Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1865-12-23
Z From the London News, Nov. p.
sFGNrrICANCE OF GENERAL L0GAS's
TO UEEECD-MAAaAEA~
Ess Nn~FHEr. Ia GEET.


( From the London News Nov. q.
sFGNreICANCE OF GENERAL L0GAN'S
I'd TEEECD-MAAahEA-
HANS NOTzCE 10 GUT
President johnson has chosen a singu-
lar time for ~accrediting a new Minister
! 10 the Government Of Mexico. c. to
/ Iua,pz. "a President cf the Mexican
( Repu5lic. The fortunes of the republic
( can cause were never so low as at the
moment Of making this appointment.
The French and Belgian troops have been
( 80 successful in hunting down its adher-
I ents that the Archduke MaximiDian has
thoughtthe timeapprOpriat o~rannoUuc-
ing that I'm future persons found in arms
pretending 10 be soldiers Will be dealt
with by his officers as robbers and pirates.
Il is true that since he issued that nOtif-
catian one Mexican city has been be-
sieged, and another taken by the Repub-
Iio N forces, and that the Archduke's i'm
IruGelt threat has resulted In nothing
I but the slaughter of a number Of French
I soldiers who were captured by the troops
OF the national party. But there was
some warrant for the Archduke's as
sumption in the extent q country which
/ the French have overrun, and through
out which they have overturned
every symbol OF republican author
| itv. And this is the time Presl-
dent johnson has chosen for
sending Gen. Logan as Minister, and
with him his own private Secretary, TO
represent him at the ambulatory and
and almost fugitive court Of President
Juarez. His appointment VIII confirm
many in their opinion OF the iHY2tecate
eccentricity Of the American character,
and of the impos5ibility of accounting
upon any rational principles of the acts
OF the people aud the government Of that
country. Most persons viii agree, how
ever, that when the Americans deviate
most from common ways therei is method
in their madness.
We can not perceive, hawever, that
this last act Of tba American Govern
menC Involves ANY departure from the
principles which il has publicly declared,
or the policy il has VIGOROUSLY followed,
for the last three years. President John
son sees nothing in Mexico but a state of
wcr between tAe representatives Of the
nation and the French aud other inva-
ders, and this new appointment is 8
notification that in the opinion Of his
I Government, no success in the field can
uhliieraIe THO rights a. the MeXioaas 70
the national Independence which Louis
NAPOLEON Snd the Archduke Maxi
milan have conspired 10 overthrow.
I The ArchdUke Macmillan has been try
ing TO make the world believe that he is
at the head Of q government which has
( superseded that Of tic republic; but Mr..
johnson C0Hceives thacthe United States
have a right to N opinion on that sub
iect, and the appointment Of Gen. Logan
is an intimatiOp that AaSinIian Is
Z merely thP head OF a. foreign invasion.
. MI 49,, Ham~awnmnAnm aAu.FI -
have adopted a cheaper " more harmless
mode Of defining its position. 1t is one
which preserves the neutrality If tas
United States, encourages the republicans
In Mexico, and prolougs g state Of things
in that country which can only end in
the downfall OF the throne that has been
set up at the expense OF 50 much blood
and tTpsr ure
But although the appointment Of Gen.
Logan may betoken no immediate
change in the policy of the American
Government, it evidences q disposition
which sooner OF later must produce the
greatest Of changes. 1t has hitherto been
assumed that time must work in favor OF
the Archduke Macmillan, Al present,
however. it does not seem to have done
81. aud this last manifestation ofAmeri-
can policy IS Q warning To all whom it
may concern, that such a result Is not TO.
be expected. Time, which brings the
Arehduke Macmillan no nearer ac-
knowledgement by theonly Government
from which he has anythinGtO fear, is fast
increasing hiseEa embellishments. According
to 6 statement which has been Published
ON good authority, the aggregate public
debt Of Mexico is upward Of siXty-three
million sterling. the ANIMAL interest on
vrHIaah e. -ruwtu T.H~. n~s1faaa nNa-Hg--
while the entire revenue Of the county,
was only two million sterling in one
thousand eight hundred and sixtr-four,
and is estimated by the Maniseter az four
million ste ling for Ans thousand eight
hundred and ~siN'y-ive. The eXpendi-
tuTe, exclusive 7f interest on the debt,
bel & four nj n it IS Him that the
deficit mus hayc ,'eel six million ster-
ling Lass year, ard vii, be four million
sterling this year. Ii these figures be
accurate, then, the financial prospects Of
the country are gloomy beyond prece-
dent.
This view of the case agrees exactly
with that which we have always main
talned. The Americans argue that if
the Mexican people arc with Maximil-
Ian, he has no further use for foreign
armies. And the fact Of those armies
being retained, 50 far coRuscdicts the
assumption Of poPulsrconsea to bis Gov
e-nment, as TO render it impossible fer
2Ir. johnson to acknowledge it. Tie
French Government say that Maximii-
liam can maintain himself against domes-
nc foes if TIE Americans will let him
alone. and ask for his recognition by them
in order to The withdrawal of their troops.
The Americans reply; Withdraw, and
LET US see how much the alleged consent
OF the people is worth. This is a state of
things fun Of danger, for it is evident
that the people OF the Union are getting
more restless every month in view OF the
-cce.ses Of the French. and II will be no