Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-03-26
Especial Correspondence OF the Chicago Times

Especial Correspondence of the Chicago Times
WASHINGTON. March %.
For very shame's sake, the House Committee |
on Foreign Affairs have at last come to the tardy
resolution to take some action on the recent
alarming entertainments of the French IN Mexi
co IL is said that this action will take the form
of a resolution in which the operations of the
Emperor Napoleon will he denounced and con
demned i'm the strongest terms. and IN which.
also the Government will reaihrm and maintain
the principles ut the Monroe doctrine, as regards
Mexico to their fullest extent. and even To the
length OF war with France, If il comes to that
extremity Ii j. said that the resolution vii. III
slst upon il that our Government shall demand
o: France the immediate AMI entire withdrawal
of the French forces from Mexico, and an un
conditional abandonment OF the pretenslOns OF
Macmillan tn the Mexican throne
resolution worded 10 terms something Ike
these might be expected from Democratic
House but. he assured no resolution can pass the
House of Representatives.: still less could 1t pass
the Senate. Such "A resolution. II passed by both
houses of Congress. would pledge the govern
ment To a course OF action which would render
the immediate abandonment of the present war
against the South imperativelv necessary For.
if even the initial steps should be taken TO carry
out the principles OF such resolution we
would have French war on our hands in sixty
days
But "a re-ol ution like the above. even il passed
by Congress. would he utterly void, simply from
our Inability 10 carry it out. Yes. To our shame
be il SAID We are a this moment utterly power
less TO enforce the principles OF the Monroe doc
trine: and to sass such resolution would ont
be To place us, a nation. in even n more rdicu
lous position than that which We now occupy 1t
i too late and too early. to pass such "A resolu-
ton You will remember that early IN 1862,
wrote YOU the facts in regard 10 Napoleon de
signs in Mexico. which toreshadOwed the subse
Quent military operations OF the French there
and that ! urged At the time the prompt an
nouncemeut, on the part of our government, thu
the first act of encroschment on the part OF ths
French IN Mexico would be regarded by u rs an
act of hostility which would be instantly resented
in accordance with the principles of the Monroe
doctrine. Ii Daniel Webster had been At the
head of the State Department, or il a Democratic
administration had been in power such woul'
have been the course Of our government, and TIT
disgrace of seeing French monarchy At on
very doors would have been sverted But wha
else could have been expected OF Abe Lincol
and Mr. Seward than has since taken place?
Nv letters will bear witness that have KEEP
the readers of the Times aware OF the stead
nro-ress of the French encroachments in Mexico
and of the duplicity OF Mr. Seward IN de'udin
the people by the constant reiteration OF the A.
ssrtion that our relations with France we're ou
I friendly and entirely satisfactory footing. whe
he knev that those relations were such that the
must sventuAte either IN var before the end
Mr. LincOln's term. else IN the shamef'
abandonment of the Monroe doctrine on our par
+ and the trm establishments of a French monarch
in Mexico
Matters therefore have now reached 10 sue
a pass that il Is too late. under the admln'str'
ton. TO eject any good bv the passage OF such
resolution: and. until the Democratic Admin
ration comes into power il IS too early ii
Nonroe doctrine however. will form prom
uent plank in the platform of the Democrat
candidate for President: aud. When that eeud
date shall be elected. then that doctrine will
enforced
The present attitude of the French IN Mex.
4 j. in exact accordance with the designs OF {
e Emperor Napoleon. formed Al the commenc
ment of our unhappy Those designs &C
= tsmplated nominal neutrality on hrs part
II Ill both sides we're pretty vel exhausted: q
then. j; lay nj the end OF three yeirsl tue Sou
had been able To hold her own. an alliance y
the South against the North.
The time i now close AZ hand for the lat
n part OF the programme 10 be carried out. IL U
n be delayed yet lev months longer. But
latest intelligence received here from Paris Is
&c the effect that the recognition of the South
d Napoleon, long ago deter mined on. will not n
be longer deferred. We nav look out. the
fore both tor a French monarchy i'm Mexico
. war with France. as the consequence OF
e hatred Of the Republican party toward the SOU
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