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men., must 10 be chosen BY the Mexicsns under tho

ment" must 30 be- chosen by the Mexicans under the
auspices Of the Allied invaders Their constituting
a new Government would "deligbt' the British
Government; but, Of course, the military forces Of
tue invaders must not falsiiy tie genera! suffrage
which they intend calling the Mexicans. TO
Tor tho installation Of new Government. 1t restA
OF course, with the commanders Of the armed IN
vaslon to judge what form of new government is or
Is not repugnant to the feelings Of Mexico" At
all events, good man Russell washes bic hands
in innocence. He dispatches foreign drs-
goons to Mexico, there to force the people into
"choosipg" new Government; but he hopes the
dragons will do the thing gently, and be very care
ful in sitting the political feelings of the country they
invade. Is it necessary to expatiate one moment
upon this transparent farce! Apart from the CONTEXT
of good man Ruesels dispatches, read Tie Times and
The Morning Post OF October, six weeks before tho
conclusion of the sham convention Of Nov. 80 and yor
yilindt the In lish Government prints to oretel al
the very same untoward events Russell feigns To Dis
cover only at the end Of jam and to account for
by "the rashness" Of some Spanish ambassadors 10
distance from Europe.
The secoud part OF the farce Russell had to play
was the putting on the tapis of the Archduke Maxi.
milan of Austria as the Mexican King, held in petto
by England and France.
On the 24th Of January, about ten days before the
opening If Parlianen', Lord Cowley writes 10 Lord
uisel that not only Paris gossip was much busted
with the Ar,bduke, but that the very officers going
with the re-eniorcements to Mexico, pretended
that the expedition was for the purpose Of making
the Archduke Macmillan King Of Mexico. Cowlcy
thinks it necessary to inierpelate Thouvenel upon
the delicate subject. Thouvene answers him. that
it was not the French Government, but Mexican
emssaries, come for the purpose. and gone to
Vienna" that had set on foot such negotiations with
the Austrian Government
Now, at last, you expect ursuspecting John Rus
sell, who even five days ago. in his dispatch TO
Madrid bad haTped upon the terms Of the couven'
ton, WHO even laier yet, in the Royal speech OF
Feb. G. had proclaimed "te redress Of wrongs sus-
tanned bv European subjects the exclusive motive
and purpose Of the iateryentiOn-you expect him
now at LOST to lily into passion and TO fret and foam
a, the very idea Of his kiudnAtured confidence hav-
ing been played such unheard'of pranAs With.
Nothing Of the sort Good man Russell receives
Cowley gossip on the 2Gth Of January, and on the
following day he hastens to sit down and write
dispatch volunteering bis patronage OF the Arch
duke Maximilians caDdiaature Tor the Mexican
throne.
lie informs S,r c. Wyke, bsrepresentative at Mex
leo that the French and Spanish troops will march
" at once" to tho City Of Me1icoi that Archduke
Macmillan Z" is said TO be the idol Of the Mexican
people, and lhat il such be the case there is nothing
in the convention prevent hs advent 70 the throns
of Mexico
There are two things remarkable in these dip'o-
matte revelations first, the fool Spain is made Of;
aui secondly, that there never passes the slightest
thought through RusselPs mind that he cannot wage
war upon Mexico without previous declaration Of
war, and tha; lie can form coalition for that war
with foreign Powers, except on tie ground OF q
treaty binding upon all parties. And such IL the
people who have iatigued US for two months with
their poertcal cant on the sacredness Of and their
homage 10, tic strict rules Of international law