The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-11-28

birds OF feather flock together. Still, some
body ought to take care OF Greeley. He is
losing his senses and his hypocrisy and devel-
oping his true character, and this will ruin
him.
The Recent Important News from Mexico
The news from the Rio Grande which we
publish this morning furnishes some very OK
traordinary symptoms Of tho progress Of
events in that quarter. It will be seen that
French gunboat has been fired into from the
American side Of the Rio Grande by num-
Der Of persons wearing the uniform of United
States soldiers, and that two marines on
board were wounded. Furthermore, it ap-
pears that the liberal strength is being rapidly
augmented by arrivals from the American side
of the Rio Grande of persons already habited
in the United States uniforms style of uni
form that has been generally adopted by the
Mexican republicans, on account Of the pres
tige it carries with it.
Thus is the ball beginning to open on the
Rio Grande in q manner which must enlist the
attention and sympathies Of Americans, and
at the same time awaken lively sensation
throughout Europe. The Americans now cross
ing the Rio Grande and joining the cause of
the Mexican republic we believe to be but the
beginning Of an exodus from American to
Mexican territory, which by the middle of next
summer will swell to the proportions Of great
armies. II is not wide of the mark TO estimate
the number of this force at q hundred thou
sand men-all hardy adventurers, filibusters,
disbanded soldiers of both the Confederate and
Union armies, and those enterprising, go
ahead Yankee spirits who never rest when any
thing daring and dashing is going on. They
may not go in large numbers, but in squads of
three, five, ten or twenty. Our government
cannot help that, nor can it decide what par
sticular style Of dress our citizens must wear.
Or, if deemed advisable, they can 90 in larger
bodies, in accordance with the proclamation of
Macmillan inviting emigrants to what he calls
his dominions. Once thoroughly established on
Mexican soil, under the flag of the Mexican re-
public, the work Of overturning the empire Of
Macmillan, driving out the French and restor-
ing republican institutions will require but a
brief measure Of time. For all these things
money is now being raised in New
York on bonds of the Mexican republic,
and it would not at all surprise us to hear that
some Of it had already found its way into the
hands of some Of the liberal leaders in this
country for the purpose of encouraging parti-
cular kind of emigration to Mexico. Material
aid in other respects may be furnished the
liberal cause by our citizens, and 1t may be
that all this will end in rumpus with France,
unless Napoleon withdrnws his troops from
Mexican territory. -
But why should Napoleon demonstrate II we
furnish money and supplies Of men and war
Mexico? Civil war now RACES in Mexico as it
did in our country last year. The Mexican
republicans are fighting for their nationality
just as we did for our own against the treachery
and rank hostility, under the cloak Of neu-
traiity, Of both France and England. Napo-
leon openly allowed negotiations to be carried
on for q rebel cotton loan on his own B0urse
during the rebellion. The bankers Ehrlanger
& Co. made no disguise Of their operations to
extend financial aid to the rebel cause. Napo-
leon permitted Mason, Slidell and other rebel
agents to harbor traitors to the government of
the United States, and furnish them with funds
10 propagate their treason and to enlist the
sympathy of his subjects. He uttered no word
Of caution to his Ministers and other officials
when the cause OF the United States govern
mcnt was assailed by rebel cmissaries aud con-
genial spirits among his own imperial coun-
eillors. Why should Napoleon now complain
if our government refrain from exercising
its powers, when left at its own discretion. in q
matter which involves game of tit for tats
Napoleon, as well as England, could have
shortened the rebellion at least two years
and a half had he and his perfdious
ally performed their whole duty as neu-
trails and withheld their recognition of the
rebels as belligerents. But, on the contrary,
they allowed armed ships to leave their ports
on piratical and dastardly expeditions against
our unprotected commences; they furnished our
enemies with money and supplies of cannon
and all other munitions of war; they sent them
drugs, medicines, surgical instruments, CLOTH
ing, and all those essentials which enabled
them to protract for long period an impracti-
cable contest for an impossible triumph. Now
the tables are turned. The poisoned chalice
touches the lips Of the French Emperor, and he
sees his Interpretation ofthe laws OF neutrality
practically applied TO his own case in the strait
into which his protege, Macmillan, has been
brought in Mexico. lie finds that Mexican
liberals can negotiate bonds in New York in aid
Of their cause, just as the rebels did in London
and Paris in aid of theirs. He finds that Ameri-
can emigrants will 60 acroes the Rio Grande with
a style Of wardrobe that suits them best, and
that Mexican liberals, with singular obstinacy