New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-06-27
90. AMERICAN QUESTION
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commend to your notice the leader OF inc
4, ..,;,,,;on1sl of June s, headed "Ine Aine,i'a"
Mediation" 1t is the most urgent Oh AZ .n0
"; 90 ;nso,.d, arguments in favor oil n'd'"i'h
have sppesred in this journal, as II is me aon''
- 7 don't mean to gay the soupdest, out tle
e., Gt,aa ,o its purpose of persuading the ruODs
"a ,bst foreigu mediation ID the only mean1 o.
.,,,,,.;,c an intsrnecine war between the already
,sl.s.lv seosr. I'd North and South, and OF restor-
;,c industrial prosperity to Europe The South
,,rnad If slood the North plunged into bankruptcy
srd anarchy industrial EloTe seeing its suiiernes
;nc,e.si,u,-such are the copseqfencee OF the cohn
mstion Of the war" This Article is equally Wen
6,ted 70 another purpose 1apnely, that oil convey
sha innression of tbs sesni{nspired qushtS a4.i %
,-o1o,,no Tie uzbhc for the reviving riinor tns'
NEGOTIATIONS are going on between France anu H.-
gland for tbs arranging of an offer OF neoi,oh W
Be presented by thoA Two Powers III ieshV' :,
That this rurlOr, vhich La Pafre hss1eheu W CIV
., mnch "c5nsieeOey' to as 1t could oy soeinn rot
s,il;on is an 04r1ncs of the truth is prooaoie. 4.
Doe not seeu likely that formal negotiations OIL 's
cs,nr. are actually arrived a. as get PuOhc oNiu,
ion needs 10 be further prepared for that stage On
events by such articles ard Iumors Us .hose jIs'
c;,ed. And as though the malice and 'mPartialfy
of our European enemies and neardls could not luf-
ni,h suppy OF them equal to the demand, one OF our
ovu gems rals must send them ready-maoe al guineh'
against our cslse efficient than the aoiest hu-
ropsau journalist could invent. sIneeIely DeHsVe
that Ten Buffers expulsion from New-Orleans sitter
. tair fcht would have done us less harm politically
In Fprope. as IL certainly would have been less
disgrace to our Government, than the brutai--stu-
pidIy mpolitic AZ NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. there OF the
iIth May. No one event, from the hrst retreat
from Manassas TO Banks's retreat-not last W inter
dreary lack Of eventshas done 20 much as the last
teu unmanly lines Of that shameful documen'
70 ret public sentiment against the North and our
Government. You can best measure It's injurious
influence not on the naturally antipathetic govern
inC classes" but ON all men, by recalling your own
feelings as they were excited few years ago Dy
,be br1talties of Austrian Generals to Hungarian
and Venetian women. And as then we rgLliy
ju,ru,ed the blame of Haynau's and Uroans dss-
tarly acts to Austria the proclamation attributed
20 Bs,er is regarded here as an act OF our Govern
nent. The censure by telegraph OF Gen. Fremont
procauatiou, the immediate reputation OF Gen.
Hunters PROCLAMATION while as yet 1t was only At
tribued to him by unofficial report, are proofs that
MI Lincoln fully recognize. and leaoasy exercises
of his eubordinates. We still cling TO the hope that
ills absurd manifesto of Gen. Butler like the ABB
surd protest of Captain Coue, will prove TO be an
invention Of the enemy; and that hope faiiing TO
tlls other tina. President Lincoln will yet find time
~ pu )hcly repudlafe It'll not ior sh&ue sake, ior
patent poicy's sake.
To reeur again 10 the remarkable srtlcle IN the
Const,tnttoanei Of june g. Ii was writteH June o.
l. O. after the new had reached here OF the evacua-
lion Of Yorktown, before the news had reached here
OF the defeat of Gen. Banks, when the writer was
accepting the imminent probability Of the evacra-
tiop OF Richmond and other " near triumphs OF
Northern AIMS. Ii is said that the Immediate &C.
casion Of its publication was the tenor OF the iAst
preceding DISPATCHES received from NJ. MERCER. If
There be any truth in this on dit one would be IL
rliued TO gu oppose that these dispatches related large
Nv 10 Mexican affairs, and their complication with
cur and French lnterests-as for example, TO TIE
conflict between the pretensions set up by the
French Commissioners of legislating III Mexico las
they do when they formally protest against the right
of ihe Mexican Government 10 cede pledge, or III
fact in any way exercise control over its OWL do
main). and the right Of our Government to accept
the treaty said TO have been negotiated vita
Jparez by our Minister Corwin. The cavalier man.
ner in which Government advocates here arrange
this conflict, IL worth observing: The treaty be-
tween Juarez aud the United States stipulates,'
they saw "for loan from the latter OF $25 O00O,
one-hf paid down, ard secured by mortgage on tie
finest provinces Of Mexico. But nj. MERCER having
\ informed the American Government that France
won d regard this treaty as so much waste paper,
Mr. Liu OH has resolved 10 await the result OF the
Freoch armed intervention in Mexico before sub
hitting it 10 the Senate for ratihestion; bnt this
brings The treaty to the condition Of Waste paper
for Juarez being driven out Of Mexico THAT Ii as
sumed ss On imminsntly certain resu,;, the Senate
will be sure 10 decline ratification Of ..eaty that
otliges the United States to pour large Sum OF
nnoIey into q bOttomless receiver,
This fee and easy treatment OF the MexicaI
business however, is peculiar TO certain OF the GOV
ernmeD< organs and advocates. The French ExPe
dition TO Mexico is sill unpopular with The pubic
generally, and rnefully looked on by thougntiu
statesmen. Meantime Louis Napoleon has puSheC
The matter go tar, with preconceived intention per
haps as TO implcate the nation and secure It's com
pE.ity in pushing the matter through no matte!
what obstacles, TO whatever end be chooses to pro
pose. Among no people on earth is that patriotism,
whose formula il "our country right or wrong,
more exciiabe, or mere regardless OF consequences
when aroused, than among the French: The resur-
reclion OF our own Great People"-lately sunk 60
zee ming low, deeper under their gross material pIos
perity than Dives, deader than Lazarus wrapped IN
seemingly fast.blnding ceIemeDts Of cheap cotton
u the startling cry Of "our tag in danger The nag
whose late-dimmed stars, then rising at last
Game be.ming life and beauty al along,
Before them chasing Incidence aud cEimes"
Tlis resurrection tells us how the French will
rise and follow in defense of their trcolor, which
Napoleon has chosen to plant Oh Mexican soil.
What his Majesty expects to grow out Of that
plantation, no one can more than guess. What If
certain is that we hear less Of late about Mexican
monarchy under King Max or any other king, and
gather more though quite indefinite, intlmaions o!
Mexico governed under any form, to be held rs q
French protectorate. 1t is not difficult for the in
Renious 70 make connection between the late and
setusl French expeditions in China and the Indian
East, and plan Of a French protectorate over
Mexico and Of provinces lying south Of Mexico.
MOI all Of us have forgotten that the faciltaton Of
communication between Europe and Asia across the
American Isthmus was an old favorite theme OF
Napoleon study. Every one knows how tenacious
his mind is Of ideas il has conceived. No dot
who can fail TO see that restoration Of the United
States power would be much less favorable than the
Independence of the weak c. s. A. TO the Of
ANY plan Of colony or prOtcctOrate.
Nor does il need wizards ken to discover relation
between snch plan and bis Maiestvs ambition 70