the ranks of demagogues regardless of their civic virtues, until that happy time comes when education shall have taught our masses t0 have clear dis linction between a personal friend and d political principle. Before going any further allow me to tell you parenthetically that the fact that the majority of our Mexican friends in Tucson favor MT. Serna, explains the publication n the San Francisco Weekly Bulletin of | letter written by a Tucson American correspondent not long ago. That letter, am sorry 10 say, was full of erroneous ideas and grossly misrepresenIed facts concern ing the political condition of Sonora. The correspondent made representa- tions as absurd as would have been those of some one writing to our journals and informing them that Pot ter had placed Tilden in the White House and that Dennis Kearney, al the head of hundred thousand war riors, had crossed the Rubicon and conquered California And if vol al- low me a further remark on this point, 1 shall state that it is due To the fact that Gen. Serna has many personal friends in your Territory, that Inc Tue son Mexican papers lave taken most unjust and unpardonable attitude against Gen. Mariscal.

 You know that, although I have ac- cepted the public office l now hold in order that I may better serve my people, I am not d professional polit- ician and never have belonged to any political party. You are well ac- quainled with my ideas, opinions and political principles, and l can assure you I have in this case succeeded in keeping myself indep,ndent without at any time, submitting myself to any petty political party whoever be it's leader Knowing this you may be sure l have told you 1othing but the bare truth, and that iis' from trying tO exonerate either of the parties, as a party, l blame the whole State of Sonora for reasons above mentioned IL Is my firm conviction that we shall never amount .s muth as people until we have more common sense. It seems as though We, Ike the Greeks in their later days, do not possess the faculty of appreciatiIg the services of. a good public man, and that we would. rather see him put town than to bel of our accustomed blcker- ings. Without flatter. Mariscal is the. only man that can keep peace in Sonora now, and 1 am conndent that he has as good intentions of doing faithful work as any Governor in the whole Republic of Mexico. He is ac- cused of granting too much liberty to the Prefect of HermoSilo who, through his excessive strictnrSs is said to abuse his power over the people of said dis. trict Being ignorant Of the true cir cumstances l am not Tn condion tot blame or excuse Gen Nariscal, but If. have heard the correct version of. things, I am inclined to think his enemies have compelled him to allow the authorities under hlm greater license in order that they may enforce the laws with rigidily.

 And now, taking a philosophical view of the whole affair, l must insist, as I have said to you before, that in spite of all these troubles the better. and larger portion of the people of Sonora begin To see what $ necessary for their progress, and fully realize that peace is the first indispensable condition of ;heir desired national Hence my not having any fears of an immediate revolution. Yet this better and greater portion of the people lack political knowledge; they need faithful and patriotic leaders; in other words, although they mean right, they do not know how to do their. duty, that is, they are not people, they are politically ignorant.

 In regard to the murderers of Adams and Finley, I can only tell you for the present what I said to Messrs Vail and Harvey at Ures, that according 10 the treaty between the United States and Mexico, the Governor of this State can not give them up until he is au- by the President 10 do so. In. the meantime they are in safe keeping in this town. Mariscal and all the people are anxious To have them pun ished, but we can not gel around the law. Hoping to hear from you soon, l remain as ever your friend

 II. NJ. GORILLA.