Edwardsville Spectator

ITURBIDE seems to be up to his ears in business. Since he has changed the Republic into the Empire of Mexico, he has committed some Imperial acts, and it seems has prevented the departure of individuals with any portion of their wealth. His present election is partly the result of corruption and partly of chance medley. If he possesses great talents he may retain it—if he is but an ordinary man he will fall beneath the weight of public opinion.

Mexico is too nearly connected, morally and geographically, with Louisiana and the rest of these United States, to submit to this mockery of Liberty,—She will have it in Substance: and in order to obtain it, the very shadow of a diadem must not cross her view. Iturbide may, by his military force keep up his power for a season, and dazzle the people with the glitter of a Coronation. This spectacle, so ennobling to a nation, is not confined to George IV. and his enraptured subjects. The order of the ancient Caziques is about to be renewed in Mexico, the glories of the ancestor of Montezuma to be re-acted, and the sacred Majesty of kings to be raised from the grave, to last—a passing hour or two, and then be seen no more.

The enlightened and liberal parts of the Mexicans will not endure this usurpation—the people generally murmur—and unless Iturbide dashes away his bauble and its lordly prerogatives, he will soon experience "how easy lies the head that wears a crown."—Charleston Gaz.