Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1865-02-04
France I'm Mexico.


Increduality as to the new Frerch ac-
QUESTION in Mexico would seem to be van.
pushed BY the circumsrsntislity aud posi-
tivepess Of the sfatemnt put forth through
tie Democratic Press of San Francisco.
evidently only as secondhand from Dr..
Gwin himself That statement imports
that Msximilisn I. of Mexico, for and in
confederation Of the blood and treasure ex.
pended BY France in coDquering bis EN-,
pire for him. has ceded to Napoleon Ill.
Lover California. Sonora, Sinalos, and
other portions of northern Mexico, where
Durango, Chihushus and perhaps New.
Leon and Tamsulipas are included. Iu
other words {: Napoleon and Macmillan
are dividing the swsg, and the former has
intrused bis share of the booty to DR.
Wm. NJ. Gwiu. ouce of Mississippi. later of
California, aud now of the outside world
In general, who is to be his Viceroy or
Governor General, under the title of Duke
of Sonora. And Gwin has already com.
menced tollipg the discounted Secession
lists who once shared with him the rule OF
California into his new .satrspy by prof.
fers Of rich mines, ample privileges, aud
good times generally. California rejeices
in the prospect that many vi them will 60.
Of course, Mex only cedes the northern
half Of bis empire temporarily. or nntiI ht
cau pay OF the heavy debt incurred in con.
querirg Mexico for bin; but this will de-
csive no one who recollects how The French
came TO be 10 Mexico at ALL That debt
could never have been paid anyhow, and
Its liquidation is now more hopeless than
before. There was bare chance that the
~unworked mines of the Northern depart
ments might somehow have enabled Max
10 reduce il not discharge bis debt but
that has now vanished. Napoleon has
taken his pay tbe rest of Msxnilisn's
creditors will wait long enough for theirs
Gwin was q man of very considerable
ability. sixty years old. thoroughly unscrup
utious. ss great spendihrift as his new mas,
ter. with passion (llke that MASTERY for
gambling adventure. He will a,trac. col
onists, aud develop the resources of hi.
viceroyslty, but he will never send dollar
tofhe French treasury. On'ihe contrary,
his dnkedom will outve all 'he horse leeeh.
% daughters in crying Give! Gtel to the
= unfortunate Finance Minister at Paris
France may derive some trade from this
grab, especially If it is made to include
Nssamoros and one or two other ports on
the Gull; but not one dollar Of all That her
ruler has spent in Mexico will ever come
back to her treasury.
--ls not all this mcnacing to us?
In ont view, not at ell. We have bu,
to be patient for few years and Emper OF
Msx. Duke Gwin and oil their reiinue
wiil vanish from the soil Of Mexico. Tha
country viii not support those aspirin,
mnynstes--csnnot be made to yield ID,
the revenue absolutely necessary to ,he
existence ss potentates. We might holt
tbem on their thrones by trying to pust
them on; but We shall be wiser and le
them severely alone, and that seals their
fste. Neither Emperor nor Duke car
wrench. from bis sol j'ets the means o
maistaining bis sway, aud France will yer,
soon tire OF supporting either. Ouly le
4hem alone, and they will both be need,
fugstisss In Europe within q very few
years. Patience IN Y Tribuns.