The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1862-06-23

gogues, who, for their own advancement anu
political exaltation, have not scrupled to
plunge their country into al tho horrors and
miseries Of civil and fratricidal war.
what Does the Breaking Up or the Tri.
pie Alliance Meant
II Il . remarkable fact that since the break
Ing up Of the convention between France, Eng
land and Spain touching Mexican affairs, the
leading English journals cheer on Napoleon In
his apparent determination to 60 forward alone,
from which it has been inferred that their OBJ
ject is to drive him to his ruin, well knowing
that = persistence In the invasion Of Mexico
would end in a war with the United States,
which would be fatal to his dynasty. Besides,
this would be diverting the unoccupied army
Of Napoleon away from Europe, where now it
is in such dangerous proximity to England.
But may not the breaking up of the convention
be, after all, mere sham on the part of England
and Spain, and their well feigned sympathy
with the cause of Mexico, and the diplomatic
championship Of the inviolability OF the indie
pendence Of free nations, all part Of pro-
gramme secretly agreed upon by the conspira-
tors, in order to blind the people Of the United
States, as well as the democracy Of Europe, to
their treacherous designs upon this CONTINENT
1t will be very difficult for the statesmen Of
England and Spain to gain any credit for sin.
certify in the case Of Mexico if they will not
make common cause with the United States,
and declare war against Napoleon if he persists
in his attempt to subvert the independence Of
= free nation, and thus to re-establish in the
nineteenth century the principles Of conquest
and colonization upon which Charles the Fifth,
Ferdinand and Philip the Second acted
three centuries ago. And, on the other
hand, unless there is conspiracy between the
three Powers, which is covered over by the
pretended rupture of the alliance, Napoleon
will attack England now, when she is vulnera-
bic to his blows, and when he has the superiori-
ty in iron-clad vessels, which leaves her at his
mercy.
But the probability seems to be that there is
an entente cordiale between the three Powers, and
that they have conspired against the indepen-
dence, not only of Mexico, but of the United
States. The success of democracy in America
has been the cause of oil the revolutionary
ideas in Europe for the last three-Guarters Of
century, and the royal conspirators desire to
put it down. Hence it is that they fomented
and encouraged the rebellion in the United
States; and Napoleon, abandoning all those
principles Of the French Revolution which
brought the Bonaparte family into power, takes
the lead in this crusade against free institutions
He commences by attacking Mexico, on our
flank; and, if there DO any truth in the maxim
that when our next neighbours house has been
set on fire we ought to look out for our own, it
is high time that Congress should look into this
matter and consider whether it is its duty to
look tamely on with folded arms, or to be
wasting its time and engrossing attention by
foolish discussions about the negro, while the
Monroe doctrine, which all parties in
this country have hitherto maintained is
set at naught, and the work of conquest
and spoliation begun under their very eyes.
The purpose of the despots is to break up
and divide the whole country between them,
colonizing it as they did two or three hundred
years ago. England and Spain, having COLO
MES adjoining our territory, and fearing their
loss, apparently receded from the convention
when they witnessed such amazing develop
ments of our naval and military power; but
they secretly urged Napoleon to go ahead,
as he is strong in iron-clad gunboats, and has
little or nothing to lose on this continent. The
Emperor Of the French has no sympathy with
institutions, because they are the
opposite Of his own despotism. His symp@thies
are all with monarchy, because he is a monarch
himself, and desires to perpetuate his dynasty.
The family Of Bonaparte is Of more Importance
to Napoleon III. than the liberties and lives vi
the people of France and he concludes that
as long as organized democracy exists in
America monarchy Is not safe IN France
or anywhere else, and, consequently, bis dynas-
~ is not safe. lie has played false to the de-
Of Europe in the case of Italy. His
purpose is to ruin democracy in America.
Hence his desire to give republican Institutions
a deadly blow in Mexico, to be followed up, II
fortune should favor his Machiaveilian enter
prise, by an attack upon the republic OF tho
United States, in which he would DO aided by
England and Spain whenever those two Powers
deemed it safe for them to play an open part.
Congress, therefore, ought not TO lose moment
in denouncing the course Of Napoleon In thun-
der tones which will shake the palace Of the
Tuileries to its foundation. The honor, the
dignity and the very safety Of the republic call
FOR the most prompt and energetic action at
their hands.
Army ESLIsTMENTs.--In accordance with the
resolution that recently passed Congress, Secre-
tary Stanton issued proclamation on Saturday
announcing that hereafter premium Of two
dollars would be paid for each aud every &c.
cepted recruit. ANY person who obtains q re-
cruit is entitled to that sum when be is accepted,