, 1862-06-10
TbG Gtibutt&.
AND MEXICO.
THE SECRET HISTORY OF THE
EXPEDITION.
THE ACTUAL ATTITUDE OF THE
FRENCH GOVERNMENT,


New Mutterings OF Intervention,
New York Times Correspondent
PANS, May %, 1861
The Mexican affair has assumed all at once
at Paris most serious aspect. Never before
has the Emperor been attacked by the liberal
press with such violence, or rather, With such
Al cutspoken energy, as within the last few
dlys, Oh this unfortunate Mexican expedition.
It is the aIl-abGorbing topic OF The moment,
and cannot do letter tnan to give you IN
apcTeu Of the Situation, as We understand it
here
It 60 happens that, so far as regards the
Press, the three papers which have thus far
defended the cause Of the rebellion in the
United States, are exactly those which sustain
the Almonte- -Maximil1an programme for Mex
leo; while the rest Of the journals. with the
exception Of the Catholics, defend the cause
al tbc Union III the United States, aud Combat
the nlonarchlcal programme in Mexico. This
e:EiAirg concurrence in the division Of yie@s
OIL ttle two subjects, indicates, beyond any
question, that for the French thGre is "A i'm
1 ortant connection between the two. It is
this connection which gives the question It's
1sarity.
Fora long time the Emperor has dreamed
oEtwo things:
Ftfst-The acquisition Of Sonora, with its
g.,a and silver mines.
.&co.d-The reconstruction Of the L1tin
race, and tie pittipS If this race and CathoI-
cllu against thu Anglo Saxon race and Pro
tct1aItlsm.
The two governments Of France and Eng
land, and no doubt of Spain also, did not be-
ficyt: till 1atelJ tllt there Was any possibility
OF the suppression of the rebellion in the
United States and the reconstruction Of The
Union When, therefore, the treaty Of Lon
t;oD, OF last year, in regard to the expedition
10 Mexico, vas drawn up, it was drawn up
with an aiulcEt complete Indifference as to
what the United States might thiuk or do
about it. ard there is now every reason to be-
14rt 1ll.t each Of the contracting parties had
ulte1ior views, which were not only concealed
fEo1u Tie world, but from each other. Tie
treaty was therefore drawn up in loose and
,agrc ulanne-, 50 rs to admit Of deyiatons ut
viii, 90 That each might seize upon whatever
advantages offered themselves. And here
cuylt to recall, for its historical value, an Oh
seryatlon made by Mr. Dayton nine months
ago, and put upon record at the time iu this
Correspondence, to the effect that. although
the Freuch government was full of kind nd
frank expressions towards the United States
in connection with this Mexican expedition,
get that there seemed to be a vagusuess and
a confusion III their own understanding of the
objects and the details OF the expedition which
foreboded no good to the future relations be-
tween France and tie United States. -
At the time Of the arrival of tue Soledad Con
yention ut Paris there had been nothing dune
toward changing the belief Of the French
Government that final dissolution Of the
Union was inevitable, and Napoleon Is known
ut that time to have given Gen. Lotencez hasty
and imperative orders to hurry on to the City
OF Mexico, without regard to consequences.
Why? Because, the Government papers here
| now say, it wus recognized as impossible to
gain the objects Of the expedition Without dis
| placing Juarez from power and establishing in
| his stead stable government, capable Of offer,
| ing, besides indemnity for the present, sccll-
| Fity for the future. and here is where tI1c
| English and Spaniards deserted Napoleon, aud
| where the great majority Of Napoleon's OWE
| subjects also deserted him. They divided OF
the question OF an interference ii the internal
| affairs Of MEXICO, after having obtained salts
| faction for the first objects OF the expedition
It came cut all ut once that Napoleon iiad beer
| serious in his secret transactions with Amont.
| at Paris, and that the plan Of erecting throne
| for an Austrian Prince was not an Illusion
! Knowing the mind Of the Mexican people, ths
| Allies and the Liberals Of Paris naturally ani
legitimately jumped to the conclusion that tA'
Emperor was bent on Il conquest Of the coun
try, for that was the only condition Oh which
he could maintain a foreign Prince in power
and that sooner or later it would terminal
with an acquisition of territory and 4 war witt
the Unit ed States.
Tic news of the breaking ~ of the alliauc
at Orizaba arrived in Europe with that Of th
capture Of New Orleans, aud it is hard to tel
nuicu e'Iut s1uaeu taoss eo45 - teiE1t.o ~ ~ ~
,+1or GnnG.,-,a. .;1h+ ..a.s;t1 sa.s -
fa;inta >snatr,t,i 4,,a ha to9siGs p.1st a.
French Government; ami now we believe tha
E.e1sa,, * E,s.+ h .5;Ged Eu ~
rtenen t1,a y. ~ ns tnoulnSu ~ in5en
~ tl5ps, - oa tn ~ ns - e{ae ~, ~ 4r4c1
~ - 9..sy;crd ynu - LII 'A'e 'o'u' q
The opposition press here has said to tn
| fha mos Mt asnect nf tl,,a cosr nhat i; to soy
&c az = ays,.t ~ 5hr monnrchi,1 ,,artvl !. ,;tb:
al abcf7atio i'm or scheme for The Tlnsom &
T,nrtio # II tc the first commrnt l. mn
ncccssary-1lcre is Lut Que course to follow
WHAT Mexico owes us: # It be- the ransom I
Trectia FIAT Is intcn31ei1 rrrmft ns tn ] sTsI.es
4l,ot :. wor With An.fria IL tbe on,dril 9fer.
viii cnst "a ;n1;n;trir less in linn. n,cT
: r,nrar and rsncci.lIr ;n honnr t;an m
W;tI H. iTn1tcd States - A"' '''1| "'
4rl1inp cfI;.c1. m ti1e nublir mind the analop
wh;ciI e1;sts hctwre,, 1he entr,nce of IS
a11ins ;,,tn Francs in 7S15 hringinr With thn,
The "xi1cs Who wera sel1inp I6eiT countTT ;
order to cain noyrT for a minority For wha
orar ,nar ,,a the fsnts of Tuar,.z he !. t;rht;n
tr IL s 1at;vt Gv LIZ .omtrS ] o a,;nst the ior,n
! 1ri;c1, const;tntcs lis 1;ut ut7int;sm-o,,;r3, a,
: nthnr ,1;,.,r to hat of Afn,nntc SI;r,r,nn M
= ro1,Enanv.
AZ W: understand the question then. tf,-da-
= ! NaDr1t IN at thn r,hy.t mt 1,a heard nf ri
frratv of solcdad gayc to Cen. Torcncez !;
sfrnc+5ons which 9.nnvev,,d viii thcm thu ~
sTnc1;vn ora n,onorclr = n,nrc or 1n-s nnrFn
nent nccnna,;nn al acnn;sition Of tcrritor
ana = strrnuthen'nr nf he atm rare in Amc
t. ~ Hnt t1s3. Iat,. iFnion victor;es hayc chanT
thc nrocrou,me. and by this time we haye !
II | cry reason TO believe Gen. Lorencez has r
t cfivej a nn1;fcation to hi, nreyie,1,. ordc,
II II R1t Inv 1ar this 1no,;icatinn ertanda no n,
n knoEs or nrntends even to conicctnre ri
!. tha Fr,ntror viii renounce fhe n,onarci
cof 1erI;7ro1nmc = howsrer rener,11r = :
}irved h1t whether when his tr6nns arrive
tIo c,n;ta1 fber viii trnot viTb Jnar
~ ;,,s;!t ,s,, 7,nt.;,r n1n,onte 3oto 4ha B.. B.
d y : tus.SA ~ ao'.R a.t"t t.; .o tne = -
tu.na4a1 Vnan t.n; uttuts tsa.suS. ; H. ~
ue!u.. asu,un1e .ns - pue an.o s.S enI.a pi
slslopatt5, essle Mne 80. ~ ses enas tncu u
lelsn oi anmEis ~ ;9 outt nass ,a co'nln.nce .'
). ana tnal ny r. 1enen W S ue oonsea 70 le1n
" carry uus ane' u".oi.nua.e ~, paoe amne
folce; and 19t, up 10 tne present = uomel u e.
me Mnlstrfia. papers neIe aeeisre 1 tnat II v
r. oe aesIaa'ae u luz u3snls u tlance u ll'
With such man IS Juarcz, ana that sucl
thing cannot be thought Of 1or nome
But who can see the end Il they 20 beyo
H. 5na1cz? One step beyond hlm and eVerythl
IN. ! Is daIknesS amt Confusion. livery one