The Montana post. [volume] (Virginia City, Montana Territory [i.e. Mont.]) 1864-1869, 1865-03-25
From the Sacraraento Union.
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| ~ aiso proIesseS 10 ulScredlt the idea that
Napoleon contemplates the permanent es-
adjustment of French colony on the Pa
chic coast, but desires to know why Amer.
lean journals should express alarm or anger
at the prospect of having Frenchmen for
neighbors. Unfortunately for the organ,
the history of Napoleon's diplomacy-to
use the mildest tern,-in connection with the
Invasion of Mexico will prevent the entire
success of our imperial cotemporary's de-
sign to lull the suspicious of our people
Gwin may be nothing more than a specula.
ting adventurer; he may not have a com.
mission from either Napoleon or Maximil
liam in his pocket. Marshal Bazaine's
concentration of force at Mazatlan and the
projected occupation of Sonora may mean
nothing more than further attempt to es.
tablsh the authority of Maximillian in the
States bordering on the Gulf of California.
But are We not warned by the fact of the
invasion against putting our trust in the
truth Of imperial declarations of purpose
or policy? Did not Napoleon enter into
solemn engagement to refrain from inter-
fering with the form of government existing
ing in Mexico at the time of the inter-
vention?" And in the teeth of his pledges.
did he not, instead of seeking redress of
grievances, overthrow the republic, set up
an imperial puppet, and without even get
ting the formal sanction Of an election.
proclaim that the Mexican nation accepted
the empire? The treaty of the three Pow
ers which formed the basis of the inter-
vention, the recorded declaration of Drum
de Lhuys to Minister Dayton, the procla-
nations of Marshal Forey, the history of
the civil war which is still raging and which
prevents the so-called Emperor from visit
ing more than half dozen of the Mexican
States without an army to protect bis per-
son, constitute a chapter of perfdy unpar-
allied in this country. We should think 10
honorable, high-spirited, truth loving
Frenchman could review his record without
condemning the ruler who had thus stained
the glory of q great nation. We under
stand PEcho du Pacifquc to endorse and
applaud the whole transaction. What value
then, should be given to the present denial
that Gwin has authority from Napoleon or
Maximillian to govern Northern Mexico, or
the affected disbelief of the same party in
the reality of the esLeme set forth by Gwin's
agents? If misrepresentation-ag we
employ the softest possible term in place
OF the simpler Saxon-was right and proper
and praiseworthy when the throne of May
imillian was still an unrevealed vision at
Paris, why may it not be equally admira-
BILE, in the estimation of imperialists.
while Gwin's duchy is yet to be estab-
lshed?
Why do Americans regard with apprehen-
sion an attempt to establish French colo
ny in Sonora? Certainly not because of
any objection to the neighborhood of ma
tives of France. Thousand. of Fren nchmen
live in the United States, and before the
outbreak of the rebellion the sons of the soil
and the sons of France could meet under
the stars and stripes, and drink to the MEM
ory of Washington and Lafayette. They
may-they will-so meet again, but it will
be when the infamies of the Second Empire
and the abuse of our Government and peo-
pie by French Seccssionists shall have been
repudiated and atoned for Dy the great na-
tion which can still boast of a Cochin, n
Laboulaye, and de Gasparn. 1t is the
custom of the London Times, in replying
TO American attacks upon the British aris.
tocracy, to speak of them as :. .ebarges
against the British people," L'Echo du
Pdcifque adrOitly chooses to treat Ameri-
can hostility to the ant-repubican projects
OF Napoleon as repugnaEce to neighborly
intercourse with Frenchmcn, a feeling
which has no existence in this county,
What does excite apprehension is the sus.
picion that French imperialists who entered
Mexico to overthrow d republic at the bid
ding Of their master; who are known to be
hostile to American institutions: who have
been trained to accept the detestable maxim
that 4" the end iustfies the means,'' and
who, therefore, have no more hesitation in
breaking their plighted word than Napoleon
had in breaking his oath TO support the
French Republic, are about to effect lodg-
ment on the adjacent coast, in connection
with men like Gwin who also hate the
American Union and have plotted its over.
throw. We object to the kind of Americans
who are invited there under the auspices
OF the traitor Gwin, because we know they
are capable of making Guyamas nest Of
pirates and base of operations against
California. But another class of French, as
well as another class of Americans, might
occupy both Sonora and Sinaloa without
exciting among our people any harsher
feeling than desire to promote their pros
perity and cultivate familiar intercourse
with them. As the case stands, there is
ample reason for distrust, and we hope the
time is approaching when the "boys in
blue" will get permission to cross the Dor.
der and show Bazaine and Gwin that they
can't hold Sonora for Napoleon, Maximil-
lian, jeff Davis, or any other enemy Of
democracy.
The MARIposA EsrATE.-The celebrated