United States and Mexico: Commerce, Trade, and Postal Facilities Between the Two Countries ; Statistics of Mexico

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J.A.H. Hasbrouck, 1861 - 297페이지

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124 페이지 - ARTICLE 1. — The Mexican nation is independent of the Spanish nation, and of every other, even on its own continent. ART. 2. — Its religion shall be the Catholic, which all its inhabitants profess. ART. 3. — They shall all be united, without any distinction between Americans and Europeans.
107 페이지 - In a few generations, great edifices, their facades covered with sculptured ornaments, already cracked and yawning, must fall, and become mere shapeless mounds. It has been the fortune of the author to step between them and the entire destruction to which they are destined ; and it is his hope to snatch from oblivion these perishing, but still gigantic memorials of a mysterious people.
34 페이지 - The conveyance of all kinds of merchandise throughout the Republic of Mexico is effected by pack mules and oxen. With this system, and the bad state of the roads generally, it will be easily understood that transportation is not only slow but costly, and forms one of the chief obstacles in the way of the development of the great resources of the country. The average distance performed by mules and wagons is from fifteen to eighteen miles per day." As to the more primitive transportation agencies,...

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