The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-06-21

Our last advices from Mexico Len Maxi
milan n his way 10 the capital. Whom b
arrives there, and undergoes the little ceremo
mics for such Gases made and provided, W
shall have two esupA, rors upon this great con,
tinent-the Emperor D. N Pedro, OF Brazil and
the Emperor Maximiliano,~ 81 Mexico. Inc EN-
peror OF Brazil Is . spleEAid ruler. wise
sagacious and benevolent, he mas made M
government one Of the best ID tho world
While all the rest Of the continent ID d. sturDeo
by war, Don Pedro has kept Brazil In Pc ueo'
peace, and by his noble conduct towards o.
rebels he has secured the respect and the
esteem Of the American people. The Emperor
Aaximiliano will scarcely have . chance to
show his good or bad qualities. The Mexican
throne Ia very slippery affair, and rulers
slide OF 1t easily. We should not be aston
ished, therefore, II the new Emperor shared
the fate Of Iturbide just as he had settled him
self comfortably upon the imperial velvet
Until recently we have INDUCED the pleasing
hope that Spain would attempt to found
another empire In Peru, 80 that We might re-
taliats by pocketing the lovely island Of Cuba.
But Il now appears that the Spanish govern
ment refuses to embark In that promising
speculation, aad consequently disavows tho
action OF Admiral Pinzon, the fllibuster,
IN selling the Chincha Islands. In certain
games Of chance the player often loses
tho stakes by showing his hand too
soon, and the Peruvians have COM
mitted just this error. Instead Of waiting
patiently until Spain had made up her mind to
play, and had staked her all upon tho game,
the Peruvians at once began to raise tremend-
GUS armies and boast largely Of their IRON
clads; so that Spain was bluffed of, aud the
South Americans lost the chance Of squaring
their heavy balances against her. With willy
Secretary Seward at the head Of our foreign
affairs, we are playing neater game for the
Mexican stake; but, then, Maximiliano has
saved us considerable trouble by quietly pro-
viding for his own destruction. The Mexican
throne Is slippery, as we before observed; but
Maximiliano has taken the pains to select
OFF gracefully, by appointing Santa Anna to the
first ONCE in his gift. Santa Anna has nothing
of the saint about him except his name. He is
modern Mephistopheles, and MAMMALIAN is
the modern Faust. We all know the end Of
tho story. We have seen Biachi and Mazz oleni
act It in the opera. 1t will be good opera
for the Emperor's troupe to begin with. Me-
phistopheles leads Faust along from sin to sin,
until at last he grips him by the COLLAR and
sends him to the Internal regions. Santa Anna
is acting the same role with Macmillan. By
and by, We shall see the new Mexican Faust
thrust downward amid blaze OF red fire and
an odor Of birthstone, and the Mexican Mephis
topheles will seize the crown and smile grimly
1t the success Of his scheme.
But why should we wander away to Mexico
or Brazil to find an American emperor, when
we may shortly have one here at home! Why
should we despatch our special correspondents
to describe an imperial coronation in the
tropics, when We may soon have need Of them
to picture an imperial coronation at Washing
ton? Maximiliano the First sounds right roy
ally; but Abrahamus the First also has the true,
imperial ring. The plan preached by the Times
and Tribune at the beginning Of this war, to
make the President . dictator, had its merits;
but the latest idea Of tho shoddy republicans
Is to make the President an emperor, and that
is much more practical and much more salts.
factory 10 all concerned. The Transformation
is not 30 difficult as some people imagine. Ma
poleon the Great showed how easily 1t could be
effected when he emerged from the chrysalis OF
First Consul and dazzled the world as an impe-
rial butterfly. Napoleon the Second learned
his uncle's lesson While confined in the For
tress Of Ham, and as soon as he could prevail
upon the French people to elect him President
he cried presto! and appeared in the imperial
purple 1t would be strange, indeed, If Presi.
dent Lincoln could not perform this trick as
readily as the two Napoleons. II he should
require any hints or suggestions, the Chevalier
WikoF, who studied with the French Emperor
at Ham, is the very man to furnish them.
After all, it would be merely change Of name.
The President has assumed imperial powers, and
rides about, attended by . body guard, in i'm
perial state. Mrs. Lincoln, too, is every inch
an empress, and would adorn the title. Bas-
tiles, and arbitrary arrests, and the supercedure
Of legal warrants by the ringing Of little bell,
and the exiting Of citizens without due process
oflaw and all the other imperial characteristics,
are already in vogue. The shoddy aristocracy
have their liveries in good order. Nothing is
necessary but the coronation and the titles to
give us third emperor on this continent.
All the fuss and fury, the trouble and vexa-
ton, the noise and confusion Of the coming
Presidential election would be avoided by
creating Lincoln an emperor. We should hear
no more growls from poor Greeley IL he were
made the Duke de Dirtyboots and Westchester.
Raymond would say nothing about Fremonts
being copperhsad II he were styled the Wis
count glamour and Trimmer Extraordinary.
Thurlow Weed would be reconoIled TO the radi-
calls II he were the Count de Contracts, and
Seward the Marshal de Manuscript Chase, Of