| Show THE hE REPUBLIC PUBLIC OF MEXICO Js IN the new bew england magazine for J july u ay there is an instructive article on the republic of mexico ja 1 by don cayetano romero first secretary of the mexican legation at washington As ae he shows to the student and hi historian a borlan mexico affords varied and wonderful points of interest history throws but little light on the primitive settlers of mexico it is supposed that the toltec and the tribes which succeeded them came from the north scholars who have investigated the habits habile and institutions of the aztecs azteca claim that they came originally from some asiatic country but no similarity can be found between the mexican languages and those of the oriental nations the were learned in th the arts in agriculture and in com commuting time owing to internal strife they were ex I 1 celled belled from the country by other tribes it is said eaid about the fifth century of the christian era the chichimeco Chichi meco followed the tol bece they were followed by other tribes aad finally the azteca aztecs who are the progenitors of the present mexicans obtained control of the country it was during the reign of montezuma the second eighth king of the aztecs azteca that the spanish expeditions of velaz quez hernandez hernande 2 grijalva and cortes took place the latter landed alvera at vera cruz april 21 1519 marched through mexico stud and entered its capital november following escorted by montezuma the conquest of the country was not complete om until 1525 when cortez was made the first bret governor under spanish rule after cortez mexico was governed by royal councils ci technically called Audien cias lter later on that term form of government was abolished and a system of viceroys vice roys adopt adopted id which prevailed until 1821 when after some dome desperate fighting the country was organized under a regency and later on an empire under iturbide santa anna next appeared on the scene and inaugurated a revola tion alon this resulted in the establishment of a republic in 1824 quadalupe guadalupe being the first president from 1828 to 1846 mexico was the theatre of a series of sanguinary revolutions lut ions during the latter year athe the united states of america declared an unjust war on Mei mexico fico and succeeded in wresting a larg larl e extent of territory s from 1862 to 1867 the mexicans fought nobly against european dictation and finally executed maxi milian at Cuer etaro porferio diaz was ina inaugurated u president in may 1877 he was succeeded by gonzalez in december 1880 in december 1884 diaz was inaugurated r a a second time and a third time in december 1888 he is a candidate for reelection election re this year and his inauguration next december to is wished for by the vast majority of progressive mexicans under his bis administration progress in that country has been marvelous agriculture jiuing railroad building and manufacturing have made wonderful strides the relations between that country and the united states have grown closer and more amicable the gold silvered silv silver ernd and copper produced in mexico from 1621 1521 to 1884 is estimated at nearly the annual production of silver is now over that of other minerals public lands open for settlement are found in chihuahua cochulla coahulla Coa hulla huila durango sinaloa sonora and other states the diaz administration offers liberal inducements to bona fide settlers so far it la Is not being rapidly populated the number of colonists introduced during 1890 amounted to only |
