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THE MEXICAN QUESTION.

PARIS, Jan. 29.

The following are the latest despatches exchanged be-
tween France and America upon the question of Mexico :
" Paris, Dec. 26, 1865.

"M. le Marquis,—l have road with interest the Message
his Exealenuy Presidutat Johuguott_..has..,4odreeiged to the
me a copy. My attention has been more especially directed
to the portions of this document which might bear upon
questions interesting at once the policy of the Cabinet of
Washington and ours. Mr. Johnson, in a passage which
seems to allude to our expedition to Mexico, dwells upon
considerations this is not the place to discuss, upon the
vicissitudes of Monarchical and IZepublicau constitutions
in the two hemispheres. I will merely point out to you
that the pursuit of our complaints against Mexico has no
connection with the existence in that country of this or
that form of government, and that it did not any more de-
pend upon a question of geography. If, at the time we
required just reparation for our fellow-subjects the Power
which refused it had been a Monarchy, that circumstance
would certainly not have caused us to abandon claiming
our right ; and in whatever part of the World a nation
might dwell which had injured French interests, the pro-
tection of the Emperor, due to all his subjects, would have
been legitimately extended all the same. I canna think
that the Chief Magistrate of the Union has entertained an
idea of raising doubts upon points so evident.
" The same passage of the Presidential manifesto speaks
of the provocation which would compel the American people
to defend republicanism against foreign intervention ; of
designs hostile to the form of Government of the United
States;' and, lastly, ' of aggression upon the part of the
European Powers.' We cannot feel ourselves affected by
these expressions, for they in no way apply to the policy
we have followed. It would be superfluous to remind you
that the sentiments of friendship testified by the Emperor
towards the United States exclude every supposition of
provocation or aggression upon our part. As for threat-
ening the form of Government that country has adopted,
and which France herself has contributed to establish at
the price of her blood, nothing could bo more foreign than
such an undertaking to the traditions and principles of the
Imperial Government.

4; I see, therefore, nothing in the language of Mr. Johnson
really of a nature to arouse uneasiness as to the duration of
friendly relations between France and the United States,
and if some ambiguity prevails in terms employed with re-
gard to the questions that preoccupy the two peoples, other
portions of the Message, by settling the bearing of the
placing of the Federal army upon a peace footing, and the
President's words, happily dissipate all uncertainty. The
considerable reduction of its cadres, at the same time with
the diminution of the naval forces of the Union, prove the
peaceful intentions of the Cabinet of Washington ; and the
announcement of these measures by President Johnson is
a pledge to us of the reciprocal confidence which must
continue to animate our two Governments.

" Receive, &c.,
(Signed) "DROUYN DE LHUYS.
" The Marquis de Montholon, Minister of
Franco at Washington."

"Paris, Jan. 9, 1866.

M. lo Marquis,—l had desired you, by the Emperor's
order, to make known to the Cabinet of Washington the
views of his Majesty's Government upon the affairs of
Mexico, and conformably to my instructions you have
brought to Mr. Seward's knowledge the despatch I had
the honour to forward you on the 18th October. The
Secretary of State replied to that despatch by a communi-
cation he was good enough to address to you on the 6th
December, of which I think it necessary to recapitulate
here the principal points.
" According to Mr. Seward the presence of a foreign
force on a country adjacent to the Union cannot but be a
cause of uneasiness and disquiet. This state of things en-
tails upon the Federal Government inconvenient expenses,
and may bring about collisions. The chief reason for the
displeasure of the United States, however, is not the fact
of there being a foreign army in Mexico, still loss that the
army is French. The Cabinet of Washington recognises
the right of every sovereign nation to make war, provided
the exercise of that right does not threaten the security
and legitimate influence of the Union. But the French
army has gone to Mexico to overthrow a national Republi-
can Government, and with the avowed object of establish-
ing upon its ruins a foreign Monarchical Government.
Mr. Seward sets forth in this respect how much the people
of the United States are attached to the institutions they
have adopted, and repudiating all idea of propagandism in
favour of those institutions, he claims for the various
peoples of the New World the right of securing to them-
selves this form of Government according to their con-
venience. He would consider it inadmissable that Euro-
pean Powers should intervene in those countries with the
idea of destroying the Republican form to substitute King-
doms and Empires in its stead.
"' Having thus frankly defined our position,' adds Mr.
Seward, 'I submit the question to the judgment of France,
while sincerely wishing that great nation may find it com-
patible with its true interests and its high honour to aban-
don the aggressive attitude it has taken up in Mexico.'
"In concluding, Mr. Seward recals, as a reason for his
hope of arriving at a happy solution, the ancient affection
of the United States for France, and the value every
American citizen has always attached to our friendship in
past times and continues to attach to it in future. -

"I have not failed to submit this communication to the

Emperor, and after having maturely examined the consi-
derations laid down by Mr. Seward, his Majesty's Govern-
ment remains convinced that the divergence of views be-
tween the two Cabinets is, above all, the result of an
erroneous appreciation of our intentions.
" Our expedition, I need hardly say, was not intended
as hostile to the peoples of the New World, and assuredly
still loss to those of the Union. France cannot forget that
she has contributed to establish them with her blood, and
among the number of, glorious recollections the old Mon-
archy bequeathed tons, there was not one of which Napoleon
I. was prouder, and which Napoleon 111. is less disposed to
repudiate. If, on the other hand, we had been actuated by
an idea o ill-will towards that Republic, would we have
endeavouied from the beginning to obtain the assistance of
the Federal Government, which, like ourselves, had claims
to advance ? Would we have observed neutrality in the
great crisis the United States have passed through ? And
now, would we be disposed, as wo declare with the greatest
frankness, to hasten as much as may be possible the time
of recalling our troops.
"Our only object has been to claim the satisfaction to
which we had a right, by resorting to coercive measures
after having exhausted all others. It is known how nume-
rous and legitimate were the demands of French subjects.
We took up arms in presence of a seriesof flagrant injuries
and striking denials of justice. The complaints of the
United States were certainly less numerous and less im-
portant when they, too, were induced some years ago to
employ force against Mexico.

The French army did not bring Monarchical traditions
upon Mexican soil in the folds of its flag. The Cabinet of
Washington is not unaware that there have been for a cer-
tain number of years a considerable group of men in that
country who, despairing of finding order under the condi-

system then existing, cherished the idea of re-
,turning to Monarchy. Their opinions hail been shared by
one of the late Presidents of that Republic, who had even
offered to use his power to favour the establishment of
Royalty. Seeing the degree of anarchy to which the Go-
vernment of Juarez had fallen, they•thought the time had
come to appeal to the sentiment of the nation, tired, like
themselves, of the state of dissolution in which its re-
sources were exhausted. We did not think we ought to
discourage this last effort of a powerful party whose origin
is of prior date to our expedition, but faithful to the maxims
of public right we hold in common with the United States,
we declared that this question must be referred solely to
the suffrages of the Mexican people.
" The idea of the Emperor's Government was defined by
his Majesty himself in a letter addressed to the commander-
in-chief of our army after the capture of Puebla Our
object, you are aware,' said the Emperor, is not to impose
upon the Mexicans a Government contrary to their wishes,
nor to make our successes subserve the triumph of any
party. I desire that Mexico should be born into new life,
and that, speedily regenerated by a Government based
upon the national will, upon the principles of order and
progress, upon respect for the law of nations, she may re-
cognise by friendly relations that she owes to France her
repose and her prosperity. _ _ _

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" The Mexican people uttered its decision. The Emperor
Maximilian was summoned by the wish of the country.
This Government appeared to us of a nature to bring about
peace at home and good faith in international relations.
•We granted it our support.
" We went, therefore, to Mexico to carry out the right
of war which Mr. Seward fully admits that we possess, and
not by virtue of a principle of intervention, upon which we
profess the same doctrine as_the United States. We went
there, not to mako proselytes to monarchy, but to obtain
reparation and guarantees we were entitled to claim, and
we support the Government founded with the assent of the
pppulations, because we expect from it the satisfaction of
our complaints, with indispensable securities for the future.
"As we seek neither an exclusive interest nor the reali-
sation of an ambitious idea, our sincerest wish is to hasten
as much as possible the time when we shall be able, with
security to our follow-subjects and dignity to ourselves, to
rec.Al what remains in that country of the corps d'arinde we
sent there. As I informed you in the despatch to which
Mr. Seward's communication replies, it depends greatly
upon the Federal Government to facilitate in this respect
the accomplishment of its desire. Tho doctrine of the
United States resting, like our own, upon the principle of
the national will, is not incompatible with the existence
of monarchical institutions ; and President Johnson in his
message, like Mr. Seward in his despatch, repudiates all
idea of propagandism, even on the American Continent, in
favour of republican institutions. The Cabinet of Wash-
ington entertains friendly relations with the Court of the
Brazils, and it did not refuse to enter into relations with
the Mexican Empire in 1822. No fundamental maxim, no
precedent of the diplomatic history of the Union, there-
fore creetes,a necessary antagonism between the .I'nited
13f.aTes and the system which in 31fe-ireo has rep/rifle-Li' It
Power which has continually and systematically violated
its most positive obligations towards other nations.
"Mr. Seward seems to make the Government of the Em-
peror Maximilian a twofold reproach as to the difficulties it
meets with and the aid ft borrows from foreign forces. But
the resistance against which it has found itself compelled
to struggle has no particular reference to the form of its
institutions. It suffers the ordinary fate of now autho-
rities, and its chief misfortune is to have to endure the
consequenCes of the disorders which have arisen under
previous Governments. Which of those Governments, in
fact, has not found armed competitors, and has enjoyed
undisturbed authority in peace ? Revolts and intestinal
wars were then the normal state of the country, and the
opposition raised by some military chiefs to the establish-
ment of the Empire is only the natural consequence of the
habits of want of discipline and anarchy of which the
authorities to which it succeeds have been the victims.

"As for the support the Mexican Government receives
from our army, and which Belgian and Austrian volunteers
give it also, no attack is thereby made upon the indepen-
dence of its resolutions, or upon the perfect liberty of its
acts. What State is there which has not had need of
allies, either to constitute or to defend it ? And have not
great Powers like France and England, for instance, almost
constantly maintained foreign troops in their armies? When
the United States fought for their emancipation, did the
assistance given by France to their effortsprevent that great
popular movement from being truly national ? Will any
one say that the struggle against the South was not equally
a national war because thousands of Irish and Germans
fought under the Union flag ? It would be impossible,
therefore, to dispute the character of the Mexican Govern-
ment, and to consider as a motive of dislike towards it, either
the resistance it must conquer to consolidate itself, or the
foreign troops who will have aided it to cause security and
order to revive in a country so long and so deeply agitated.
"Such an undertaking is assuredly worthy of being ap-
preciated by .a nation so enlightened as the United States,
especially calculated to reap advantage from it. In place
of a country incessantly troubled, which has given them so
many subjects of complaint, and upon which they them-
selves have even been obliged to make war, they would
find a pacified country, henceforth offering guarantees of
security and vast outlets to their commerce. Far from in-
juring their rights or impairing their influence, it is they in
especial who ought to profit by the work of reorganisation
being carried out in Mexico.
" To sum up, M. le Marquis, the United States recognise
the right we had to make war in Mexico ; upon the other
hand, like them, we admit the principle of non-intervention.
This twofold admission seems to me to offer the elements
of an agreement. The right of making war which belongs,
as Mr. Seward states, to every sovereign nation, implies
the right of securing the results of war. We have not
crossed the ocean solely with the intention of displaying
our power and of inflicting chastisement upon the Mexican
Government. After a series of useless reclamations, we
must demand guarantees against the return of the violence
from which our fellow-subjects have suffered so cruelly,
and we cannotexpect these guarantees from a Government
whose bad faith we had so often experienced. We find
them now in the establishment of a regular Power which
shows itself disposed honestly to keep its engagements.
Under these circumstances, we hope that the legitimate ob-
ject of our expedition will soon be attained; and we are
hastening to make arrangements with the Emperor Maxi-
milian which, while satisfying our interests and our dig-
nity, will allow us to consider the part of our army upon
Mexican soil at an end. The Emperor has ordered me to
write in this sense to his Minister in Mexico.

"We return after that period to the principle of non-in-
tervention, and from the moment we accept it as our rule of
conduct, our interest and honour require us to demand its
equal application by all. Relying upon the equitable spirit
of the Washington Cabinet, we expect from it the assurance
that the American people will conform to the law they in-
voke, by maintaining a strict neutrality with regard to
Mexico. When you shall have informed me of the resolu-
tion of the American Government in this matter, I shall be
in a position to acquaint you with the result of our negotia-
tion with the Emperor Maximilian for the return of our

troops.
" I request you to hand Mr. Seward a copy of this de-
spatch, in reply to his communication of the 6th December
last, asking him to bring it to the knowledge of President
Johnson ; and I rest with confidence for the examination of
the arguments it contains upon the traditional sentiments
recalled by the note of the Secretary of State of the Union.
(Signed) " DUOITYX DE LlitYS.
" The Marquis de Montholon, Minister of
France at Washington."
" THE MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS TO THE UNITED
STATES MINISTER IN PARIS.

"Paris, Jan. 15, 1866.
" Sir,—You did me the honour to communicate to me in
the course of tho menth of November a letter addressed to
Mr. Seward, the Secretary of State, by the Attorney-
General of the United States, on the'silbjeot-of the decrees
issued by the Emperor Maximilian concerning immigra-