The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1865-07-14
THE NEW YORK sun.
FRIDAY MORNING. Jul u, 1868.


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THs policy Of our Government with reference TO
he imperial usurpshon in Mexico, hAs not been
definitely communicated to the American people,
bat We gro privately Informed tha, Pr sdcni JcnN-
sos Is 10 favor Of he Monroe doctrine, and will
TAKE an early opportunity 10 make lIo.n views
on the subject. Ever since the e.sbis4fncn. OMAN
IrILrAs upon the Mexican throne, a feeling OF ~
ssnss bitterness toward him has been man.iestod
by al classcs In this country, and TIC general vor
dict has been that his government vi not long
survive the termination of rebel Ion. While b,
lais war was In progress, our authorities had no
alternative but 70 quietly tolerate the aivancos Of
imperialism In Gc1cc, even though 4 were directly
In conflict with = cher she'd American principle,
and repyignsnt alike to both government and poo
pie, We had enough to do in meeting the onset Of
. powsrful rebellion. and any other course than
tbs, which has been pursued would nocesssr y
have placed the Union in great Jeopardy. hAvt-
MILAN, or rather bis French patron, saw C early
the sirsitin which This country was sced, AMI toos
sdvsntsge Of its necessity lie tsw the nation was
obliged 70 submit 10 an odlou' onrroachmeut of
imperialism take the mex q roscnIpg u a the
price Of q disrupted Union. I 10 was TIC vow In
which The case regarded by tho authors Of the
Mexican usurpston,' cur government was fully
sosnirant OF the underhanied advantage thatwss
thus taken. Bu, our disability TO defcn4 Ameri-
can principles has since that time been removed
We sre no longer forced TO choose between great
nstioaal danger and the acceptance q = grea.
uoasl insult and ,he probable solution Of ibis ruz-
Ming Mexican problem is likely to be reached be-
fore long. The re.icenco OF The Govsrnmeut thus
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quisscence in this imperisl scheme. There 10 'pol-
icy III silence and virtue ia seton" and to arrive
81 the probable intent Of our authorities ia his
matter, Ia better 70 clearly watch o progress u
events Than 10 look for IA explicit avuwal
Of the plan TO be pursued. His well known that =
heavy force Of Federal troops has lately been sent
10 the Rio Grsnds aud arc now chartered a,
Brownsville snd oth or points on the frontier How
large this is, Il 10 difficult 10 determine; tui We
know that considerable body Of troops hes teen
maintained in that neghborhood during the las,
year. and that the force has within the last two or
hres weeks been augmented by the corps Of GEN
erals 5TEsLE and wEIIzGL. Now, why was this
lsrge force sent to the Rio GrAnde' No, 10 intimi
dsie refractory rebels for II the force arcady there
wss competent tc cope with the rebels when in n
To take care Of them when they have renewed
allegiance to tho Government. The army now
concentrating on the frontier must therefore I've IN.
lsndsd for some other than that for which II
has heretofore been employed. and i not dfh,uli
~ form . reasonable surniso as to what ths, use
Ia. The Official demand Just made by General
srEsLA upon the imrerih authorities for sur
render Of certain ordinance and other var mum
lions with which they wcro lately presented BY Ii,
rebels, strongly points to the uss that to u mad,
ofths frontier army. indicates that the Govern
rnent is now prepared to assert its power toward
external offenders as 1t Las lately done to those nt
home IL means that we are to 30 prepared mill.
'sry, for any sency tina, may arse In our 70.
latlons with Mexico and it means too, that the
Monroe doctrine has not been forgotten At wasl.
ington. Unless the signs OF tbo times are very
deceptive, the ito be not to be" Of the Mexican
Empire vail not much longer DO a question.