The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1865-08-28
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we annex AZ extract from the cor
= respondence Of the New York Suadn,
4acrcu.y, which VIII strike the risibili-
ties OF our readers with peculiar force.
We are uncertain which the autho,
deserves most-pardon for his love of
the improbable, or pity for his igno-
rance:
:. That the miserable attempt Of TO-
reign powers to set up monarchy at
our doors is not to 60 without Amer;-
can aid, alas! IS too mournfullv re-
ve"ied ny the following facts. Our
readers viii be ;astounded and angered
at what they learn from the subjoined
paragraphs, but the facts are part and
parcel Of contemporaneous history.
and gladly as we would suppress them.
must be told:
This country ha. given birth to few
such men as cx-Vice-Prcsident John
q. BreckinridSe, and that to one, per
haps, who united the same originality.
comprehension Of intellect, with a
spirit as daring and as bold. THAT
exception is Aaron Burr. It is not
strange, then, that men cast in the
same mould should pursue like CO.
reer. There seems, indeed, to be q
IL similarity III thci: fortunes, and thus
far the living man has trod in the same
path as the dead. Both of these men
were of distinguished family; and we're
*ali1, atfable, persuasive, Influential,
bold and cnterprising. If they were
unscrupulous, they scorned all dan
ser and knew no fear. Both, in their
time. We're lawyers, statesmen. md
warriors and Vice Presidents of the
United States, and both attempted to
break up their Government. .soth
failed
Bnrr's great project, which looked
to vice-royaltv i'll Mexico, ended in
his financial ruin, and after his trial
he became an exile. He was q bank
rupt III honor as well as in fortune
cut his spirit was unconquered and
nnconquerablc. Ereckinridge seems
to be his prototype. Burr went to
Europe and endeavored to enlist the
great Napoleon in '4is Mexico project
but that sagaciou.s monarch declined
to entertain his proposition, only be-
cause all Europe WAS banded against
him; and so Burr's Mexican em11;,4,
fell through.
Now, John c. breckenridge hes
gone to France to present 70 another
Napoleon a scheme in many respects
Identical with that of Burr. In Other
words, he proposes to enlist soldiers
and enigrate to the empire of Maxi
milan.
1t has hitherto been announced that
General Breckenridge sailed fl om Ha-
> vana for Europe. We are now able to
say that this was in Pursuance of a
plan agreed on in Haehha, and that
his mission is to secure the endorse
ment OF his scheme by the Emperor
Napoleon. The emigrction is intend
ed to embrace all classes. includinp
the aged and prudent planter, as well
as the stalwart and daring youth of
Kentucky and the South, whose loon
service in the army have untitled then,
tor the quiet and peaceable pursuits of
life. Thus, while the emigration will
be bona tide, the result will be to carry
thousands of Confederate soldiers into
the army of Maxirnilian. These viii
OF course, be under the command Of
General Breckenridge Several of his
prominent military friends in the West
are only awaiting intelligence.to exc
cute his orders. In the meantime, the
uncertainty of labor, and other trou-
h!es IN the Southern States. are pre-