The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1864-06-29

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Good.by to the "Monros doctrine. 4 :
MaAimilian 10 in Mexico, and, barring The
chances Of assassination, seems likely
enough to establish an imperial dynasty
there on pretty sure foundations. The OK.
| republic is divided against itself, and The
church party, which is the richest, md
therefore the strongest, portion Of the body
polite, sides with the usurper. The Juarex
faction--for it Is no longer power in the
state-is evidently on its last legs. All
the stories we have had Of it's victories over
the invaders turn ont to be bogus. lis gen.
erals have been defeated, its armies scatter.
ed, and it is literally in "the last ditch, :"
with no choice between surrender and des.
truction. I: will probably surrender, aud
make the best terms it can with the new
government. The Mexicans are not Spar
tans. They have no idea of emulating the
heroes Of Thermopylm 1870
In all probability the country will be bet
ter governed under the new regime than it
has ever been during the last quarter Of .
century. TIE military adventurers who,
under various prentences, have so long been
in the habit of levying black mail at will,
must succumb to the wholesale robber who
intends hcnceforth to enjoy . monopoly of
the spoils, and it is better to be ruled by
one big despot than to be harried by q score
of small ones. We have no doubt that the
people will be more secure in their persons
ana property as subjects of monarch than
they were as citizens Of q nominal 70.
public. The Emperor Macmillan is re-
ported to be decent sort Of person, con.
sdering his lineage and education, and will
undoubtedly, for time at least, do all that
he can do to concliatc the masses. Of
course he has been tutored by Louis Napo--
leon, whose Instrument ana cOnveniencS No
is, and that sagacious ruler is an expert in
the art Of reconcling the populace to arbi.
trary power.
In our opinion the establishment of an
absolute monarchy in Mexico bodies more
serious evils 10 the United States than to
the Mexicans. 1t is only the other day
that in the plcnttudc Of our strength and
prosperity, we talked Of rcpublicanising
EurOpe--not, indeed, with the strong arm,
but through the Influence Of cur example
We welcomed kossrth 10 our shores with
the widest enthusiasm, and when he left
US with pocket, we'll lined with Amer
lean god, we badc him God speed in his
crusade against the Austrian despotism.-
Now the tables are turned. Austrian des-
potisln is at Cur doors, and in such close
proximity TO the southern frontier shat An
alliance between the rebel government and
the Kaiser Of Mexico is not only possible
but probable. We have utterally lost our
prestige abroad, and the crowned heads Of
Europe poit sneeringly to our internecins
war as sample Of the legitimate results
of democratic institutions. They say the
problem Of rcpublicsnism is solved; that
it is dead failure that monarchies alone
are stable; and they propose to promote the
happiness Of mankind, in their way, by ex-
tending the blessings of right.divine rule
to the western hemisphere. Spain is pre-.
pairing to try the same experiment in South
America that France and Austria have sue
cesslully tried in Mexico.
We have faith in the ultimate triumph of
rcpublicanism on this side Of the Atlantic
over all its foes but it is quite clear that
its strength and vitality will sooner or later
be severely tested. 1t is only by present.
ing united front to anti republican Eu-
rope that VIC can command its respect and
protect ourselves from innovation and in
suit. AS long as the rcb. lion lasts We
shall have put up with wrongs from our
transatlantic brethren that, under different
circumstances, would be promptly resented.
The course Of the South is not only trea-
son to the United States. but treason to
Freedom, Progress, and the noblest aspirs.
tions and highest hopes Of humanity; for
every blow leyelled at the integrity of tho
Union encourages and strengthens tho
hands Of the monarchs ard monarchists of
the old world, and lends an air Of plausi.
bility to the dogma that popular govern.
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