The New York herald., 1863-09-10
NEW YORK HERALD THURSDAY. +

AENALU, III u kSDA L
to ten thousand; and these ten thousand RENAL
because they have nowhere else to 60. All th
places of refuge in theinterior Of South Carol
ma are already full of refugees. and her inlan
swamPs at this season are charged with dosdl
malaria The destruction Of Charleston, Their,
fore, involves the sacrifice Of large proportio
Of Its remaining people from exposure, dscas
and famine. Will Bcauregard resolve to sacr
fee these people with the city. when he can gai
by the act nothing but the execrations Of man
kinds We rather believe that wiser counsel
will prevail with him, and that he will save q,
city and its people by surrendericg or eysou
sting it.
We shall not be surprised il, within day OF
two, we hear, by way Of Fortress Monroe, that
he has removed or destroyed his artillery, dis.
mantled his works, blown up his magazines
sunk his useless homemade iron-clads and
other water craft In the channel, and has cleared
out, bag and baggage, as mysteriously as in his
evacuation Of Corinth. And what NEXT. The
uprising, in all probability, of North Carolina,
en- '"asse, against the rebellion, the ignomiaious
fight Of JEFF Davis and Company from Rich
mond and the collapse of his Southern con-
federacy without another blow Peace meet
ings are now the order of the day throughout
the State of North Carolina; "peace will soon
come" say the rebel pickets to ours across the
Rappahannock and peace is the universal de-
mand of the exhausted people Of the rebellious
States from Virginia to Texas.
As with Beauregards bombardment Of Sum-
ter every door Of peace was closed, and this
tremendous and destructive war was begun, 1t
will be an appropriate ending if the restora-
ton Of the Old flag" over the ruins Of Sumter
shall be accepted as the signal for the submis-
sion Of the rebellious States to its supreme au-
thority. And this is what we think is fore
shadowed from the rebel evacuation of Morris
Island. And what next: This is the great aues-
tion which the President should now prepare
himself to answer What nexts
French Intervention In mexics--The
Monroe Doctrine.
In the consideration of the results likely
to flow from French intervention in the
affairs Of Mexico, the Faris journals
have laid great stress on the fact that Mr.
Lincoln's administration has enteyed no formal
protest against the scheme of the new empire.
They might have even gone further, yand pointed
to circumstance which would almost lead to
the inference that the federal government is
not averse to seeing the project carried .out.
We allude to the course pursued by the United
States Consul in Mexico who. just before Gene
raj Forey took Puebla, joined in memorial
Ealing upon him to confer stable institutions
upon that unhappy couniry We have not |
heard that Mr.. Corwin disuvowed the act OF
this oficial, or has since taken any steps to
indicate the real sentiments of oUr governmcat
upon the subject.
Of these, however, Louis Napoleon cannot
with any show Of truth pretend TO be ignorant.
Tie fact that the attention Of our Cabinet was
too deeply engaged in the effort to crush out y
gigantic rebellion to permit it TO resent the
of doctrine whish has become part
,f our settled policy does not prove that il was
Indifferent to il. The loisses .fave principle is
ometimes as expedient in the conduct Of gov
as il is in that Of individuals There
5 no use in people demonstrating when they
snow beforehand that there Is q predetermi
,ation to take advantage OF their weakness.
But there is a Mem ess waiting upon every act
II eowardly aggre sion. Ere the scheme which
vas to perpetuate, French influence upon this
continent has advt nced half way to its object
he success Of our arms has stripped it OF its
'utbor TO tremblo for tbe-consequences to which
{ will expose hiui.
This changed, condition of things explains
he pcrsistency With which the French official
organs are revr Sing the asgumcnt that our gov
has t,een consenting party, by its
silence, to the lcreatien,of the new empire. The
dip lomstic circular which we pub
ished yester day earectually disposes of this
conclusion. Although issued under the adj
of Mr.. Buchanan, it anticipates
The events that have since taken place, and
declares in. the most emphatic and positive
terms that the government Of the United States
will not allow the European Powers to interfere
either directly on indirectly, with the politics 1
Of the republic Of Mexico, a. Al
that it will resist the forcible Intervention b,
any Power which locks to the control Of IN,
political destiny Of that country.
OF course nothing but conviction ST on
inability to deal successfully with the re bellioI
could have weakened IN the eyes OF Eu rope th
force OF thas DECLARATION. IL was solemn
pledge before thssworld that under 10 circum
stances would We permit any infrat ,tion. NOR
particularly In the case OF Mexico Of what /
t..o,r, M tha Mocroo .loctrine n.