The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1863-09-23
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National P,lAcA s ,.s i aa i ns.ef
10 HD Exsszaxscs The hnnnR o. FoTEisS AffA''S
Yse vuorscued. Minister or R.rcen Anars Of the re-
pubsc Of Mexico has the OF addressing bmseh
As kxcsaenoy the Minister Of Foreign AnaIs ~ 800,
WIN reference TO tho events WHICH nsve 'AsSS $500
place in tho city OF Mexico -, ,a,.oa "a hs
The undersigned has 10 commence ~ s.Atns ~ ~ h
Duueloucy the Minister that the Prosdept, navmR -
pae convinced mat policy did not dictate IosisabOs "
Tie invader tho former capital ordefoc w. VIC o..
n,sne powers OF the federation should be ranserrod 70
mis- CIV This decree executed few days after s
publication the National Congress nso Terminated
dts sessions by the expiration on inc pe'oo " ''S a00'
some days later, not only the Pres,Asnt. invest.
Cd WITH e, p.sSr cDsPss .hcn
ubssts during the recess Of that ooAy, ana nnay we
- Of
capital whore they discharge with perfect reeu
ary the attributes conferred upon Them " our 6anic
Inv.
The government Of the republic in all its branches
csves ass natural and due the recognition ana she ODE
Of tho notion excepting only the lew places which
de army France hold subject and oppressed But the
power arreRated by the Invader Of our soil 90 limited
uncertain hts tenure, besides being odious and
strongly resisted that there is OF held BY him SIN
Ee foot Of ground not controlled by his military posts
However TO theee other towns may be, they obey
the all the rest Of the nato the authorities
which Mexico, 10 the exercise OF is sovereignty AID by
che free vote OF It's citzons has thought proper TO place
the head Of Its internal administration In fine. even
she line from Vera Cruz to the city Of Mexico the line
wh ch should be certain and 10 the enemys army
Is necessarily cut by the national troops
But II this line were not and should not be disputed
by osces although the French should succeed In
executing their plan-which has ranspiredo extending
the influence Of their 70 the radius OF twenty leagues
from tho city Mexico. ,here would then have been
conquered by their forces only aemere fraction Of the
public-A portion iDcompaI ably less than that which
remains which, animated by sense OF right and
Of strength is resolved not only continue
% resist the foreign but to recover those por
momeniary triumph Of force over justice and right over
patriotism the most noble, and over courage itself.
Such bong the actual condition Of affairs. II is difcu
md Tn thp
ust been committed In the former capital Of tho republic
~ the GensraLn.Chief Of the invading army. lmme
atcy upon tho occupation Of the city OF Mexico he has
Thought that the hour had arrived that the
Of the federation had been destroyed and
triumviraie ho should charged with tho executive
power ana should also name two hundred and fifteen
other persons who with the title OF Notabes should
be entrusted with authority 10 determine the form Of
nsrchy they selected for Emperor his Royal Highness
Prince Macmillan OF Austria aud declared that the
provisional government h0ud take the came OF regency
Considering these acts in their true light and deducna
from them Their only practical and effective consequences,
zion OF three persons called Triumvrs, and now mem
bors OF regency aud that. there Is prince who has
drei and fifteen Individuals seconded, at most by only
ITO places occupied by the troops OF the Emperor Napo
leon Pit the entire party resigned TO accept the
rregn prince whom the invader Is anxious give
only embraces the nhabitts dominated by the French
army and afew impoent aud fugitive bands and all
ehis acks very greatly OF even approaching TO be ma
ority OF the people Of the country who n matter OF
fact adhere 20 the Institutional government follows
logically that the empire and the Tego cy do not consti
tue gsvonm dcfo prove any thing than
adesrc and an attempt To establish government
ne long orders Of the gov eminent OF Mexico
respected and obeyed throughout almost the entire
uation that Is the authority which international
taw teaches should be recognized indel endcpt OF s
other egitimate titles under The chat state
accepts, or ~ least toerates that government which
obeys without resistance
Coming 10 tho question OF iht, tho undersg Hns
source u embarrassment IN It's discussion from the
abundance Of tho reasons which demonstrate Justice
AYtfh xGht In hay len eha l,auto ADD
despicabls government which General Iorey seeks TO
Impose upon ,h.m
an undue yielding to force 70 attempt tho formal proof
% thing clear and self evident Bwt he feels II his
complying loyalty with The sacred obligation imposed
upon him by the and tho tho republic
provide for it's defence by all the Legitimate aud pro
.per means that may be vi hin his reach
Tho Emperor Of the French violating the most sacred
hes tempered tho right war hns acc'ae agaSns,
Mexico, md u making It solely OF a mser
ablo debt, whose has been offered to him and
for certain other equally destitute II copsstcnry
and OF justice, such tho recamat Of Jecker, whs
has no existence except 1t his hands the onnnca
zion OF which causes has Oiled the world Nth asionish
mcn
Hosttlos been opened without waiting for the &c
fusal OF such satisfaction MS might with justice be de
manded OF and only have his agents treated Of
70 The spuatloss 81 soedad, exchanrng thereby inc
unhealthy positions Of their forces others
'brioas aud advanced The Emperor and his agents
have not sought obtain rcparaon through peace nor
'hwo IN ~ made war upon Mex co u obtain it, Their
design well known baorc the governments Il
France had ted the ell win which il edthe
design which for long had been openly ss ken o and
discussed by tnep i''cans and The journals Of Europe
WAS TO overthrow republican usttAii In uex,cs, 10
destroy its government and 90 raise throne for The
Prince Naxmi'ia or Austria.
10 for this reason that the agents ~ the Fmperor
h,ve declared thst they would never treat With the Pre-
stdeDt, which Equivalent TO syiJg that peace snouf
never be made lar the resident rs ed his
position through lopce fraud htvo many anbl.
'eloos mep IN ancient and modern times, but by
the free vote OF. his teAow cu,ycrs csn neither
n lA q lu lltgy ha&a ha
slowed upon him, by violating lis INST sacrei
Duties aud ooligAsnns ard abanaonmg his posi
10 the day ~ peril tor the republic they nao,t
that tho Chief Magistrate charg by the tune
tcns Of government aud with the duty representing s
sovereignty alb cad should be removed Power 10
please foreign enemy II that should be the solo
condition required for rho TO Establishment Of u
u icndy rela IONS which have been inierrrsp pied
~ all OF the events II political character which have
occurred IN the city u McSic, ascn place and are
sustained focy by the direction OF ci oral Scy nni
from the very nature Of these c@rnts IL az Psrbo
.ascribe tbcm u any other origin support follows
that FRANCE by means u rce s uterycpr.
%. her power IN me administration and meat 81
Mexico and has therefore, again unhappy
70 have Terminated for wnr Will be q ,nity md
tntermnrb bio disasters 10 tho en- tho pow cr II
one over tho others shnil have onrer the
Tho French government. IN the hainaoess Of lie amS
etous desirps hns forgotten shst III pretended right ~
iassrvcntion was once applied to France ai,nough the
= ssent imperial family this mamory saui be in,ieibe
nasnna. sovereignty y tho basis npsa which rests
The rights ~ mankind. IL An greal and
profound how alarming for sIsbe states 81 me a,sse
Is TINS outrage winch IS being doae ~ Nexsco Nv rho
,peror Nsposeon III.
Tho undersigned will now descend 70 rector tbc acts
Shch the general n tho invading army and MS sdhe
reDta have had the holiness ~ prcsast
20 atfribute q thc mock hsrac Of true
nationality 1hcy assert toat thu place emrsre
WAS proclaimed has the virtue Of 0ng <hst act ho,
within and without The republic.
General forey, after having npiod tho city NJ
naxtco, announced That The n,lt,y usceton was ter
minated and that they had lhe poli,,ca
question but Tho u.iih is that the military snceson ~
scarcely commenced and THAI tho poca quesi. As very
40 IRON having lear opened mucx less &ssd Ay the
cecon OF m march " that city Ese oi,v OF Mcx,co IA
Mhhou, doabt very Important place for u.s. hut n by
mo means has the Importance nnd enncnoe wh,th in
some osoef cluhtries II exercised by enc calna Ila
1encen people fnado war upon Sp,in with vigsv ard
WIN succesai nctwtnstirdpg the city ,of Messco RI
manned w 10 Tue Ia mons t1e =. o
government anu aef when the rcao,ttary party bcjd
sne thuse CIV, win many oNefa o,sss that " The
QUO athrecycars war they could <,1 "a ali
~ Tho irresistible nislsng u tie haon =
The consc sruruoss al rght, AMI tic dcc,s nm In
sacrifice cveeyiing ~ Tho defsucc of our A-s,es arc
scntpeuta drscd throughout Tho tou,.la of he
republic pd eos ~ may cIes Est cannot w.. eu o.
<esolution. az ~ Viii not diminish the lnses n ~,