, 1865-05-04
Mhicaup Mribnne.


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WLlfttuup Nl&QAIlko
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THURSDAY. MAY 4, 1865.
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TnE MEXICAN QUESTION.
The Idca that the French Empire in Mex
tc, cannot continue to exist. seems to be
borne in the moral atmosphere of Dolh thls
ronntrv and Eurnne IF wr eau form any
clear tudementof pnbltc opinion in France, It
has never been specla,,v favorable to the Em.
,eror,s Mcxican nolicy: and at the present
lime 1t ia lesS favorable than it has ever be-
fore been, Acrimonious debates nave taken
nlaca in The legislative body, where the I'm
Tcrtal policy has been criticised with free
dom aud severity quite uuusuA3 In that eli
mn!c. 4 duel has grown ont OF the matter
ln'Bclgium, between high Official pe'sonages,
and the evidences OF resolnte disagreement
On the part Of eminent men In vArlous
7m,ts of tho Continent, with their respect
i've courts, are abundant. In Englauo
st may be assumed that the Same dlsnke o1
French Intervention In Mexico. wh'cn eaoseo
Her Majcsty's forces to turn their backs on
The Imperial troops at La soledad, sill e1"
1sts, together with enough Of national )eai.
orty to give force to any moral sentiment
which mny happen to tie exposed. Ans!fla
has signitcd her acquiesccnce IN the Ne1.ean
programme merely by requiring Ma1sm1ii'an
to resign his rerersionary interest In the
AuBtrinn crown, and for all practical pu-po-
sts F.ancis Joseph may as well be left out Of
1he reckoning. Whatever foreign support
mar be expected to bolster up the new en1-
7,!lc in MEXICO, must come from the courts Of
F,uncc and Belgium, with only modified
enthusiasm from the people Of eithe. country
Oflhc public sentiment Of thls country We
clasu 10 be eomcwhat we'll Informed. The
frt:wn of the United States has rested upou
4hc French DYNASTY In Mexico ever since the
econdz1ona termination of the conference of
7o so1caod. The existence of 'clyil war tax
sn~ ~ur 1,tmost STRENGTH. was At once the on.
.,s,1 ,rftv If 1,,e Frcnc,, Enncrnr and the OBJ
stoc1c of nnr own Government, Itemboldened
1,;ne n ,,ndcrtaee n military enterprise on
or Southern frontier. white it tied our hands
.7na,nst 41,c nleasurab!e du+y Of meeting It By
force. The Mon,oe d;ct,inc, in its true IN
5erryetn,;oo. Is a wise aud lust political max.
su 7, atscr.s thct the United States can
n,vcr to}erate the subycrsion of any of the
R,nu1.)ics Of North Aue;i; "a l,y the interycn-
1t.n of forctpn movers. upon this clear md
y
soil defined urinc,o,e We can With confidence
snrole tho Judgment nj mankind. But anart
I-on, INV ccnsidc1ations of our own safety.
ae ,fTcctcd hv the establishment Of q
1or,,gn monhrchv In MEXICO. The cir.
<.un,stancea Intending the French o..
eul@'ion We s.n,,,o.+ susn ae ..;"ss
EUR Ino pon.e ee10o0uns "Das "..A
IoitunA1e.s NC 1es"4u ~ t".s .e1~1.e-
~ "''e'ca ~ p1tAoa ena4 &s1 ~ oA,'
.Aps et@ Vi lo.e " NC p4us49As r.
EUROPE as "cl1 - VI aleA'e" "sie7H' 1'.on
slftu1cs one o' 11'e n'ost neio4 -u9 euaP.|,
Ii history, an1t tnesea ~ 4 h.nsic nouo'Apt
at On tne part o1 1ne aa'aoef. fa,senoo'
aHo t1eacncsy "cat n"1o IL n1ua WV q.
4aes oi conquest, c1oahea ~ tuo SApo1eoni
5dtc" that III power vested IN the peoPl
sncr.d descend to them as the gratuity 0
some mighty CAESAR.
Tie London Conference Of October, 1851
vl,:ca resulted In the tri-pattitc expedition O
Erclacd; FRANCE md Spain, was held for tn
purpose of considering the act Of the Mex
c1n Government by whicl. the payment Q
Interest on The public debt OF that natio1
1ae tcen suspended for the period Of thre
ycars, Sheer poverty was the Tlea OF III
N.x:can authorities for this ACT. They al
l.rcd in the first place that they coul
MT pay, and in the second plae
that the proposed iutermission Of tire
years, which promised to be years OF peae
ard dtompa.a,iye prosperity, would put the'
on 1lnaucIaI footing which would insul
7hcst meeting all Just claims, including Il
suspended interest. The mo,al gsoundwor
nf the allied expedition was at least question
.aa. t,..a ~-1,.&1,nr .e,od ~ 1,ad r1ntas1