, 1864-05-06
FROM PART

How The Mexican Resolution :Yas rzc.
T1.eo anG he Hsaa.ien, 1n4,a perssesa
The correspondent Of the New York Tsme
writing from Paris, has the following in ref
e!ebce to tho Mexican resolution lately Il4ss
ed BY Congrees: -:
1hc 1e!oicIngs s ever the happy. Termination
OF tue Mexican affair are destined to receiye
slight cooling of frnm the rcsoi1t!ou voted
by TIC House Of Representatives at Wash.
'ning. This resolution has not been publish.
I'd Jet In the French papers, and we do not
yet know, therefore, how it is to be appreci-
a1ed. But the Government seems to attach
very great Importance to 1t, for not only
was the te1egr: phic announcement Of it sup
pressed last evening, but the telegrapbic dis
putch entire, brought BY the Scotia, was de-.
lascd. The London Tines made the resoin.
ton eay that the, American people would not
"tole1ate" the new Government in Mexico,
and 1t Hos probably this version Of it which
induced the Government to suppress TINT
part Of the 6cotia'e diapatch until further evl-
dtnce Of authenticity should arrive. In nv
neat letter shall be able to give you IN Idea
OF the impression this Important resolution
Of the American Congress- has produced.
but to .'aggrATate matterD, Is; between
France and the United States, the treaty
which has just betn corcluded between tie
Emperor OF France and the Emperor OF Mex
leo placcs things in different situutlon from
what they Rere at the time Mr. Seward
wrote the dispatch In which he gave France
hopes that the United States would recognize
the new ortcr Of things in Mexico; tor ut
that time there Is reason to believe that the
French Government promised the Govern.
ment of the United States that they were 90
lng 10 retire from Mexico aln'ost Immediately
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mi1tan-a promise which naturally led the
American Secretary to say that, us defenders
OF the doctrine OF popular Sovereignty. the
United States would be obliged to accep.
whatever government the people Of Mexico
accepted and freely ntaintained. But no the
French Government has violated this prom
ise; lor, IS will be seen by the treaty be-
tween the two Empires, tue French fiag Is
going to stand guard over the new throne
for period Of SIX yenrs, which is too long 4
Ferlod to respond to the words s'an' almost
immediate evacuation," and which does not
allow flee expression Of the sentiments Of
the Mexican people.
Another circumstance connected with this
treaty aggravates the case still muru. It
would have been easy for the French Govern
ment to have loaned It's officers and men to
Maxfmilan, and to have placed them under
the Mexican flag, for they would have served
the new empire Just az well as If under tho
French fag and under French direction. and
then 1t could not be sa1d that 1t WAS French
Amy Of occupation, il cou1d not be said TINT
1t was In my sense q French Government,
and uboEe all, France Would not have been
bound to resent the insults offered to these
e,To men, nor bound to light for the Mexi-
can throne.
But it seems that in the couusels of the
Emptror, there were two parties, q war and
aSpeace party. SO to speak, the wnr purity in.
sitting that the way to prevent the interfer-
ence Of the United States in Mexican affairs
was to leave the French 1ag there Us q scare
party. better acquainted with the real sitna-
tion Of things In America, advocated the
plan Of a totnl withdrawal OF the French tlag
as soon Us the new throne could be rendered
safe against MEXICO itself.
The war p9rty. as you will see by the trea-
ty, succeeded, and the French 1ag, waving
over small army Of {, GOO men, is 10 remain
In the country ns an Intimidation to the
Americana; for, to prove That this Ia the OBJ ;.
jeet Of that provision Of the treaty, I have
only to say that there is not man in France
who does not believe that MaximitIan could
easily compose an army of Ills own Of for
eign and native elements quite sufficient to
Mexico, and that if he had not believed the
country was pacifled, or rather converted, to
that extent, he would never hare undertnken
the voyage.
This leaving Of the French flag In the coun-
try is therefore menace to us. rs 1t Is q
warning BY which France says to the United
States :" We are still in Mexico, and If you
attack the new order of things before the ex-
piration Of six years, You will have war On
your bands With Frnnce'' The resolution Of
the American Congress therefore could not
have fallen In more pr0pitious moment;
for, although it is destined to render more
delicate the relations between the two conu-
tries, 1t will ct the same time enlighten the |
situation, snd allow each party to see where |
the other stands, and tl4is Is is always an ad- |
vantage.