New-York daily tribune., 1862-05-09
beeo a iameutable failure, with no better results

bean a iamentsble failure, with no better results
than chronic anarchy ard the dsasrOus
of ANARCHY at home the loss Of half tie Na'iOhai YER
ritorv the remaining moiety exposed an easy rnp
ing prey to tie menac' greed Of the bordering o''''
Power of tue United States. .f
II il not nv business TO discuss the tO,iupeoo
NJ. Chevaliers bistori al md chronological srgupou'
against the capacity OF Mexicans Tor eensoI
rnent and against their cap bilify OF con- ! , ut .,
tonal existence, under their hopeesSi .ba, Es
self-govefnmeLt. But it must be po'eu ,,hIean. '%
urpument il in no way directed against rePuon. az
ism in the abstract. On the contrary rs cohcre.eu
in cur maCnilicenlly successul Anelo-Saioh IeIuo
licen exncriment il is the theme OF hi. eloquent
enlogy Aud 10 estimate tte worth oi u' ."''s'
we should keen in mind TWO coDeiu0 Iio y: 4
Cheyalier is phosoI bic statesman who nae sluoieu @
orr I.,nocretic Institutions and people, ana our
1" reculiar" institui n loco as wei IA In hls caOi'
, ond secondly, he ia an eminent statesman
under the NapoleOpic regime.
In the second part OF the essay under notce ne
osse. from the political history TO learned state
nj of iLe material references of the Mexican Ter
rtorv richly meritinR larger notice by extract ana
abstract than your correspondent can claim room
Tor. Then recurs brief treatment OF the population
.f Mexico from an chronological point Of yiew--a
pont frequently projected throughout tins renarka.
lie essav with more so'.citude and ingenuity, and
with les logical soundess than becomes the author
wtllcaiuod reputation as thinker and atle writer
rot on hat account less but ratler the more note
wortby-and So through these long carefully-pre-
pared approaches, he arrives at the pohiic mo-
lves thar justify the exledtlon ana a. TIE eiaieer
of is success"
To Iu', "a VI. Chevalier des, the lsst consideration
first: for the sake Of imposed bIeyity, omit TIE
brief augmentation, smscklrg more OF french
spread-eag gleism and more than becomes e. man OF
Michel Cheyaliers character and intCllectl tLan OF
calm regard 10 seveIa classes Of stubborn iac AID
rational probabilities ard accept Tor lie moment lis
assulytion or conclusion that, the military side,
the exit.ition will be successful. And 30 wo reach
the last Ten or fifteen most interesting PAGES oi MS
treatse Oh the European Mexican EXPEDITION.
lis original pretended IurpOse-to WI, the coiiec-
ton OF some old deb,s due to English, Spanish aud
French creditors ana the yindcation Of the dignity
Of these thfee Eurolea noions by the obtaining Oh
satisfactory apologies for Oensce done t. Their cub
iec,s epgrossed on official Mexican State papertti'
pretended purpose ia acitly admitted TO have been
but pretext 10 be but accident, 10 the esiet ai
meaning aud purpose Of the expedition.
The real and sound political motives for the Exre-
dtion are 10 be founa by consulting the interests OF
france in rs regard-not TIE GfoNelhe' hA'eHai
interests of fefh France but tie grand interests OF
humanitvs advance, of modern CIVILIZATION, OF the
enlightened world's political balance, which France
ia ,fe leader and Just alber in general and then, in
particular Of France the chef por cIcHcncs OF oil
The nations If the Laun and of tie Catholic
religion. According TO NJ Chevaers own statement,
oue-haf Of all the population Of Mexico ID pure H.
dian and the remaining moety--fninus a very srnGii
fraction OF pure Hispauo-JsI heiic Is 'anish being
anything hut pure "Latin" lood) tio0d-Is yatied
crossing Of Indian and Spanish stocks. But, as i
.sid il is not my buiuess TO discuss his argunenta
tion on he logical side. II lies, then in this gener
ous interest Of France TO hold ten loraTy possession
Of Mexico-an Office it viii perform more easily
without tlGn with cooperation OF Spanish noope.
McSicans love Frencbnen, hate Spaniards, snd are
an,Iatheiic 10 United States Americans. The With
drawal Ot the six thCusaUd more or less, Spanish
troops now in Mexico would be equivalent, for the
purposes Of tie Expeci ion, 10 reinforcement by
that numler Of the French ioos. IL Is not eAtfaN-
scant tosiy that, If they nOt withdrawn, large
FIeuch re-enforcements will be necessarily called
for aud sent.
! French forces, in holding the Capital ard chiei
towns Of The country. are not to dictate 70 the Neil
cans: on the contrary, a'e TO leave them their full
liberty of choosing IA ruler their great desire q
choose one Of The nonsrchical variety il Assumed
constant fact) but will not refrain from advising,
which a. GvsiDg NJ Chevaiier mseli agrees, comes
10 much tie came thing as direct ng and intisting.
+, Arthduke Max. will he tie " advi-ed, and conse'
quenty successful, candidate ior the Mexican roy
atty. But, election Is not estabhment, fssump
ton or ascension no, confirmation, Max: must ts
Professionally upheld while anarchy Is wsaiing round
10 monarchy; but not upheld by aLtipatheuc Span
ISL trooopr vet less by nOn-patbec German tro0ps;
therefore, by sympettetic French troops provision
ally garrisoned in the Capital and Chief towns OF
Mexico.
10 take the occasion N. Cheva'ior om,s Of en-
larged commentary upon the Napoleonic dogma OF
non-Intervenion." 1t IL specially noticeable, how
ever that NJ. Clevalier goes ont OF tis way, a. II
were, iirst 10 positively exclude the Spsuiard from
an active, controlling part in this expedition;
secondy to explain the abstinence Of the r. lglsn-
man from an active controlling part in this hslori-
eel drama; thirdly, TO meet, oOviate dei ireca'e eA'
tluin away the United States Jonathan's Jealousy
respecting It's performance; iouItly, and cOmlre-
: hcnsively to show how monarchy oct up IN MeXi-
co under French proiectOTa,e Is IN accord rather
than dscord, with the policy, interests aud popular
q sentiment of England, America, spain and France
6 Opposition to Slavery has become Il nAcd feature
. in The policy Of the f. glsh Government; II u .
growing feature in French policy and national senii
- m.nt Ihe talefu infu' nee Of the Slave Power IN
= the Uuted States threatened, SIDE, the Gber
lies of lis citizens OF thx North, the poisoning snC
. coming death Of white human democratic freedom
: on the Other, it menaced not only Mexican tnl
= inrular Spanish teIritory the bOroe-leeechs daugh
= ters smoking ont the hie-blood OF republican tree
dom in ia. North, cried iercely give, give, to help-
lefs Mexico. Nothing is etuentinl 10 the sold
. ,siabli-i uent Of our ABglo-SaAon kepublicaui,u
= than the setting up OF an inpassable barrier
such a. the establishment OF q monarchy III he1cC
would he-tO The growth Of our slave Power, which
by te very law Of It's peculiar nature nus t. say,
ilself eIcroach at once upon the territory 1T iol
, slave culture lying south oi II, and upon tie demo
cratic Liberties Of that part Of the ifee-eoled ReiuL
lie lying north Of IT.
Remains now one Objectionable "MonTOc doe
ltrine" Of the United States Government re- pecting