The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-01-19
s4ashfilIr Nniull.
The United States and MexieO-sfr.
Seward to send a Minister TO Kaxi-
millIan's C0HFtzvHIS Diplomacy EX-


plained. atris tsr-bne.s es..
r=-- i Prom the Richmond If4uateh r. asr
1t Is said that Mr. Seward will send
Minister TO Mexico, and thus give the
final kick to the Monroe doctrine, as
hitherto understood in the u. s. Cons
? IS for the people Of thatsubiugated
country may think Of this proceeding
is a matter Of a supreme indifference to
its masters Their business is TO con-
quer the South, and, ifit be necessary
for the accomplishment of this object,
they viii ''stoOpto conquer, no matter
what the degradation. Having sacri-
feed the American contine Mt for that
purpose, they cannot be- expected 10
hesitate at offering up any abstraction,
Monroe or otherwise, which may inter.
feTe with their own vital object Of over.
Whelming the South. But. of course.
Mr. Sewsrd, in taking this step, gets a
good bargain, and insists upon a SUBJ
stantial consideration for what he gives
Seward is 70 let Napoleon alone, and
Napoleon Is TO let him alone. All this
is very good so long as it lasts. That
it cannot last always must be plain e.
nough to both parties in the contract.-
Botn are shrewd, experienced diplo-
matists, and each is aware of the com.
plete .h0llo Wn ess Of tn g Others
purposes If we presume that the
Emperor of the French intends
to stand by Maximilian, aad render his
occupation of Mexico permanent. he
must either believe that the Southern
Confederacy will inevitably accomplish
its independence or be is singularly
credulous Of the good faith and honest
Intentions of the American Govern
ment On the assumption Of Southern
independence, his conduct in attempt
ing to secure the good will of the Uni
ted States is feconcilable with his char
acteP as sagaeious and pOlitie states
man. He gains time thereby for con-
solidating the throne of Maximilian,
and, so far as the CoufedeFscy is cor
cerned, he is safe, st any rate, from in
terruption in that quarter. On the
other hand, if heregards our cause IS
doubtful, and is seeking to make
friend Of the United States for rainy
day, he is the most gullible, instead of
the most sagacious, Frenchmau now
alive He has studied the character
of William H. Seward and the temper
of the United people to little purpose
if be suppOses he or they will be bound
BY any such contract one moment
longer than their political and military
necessities require.
Ifthe United State come out tri.
umphant from this war, 1t will have
dispOsable army of at least three hun
dred thousand men for the invasion Of
Mexico. 1t viii have navy which can
blockade every M .xican port, and com
pete with the regular navy Of France
on. the ocean Il can have g swarm OF
paivateers which viii sweep every
French merchsntman from the ocean.
Ii will seek to cement its domestic
power by enlisting all the military ad-
gentufeFs Of the South, who viii be
disbanded atthe close Of hes Utilities, in
the same grand ordsade. It win be
eager to create, in hostility To- q foreign
Power, a new bond Of union for the
now wafring populations. Is it posi-
ble that, foreseeing ell this, Napoleon
expects to propiSiate the United States
BY agreeing not 70 interfeee on behalf
OF the Southern Confederacy7 If he
does Aeis the most gtllible7 Of man
kind The people Of the United States
have always coveted Mexico There
was respect enough for the opinions Of
mankind, at the very close OF the war
with that country, combined with ig
norance Of our own strength, to prevent
the wholesale plunder of IL at that time
from the hands of its own people Bat
the worlds moral sense cannot be Of
Tended by taking that TO which Mexj>
co has given up is right from the
hands of those who have compelled it
to make the surrender. The United
States will go to Mexico as its de
hVeTer, and the great mass Of the Mex
ican people will rally around its stan
dsrd The United States is no longer
unconscious of its power If il comes
out Of this war victorious, il viii be the
yainest and most arrogant nation on
the face of the earth And whoever
cOnqucFs such soldiers as those Of this
Southern land, even with the odds of
four to one, viii have no reason to fear
any force that France, or France and
England combined, can traBsp0rtt to this
continent Within six months after
the conquest of tae Southern Confed-
eracy, Mexico would become part and
parcel of the United States We are,
therefore, led to the conclusion, either
that Louis Napoleon has abiding faith
in the ability of the Southern COnfed
eracy to achieve its independence, or
that he has no serious thoughts Of the
permanent establishment OF Maximil-
ian in Mexico The latter idea Is scarce
Iy recOneilable with the deliberatiOn OF
his character and the tenacity with
which he always pursues his objects
The Weighty commercial and political
considerations that induced him 70 take
so serious a step as the occupation Of
Mexico and the establishment Of Max
imilian on the throne, esnnot, we should
think, belightly abandoned. However,
we are inclined TO think that Louis Ma
poleon retains his confidence in the
ability Of the Southern Confederscy 70
make good q resistance which is as vital
70 the security of Maximilian as it Is 70
the Independence of the Southern Con
federacy