Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-04-04
Relative Prospects of Mexican and
confederate independence.

The leading Administration journals profess
to believe in the utter impossibliiy of France
subduing Mexico. The New York Tribune
heartily endorses the following paragraph from
the Post radical Republican print of the same
city:
with renewed strength we may yet see the
people of Mexico extricate themselves from the
snare of diplomatic chicanery and foreign force
and cunning into which they have fallen, and yet
vindicate elfectually their right to be free and
independent people"
The Tribune also concludes its own article on
the subject as follows:
"Juarez has not yet lost the confidence of his
people. The national cause is not yet given mp
entirely lost Invaded by one of the most
powerful and warlike nations of the world, sup
piled with the modern implements of war. and
themselves comparatively unarmed and defence
less, the Mexican people have made gallant
resistance. The Frenchman really holds to day
only the ground which is covered by his pickets.
Neither force nor the Establishments of the i'm
perial cOnquerer have completely crushed the
spirit nor altogether won the heart of the Mexi
can from his native independence. The people
of France already chafe at the expensive and re
sultless expedition, aud the first new phase of
European complications may be seized as a pre-
text for the total and final withdraw os the
invading army."
A contemporary. in canvassing the foregoing
comments of the Tribune and Post, remarks:
Should any person. looking at our present situa-
ton, express a doubt to our ability to conquer
the Southern people, he would be stigmatized at
once as a traitor by these loyal newspapers. And
yet JUAREz and the national party IN Mexico are
but a beaten. scattered, irresponsible mob com
pared to JEFFERSON DAVIS, his organized govern
ment and effective armies; while our progress in
comparison to that of the French, taking into
consideration the time employed, is not very fat
tering. The SOutherners have for US at present
as active a hate the Mexicans have for their
European invaders, and the native imperialists
are at least as strong as the Union men in the sc
ceded States: while. if we believe the Admnistra
ton journals almost one half ofthe northern peo-
pie do more than 'chafe at this expensive and
resutless" war Upon what basis then the
Tribune ground its doubts concerning the French
success in Mexico, and at the same time main
tain its naughty assurances of our triumph in the
South?
AA'f'tAS
us and our government less repugnant to the
Southern people than we row are, only by ex-
tending to them brotherhood and equality under
the Constitution. as its ends, that we shall be
enabled to carry on this war with better pros
poets of success than LOUIS NAPOLEON can at
tain in Mexico. IT, while we push on the war,
we hold out to the rebels such promises of re-
Cancellation and peace that they shall grow
willing to withdraw from the horrors of civil
strife, and yield to the sway of the Constitution
and laws of the United States, then we shall be
successful--in other way we be truly sue
cessful. for the pillars of our Government car
have no foundation but in the good will of the
/ governed.
For our own part. looking calmly at the ques
ton, we think France will succeed in driving the
whole national Mexican party into the Pacific
ocean, before we, acting on such policy as thu
Tribune would advocate, shall have driven th,
| Confederates into the great Gulf