The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-07-15
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Macmillan has indulged in trinmphal entry

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Macmillan has INDUCED in trinmphal entry
into the Mexican capital. In another column
we give, from our correspondent in Mexico, an
account Of all the ceremonies. Over this re
ception Of their Emperor the Mexicans kept
holiday for three days. II detracts little from
the exubeIant enthusiasm Of this holiday that
the people were compelled to keep it, under
penalty of punishment. All the stores were
closed, all the houses decorated, and all the men
and women happy-for fear of a fine. II men
distinctly understand that the simple issue il
up with your banners or down with your dustr
every rag that they can muster viii faunt the
breeze So II was in Mexico, and the fronts Of
the houses were gorgeous with colored cloth.
Also, when the small shopkeepers and not very
spirited citizens recognize that they must illu-
inmate their houses, or pay for their obscuritY
so many ounces Of silver, they light up with
energy, and express with the emphatic bril-
liancy OF pound or tallow candles how little
they like to- be fined And Macmillan, in view
Of so much decoration, and Of such a blaze of
lights, must have been fool II he did not see
how happy the people were that he, the only
man in the world ft to rule them, had come to
do it,
Macmillan, Emperor ETC., was profoundly
moved by the enthusiastic reception" and
saluted the Mexicans with the warmth OF one
who has identified his faith with theirs"
Attempts were made TO cut down the trumphal
arches on the day OF his reception. and it was
thought wise to keep all the troops that the
empire musters under arms all the time.
Therefore in all the excitement Of his arrival
in Mexico, the Emperor did not forget that
there was liberal party there, as his propo-
siton for a conference with its leaders ndi-
Gates. Juarez is sustained by the greater num-
Der Of the Mexican States. There are nine thou
five thousand under Dobado, in New Leon.
None of these men saw the illumination, and
they do not believe that Macmillan was chosen
by the Mexican people He proposed to Juarez
and the other leaders that they should give up
the cause of the people and take positions
under the empire; invited them to meet
him in Mexico and talk about it, and
their safety He made an appeal to their
emotions; told them how far he had come just
to rule them; reproached them with what he
had left for their sakes, and "ony in obedience
to the spontaneous call of nation which fixes
in him the happiness of its future" And he
an Emperor-therc by the Spontaneous call of
a nation,' asks the larger part of that nation
to lay down the arms it has taken up against
him. Juarez ''admires the generosity" that drew
Macmillan to Mexico; pronounces the sponta
neous call ga ridiculous farce, unworthy to be
seriously considered by an honest and decent
man." declares that he cannot confide in the
faith and honor of ian agent Of Napoleon, the
perjured," and announces his determination to
keep invioate she oath he swore as President
piece Of grand calmness, reminding Macmillan
how easy it is to be an illustrious rogue, and
how contemplate such animals appear in his
tory. Another OF the leaders answered the
Emperor by ordering the execution OF his
emissary; but the order was not carried out.
Macmillan doubtless begins to see his diff
culties. He is finding out that there are some
men in Mexico who did not call him to the
throne, and is likely to find out that they are
the best men there. He will perceive soon that
he has been made use of by Napoleon only as q
means to enable that crafty sovereign to get
out of the Mexican muddle. He will see that
Napoleon, having begun war that he found it
hopeless to carry on, desires to get out of It with
grand coup de theatre in the enforcement OF
king, and will leave him to finish or be
finished, by that war. Had Great Britain, when
the battle Of Long Island gave her possession
of this city, announced to the world that she
had conquered nation, and, ignoring the rest
of the country, appointed q sovereign, he would
have had a stormy time Of it; and the position
Of Macmillan 10 somewhat analogous to what
the position of such q sovereign would have
been. He has been placed to govern an uncon-
quered country, in which there is a large and
high spirited party that regards his appoint
ment as a national outrage. Only force can
keep the country quiet.
THE INCREASE OF MUSICAL TASTE IN rHs
CoUNTRY.-Within the past few years the public
taste for music has vastly Increased in this
country. Whereas but short time since an
opera troupe could find patronage In no part Of
the country save this city, we now see both