, 1864-02-14

In the Chamber Of Deputies on the 2Gth,
N. Theirs strongly censurcd the expedition
to Mexico in Its present and past condition,
as well as with regard to Its future conse
4ucnces. He concludes as follows:
] have.not the honor Of knowing Prince
Maximillian. He is said to be very attractfVe:
but he would require all the sound sense of
bis Cling LsoRold Of Of B5elsipm
three hundred or four hundred millions. I
know that 1t Is not very desirable to treat
with the Indian Iuarcz; but I can never
give my consent to cur engaging ourselves
tor one or Two years more in IN enterprise
like the present. Allow nc to ask you
question? Have the creations Of new States
been so very successful that we must needs
Is passing on the banks Of the Danube In
Greece. II, ever an enterprise was inspired
BY noble otiyes, It was the political revival
OF Greece; three great powers co-operntcd,
ind the expense for each, about twenty
millions, was Insignificant What has hap
pened in Greece Tie Greeks have driven
away their King Ohio for the want Of skiilin
ruling, and Europe has said to them: Ct You
will not have King Olho--Well, We will give
you another-( (loughtcr] and this time I I'D
mirtd the prudence Of our Government In
leaving the task to England. England turned
to the Danish Monarchy, so menaccd ar this
moment; and she detached q branch to TRIMS
81: Mt in Greece; adding thereto sacrifice
meun tie ct ssion of lie Ionian Islands and
the fortress Of Corfu. Well, notwithstand-
ing thcee concessions, England is just now
much less popular In Greece than Fraacc, who
VIC find here my motive for creating another
Greece 5000 leagues off? And who are our
allies? In the case e'of Greece We had Russiu
and England; but the most ardent partlsans
who are our well, Wishcrs in the Mexican
business. You will hare indeed the rather
sarcastic appreciation Of England, rs cx-
pressed In the English Journals, but on condi-
tion Of frcimbursing her first from the proceeds
ot the customs. Then there Is the Apglo-Saxon
1ace which It wished to resist, The racc will
respect you at present, and with reason; for
were you to pronounce definitely for one or
the other Of the parties in the struggle and
commend the Government for not having
cone so-your influence might be decisive.
The Americans of the North will, therefore,
respect you-1 anl sure hat the Archdu6e
Elmsclf Y ould be very well received ut New
anybody believe that when tho civil war
cc1nes TO an end, the United States will re-
member your impartiality, or that they will
lelp Jou ut all in your 4exicrn difficulties! !!
They viii act Just Us they did in tile IIayana;
You will have 100 600 ndyenturers vino
have only to croes the Rio del Nortc to be in
Mexico; you will have the Inevitable hoztili-
~ Of America, or at least Of ali the fighting
men, whose occupation will then be gone. I
must now speak Of the resources Of Mexico
in mineral wealth. We are referred to the
.ccount Of Mexico given by n. do Humboldt.
That celebrated man las, indeed, said that
Mexico is very ncl, country, but in saying
this he las destroyed many illusions. At the
close of the last century the reputation Of
Mexico for mineral wealth was colossal 1t
was thought that Spain, which then monopo-
lized nlne-tepths Of the precious metals in
circulation, drew the whole from Mexico.
latcr travellers have dissipated many more.
4 word about cotton, have been in COM
munication with Mexican merchants, and
with the Director Of the School Of Agricul-
.turc in Mexico; and be ASSURES me that cot
ton is grown in the loW-lands, like those Of
Texas, which arc infected with malaria; that
there are only Indians for. work, md that
hands are very scarce; and that by reason Of
the rains, 1t often happens that two Or three
out Of five harvcsts are spoiled. On the
high plains cotton cannot thrive on account
Of the inundations and consequent drought;
in the valleys the crops are magnificent, but
the difficulty Lies in the dearth Of hands. d.
d. Humboldt speaks Of the agricultural pro-
duce Of Mexico In 1903; he estimates 1t at
1s5 millions, aud that at figure 1t has remain
ed; the mines produce, indeed, LEO to $50
millions; they are rich, hut require largc
capital for q successful working. England
has sacrificed $50 millions Of francs In this
way; Germany more than Is millions.
Moreover, the mercury that is required for
operations in the silver mines must be bought
In Europe or In California. European specu-
1.a1pa rtf+n1, m Afarfr1
about silver mines, and the replies hare tend
cd to abate confidence. We now sec how it
is that Mexico, with total production, agri-
cultural and metallic, Of about 800 millions,
Inns barely commerce Of imports md exports
Of $50 millions-of which about twenty are
with ourselves I will suppose for moment
tlat all turns out for the best, and that Mex
what is the history Of Brazils To arrive at
her present position she has required . term
Of Fifty years, an uninterrupted succession Of
sagacious Princes, amicable relations With oil
Europe-and all this for whit? To get bud
gct Of one hundred millions and commerce
Of six hundred millions. Fifty. years to OBJ
tuin such RESULT. :Notc also that Bra.
als, md betaken herself to agriculture.
/ will cite y one figure only. She fur
nishes 200 mi1lions' worth Of coffee to the
world, and coffee Is worth more than gold.
We'll. then. DO yon th1nK LQAE IL BrNZll ,H15N-
I'd at this moment to indemnify some Euro
mean friend Tho Ind obiieed. her. she co"'n
40 great deal: [Laughter1 think not :
and, therefore, think that Mexico viii never
be able to indemnify us completely. But the
province of Honora has been mentioned, md
compared to California. or its mineral
wealth VIC know very littlc;' VIC only know
that the climate is insalubrious and tile tribes
savage and intractab1c- But will even sup
pose TINT sonora may become a second CALI
.or1fu. What has California been to the
United Statesy Much gold bus been found
disseminated, bRt the Federal Treasury has
nevertheless been forced to have recourse to
paper money. Let sonoru become now Calf.
torDta, what serious advantage will result to
France? sum up By affirming that the most
prudent course will be to content ourselves
with the satisfaction given to French honor,
and no longer to pursue dangerous and
chimerlcal enterprise. T; may be told, In
deed, that the Prince is at the point Of start
ing, md that We are bound to assist him.
7 hen ne can help the Government In this
manner. We can take On ourselves great
responsibility we can enable the Govern
incnt- to say to the Prince, 'sThepub1ic bodies
arc not favorable to this enterprise; We eau
Int support you as we desired to do" Then
tho Prince Would perhaps refuse, and we
should fall back on tile President Juarez:
not very Eeducing parsonage, readily nd
nit. PROLONGED scnsation.] Up to the
present moment your Honor is not distinctly
tngGgcd, but In the day that our young Prince
shall embark under our guarantee, it will be