The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1863-09-16
Opinio.s or the French Press.

lrIon the ParB Cnnstitutlonpol, S0pN ID
Inc Secretary OF State at Washington bases All hf rea
sonmR on strange confusion OF IDEAS IN ms opinion
ssEAn society 70 one, entirely o1e ana Mexico muse
necessarily have tho preference for republican gov
eIhmsn, AZ the United Staies This is altogether ms
take Tor unity Ia far from existing on the American con
are deu, rs so sap " 70 Ss r@h
pubic sentiment 10 DO the In Mexico In the United
states 10 ought nrst 70 have demonstrated that the
ana thinking as the Latin race But supposng he
hao accomplished this, certainly no easy task he
that h s. ren nave 70 explain now came 70 pass
secured the prosperity OF the United States, has
erougnt Mexico 70 ruin We shall be ready to adop. Mr.
Angosaxons sha. ruin and anarchy are he same hnss
az order and prosperity and that republican governments
mas the same claim on the preference OF the citizens IN
Mexico as IN the United States. little reflection VIII
iead 10 more logical conclusion How u possible that
the country Of popular sovereignty, Of self government
par efcehice can take offence, because neighborng
naton IN the free exercise Of iis win determines to give
itself the form OF government which it consdere Best
On socd With S s1S
And why should they take alarm al the establishment Of
second empire, which would offer and extensive
Held Tor their trade and manufacturer
From the Paris Pays, sept. IL
All those various runoTs equally erro1oons and
one Of then has the slightest foundation There have
been neither written protestaons verbal
addressed either in Paris or Washington the Fnperors
government by the United States. Let add that il
might have been easily that the reports that sub
iect could have serious character The government
washington Is sufficiently occupied with it's struggle
against Inc confederate States for every to believe
that II would not willingly seek 10 create for itself fresh
embarrassment by an nt!mely interference in the affairs
o. Mexico Besides by what right would the American
Cabinet forward protest Paris and what would be its
snbi@ctY change IN tho government OF 1excof But
that IS coe affair Of the Mexicans alone More than that
government duly founded constituted and regulated by
the popular WILL there, as everywhere else entirely
In accordance with the political principles pracsed and
proclaimed on all occasions by the United states II Is
not 10 be supposed that the government OF Washington
would venture TO oppose such act Of national sove
reignty and is still less 10 be supposed that that
ernmcnt would address complaints to France who allows
that act to DO accomplished in all liberty Would the
United States government protest against the present
occupation OF Mexico by the French army7 But that
natural and necessary consequence OF tho war, the
charges OF which have accepted and Of the victory
which has crowned efforts, In an enterprise under
taken in conformity with strict right, and also for the
profit OF Justice and civilization II there is anything to
be remarked II In that this situation imposed us by
war; lar from taking an extreme character, has been
limited and restrained with the moderation which forms
the rule OF the Emperors policy and which apparent
in all his acts. In reality, therefore, the United states
Cabinet has made protest 10 the Emperor
against what is taking place Mexico The part which
France is acting there IL perfectly regular What the
Mexican nation Is doing IS comfortable 10 its right as
an independent State protect from the United States
would therefore, have had grounds for existence and
there are no reasons for supposng that that
thinks otherwise itself.