, 1865-11-07
FRANCE AND THE UNITED STATES.
From the Times Correspondent
NEW York. Oct. .

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French Government relative 10 Mexico
will probably satisfy the Emperor that
the time has come when he must decide
whether he will withdraw from that
country, or continue to protect the new
Empire, in disregard Of the risks and
contingencies which such a policy will
force upon him. There is no doubt that
had Mr.. Seward, immediately the late
war closed, demanded the withdrawal of
French troops from Mexico the people of
this country would have cheerfuIly sup
ported him. The act would have made
him universally popular at once. There
Is, perhaps, no question Of the hour on
which so much unanimity exists AS on
this determination to adhere to the Mon
roe doctrine. The most moderate men
reply TO al! questions about Mexico, ''The
French will have to 60" But the large
majority say plainly, ''We mean to drive
the French out" If it is suggested that
this might prove a work requiring time,
men, and money, the answer again is,
"We have done everything we have at
tempted hitherto, and we shall be able to
do that. We owe q good deal Of money,
but it does not matter. We are rich
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she can bear it," Even the very men
who are in dread of such a commercial
coll apse happening as the world has not
yet seen are eager TO have the Govern
ment "order" the French troops from
Mexico. Whether they have fully consi-
dered the consequences of a war with
France, or not, is perhaps a little doubt
full, the truth being that the immense
scale on which the late war was fought
has convinced the people hat there is
nothing they can undertake which would
prove too hard for them, and that the
destinies of the Old World are in their
hands. The press of New England is as
decided on this point as the press of New
York. All classes of people share the
feeling alike. The president and his ad-
visers must have Il juster sense Of the
condition of this country, and the fearful
hazards it would run In % European war,
than the unrefecting and forgetful mass
es. But they, too, are resolved to insist
on the Monroe doctrine being respected,
and Mr.. Johnson firmly refuses~to recog-
nize the new Empire in any way. He
and Mr.. Seward have probably been in
hopes that when Napoleon saw the Civil
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would take the hint and retire from Mex
leo of his W free will. Instead of do
ing that, he was organizing an Egyptian
force, or, as the United States Consul at
Alexandria informs his Government, San
army of negroes to send to MaximiIian's
aid. The Government has felt that it
could not temporize with the difficulty
any further. It has, therefore, signiied
to the Emperor that it will not permit the
troops in question to land, and that any
further Intervention on the part of the
Emperor Napoleon may lead TO a rupture
between the two Governments. This, |
am informed, is the tendency of the des-
patch. Its Importance depends very
much on the way in which the Emperor
replies TO it. It is very manifest that Mr..
Johnson has provoked a grave crisis, and
that the probability is, he has done SO on
the assumption that the Emperor Napole-
on will be the first to evade it.
The Emperor of the French cannot
have been unprepared for Mr.. Stewards