Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-08-15
MAMMALIAN I'm MEXICO.
His Popularity Among the People.

Correspondence n. Y. Commercial Advertser.1
CITY OF MEXICO, July IS.
1t is not to be denied that Maximilian has
been received here with wild enthusiasm,
and this by the native permanent popnla-
tion, and not at all under the lead of the
French. have seen a good many swell
comes" in my time, and know full well how
easy it is to get up q mere whirlwind of ex-
citement that means nothing more than an
effervescent sense of relief from one trou-
BILE before another one comes. This has
been the case with our Mexican ovations,
particularly in times past. One President
coming after another kicked out has been
cheered, less out of admiration tor himself
than out Of gratitude that his predecessor
was eXtinguished.
A dull fellow of my acquaintance whom
/ was plagued with at Venice, where moth
ing amused or interested his fat wits, threw
up his cap, remember, and gave loud
shurrah" when we had fairly crossed the
Lagoon and taken our tickets for Padua. l
stared at him with surprise and then ask
ed, "Are you so much interested in Padua,
then % ''Interested in Padua !" he replied,
''confound Padua; no but am so devilish
glad we have got out of Venice!" This is
the sort of enthusiasm" we have long been
accustomed to in Mexico. But there is
more than this in the feeling which Maxi
milan has excited. 1t shows itself in all
classes, the highest as well as the lowest;
and the demeanor of the Empress daily
feeds it, The Empress is the most charm
| ing woman in the world, clever, brilliant,
unassuming, with all the graces of Prin-
cess, and all the virtues of a Christian wo-
man. To see such vision in the palace
of the Nation" is like dream.
Much, very much of the emotion here
displayed i'm speeches, in the bearing OF the
public, in the talk of the private circles, is
| the honest, is legitimate expression OF this
feeling: "Here we have Prince OF the
house of Hapsburg, the descendant of
sixty-tbree sovereigns; a man born to COM
mand and bred to honor gentleman, a
soldier, Prince of Christendom, lodged
where so many vagabonds and cut-throats
and villains have so often, one after anoth-
er, been installed as Presidents"
The sense of pernadnence in poocer for the
first time creeps over the public sense, long
worn and made weak and weary by the
ceaseless alterations of faction with faction
and party with party. Can you conceive,
in the United Stases, what it is to be thank
full that the sovereignty of the nation seems
to have ceased to be the football of thieves
and blackguards? @
An honest. Woodworking monarch Max
imilian is. He rises at five A. NJ, and
makes all his personal suit do as much; at
tends to everything personally himself; gives
audience, reads and makes reports; walks
about entirely alone, and inspects things
generally. When, by any chance, he is
spotted" he has to beat retreat pretty
smartly, for the people are actually mad
about the man.
This may be the glory of the honeymoon.
DerbaDs .'Wheu first married nv wife,
said fond husband, II loved her so could
have eaten her-and now," he went on with
a sigh, II wish to heaven had!" Shall
we come to this with MaXimilian? Q,aen
sdbe? For the present he shows every
quality which should forbid such con-
summation, and goes at his work gallantly.
Gregoria Barandaran has been named Min
lister to Turin, and leaves by this packet;
Fernando Ramirez, Chief of the Cabinet
and Minister Of Foreign Affairs. The lat
ter is man of large mind, great Industry
and energy, in politics liberal conserva-
tive. You in the North may recognize us
or not, as you please. Now we fear moth
ing from you or from the South. A reunion
might make you formidable to us, but what
Is there in the present aspect of your affairs
to make us fear that? We should be glad
to be upon good terms with all of you, and
it will be your fault if we are not, but we
are determined to give Mexico a chance for
her life, and, if the empire suits us on trial,
we shall maintain it whether you like it or
not. This is not civil, perhaps, but it is true,
and that is more to the point in such times
as these.