The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1863-02-02
Mexico Fighting oar Battles.

Mexico Fighting Our Battles.
With what hope Of success can Napoleon con-
template an interference in the affairs Of Q
powerful nation like the United States after the
results which have attended his attempted in
tervention in the affairs of Mexico, which now
for nearly year has dragged its slow length
rather backwards than forwards? Is he to-day
any nearer the object he proclaimed at starting!
Is not every month Of persistence in so I'M
wise and unjust scheme only heaping disaster
on the French arms through the unforeseen wea-
pons Of malarious climate, an entire absence
of supplies, an unjust cause and the devoted
resistance of apeope reused to defend at every
cost their soil and their cherished institutions?
Can Napoleon overlook the fact that every ma
ton every people, turn with deadly animosity
and unconquerable repulsion against foreign
dictation? Did not France herself rise to meet
the world in arms on this issue, and did she not
turn the scales until the present Emperor's great
progenitor had laid the thrones Of the half Of
Europe at his feet?
1t is as useless for the monarch, clothed with
imperial robes, as for the private individual to
struggle against the immutable laws which
govern the impulses of mankind. France may
suffer for want Of cotton, and the surging bill
lows of popular discomfort may cause Napo-
Icons throne to rock as they dash against it;
but to intervene in the United States as means
to avert such disturbances, or even to attempt to
mediate--for we shall be slow to draw differ
ence between the two, or to believe that the
one does not ultimately and surely mean
H. al. I'll In ov,V.- 10 add Vhnr
unjust, and--let the word be marked
unpopular. war to that now on band
| another war across wide ocean, and with a
country into which he cannot penetrate, and
where he must expose his armies to further loss
of prestige and the power Of France to further
humiliation.
In Mexico he attacked people long enfee-
bled by bitter civil strife, proverbially bank.
rupt in resources, and of doubtful unity. But
what has he found? Despite all the statements
| of his generals and his ambassadors of the pur-
poses of the INVASION the instant the foot of the
foreign invading force touched the soil of Mexico
the whole nation was reused to arms, past
differences were healed, the poverty of the
treasury was supplied by private contributions,
and, inspired by the business of their cause, by
the defence of all that man holds most dear
and enlightened by the moral struggle through
| which for years they have now been passing,
the Mexicans, with citizen generals and undis-
| ciplined soldiers, have beaten back the re-
nowned troops q France and in repeated en-
| gagements have manifested proves and have
achieved success which command the respect
| of the world, and which from this time forward
| will render them invincble against any force
| that France, at SO great distance and with her
| already burthened exchequer, can send TO the
relief OF her weakened and dispiritcd invading
/ army.
There are moral laws against which physical
means are powerlcss. France had no right to
intervene m Mexico. She had still less right to
attempt the overthrow Of republican institu-
tons in that country, the extinguisbment Of
its sovereignty and its conquest as q colony Of
her own. Her cause has but met with meritcd
illure, and the sooner Napoleon assumes the
unweleonc task OF acknowledging his error
and retircs from this Quxotc and unholy expe-
dition. the better will it be for the security
of his throne and the honor and good
name OF France The same fate would
attend any intervention. or even attempted
mediation. by the Emperor of France in the
struggle now going on between the North and
the South. In both sections of our Union
among the people Of all classes, if there is enc
sentiment which is stronger than any other, il is
that of impatience under any attempt by
foreign Powers To dictate, advise or control US
in our own affairs. Party leaders may for the
moment, for party purposes or personal ends.
put on the semhlance of iavoring what they
may call friendly mediation" but such u
spirit is not met by any response from the peo
pie. Both South and North we are competent
TO manage and arrange our own affairs. We
may choose to quarrel, or we may suddenly
choose 10 agree: bat il will be of our own free
will, not at The dctation or in obedience to the
advice, however friendly it may be stated TO be.
Of any foreign government people. Our
quarrel is family dispute; we both should
turn upon whoever dares to interfere.
Ii Napoleon desires another proftlcss war
hopeless of success; if his Moscow is not loom
ing up with sufficient distinctness of warning in
Mexico. let him seek il here Meanwhile the
people of Mexico eifectually fighting our
battles in their heroic resistance against foreign
Intervention. as We, in putting down the rebel
lion, are fighting theirs by restoring that power
and prestige of a united Union which will for
ever stay the impious and daring hand Of mo-
narchical Europe, sought to be lifted against tho
liberty Of the people and the security Of repub-
lican institutions on this continent.
AMERICAN TREAst1!E GoISG TO ENGiASp.--
The steamship Sonora has sailed from San
Francisco for Panama, we learn by orr latest
advices with one million and quarter Of dol