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uoth to the people Of this country as to the
people OF Mtxico: If the French usurper
ehould conquer us and set Hapsburc over
US as a ViceroY, doubtless some sycopnant to
amoss'oh 1ha p', and P9Wet % among us weula give
people, as we'll Is the Mexicans, as they were
ior long time ruled By tnonarchica1 gov
ernment, would like to return to that form
Of government! It Would be just as trae OF
the first Rs the last
It's functions for the Emperor there, the State
Ee. assmcnt employs It's organ, the New York
1f0Fs. to subselVe the purposes of the ustr-
Fer and makez Of thrones here, BIZ adyocat-
| Ing lis cause before the American people.
| 1Aree columns and a half Of that 1lu1nal.
conducted by Weed AID Raymond, we'll fed
!aVorites from the drlppirgs OF tho State and
War offices, are employed In arguing away
the alonroe doctrine and asserting the law
fulness and lnstlce Of the policy Of the ioyaa.
er o! Mexico. The article Is ushered In bY an
editorial approval and has the car-mark OF
rs sdolad origin, By, putting In the ealvo
Ehsch makes feature in our minister, Mr. Big.
o:s ate, a. Rouler, as read by him to the Leg
itlative body. It has the very tone Of OR
secretary. It has his diplomatic cue % nrcc;ee. " @
ly as lie gaye it to Mr.. Bjeelow. TIlf
COURSE" says the Times in Its colonnade ar
lscle. "the people Of the United States
| rnhpf
The republican institutions Which
sealed their Independence in 1909 Ens
1t must be admitted that the experience of
lepublicanism In Mexico has not been. On .ha M
Thole, haiterlDg. Had the case been Other.
wise, the occasion would never have arisen
for the European Intervention OF 1861 II From
this poatlon everything done by France In
regard to Mexico Is ylndEcated, and the yIo-
1atitn Of the Mon1oe doctrine sauctiontd d b.
So many years Of tacit admission, Ia Justified.
The article Insists that as Juarez did not nav
the debts due to the subjects Of France. he
had "no matt1lal means Of honoring his Sig
| nature, IN which case he represented only an
not mean to honor 1t, in which case It WIS
| proper to punish. Upon this the European
| governments broke relations With him and
ubittd to obtain redress. Such, In q lew
wo. ds, was the origin Of the Mexican expc-
dition- 1t Lad but one obiect-the recovery
Ftench cftizensn
Nuw ttis ts the ground upon which the
overthrow O. Mexican independence and Of
tho Monroe doctrine Is Jusllted. England
and Spain, We are tc1d, united with France
70 obtain redress for the cricy7nces con-
with france in making the independence Of
the country aid the liberties OF the people
forfeiture because "Jua1ez had no mstrrial
means Of h0norlre his signature, or did not
mean to honor it:' England and SPUN, on
the contrary, renouncea the alliance, aud
they aseertained the French Emperor's de.
sign Was not to exact payment OF debt or
indemnity for injury 10 his subjects, but to
overthrow republic with the liberties of
people, neither England nor Spain u,.l<r.
.food, as the Dispatch from our State De-
to declare to tne French Minister OF
State "se und<7stood," that this sudden
and bold contamination Of m enterorIse
begun under pretense Of obtaining fusitce.
but ending in conqueriug & nation, was sim.
ply the Icasult Of respect for the will Of that
hation. What can be more humbling to the
pride Of our country than to witness It's pre-
miss. through our b hghest tfunctionary abroad,
making the degrading declaration thas his |
country mer b=lleye that the Mexican peopie
invited and brought in the foreign mas :ers, |
the r. allies OF France In the origin Of the |
attempt, turn their backs on it a. soon as |
the real design Of conquest was disclosed by !
Napoleon. Indeed, he himself had the |
ftankntsa, when fairly embarked on It's expe- |
dit:on. to despise such subterfuges, and to
aToW h.s real purpose to the world. proclaim
ing through tho ptesa Of Europe that bis OBJ
tect was " 10 gstr TIE asetait7scy 10 the Latin
1aet Throughout the Southern section Of our !
continent. This wasan appeal ia all Of French /
or Or Spanish Lineage holding POSSESSIONS ID
the regions washed By the Calf of Mexico
TO join bis standard. It was Ia :the snirit Of
the design OF the Holy Alliance, when that
asoiter Of thrones. after settling affairs In
Europe, proposed to 1e~estaoiish its y!ceroy-
sI'ps, HhlIh the popular power on this con-
t'nent had repudiated. The Bri,ish minis
ter, Canning, eaW in the restoration of Euro.
pt an pofen1ates on this continent, renewal
OF Colonial bondage aEd commercial monop-
oily. The American President, Monroe, saw
in It war upon Republican commonwealths.
which inevitably Involved our own, Upon
ttebe considerations the American and b IT,
tsa cabinets cuncurTed that It was wise to
confront tho design Of the Holy Alliance
"ith the Monroe doctrine. II was this con
curtence Of tie Anglo,Saxcn Governments.
loo king to the preservation Of the lies 1nsti.
tutions Oh which they were founded. tb1t ar
rested the steps Of The uoly Allies tIndihc
10 the ete-establ1shmcnt Of The Latin race.
with Its Imperial abso1uteIsm In all the Gulf
regions. Louis Napoleon renews the At
tempt, making the principal member Of tha
holy Alliance his colleague in the unde1tak-
Ing.
1sit not strange that an American statea-
man should be found willing 10 es :ablish the
colossal power Of France and Austria in our
mldst-1eadY to carry out, on any opportunc |
occasion Of new sectional clscon ents, the
Cherished scheme Of destroying our Union!
It ie certain; 4 ,he Latin RAGS gains tie a..
Amc,i:a and hold the lsthmus and se pa,ate
us from our Paciac States by the ocean 1ouse.
in advance, We see France nlankfnp |
cofor1es Of rebel refugees, under the AUSPICES
Of California traitor in gonora, to rob rs Of
our SIS e. republics Of the far West and the
French Goyelpmenthas al eady carried yote
In the Legislative body providing for t,ans-
porting new army Of ten Thousand men to
erect these objec1s; and this immediately
followed the concessions Of our State Depart
ment, which vas read In the chambers,
10 take the French side In the Mexican
contest In such crisis a. this, Its originator
b0naparte, aYoWing deBigns hostile to re-
publican gevefnments and directly subyer-
,!se OF our tights as nation iu the region |
mound the Gulf Of Mexico, Is daring cou sc
nent and looking to the highest. Does ho
:1pect to mount By appealing to the love OF
1cace and dread Of war With Fiances Uoss
'e expect to gain the support OF the holders
i the public debt, who may prefer to rnn up
htir stock by submission to France,
ather than elevate the glory and I
'rtsefvs The free Institutions Of their
acttneeR? CowardIcc, it should be 1emem.
'eEed, invites oppression, because 1t falls an .
asy prey Courage aVefts war, hecau5e 1t s
nakes peace the interest Of an enemy. Re- {
lembes that rebellion Itself, suppressed |
Fi'hout bloodshcd By the cournge Of Andrew
ackson. Was foste1ed into vac by the COW
rdce Of james Buchanan and his advisers, |
Fortunately we hare at the had Of cur ,
oStrnmens man Of courage, Judgment, | {
onstancg-of patriotlsm-whom we may S
ell hope neither the fear of France nor /
le carruption Of stockholders or iobbers. :
Or the blandtshments Of political aspfrants,
OF their party machinery can swtrVe from :
'e maintenance Of the long: settled, we'll
pptoved policy Of his country. q