Weekly Trinity journal. [volume] (Weaverville, Calif.) 1857-1972, 1864-01-09
An American Intimatton which Napoleon
had better Respect.


had better Respect.
The Paris correspondent of the London Times
writes that the Archduke Macmillan very wise
ly considering recognition by the Washington
Government of the new Mexican empire as indis-
pensable to his acceptance of the throne, a prop
osition relative thereto was formally madeb by the
French Government to President Lincoln's Cab
met. The reply from Washington was in effect
that the American Republic could never tolerate,
much less recognize monarchy established at their
rery doors, and it was supposed this would de-
eide the Archduke to abandon the idea.
The Sacramento Bee, always wide-awake and
sharp pointed in its expressions when American
interests are at stake, vents its indignation at
the proposition of the usurper in the following
strain. which to our notion will be merry music
in the ears of every Halter of tyranny and oppres-
sion:
nOur Government has volunteered no advice
in this Mexican affair, nor has it made any threats.
1t has acted wisely and we'll in attending to home
matters first but now, if the story be true, that
universal meddler and scheming plotter of the
Tuileries-the murderer of the French Republic,
the suborned sovereign and soulless monarch,
has had the audacity to ask America )he will not
want anything if asking will bring it,or if he be
able to take and maintain his possession of it,
to recognize his throned puppet Macmillan and
the reply is what the country demanded and had
reason to expect-America cannot tolerate, much
less recognize a Mexican monarchy thus estab-
lished All honor to the President, the Secreta-
~ of State, and the entire Cabinet In this they
present the views of America and Americans
everywhere. Rather than that let war reign
| ha1o Of
power ~ men of Europe who desire to tyrannize
the globe, and have conspired to do so by enter
ing into most unholy alliance, be now taught
that they cannot plant their obnoxious doctrines
upon this continent without furrowingt the ground
bv cannon balls, and guarding their aristocratic
privileges with bayOnets-and to be successful
they must put into the field more cannon than
we can muster
If this statement be true, Mexico will pick up
courage, and although thus far she has nobly re-
sisted the French invaders, she will meet them,
sword in hand, with renewed vlgor. France
must send in more troops or be beleaguered IN
the places which she holds-aAd if she sends
them and subdues the patriot armies of Mexico,
she will have to fight all her battles over again,
when we have time to take hand in the en-
gagement. Poor Louis finds this Mexican BUSH
ness rather an unpleasant affair. 1t is not Aus
tra, or the Pope, or Mexico or the Chinese, that
he has now to deal with, but, as he well knows,
the most warlike people in world, who have the
best arms ever made, larger efficient navy than
that of all Europe combined, and whose daring
personal courage, take them as people, has had
no parallel in ancient or modern times Here
he will find foeman worthy of his steel. His
Zouaves will find their superiors, if the lilies of
France and the eagles of America shall grapple
in deadly conflict. And if such a sad occurrence
shall come, the world will know that the fault is
| not ours. We have done all We could to avoid
war. We beseeched Napoleon to remain at home
and mind his own business and let us alone, but
he refused, and on the contrary endeavors to
plant colony at our very doors, with the avowed
intention and for the leading purpose of prevent
ing our expansion in that direction. he comes as
standing threat to Republican institutions and
free Government He must leave or maintain
himself by fire and sword. His presence there
cannot be tolerated. He must go hence, where
he belongs-peaceaby if he will, but he must
go. 1t may not be this year, or the next, but SO
sure as we shall maintain our spirit and bequeath
it to our children, just so sure will France be
driven, disgraced, from Mexico
Napoleon should have care how he moves in
this new enterprise. There are already indica-
tions that the throne of France is getting too hot
for him. He well knows the nature and the
spirit of the French people when once they are
aroused. As the Bee remarks, Napoleon was
the murderer of the French Republic, and his
subjects have not forgotten it. No European
Government is in as bad order with its neighbors
to-day as France. This is evidenced in the re-
fusal of several to respond to his proposition OF
a Congress of European Powers. In this state
of things it is far better that France should not
become involved in any difficulty with foreign
nation-more especially with the American Re-
public. Even with the multiplicity of home
war business on our hands, we sincerely believe
that if this Government should declare to France
that her troops must evacuate Mexico or prepare
for war. that two hundred thousand American
freemen would grasp their arms to repel the
French freebooter. We can we'll afford to fight
France on our own ground ; the most formidable
navy in the world would intercept the progress
of the invader in the Atlantic, the Gulf and on
the Pacific.
Closing an article ON this subject the Stockton
Independent says: " Those who dread a foreign
war as advantageous to the rebels underrate the
strength and patriotism of the American people,
as much as they overrate the power of any Eu-
ropean nation that m ght attempt war against u.s.
Neither do they remember the most instructive
and appropos lesson of history. They forget
that the French Republic of the last century
never developed its military power and its patri-
otism in their fullness until in addition to traitors
at home, it was called upon to wage war against
three of the most powerful military nations of
Europe The struggle was the grandest and
most obstinate the world ever saw, save our own
and what is still better, in their struggle with
the foreigners they lost sight of the hatreds en-
gendered by the civil war;"
RUSSIA AND AMERICA Michael Chevalier, the
eminent French political economist, Travelled
over the United States about thirty years ago,
when he WAS q Young man. In his letters then