Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1864-08-04

j an at Vera Cruz, and before he landed
on the soil of Mexico at all, he dis
patched a special messenger with q
letter to President Juarcz. inviting
him TO come to Mexico, whittier he
was going himself, and there to dis
cuss with him plan by which the
new empire might be securely estab
lished without more bloodshed, and
durable peace given to the country
This was done so privately that nc
one knew anything about it except the
parties Immediately concerned for il
was not known what kind Of answer
Juarez would be likely 10 give, and
the Emperor did not feel like inform
ing the public Of rebuff. But the
result Of the proposition has leaked
out, and below is the noble and patri.
otto language of ..-..
PRESIDENT JuAREz's REPLY.
Respected Sir-You have privately
addressed me letter dated the I'd
inst, on board the frigate Novars,
and, in my character Of o polite and
respectable person, the obligation is
imposed on me of replying to it, al
though hastily, and without anything
like meditation, because you must al.
ready suppose that the delicate and
important charge Of President Of the
Republic absorbs all my time, without
cessation /; not even at night. French
fillibusterism is seeking to endanger
and overthrow our nationality, and I
who by my principles and my oaths
am the one called to sustain the ma.
tional integrity, its sovereignty and
its independence, have to labor active
ly, multiplying my efforts to respond
to the sacred trusts which the nation,
in the exercise of its sovereign facul.
ties, has imposed upon me. Neverthe.
less, propose, however briefly, to re.
ply to the most important points con-
tanned in your letter. g'.5a orr
You tell me that abandoning the
succession of throne in Europe,
abandoning your family. your friends,
your property and the dearest thing
to a man-your conntry-you and
your wife, Donna Csrlota, have come
to distant and unknown lands only in
obedience to the spontaneous call of q
nation which fixes in You the happi-
ness Of its future" l certainly admire
in one sense all your generosity but
on the other my surprise has been tru-
ly great in finding in your letter the
phrase Spontaneous call )" for l had
seen before, that when the traitors Of
my country presented themselves. on
their own authority, at Miramar to Of.
fer you the crown OF Mexico, with a
few acts of nine or ten towns of the
nation you did not perceive in it any
thing but ridiculous farce, unworthy
to be seriously considered by an hon
est aud decent man. In reply to such
an absurdity, you demanded free ex-
preston of the national will. as the
result Of universal suffrage. This
was to demand an impossibility (; but,
it was the proper duty Of an honora.
bic man to do SO. How great, then,
must be my wonder to see you com.
ing to the Mexican Territory, without
any of the conditions demanded hav.
ing been fulfilled? How must not
wonder at seeing you now accepting
the same farce of the traitors, adopt.
ing their language, decorating and
taking into your service bandits like
Marquee and Herran, and surrounding
your person with this dangerous class
Of Mexican society. Frankly speak.
ing, have been greatly deceived fol
] believed aud hoped that You were
one of those pure organizations which
ambition could not succeed in corrupt
ing. .-
| You cordially invite me to 60 te
Mexico, city whittier you yourself
are about to proceed, to the end thai
we may there have conference il
conjunction with other Mexican chief,
who are now in arms, promising us
all the forces necessary for our escor
in the transit, and pledging as securi
ty and guarantee your public faith
your word and your honor. 1t is in
possible for me, sir, to accede to thi
call my official occupations will no
admit of it. But, in the exercis
; of my public functions, the publi
faith, the word and honor Of an agen
of Napoleon the perjured, would no
be sufficient of man whose safet.
reposes in the hands of Mexican trait
ors and Of the man who at this mo
ment represents the cause of one o
the parties who signed the treaty o
Soledad. We know too we'll in Anne
; RIGA the worth Of that public faith
that word and honor, just as thu
French people know how much thu
oaths aud promises Of Napoleon ar,
worth. .s-... ... ..-..- .....
You say also that from the confer
encc which we might have Tin case o
: my acceptance) you do not doubt tina
peace will result, and with it the felic
ity of the Mexican nation, and that il
the future the empire, placing me il
post Of distinguished honor. would
count upon my talents and the aid o
my patriotism for the general good
1t is certain, sir, that the history O.
; our own times records the names o.
great traitors, who have betrayed
their 0aths, their word and their prom
Uses who have been false to their
own party and principles. and even t.
their antecedents and all that is most
sacred to the man of honor true also
that in all these cases Of treason the
traitor has been guided by the vile
ambition Of command and the misera
Bile desire Of satisfying his own pas
sions. and even his own vices but ht
who is at present charged with the
trust of President of the Republic
emerging as he has from the obscur,
masses Of the people. will succumb
If in the wisdom of Providence b,
must succnmb. fulfilling his own L
the last. corresponding to the hope o
the nation over which he prcsides. an(
satisfying the inspirations of his Owl