The New York herald., 1863-06-17
THE WAR IN MEXICO.
NapoleOn's "One" Mistake-General
Seott's Popularity I'm the Country.


From the london Post government organ), June g.
1seat is the astoushnIent expressed ''on Change
among the specalators IN Mexican stock, at the inability
oi the French TO ride roughshod that republic and
dictate terms 10 its capital did Get3u Scot years
ago at Tie head Of tec thousands Of tranatidaic
suns. This astonishmcnt is mingled with indignation
against the poor Mex cans for not allowing themselves
- be beaten, for they. are desSribed in the city
article OF the london fines Of Thursday last as
'thghtpg not for their Independence, any more
than band OF brisands can be said to fight for
their Independence and hence Is dedced that they
ought to be put down and governed by some foreign
Power which 1t is believed, would pay all dividends
and mako things comfortable to the holders OF stock
To suppose that a persistence In carrying out
such mistaken policy can eventuay prove beneficial
either to France ourselves any other nation having
commercial or mining interests in Mexico is st greater
error for the exhaustion and ultimate ruin Of that nnfOr
tunats country which will bc the natural OF
its present death struggle with powerful only
be preudcal 70 ALL This will be found out ere long by
those are and who have hitherto
applRuded French Intervention an now carried from
belief that France could easily subugate and retain pos
session OF country three times It's own Size with po
puation of eight millions and four thousand miles off,
Facts stubborn things to deal with, and they have
hitherto tended prove that this Aercdn tie
emneuty glorious and beneficial to the material interests
OK the country over whose destnes he has been called
upon to preside That the French must eventually take
Pucbla and even occupy the capital Itself we see rea
son 70 doubt; bas Uhat ueH' They aia still har: all
asa s Is possOs M y'c sev Can ssSdae s Ssss
aud st the same time maintain their communica.
tons open with the base Of their operations on tho
Atlantic coast We think not, unless indeed, they are
pre- 10 send there such army and such feet
as would have TO perform more difficult task than that
attempted by Spain and England whom they Intellectually
cndeayorod to subdue their reyoted transatlantic colo
ElGs.
Tho reason Of the success attending the American
pcdition is evident They carefully abained from epous
s6 the cause Of any party and confined themselves to ex
acting redress from corrupt government, at the came
time proclaimng openly that they did not come TO make
var against the Mexican people. They landed at Vera
Cruz with small army amply provided with the means
OF transport, and, going straight ahead, is tAer
custom, into the interior fought and conquered the
troops OF santa Anna whenever they met them, until
they reached the capital whsre after some months Of
occupation they signed treaty Of peace such as suited
them, and then evacuated country which they knew
they could not hold, and which they too glad
leave terms honorable TO themselves.
Since then the knowledge OF this fact has ranspired
and the Mcxicans become WISER no longer look on the
occupation OF their capital the natural conclusion OF
which they know they can carry on more ad
vanageousy States that further removed
from tho base Of operations which an invading enemy
always connect himself with, for his safety as well
for his subsistence, when the native population are
persistenty against him.
French ReinfOrcements.
pars (June correspondence OF the London Telegraph
Just as am closing my letter hear that reinforce
nent OF 10 900 Is ordered TO Mexico The Emperor
presided Cabinet Council before leaving Paris yester
day Of which, perhaps this increased reinforcement was
the consequences.