The New York herald., 1863-10-12
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The news. which we published yesterday
that the Mexican deputation was 10 be received
by Prince Maximiiian Oh the 81 Of October
puts quietus upon all The current rumOr
that the Prince had accepted or rejected tit
crown which Napoleon 80 kindly Offers him
| Until we learn tie result Of this interview we
| can state lot ing definitely in regard TO Maxi
milan's decision. This farce Of Napoleon's
The chief point of which is his giving away O
throne VIII ch he does not possess, very forclbly
recalls The reply Of old Ettan Allen To King
! George The Third, wien bis Majesty attempted
To bribo the stnrdy patriot with large grants OF
| American land. "Your Msjesty's OFFER" said
| Allen, 'ren nds me of the DEVILS promising to
give our Saviour the whole world, WREN really
| the confounded rascal didn't own foot Of it,"
In order to make this matter perfectly clear,
we publish this morning a map OF Mex co, upon
which the territory held by the French is dis
tinctly marked by heavy black lines. BY
reference to this map it will be seen
that the French possessions in Mexico consist OF
parallelogram, extending back from the coast
at Yora Cruz, and including the Mexican capital
ono at Tehuantepec and one at TampicO har-
Dor. These possessions sink into insigniicancc
when compared with the vast extent Of the
Mexican republic, to which, indeed, they bear
about the same relation as Governors Island
to the State Of New York, or Napoleon the
Third to Napoleon the Great. When the United
States conquered Mexico we held the entire
az osto fho oF 20 r Jn tba
north, California and the seacoast on the west,
besides the Mexican capital all the fortified
cities, and large extent of country in the in-
terror In point of fact, however, the throne
which Napoleon Is 30 anxious for Macmillan
to occupy does not rest upon Mexican soil at
all, but upon the bayonets of French soldiers,
and as soon as these invaders are driven out
the throne and Its occupant will tumble to the
ground together. Within three months after
the close Of our civil war this consummation,
so devouty to be wished, will be achieved by
our powerful, veteran armies.
The fact upon which the French journals and
the French Emperor lay most stress is that the
French troops hold the Mexican capital, and
therefore control the whole country. This is
theory or practice on this side the Atlantic In
Europe it is accepted as an axiom that Paris is
France, that London is England, and that Vi
emma is Austria. On this continent, however,
Washington is not the United States, as the
British discovered when they captured that
city of magnificent distances and small poll
ticlans In 1872 If we should have war with
EooIooA on6 cho,,l1 tol<, v.roooaainp ~ V;cfor3a
City, we should not congratulate ourselves
upon having seized Canada by that single
blow. The case is the same with
Mexico. Napoleon Il master OF tho capi-
tai, but not Of the country. The Mexi-
can people are still republicans, and
will not submit to foreign emperor. The
knowledge that they have brought their present
troubles upon themselves. and the mutual ami
mositiss and jealousies Of their leaders, have
thus far crippled their efforts; but they are now
organizing for the struggle for independence
and we can assure Napoleon that the hardest
fighting of his Mexican campaign Is yet to come,
and that his complacent conviction that the
affair is now accomplished Is o gross error.
Beyond this fact, however, is still more seri-
Gus contingency. If the Mexican republicans
do not drive away the French, the American
republicans certainly will. Our Monroe doc
trine has been violated, and must be re-estab-
lished. Instead OF offering distant thrones to
other people, Napoleon had much better de.
vote bis attention to the work of more firmly
securing his own seat upon the throne Of
France. Nothing Is gained where too much is
attempted.