Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-01-21

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Throne.
The latest foreign news is that his Su
prens Highness is about to leave France
with resnfercsments for the French army
Of occupation in Mexico, to take control Of
J thst very sick government,
For msEths ithas been great problem
for Limself and the FrOneh nsn Of mys-
3 tory, whether Max should be born into an
Emperor or not, and especially whether ne
should bs barn into the ancient kingdem
Of he AEtees. It was not tropical heats,
which enervste royalty as much IS COM
mon soldisry, that deferred this ambitious
Austrian. For what respectable sela-
Won from Vienna on the Danube, would
not forego his pleasure trips to the Black
Sea for the sake Of a crown in the Western
continent7 Or what Admiral of the stormy
Adristio would not abandon his residence
near the city Of Trieste for the sake of
! Throne in the Halls Of the Montezumas
The sntecedent probabilities in the case
would undoubtedly be that if the crown
sad throne could certainly be secured,
there would bs no hesltaDcy on his part.
As long as It seemed possible to Max and
Louis hat The rebels would succsei in the
division Of this Government, Mexican gle
ries looked sWimmingly, and already
great tropical colony loOmed up before the
deliehtsd Napoleon. But for months, sf-
fairs here put on 8 very demure look.
JEFF. Davis is no longer on the Rio Grsnde
to combine with Louis feOg-eating French
soldiers. he barely maintains the sem
bISnce of an army west Of the Mississippi.
JEFF. himself is already selecting foreign
residence for the remnant of his Wretehed
days.
But while this sad perversity Of Lauis
NapoleOn's stars prevailed, rendering it
impossible for Duke Ma1imillisn to accept
roysl honors from his hand, it was equally
impossible for So much man Of the world
as Is the great Frenehman, to back out Of
Mexico. And 50 the plans Of the mystic
rious Louis have Eeen Wedgei in by two
opposing fates.
But now, we hear, the gOrdian knot is
uptiei By cutting it. The Archdute is to
reach Mexico before the end Of March.
The Corps IsgisIat5 of Paris, in IFS address
70 Napoleon, expressed the belief that be-
niscsnt results would soon foW from the
mexican expedition. ReenfOrcmenis are
70 bs sent and the summer campaign
against ali unwilli ng MexicArs is to be re
neWed.
Uisnot said that MsimllliSn has an
trepidatiOns IS 10 the flsl result Buff
ne could reach the Austrian Admirsl's ear
we could prOder little advice. WeshOuld
ssy to him substantially, aYoure fool,
old Max. You have got both foot and neck
into it. Even if you should feel the pressure
of q crown on your head OF gaze at Aztec
msidsns in the streets of the cspital for
short time, you'll wake up from your
dream before long. You'll find q sWsrm-
ingrsee of Yankees, with bayOnets in their |
hands and ideas in their heads, inviting |
your mercurial, soup-eating Frenchmen to
decsmp into the Gulf of Mexico. You'll |
End, Admiral, Archduke Msximillian, that
next to the love Of Union and Liberty in
the Yankee breast, is bslief in the Mon
roe Doctrine, which Gusts all foreigners
from this Western continent. We would
Rdviss you, therefore If you value the
paacs and dignity of your old age or the
k6hor Of your posterity, that you tack
about with your ships and yOur reinforce
meats before you get in sight of those ILL
fated shores and spend the few years you
have left not as the short-lived King Of
TrOpicsl EmpireeRut as good sailor "On
the rAtEling Adristie."