The New York herald., 1862-10-20

nation Of General Forey, the French Minister
Pienipoteatiary is Mexico, as we'll as the COM
msnding general in the Geld, was published In
Saturdays HERMD. 1t is document which.
for its impudent sudacity, deserves the alton
ton of our government, as may be seen by the
| following extract:=-
IL Is not against tho Mexican people that como IN
make war but against handful OF men, without scruples
and without conscience who have trsslpled upon tbs
ssnguinary system crror-and who 10 sustain them
selves, have not been ashamed of selling foreigners.
| piece by piece, the territory Of their country
is not policy Of France on account a i personal
interest, TO meddle with the internal disse sons OF
ands herself obliged 70 interfere i is always in the in
forest OF the country where she exercises her action.
Remember. hexicans, that wherever her banner floats,
we'll in America Europe, il represents the
OF the people and OF civilization.
| In this denunciation Of "a handful of men,"
against whom General Forey says he comes TO
make war, is implied an attack upon the people
| of the United States; for are they not " the
| foreigners" to whom the Mexican government
sold part its territory? If be crime and
cause of war in the Mexican government to sell
this territory, it is equally q crime in the
United States government and cause of war
to purchase the stolen territory. The procls.
nation of General Forey is, therefore, an In
suit to the American government 1t seems,
according to this general that the French IL
the only disinterested government in the world.
We are assured that it is not the policy OF
| France, "on account of personal interests" to
meddle with the internal dissensions of foreign
nations, and when she does interfere "it il
always in the. interest Of the country where she
exercises her action" 1t was, of course, en-
trely with the design of beneftt;ng the abo
| rgines Of Canada that France seized that ooun-
try long ago.
Napoleon |. was not ashamed to sell Louisi-
| ana for consideration to the United States. J.
He did 30 solely for the interest OF the inhabi-
| tants. and had no idea of French interests.
| 1t was from the same motive that General
Forey aided in the conquest of Algeria, when.
among other means resorted to, the Arabs
were in large numbers smothered in cave
| by lighting fire at the entrance. This was
| of course done with good Conscience
| ''for the interest" of the Arabs, and it was in
'the cause of civilization" and it was quite the
opposite Of "a most sanguinary system ofterror."
1t was purely for the welfare Of the French peo.
pie that Forey played his part in the infamous
coup d'etat, whereby the liberties of France
wore struck down at q blow. It was solely
for the benefit of the Italians that Napoleon Ill.
entered upon the Italian war, and for the same
reason he now occupies with his troops the
Roman territory. It was solely for the benefit
| and the interests Of Sardinia that the Emperor
| of the French appropriated Savoy and Nice.
without paying dollar for them. We paid for
the Mexican territory more than it was worth.
| He had no " "scruples" and no qualms of " con-
| science" France has unlimited license 10
| carve slices from other countries; It is only to
| the American republic that 1t is shame to
acquire territory.
is OF General Forey how much territory the
Mexican government may think proper to sell,
or how much it may please the United States
to buy. We do not recognize the French flag
on this continent a. representing "the cause OF
| the people and Of civilization" but the cause
of despotsm and the thraldom of the Mexican
people, by taking mean advantage Of tho
United States government when embroiled in
| domestic troubles But when those difficulties
are disposed of then let imperial France look
out for the heavy retribution that awaits her.
i
she must confine her encroachments to the
| other three quarters Of the world. Her Gag has
| no legitimate business on American soil.
| The BEAsrLY PRrNCRLEs OF GREELEY.-Dur.
ing the last week Greeley has been writing q
series Of abominabls articles in the Tribune, ad-
vocating an inundation of negroes from the
South as the one thing needful for the North,
and particularly for Illinois and other Western
| States and at the same time dilating on the
benefits and beauties Of the amagamation Of
the black race with the white population. The
Irish and German immigrants, to say nothing
of native laborers of the white race, must feel
enraptured at tho prospect Of hordes of darkeys
overrunning the Northern States and working
| for half wages, and thus ousting them from en-
| ployment. They must feel still more delighted
| at the idea of their daughters and sisters being
| given In marriage to the wooly-headed ebony
strangers. Greeley feels that there is some
what of "a prejudice" against the mixture; butt
with the gentle persuasvcs that the radicals and
fanatics propose to use 10 bring all men over TO
their ideas, 1t Is possible that such unreasona-
BILE and unnatural prejudices will be overcome.
For does not Greeley hold that Adam and Eve
were jet black, and that the white race are
their "bleached,v degenerate descendants
through Cain, while the original color was
transmitted through the line of Absls
The object Of Greeley and tho radicals is two-
fold First. from groSelling, filthy, beastly and
unnatural instinct, they desire to bring the
white race down to the moral and Intellectual,
physical and social level Of the blacks, by COM
mingling their blood, thus destroying both
races, and producing mulsh breed inferior to
either. Secondly, they propose to elevate the
blacks to political equality with the whites; to