The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-09-27

his opponent as alleged having struck foul blow IN tho
sixteenth round. tsa .sasens
Tho stock market was dull and on the whole lower
yesterday Gold was firm, and closed q l43z1. IA
Thsre was . fair amount a. business tEunsacted h
commercial circles yesterday yet there was no eDasa
activity except In few articles The markets. were
generally nrm and the sales were almost universally Al
full prices Groceries were Arm. Cotton was . shade
lower. Petroleum was nrm- On Change nouE and rain
were Irregular Pork was higher. but closed with :
part OF the advance lost Lard and whskey were frm
Our Foreign Relations and tho Monroe
Doctrine.
The ideas we have put forward in regard to
an International congress- to settle the vexed
questions which perplex both continents are
beginning to attract that attention In Europe
which the importance of the subject deserves
European statesmen are commencing to under
stand that the solution of the Mexican difficulty
is only postponed. They see in the tone Of
American journals, In the temper of the Amcri-
can people, and in the declarations Of Presi-
dent johnson to the Brazilian Minister and
others, undoubted evidences of the vitality ofthc
Monroe doctrine, and they look forward with
anxiety to the period when it shall be practi-
cally enforced. We have already informed the
public that the forthcoming message of the
President will take the most emphatic ground
in regard to this subject, andy may now add
that it will probably force an immediate settle
ment of the imbroglio one way or the other.
President johnson does not know such o per-
son as the Emperor Of Mexico, and he will in
10 Nv
name shall either withdraw voluntarily from
the country whose government he has usurped.
or be compelled to withdraw as speedily rs
veterans can make him. These opinions OH
chilly announced, even In the most guarded
phrases, viii at once bring the Mexican matter
to climax. A sosGta aaHstw t
/ There are only two possible issues Of the
Mexican middle one is by q war, in which
the United States would certainly be vioto-
rious. This country is now ready for another
campaign. We have the men, the money, the
arms and the ships oil ready for the contest.
Within q month the government could have
half million Of veteran soldiers in Mexico.
These troops would be under the command Of
such generals as Grant, Sherman, Thomas,
Sheridan and Slocum, who are unequalled In
the world. Fsrrsgut and Porter would conn
mand feet Of iron-clads before which the
mammoth aboftions recently exhibited by
France and England would be utterly help
less. To again lombard Vera Cruz, to land
our soldiers, to march onward TO Mexico, the
population rising az we went, would be easy
work for the men who have conquered both
nature and the rebels during the late war, and
who think nothing of fighting battles above
the clouds, traversing continent to reach The
enemy, or sailing triumphantly through fire
and water to capture . city. Were the
American people rs belligerent as Europeans
profess to believe, and did not the wisest
statesmanship guide and restrain the popular
instincts and prejudices, war would be in
evitable. II Is useless 70 deny that the mo
jority Of our leading generals are eager for
another conflict, and fret under the insult
which the presence Of Macmillan in Mexico
! continues TO offer to this republic. Could
their wishes be granted the call to arms would
Immediately resound from one end Of the land
to the other, and veteran volunteers would
flock to the recruiting stations by thousands,
both in the North and in the South. II is
useless to deny, also, that this would be the
speediest method of rcconstructing the Union.
The first war in Mexico drowned out the old
notification troubles in the blood Of comrades
from Massachusetts, and South Carolina, New
York and Mississippi. A second war with
Mexico might end in the same way all the diff
ferences which exist between the two sections
of the country.
We point with pride to the fact that, in spite
Of the prevalence of these warlikc sentiments,
the government Of the United States is acting
with its usual prudence in regard 70 Mexico,
and will not be induced by popular clamor to
engage in q foreign campaign until II has ex.
hausted all other means Of solving the problem
in Mexico. This IL IN irrefhtsble reply, If any
reply be needed, to that silly school Of Euro.
pean philosophers who are fond Of referring To
this country as an organized anarchy, nation
governed by mob law, and at the mercy oil
every within Of the masses. The government
respects the will Of the people, and obeys !,
when Il Ii right; but not even in regard to the
Mexican question, where the people are clearly
correct in their views, will IL sacrifice one iota
Of It's dignity by undue haste, or one title Of
Its claim to civilized humanity by engaging In
q war before II has given its opponents every
chance to settle the difficulty peaceably and
satisfactorily. When the HERALD conceived
the project of an international congress II dis
covered the key to frank and peaceful solu
ton Of the Mexican middle. Since our projec
has been preached the government has, q
least, tacitly endorsed It. The Emperor Napo
leon has only 10 again issue invitations to sucl
a congress, and include the United States II
his list and we feel confident that bis invitation
would mot be refused. Let an early day be fxct
for the assewblage, and some central city, hks
psrs be selected as the place Of meeting, ant
the best and wisest Of American statesmen