If you have read up on the subject at all, you doubtless know how merciless the Spaniards were in their attitude toward the Aztecs.

They killed them by thousands, in open battle and by treacherous means, and they tortured Aztec priests to force them to reveal the places where the vessels of gold used in worship were hidden.
"It is easy to see where the modern Mexican gets his ideas of amusement, as shown in the bull fight.

The Aztec-Spanish blood is still in his veins.

Of course there are cultured and refined Mexicans, but the great mass of the people are pretty primitive.

Outside the cities, in many instances, old tribal relations continue, and the people are unsettled in habitation as well as in spirit, selfish and cruel, too.
"One revolution after another--brought about by unscrupulous leaders in the hope of personal gain--has devastated the country.