Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-07-19


drppings Of the State aud War Offices. are en-
ployec in arguing away the Monroe Doctrine
and asserting the lawfulness and Justice Of the
policy Of the invader Of Mexico The article Is
usheFed 10 BY an editorial approval. and has ,he
ear mark Of its Cabinet origin. by putting in the
.alvo which makes feature 10 our Minister, Mr
Bigelows contamination 20 Napoleon's Minister
Of State, NJ. Rouber. read by him 20 the legIs-
latve body. IL has the very tone OF our Secre
tary. IL has bis diplomatic cue precisely as he
gave il 10 Mr. Bigeov. "Of course" saws the
Times IN lie colonnade article. the people Of
the United States would prefer TO see Mexico
flourish uader the republican institutions which
sealed their independence in ls0o, but u must DC
admitted that the experience of republican
ism in Mexico has not been, on the whole.
fatierirg. Had the case been otherwise. the
occasion would never have arisen tor the Euro
pean intervention Of 1861 i" From this position
everything done in fAnce in regard 10 Mexico.
is vindies,ed. and the violation of the Monroe
doctrine. sanctioned by so many years Of tscit
admission. is justified The article insists that
Juarez did DOT pas the debts due TO the subjects
OF France, had mo material means of honoring
his signature, 10 which case be represented only
an illusory or inadequate Government; or he did
not mean 10 honor H. IN which case II was proper
TO punish. Upon this the European Govern
ments broke relations with him. and united TO
origin Of the Mexico expedition. lt had but one
object-the recovery of sums due France, and
security for French citizens
Nov, this is the ground upon which the over
throw OF Mexican Independence and of the Mon
roe doctrine is justified. Engand and Spain, We
are told united with France 10 obtain redress for
the grievances complained OF. admit II. Bat
did they unite with France in making the inde-
pendence OF the country and the liberties OF the
| for -. q h.,
teral means OF hoBoring his signature. or did
not mean to honor il!' Eogland aud Spain, on
the contrary, renowned the alliance and turned
prows homeNard; when they escertaned the
French Emperor design MAS not to exact pay
ment OF a debt, or indemnity for injury Is his
subjects, tn, 10 overthrow Republic With ta1
Liberties OF people. Neither England nor Spain
understood, as the dispatch from our State De
pirtment authorizes our Minister At Paris ,a Dc
clare 10 the French Minister Of State Ne rs.
derstood, that this sudden anu bOld cOusum
nation OF an enterprise begua under pre-
tense Of obtaining Justice. bat eudius IN
conquering nation, was simply ihe resl.i u
respect for the will of that nation What can 6e
more humoiing 20 the pride OF country
than TO witness ts Premier. through our
highest funciionary abroad, making the
! degrading declaration that his country
men believe that the Mexican people in
yited and brought il the foreign master. while
the allies of France in the origin of the attempt
turn their backs on it as soon as the real design
of conquest was disclosed by Napoleon Indeed
be himself had the iraukness, when fairly en-
barked on It's expedition to despise sucn -ublef
/ tuges, and ayow his real purpose to the world
proclaming through the press OF Europe that bis
object to give the ascendeDcy to the Latin
race throughout the southern section Of 0ug
/ continent.
This an appeal % oil of French OF Span
/ ish lineage holding possessions 10 the regions
washed by the Cult OF Mexico to join bi. stand
ard. Il was in the spiri, Of the design Of the
/ Holy Alliance, when that erbiter OF thrones,
after settling affairs in Europe. proposed 10 re
establish iis viceToyships which the popular
power on this continent had repudiated. The
1 British Minister, Canning, saw in the restoration
/ of European pOtentates on this continent re
neHal of colonial bondage and commercial mo
/ nop0ly The American President, Monroe, saw
! in it a var upon republican commouwe alths
which inevitably involved our own. Upon these
considerations. the American and British
! Cabinets cOucurred that il wise 10 con
front the design OF The Holy Alliance with the
Moaroe doctrine Ii this concurrence OF
the Anglo Saxon Governments, looking TO the
! preservation of the free institutions on which
they founded. that arrested the steps of the
Holy Allies, tending 10 the Te-estsbshment Of
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all the Gulf regions. Louis Napoleon renews
the attempt. making the principal member of
the Holy Alliance his colleague in the underta-
| king. Will the north of Europe-will England
| especially-see with indifference this second
| marriage of France with Austria meant TO give
the Bonaparte dynasty the mines and men, and
the vast commercial material oil Spanish America
to aggrandize is power in Europe as well as
America. and TO render il more than il was ander
l...t
The present Emperor is ambitious to restore, in
his own person, the reig noi those great Caesars.
| whose occasional advents, he assumes in bis
history. are essential TO the progress OF The hu
man race.
England. it is certain did not contribute TO
build up the pow G: of the last Of them nor as
yet does she seem willing 10 assist the grand
schemes OF his successor. She would D0i ceun-
tenance mis- mexican conquest, listen to his
! repeated opportunities 70 recognize the States
late in rebellion against the Union-States be
sought 70 cut off froro our Republic and bring
under his wing communicating his daring pro-
/ lect of "the Latin race ssceIdency" in all re-
gions around the Gulf OF Mexico England will
not favor il. She has too deep stake in the
Anglo Saxon race and their free institutions Is
IL not strange that all American statesman should
be found willing to establish the colossal power
of France aud Austria in our midst-ready 10
IL
tional discontents, the. cherished scheme OF &c
stroying our UnionY IL is certain, II the Latin
race gains the ascendency aimed al, it must alb
sor5 Central America and hold the lsthmus, and
separate US from our Pacific States by the ocean
route Already, in advance, We see France
planting colonies Of rebel refugees under the
auspices of California traitor. in Sonors, 10 rob
IA of our sister republics OF the far West; aud
the French Government has already carried Il
vote in the legislative body, providing for trans
porting new army of men, TO effect these ob
jeets and this Immediately followed the conces-
sion OF our State Department, which was read in
the Chambers.
To take the French side in the Mexican con-
test, in such crisis "a this its originator Bona
perte, ayowing designs hostile TO Republican
Governments. sad directly subvefsive OF our
rights as a nation in the region around the Gulf
OF Mexico, Is daring course IN one holding
high station in our Government, and looking TO
the highest Does lie expect TO mount by APP
pealing 70 the love of peace and dread OF war
with Francel Does he expect 20 gain the support
of the holders of the public debt, who may pre-
fer 10 run up their stock By submission 70 France
rather than elevate the glory and preserve the
free institutions their country, aud of the con-
tnent By patriot Icrifcei CO.ardice, IL should
be remembered. i yites oppression. because IL
falls ar easy icy Courage Aver,s war. be-
cause II mskcs peace me interest of an enemy.
hemsmoer, that the rebellion itself, supp essed
without bloodshed Us the courage OF Andrew
jackson, was tostercI into war by tue cOwardce
OF James Buchanan and bis advisers.