, 1863-07-31
THE FRENCH UsURPArr0y


co on the 10th Of june, he issued m address
to the Mczicans, in which be said he had
"contEacteda sacred duty, !, and that is to labor
"ncesEantly to give you what you most de-
"sire, peace, order, Justice and true liberty"
He added that when Tan edi1ce lad been de-
"stroyed, 1t can only be reconstructed by de.
"grees." Precisely one month from That
day, the French plot was ready for promul-
cation; t'order'' was restored by the procla-
nation of an empire, and the ediacc to be re-
constructed by 'sdegrees, - Was built as hastily
rs one Of Aladdin's palaces.
The Empire is the immediate work Of
French arms and French influence. The
"council OF Notabilities' is IN improyised
body, obedient to the suggestions Of Forey
and prompt to do such duty as he may assign
to 1t. Gen. Almonte was at the head Of the
Prov1siona! Government, acting in conjunc-
ton With two associates. The determined
defence made BY Juarez, aud the response
made to his Efforts by the people Of the seye-
mi States, Indicate the spirit of the Me1icans
to stand BY their own Government, and the
favor with which they regard their own re-
publican Institutions They at least have
shown no desire to change the Republic for
an Empire, or to have King rather than a
President. A-year ago this day, Mr.. Corgin.
writing to Nh. Seward. said:
Ncvcr wcso the 1tcxicans better united In aay
scheme whatever than now In Opposition 10 fof.
etgn Intervention whether the object Of that H.
tefyentiou be the establishment Of fhrnne win
foreign potcntate upon it. Or the setting up Of Al
tnohtc o. any other chief under foreign auspices.
All the r1Eal chiefs. with one or two exceptfons.
NoT {f. ~rn$r Al
Elent.
On tie Sd CT June, 1862, Mr.. Corwln wrote:
Almonte Is cvidestly the agent to subye,t the
present Government and establish in its stead a
monarchy more or less absolute, having for It's re-
duke Mazimilian is likely to hethe man. - tasn
The Idea Of foreign poteutate is rejected hv A
,ast majority Of all parties. - :"
On the 10th OF April, 1882, Ii GrayIere and
salguy, as P1enlpotentIaries of the French
Emperor, Issued an address to the people, in
which they said:
We wish equs1 justice for ALL and we wish that
this justice shall not be impaired by the force Of
able ard pacific portion Of tie country With the
courage to declare their free will.
The quotations here made indicate the feel
inge Of the Aexicans in regard to the inter
ycntion proposed by France, and prove their
hostility to any change. They also chow the
subsequent revelations, hnye been proved to
be deccitful. In March, 1869, before the tri-
partite alliance Of France, England and Spain
had been ruptured, Mr. Seward said in cir
cnlar that the President relied upon
the assurance Of the allies that "they
ject," and that any doubts be had
entertained had been removed bE i" the frank
explanation" Of the three powers that they
had mo intentions Of Intervening to procure
change In the constitutional form of GOV
3sTI, eminent m now existing in Mexico, or any po-
to the will Of the Mexican people," We have
been SO absorbed in our own troubles that
there has been little time to attend to the
complications which hare Threatened Us by
Ibis intrusion upon the continent Of North
America by European power. and this con-
temptuous disregard of the often proclaimed
Monroe doctrine has been made without a
protest, or what would haze been better, a
manly assertion Of our faith IN the principle
80 ostentatiouslY paraled on other OCCASIONS
her position Is fraught with consequences and
results which may be to Us the most serious,
The newly elected Emperor Is Ferdinand
Maximllian joseph, Archduke of Austria, and
Oldest brother Of the Emperor Of Austria.
He Is thiI5ty.one NJ Y yeaTS Of age, and is married
Vice Admiral Of the Austrian navy. The
41chdukc has been sounded in regard to his
candidacy for the throne Of Mexico, and has
heretofore been mentioned in connection with
that Office. It has been said that Louis Na.
polccn offered this Mexican bauble to Aus. !
tria, in consideration of the cession by the
latter Of Venetia to the kingdom Of United |
Italy. Austria disdained the bribe. It isalso
said that SPUN has fntimnted that one of her |
Princes would be the most suitable occupant
Of the Halls Of the Montezumas. However |
these things may be, the choice has fallen |
upon Maximilian, and In the event of his de- |
clining, Louis Napoleon may nominate to the |
vacancy. 1t is easy to see that whether Max |
or French puppet be the Emperor, 1t is all |
tie same to Louis Napoleon. He viii control |
the Incumbent and manipulate him as lie |