The New York herald., 1865-02-19

tica Bat aiihcgh Mr. seward thus withhold, dc,cr,s
tic eoaaecon wtih the ae~ empire the United Ststes .
celes where the usual business Is cor duc,.d ~ n,
y Coewin So rsiary IN charge of the lcsaiion Hs
.uS uSus !. resus.v the United s..,es
from the State Department. T7t roous OF shs Isc~5,-
furnished OF yors; the guveruraent library d va
flags and seals Ll Their, oluy n.
reQuisition Thus appears that our rrsner Il raihss
astiids the fence the recognition question ard n
dc,as II recognition should be the word IL with DO I.
easy point 10 the continuance o. his post Of tho scer
tary Of Legation - sn svid nee tat after ule ofici
intended to shake hands with 4sximaA Bot Il The
policy TO be straight ont assertion Of the Monroe doc
irine, why, OF course tie Minister forraii, ru.
called and the secroraIy only let matter or form
and 70 look for tho musty books parchmen fools
whichever way ss NJ Seward win aaght on Ais
fect, all right
Meantime Ii. Empcror Is aprrrsa,iy preparing e.
direct policy the part OF the United States a -
his government In this question he b reported hs
advised BY the Emperor Of France, and aiso by hA
father in-aw, the King OF Begium-undoubtedy The
two wissst monarchs living From present Appearances
there Is reason TO believe that an attem az obtaining
recognition Will be maa during the sitting Of the
Congress. Moro than one application has hcen maaA
within few weeks at the Department, OF Foreign ReA
tons for positions the Legation 70 the United state
and all Of runors foot as to who Is be The
Ambasssdo Dr Gwn, formerly United StS,cs Senas0s
from California has been spoken OF n ton with
the mission; but aside from the fact that h. would de-
cline the poeon " offered u him. the govern ID ~
sincerely dsrous to establish friendly relations wEh
the United States 70 risk failure Of reccgnit'ou
by appointing q person obnoxious to the
North. some or tho secessiolists in Mexico
are urging the selection of Pierre Souc for the p
ton; doubt thai gentle man With his usual ALAG.
rity for ofhcc, would accept the appoinnentha only
difncuIty in the way be M that his chan OF getting Is
better than those OF Gwn Mr soul has aiir
left for Havana and will shortly return With membcs a
bis family who were cont away some time Stree Iou Nes
Orleans He Is the rcroed author OF of the rosS
vrulent publications IN tn Mexican press lnst tss
American government
why rus GOVERNMENT kscooSlzs rAxrn'IAx.
Beyond question, the dearest wish Of Maximan 10.
day is for recognition OF his empire by the United
a@sess. the nece,y Of !. Is SO evident that every
dabblcr in politics makes Z theme OF conversation ~
preseot his great need ~ money With which to meet the
public demands until BY the intelligent system OF inter
al improvements which he has set foot he make
the machinery Of government run by itself Owing -
the doubt among Europan cap aists this question,
the Mexican loan recently emitted very low gr
almost ysiueless in TACT Let the United states
once rccosnzc the new empire, and Maxi n,ii.aa
would have no difficulty Ia raising oil the moncy be
wants for immediate purposes II Is the one thorn tA
tho side Of the government just at presHnt
As the chances OF restoration Of the Union b. eur
pr ssng the reb lion become br ghto hequs'ion ratu
rally presents itself as to what is to be done viii
the vast afmies which will then be thrown o.h of
employment What IL the administration, yieldins %
the pressure OF existing necessity, or the uyeas
appeals Of the Monroe doctrine advocates, should r1d
itself OF couple Of hundred thousand OF s soldiers ~
sending them OFF crusade to expel all Europeans
from Mexico and the whole concern 70 the untea
Stalcsy These queries answered by poptiny 10 tbs
continuance Of tho American and TO the ia that The
backbone of tho rebellion "a carlagiaous substance
that seems TO bend ard twist but 70 Still preserve
s int gritty stands As little chance OF being broken
ever; that least three European powers-Francs,
Austria and BcgiumaIe pledged TO pport the Mexcaa
empire; comb nation which the United States wyA
willingly provoke; and 6naly, that by the ti;ae >
REBEL Is crushed the good oi the American pa
pie will prompt them let fighting alone until dvsA
into for self defen O, other reasonable cause.
They will have had enough of boodshed by thst tAas -
think earnestly before rushing into needless strife cs
the ntanance Of abstract Idea and In the struggle
p,rhaps brng upon tho nation the combnec Poses q
Europe, all OF whou excepting perhaps Russia wo1A
gladly check the increasing power VI the United Sae&