Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-06-23

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bers was not 8 sansrsr At the hands Of stargE To
robbery these people are seeustsrea; they have scrne
Iuzults sld tyranny they are accustomed to tsuHts Of
Irishmen, and brutal Dutehmen, and the petty
thsfts OF astule Yankees bat never before have all
crimes constituting the calendar Of all infsuy over
whalnsd the country never before was chastity .
mockery ags eriGe and wsnsHs yirtus the incsn-
tive to deeds that would awaken carssa In the lowest
cayerHs Of he'll. BrswnloW, johnson, Lincoln, and the
shade Of john Brown can now Feicles. DsmOnism hes
cuIniiARted IN rape; assassination IN she murder Of wo.
men and children, end balF 4 miIisn armed robbers and
ban dts, guided By q fsud IN hnnAa Shape. occupy the
territory Of the South May Ged defend the right, and
Cuids all our armies, IS was that devoted baad led By
Bedford Forrest s.h
The UuEted states, France and Mckee.
New York Correspondence OF he London hdex.l
Nj. Stewards administration Of the State
Department is open to attack for having
offended the popular sentiment. 1mmsdistely
after commissioning Mr. CorwiR to Mexico, be
wrote to him (August 1861 TO refrain from re-
peWing the assurances given by the preceding
Administrators 10 Mexico, that the United States
would support is nationality and independenee
against all foreign intervention. The psRdency
OF Mr.. Stewards little war with the SJuth was
the case assigned for p~ostponiHg the Monroe
00HfTtfe 70 ~ mUIb GUuNcAAdAN dCAoOAs
Prudence" wrote Mr. Seward, requires
that, in order to suTmonnt the evils Of faction At
home, we shsuld not necessarily provoke debate
with foreign countries, but rather repair, As
speedily IS possible, the prestige which those
evils hsve impaired"
French intervention, of which Mr. Corwin
warned Mr. Seward 10 vain, csms soon aftsr
this, perhaps hassensd By fuller developments
of Mr.. Stewards policy of sbstention. The
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nublic Journals, but Mr. Seward wrotethAt there
vas no danger of that. "It had been discarded"
Finally, the empire CAME, and during the whole
Of the series of events which ended there, Mr..
Seward only put forth the Monroe doctrine and
| the American idea in form of advice and sug-
restions to France, that it would be found
aneither easy nor desirable" to establish 80 per-
manent foreign or monarchiAl government" In
| Mexico; that the normal state Of Mexican
opinion would be disturbed about it and that
il would by political necessity, lead to ~unpleSs-
ant differences between France and the United
/ States, and "osheF" American republics it
would SOW the seeds that might ripen into =
collision"
Notwithstanding these gentle expostulAtions
France went on, and the empire became 8 fact
As events we're hurTying it on, Mr.. Seward,
still very desirous not to come into collision with
France, while bis domestic troubles lasted, fur
Their separated his Government from any spe-
eislly American interest in Mexico, by directing
Mr.. Dayton 10 inform the French Cabinet thai
the United States claim nc interest ia Mexico
more than in other foreign nations at war.
He accordingly wrote on September %, 1868,
as follows:
'The United States hold in regard to Mexico
the ssme principles that they hold in regard to
al other nations. They have neither a right
nor = disposition to intervene by force in the
internal affairs of Mexico, whether to establish
or maintain 4 republic or even = domestic gov
eminent there or to overthrow an imperial or q
foreign enc if Mexico chooses 10 establish or &C
csp.is
The French Cabinet seems 70 have wanted a
more specified engagement, aud p~ropounded a
distinct question TO Mr.. Dayton in = converse
ton held with him by NJ. DroUyn de Lhuys on
October s. The accountof its was sent forward
by Mr.. Dayton to Mr.. Seward on The 9th. 1t is
worth noting that between the dispatch Of Mr..
Seward, dated from Washington, September 26,
and the conference with II. Drouyn Dc Lkuys
At Paris, there is aspses of thirteen dAys-just
the period fr > quick arrival by mails-and the
response is sent back the next day. Mr. Dayton
reports:
M. Drouyn de Lhuys vent on to say that
the dsneets of the Government Of the Archduks
would come principally from the United States,
and the sooner We showed ourselves satisfied, and
manifested a willingness to enter into peaceful
relations with the Government, the sooner would
France be EIes6y to leave Mexico, which FlSace
would 10 any event do as soon as it with pro-
prieiy ennld; bat that it would not lead or tempt
the ATeLdnks into difficulty, and then desert
him before bis Government is settled. He ad-
ded, France could not do that. He said that
the early acknowledgment of that Government
would tend to shorten, or perhaps to end, sl
the troublesome complications of France in that
quarter"
Mr.. Seward was equally prompt In answering
this dispatch. The reply is dated October 2s,
jast fourteen days afterwards. 1t is a renewal
of the assurances that the United States nave
no objections on principle to the recognition of
any Government that may be established in
Mexico. He says:
The United States cannot anticipate the SC
ton of the psopie of Mexico, nor have they the
least purpose or desire to interfere with their
proceedings, or control or interfere with their
free choice, or disturb them in the enjoyment of
whatever institutions OF government they msy,
in tho exercise Of az absolute freedom, estab-
lisa"
In respect to the specific recognition asked
for Macmillan az an indispensable condition,
without which France cannet leave Mexico,
Mr.. Seward replies, not yet, because the war
was not yet ended in the subversiOn Of the for
mer Government, and for this rsaSes " the
United States are not st liberty to consider the
question of recognising = Government which,
ia the further chances of war, may come into
its place" But he concludes thus;
"The United States, consistently with their
principles, csnnot do otherwise than leave the
destiniss of Mexics to the keeping of its own
and ~recognizs THAR 81
uspendsnce in WhktsYaf form thsy themselves
shall choose that this soveTeignty and indie
pendsnee shall be manifested"
This rapid interchange of notes, two being in
Unchanged each way At intervals of only four
teen days for each, elbows the importanes as
signed TO the understanding which was desired
BY both sides. Il is perfectly plain that Mr.
rsBOuoced all ground Of opposition to
The establishment of q m0naIchieAl government
BY foreign interference, except as to the ques-
OF the time when it should be considered to
be actually established.
In this position Of affairs, ths popular branch
IF Congress, tEsnscsnding rs proper functions
~ q branch Of the Government, pronounces, by
! unanimous vote, that the recognition Of an
in Mexico is not in accordance with the
sentiments Of the people. The declaration Was
by Mr.. II. Water Davis, Of Maryland, a
violent partisan Of war snd abolition, but a very
ieeided adversary Of Mr.. Lincoln and Mr.. Sew
srd. IL contains an uDquestiouAble vote of
;ensure en- the position to which Mr. Seward has
in the question, and sdroity took hold
If a popular passion 30 successfully that the
,nly course left for the friends Of Nj. Lincoln to
ldopt was to Join heartily in the enuncisIion of
he principle, and look subsequently for the
means Of aYeTtDg its consequences from the
reads of the President and Secretary. The
eHdy expsdients sFe to insist that Mr. Seward
las only meant to temperise and stave off col
isiQn until the civil war is terminated and the
Jnfed States are in = condition 70 resume their
I'D position; and that, in Teserving the question
whether and when the Empire ia sufficiently
established to be entitled to be recognized, Mr..
covered enough gcound to keep the con-
Tol of the matter in bis own hands. In con-
Of this view, it is now said that Mr..
has made haste 10 caution Mr.. Dayton Z
lOt 20 give the French Government any assur- ]