Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-07-18

Maximillan to be Driven From
NIexico-LouIs Napoleon, Mont.
gomery Blair and the Monroe
Doctrine.
From The Worlds Specal.l
The speech of Montgomery Blair, at Ha-
gerstown, has occasioned much talk here
to-day, and Is generally conceded to mean
agreat deal more than might appear from
casual perusal of it, There are those who
affirm that 1t has been determined by Pres
ident johnson to remove Macmillan from
Mexico, and to accomplish that object
neither means nor money will be spared
At the present time there are eighty thousand
United States soldiers in Texas, scattered along
the line Of the Rio Grdnde. Macmillan
knows this. Louis Napoleon has by this
time been duly informed of it, and the
twain cannot but be aware how slight need
be the pretense on which these eighty
thousand men could be transferred over the
river aud marched for Maximilian's capital.
Already we have news that Gen. Steele has
demanded of the imperialists the ordnance
given them by the rebel Gen. Slaughter. This
demand, it is asserted, will be insisted up
on, and enforced, il necessary. But this is
only the first step. There are said to be
ten thousand rebels in arms in Mexico,
whom our Government may consider it
necessary to secure; and this will furnish q
cause for fresh demand upon Macmillan.
If 1t be true that President johnson has
made up his mind to oust this new Empe-
ror of Mexico, there will be no lack of pre-
texts for effecting this purpose. Mont
gomery Blair, as is well known, is par
ticular friend of the President. 1t was his
father who took the latter in charge after the
inauguration, and kept him at his (Blair
seuior's) house until he had fully recovered.
What more natural, then, than that Mr..
johnson should employ Mr.. Blair to inform
the people, by means of a public speech, of
the formers intended policy toward Maxi
milan. Mr.. Blairs appeal to national pride,
his reflections upon the policy of the late
Administration, as regards the Mexican
question, and his arraignment of Louis Ma
poleon as unfriendly to the United States,
II not intended, are admirably calculated to
arouse a popular cry against Maximilan,
and thus secure the support of the people
in case of an attempted enforcement of the
Monroe doctrine. This is the interpreta-
tion put upon Mr.. Blair's speech in official
circles here. Some 60 so far as to say that
Louis Napoleon has been informed, in di-
plomatic way, that Maximilian must be
withdrawn from Mexico, and that the whole |
question will be settled with no stronger
arguments than such as diplomats WELD.
Butthe general impression seems to be that |
the Administration is determined to rid |
Mexico Of its Austrian ruler, no matter |
what the cost be, and enforce to its last eX-
tremity the apparently forgotten Monroe |
doctrine. Mr. Seward, of course, will claim |
that this has been his plan from the start, |
and that he yielded point to Napoleon |
when we were not in condition to enforce |
all our claims upon him; but this is hardly
true. 1t will be bitter pill for Mr.. Sew
ard, but he will swallow it so gracefully |
that but few will suspect how unpalatable
he will find it to be.