Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-07-02
From the Noe York Herald, jane 2l's.
rHRE1 EHPERoRs FOR THIS GREAT CONT
NENT


From the Nee York Herald, jane 2l'
THRE1 EHPERORs FOR THIS GREAT CONT
EENT
Our last sdVices from Mexico eft Macmillan on his
vsy 20 tbs capital When he arrives there and under
goes the te ceremonies for such cases made and pro-
yded We shJ have two enperors upon this great con-
tinent-ihs Emperor Don Pedro, Of Brazil aud the
Emperor Ms1imil Auo, OF Mexico. Tho Emperor OF
Brazil ia splesdiS ruler. Wise, ssgacous and beneTo'
lent he has made his government one OF the best IN
the world. While al the rest Of the continent B dis
turbed by war; Dos Pedro has kept Brazil in perfect
peace ard by bis noble conduct towards rseell he
has secured the respect aud the esteem of the Ameri
can people The Emperor AAximiliar o will ecarcely
have q chance 10 show his good or bad qualities. The
Mexican throne very sppery affair land rulers slide
of Il easily We shoud not be Istonished, therefore,
il the new Emperor shared tho fate Of Iurbde just rs
he had settled himself comfortably upon the imperial
velvet
Uptl recently We have INDUCED the pleasing hope
that Spain would attempt TO found another empire in
PSru that might reGlsse by pockeing the lovely
island of Ouba. But Il now appears that the Spanish
government refuses to embark 10 that promising specu
laton aud consequently disavoWs the action Of Ad4i-
rzl Pinzon the buster in seAing the Chncba lsands
Ia certain games OF chance the player often loses the
stakes by showing his hand too s0on and the PeruVl'
ans have committed just this Instead Of waiting
patiently until Spain had made up her mind to play, and
had stiked her all upon the game, the Peruvisns at
once began 10 raise tremendous armies and boast large
" OF their iron clads that Spain was bufsd o and
the South Americans lost the chance of squsrUg their
heayy balances against heE. With willy Secretary SeE
ard a. the head OF foreign affairs, We pa5ing
neaer game fer the Mexican stake; but, then, Maxi
milan has saved considerable trouble by quietly pro-
yGing for his destruction The Mexican throne Is
slippery az we before obsarved but Msximibano has
taken the pans to select man 10 push hn off, IL care
he does not Glide off gracefully, by appointing Santa
Anna TO the frst Office in his gift Ssl;a Anna has
nothing of he saint about him except his anne. He is
modern kephs.ophces, ind Macmillan Is the modern
Faust. We all know the end Of the story. We have
eeen Biachi and Asyxoen oct it In the opera II will
be good opera for the Emperors troupe to begin Hith
Eephistophles leads Faust along from sin to sin, unt
az lat be gips him by tho collar aud sends him 10 tie
Internal r,gops. santa AunA is actiLg the sane role
Ei,h Macmillan. By and by, We shall see the new
bic xcan Faust thrust downward amid blaze Of red
fire and an door Of birthstone, ard the Iican Aephi.
topheies vii seSs the crown and smile grimly a. the
success OF bis scheme.
But why shouid we sandcr away to Mexico or BrsHl
10 ind al American Emperor when ne may shorty
have ore here az homer Why should we despatch our
specal correspondents 70 describe imperial ccrcnG
ton ia the tropics, when We nay soon have reed OF
them 10 picture imperial coronation atWashingtcn!
Macmillan the Flrs sounds right sojally; but Abra-
hamus the Fret hes also tie true imperial rrg The
plan preached by the Times AID Tribune at the begin.
ming Of the war, make the President 6ictlor mad
lcars is 10 make t5e President an Eupotsr and that
is much mere practical and much more satisfactory 50
all concerned Tho transformation il not so difficult
40 some people m'gine. Napoleon the Great ehosed
how easily 1t could be eject when he emerged from
the chrysals Of FIsG Consul and dszxlsd the world
a. en- imperial butterfly. Napoleon the Second
learned h. unele's lesson whIs while conA1ed in
tha Fortress OF Ham, and as soon he could prevail
Upon the French people TO elect him President he cried
presto and appeared in the imperial purple. l! would
be strange indeed if President Lncola could not per-
form this trick readily ~ the two kapoeons. II he
sheuld lire any hints suggestions, the Chevaer
Nikof, VINO studied with the French Emperor at Ham,
s the very to furnish them. After oil, it would be
merely change Of Dame. The PRECEDENT has assumed
imperial powers, and rides about attended by body
guard in imperial state. Mrs. Lincoln, too, is every
inch an empress and would sdorn the te. BssIiies,
and arbitrary arrests and the supercedure of legal
rants by tie ringing of little bell aud the cIing Of
ciIi1ens without due process Of law and al ths other
imperial characteristics are already in vogue The 81 Cd
dy Etoeracy have their lverieg in good order. Moth
ug necessary bu. the coronation and the titles to give
~ . third emperor on this continent
All the fuss and fury the trouble and vexAtion the
HoiSe and confusion OF the coming Presidential e c!ion
would be avoided BY creating Lincoln emperor. We
should hear no more groWls from poor Greely if ho
were made the Duke de DhtybooIs and Westchester.
Raymond would gay nothing about Fremont's beipg
coppefheAd, il he were styled the Viscouns d'Amour
Knd Trimmer Extraordinary. Thurlo. Weed would be
rsconced to the radicals If he the Count &c Con.
tracts, and Seward ihe Marshal &c Manuscript. Ohase,
Of course would be ths Earl of Greenbacks Stanton
would be Lord Bombastoe Furioso; Blair, tho king
maker, would be Earl OF Warwick Bryant, OF the
Post, should be Poet Laureate; Welles would be The
Lord Of Sleepy Hollow; Fernando Wood is already the
Duke de Bloomingdas; Brooks, Of the Esprsss, would
be Lord BOBBY, Wendell Phillip, might 6e the Baron
Blsckamoor TiltoD of the Independent, Wou1 be tue
Marquis de MiscesenAion Ben Wood, Of the Nsws,
would be the Prince Of Peace and Four, Eleven,
Forty four Ben Wade would be B.ron Buster For
ney could be High Seward Of the Imperial Kiich-
en-; sumner would be o unit Afroanus de Cab;
Wilson should bc the Chevasr Fibber; Chandler would
be the Baron Of the Bottle Dean Richmond might
keep bis present title; the Dean, With the order Of the
Central Railroad Euperadded; Cameron would be Rob
Roy, Chief of the Contract Clan. This list could be
indefinitely extended, and as the titles pretty
evenly divided all parties would be satisfied The En-.
peror might distribute the Grand Order of st. Shoddy
30 all the worthy members Of the srstocracy, instead
OF the Order of the Garter, which could be
reserved for the lady Iristocrats The Senate would
then be called the House Of Peers, and the House
of Representatives would become the House of
Common Folks to whose utterances no more attention
would be paid than present Just these slight aera
lions in Names therefore, will transform the republic
iuto an empire, and all tho bother OF cleo
ton. We present the idea as "sar measure" thus
preserving it from the attacks OF any "loya man, ac>
cording 10 the doctrine now in vogue As awar mea-
sure il will be much more elective than the emancipa
ton proclamation; for the rebels have proclvty to
wards racy and Bull Rrn Russell says they occe
wanted the Prince of Wales to rule over then Conse
quentiy they might rush back into the Union TO jou
IN the scamble for titleF even though they did net
rush back as expected to their titles in slaves
HORRIBLE OUTRAGE-THE OFFENDER KILLED
IN COURT.