Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1864-01-28

Government in Mexico will be found neither easy nor
srabe. You will inform Mr. Drouyn do Lhuys that this
opinion remains unchanged. On the other hand the
United States cannot anticipate the action Of the people Of
Mexico have they the least purpose desire to inter-
ere with their proceedings, control interfere with
their free choice, disturb them ia the enjoyment OF
whatever institutions of Government they may in the ex
arose Of absolute freedom establish It 10 proper also
AT Mr. Dr0nyn de PHuys should be informed that tho
United States continue to regard Mexico tho theatre OF
which has not yet ended in the subvers0n Of the
Government long existing there with which the United
States remsn in the relation of peace and sincere friend
ship and that for this reason the United States are not
now at liberty to consider the question Of recognising
Government which in the further chances Of war,
ome into its place The United States, ,tenty with
tner principles. do otherwise than leave the dest
MES of Mexico in the kee gof her own PeO and
mise their sovereignty and independence in whatever orm
they themselves shall choose that this sovereignty and
dependence shall be manifested =
Now, if the "Monroe Docttine" were what the
Commercial Advertiser assumes it to be, (Which
our readers know it is not,) Mr.. Seward has held
language sufficiently high to preserve the trad-
tions Of the year 1928, when Mr.. Monroe wrote as
follows
In the Of the European Powers in matters relat
ing to themselves have taken any part does
it comport with policy to do. 1t ia only when our
rights invaded seriously menaced that we resent
injuries make preparations for defence. With the
movements in this hemisphere Of necessity moro
lmmoulhtoly causes Wnlc0 must Do
vous to all enlightened and impartial observers. The
political system of the Allied Powers is essentially differ
in this respect from that of America This difference
proceeds from that which exists in their respective Govern
ments And to the defence Of own, which has been
achieved with much expense of blood and treasure
matured by the wisdom of their most enlightened citsens
and under which have enjoyed most felicity
this whole nation is devoted We owe it, therefore, to
candor and to the amcabe relations subssng between
the United States and these Powers to declare that we
should consider any attempt their part to extend their
system to any portion Of this hemisphere dangerous
peace and safety With the existing colonies depen-
denotes of any European Power have not nterfered
aud shall not Interfere But with the Cove rnments who
have declared their independence and maintained it, and
whose Independence have great consideration and
just principles acknowledged could not view aOy
nterposo for the purposes of expressing them
trolling in any other their destiny by any Europesn
Power any other light than the manifestation Of
unfriendy disposition toward the United States"
We think, therefore, that the Commercial Ad-
vertiser might have better consulted the interest
its intelligent readers if it had found room for
full statement of Mr.. Stewards views under thi.
head, and, when this had been done, it might have
proftably extended its researches far enough te
discover that the modern version of the declara
tons made by Mr.. Monroe in 1928 belongs rather
to the legendary than the authentic history of the
Republic.