Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1865-12-21


since the failure Of his American beggin!
embassy. We knew il was there, anC
wondered Ii had not sooner found exit
But IL appears we have lost nothing by
waiting. The last uumberOf his monthly
periodical. Les EHtertienS LiterGirs
contains this ill-s0unding outburst Of tn,
famous poet and politician, and I deem
il my duty 70 transcribe il here for Vol
entire. You viii no doubt find it mag
nificent nonsense; but NJ. Lamartine
though living retired and outside OF tn,
circle of the active politicians Of the day
IS yeta power with whom We must count
Here il is as written.
MALAKOFF.
am not afraid to say it boldly, not
EithstandinC the natural opposition
which may exist between the diplomacy
Of the Republic and that o. the Empire 70
against interests 80 French, so elevated
50 European, as those we defend in Mex.
leo, there is no patriotic opposition posi-.
bic The conception Of the policy in
Mexico IS a sublime conception con-
cepti0n misunderstood shall explain
further on why IA conception as just as
necessity, as vast as the ocean. as New as
al that which is dDDrODO-a conception
OF 4 statesman, fecund as the future-a
conception Of safety for America and for
the world.
We must here raise ourselves to 8 great
hight in order 70 comprehend the full
force Of this policy. The first empire, a
purely military empire, and which sold
Louisiana for piece Of bread 70 feed its
armies. was never capableof aconception
which e1ualed this.
The idea Of a bold and efficacious posi-
tion 10 be taken in Mexico against the
usurpati0n Of the United States Of Amer
ica. is a new but just idea
Europe has the right 10 take this posi-
lion. France taxes the initiative.
Let US examine the right from this ele-
waited point Of view, from whence we
distinguish the legitimacy Of things, and
let Us start from this true but not radical
position.
The globe is the property of man. The
new continent, America, is the property
Of Europe.
In starting from this principle, which
has become at this moment a fact, that
the American continent has become the
collective property Of mankind, and not
the disrupted Union Of 8 single race
without title and without right, at least
over Spanish America, and over the
Latin race. mother of all cultivation, the
principle Of the protection Of Europe and
Of its independence. at least in the seven
teen Republican STATES Of South America,
belongs evidently TO Us and all the pow
ers Of the Old World. We must 1e pre-
pared for events; we must protect the
Latin race: we must, in the first place
take position az the point meDaced 10y the
United States.
We must do this, or else we must de-
clare that the new continent, the property
Nsls
five wears, perhaps, to the armed pio-
neers who recognize no other title for
usurpation than their convenience, ana
who permit their citizens like Walker,
70 raise individually fleets and armies
against Cuba, while their Federal Cen
eral enters IN the name Of Union into
Mexico. and from there into all The civ
uized capitals Of South America,
Why. therefore, should Europe, or the
Old World, recognize these rights Of piracy
bv sea and land for the United States,
while In the Old World we recognize not
only the right Of protecting such property
As Is useful 70 all. but further, the right
10 expropriate with indemnity the right
of al States and individuals in things
useful % all?
Tie principle Of the protection Of in
terests useful TO al which applies TO q
community, dOes il apply with less right
to a continent entire Evidently not
We do not say: Expropriate the United
States Of Spanish America. fheirprOpel
organic anarchy will appropriate them
sulficienzlv. But We say Europe ha,
the right. and, we add, the obligation, o.
not giving over 10 them the Latin race
Spanish america, the half which still
remains free and independent of tha'
magnificent part Of the globe, more thar
halfof the heaven, the earthand the pop
ulati0n 0f the New World,
What are the collective, sacred posses
Fions, the necessities OF mankind at large
that the policy Of the Old World can NO
and ought not 70 be delivered up to the
mercy Of the United States Of Englisl
America
These things are the capital Of the en-
tire world, used by a few, necessary e
all. in our state Of civilization and in on
system OF exchange, which renders to "a
all moneyed gold, as necessary as bread
The mines of gold are there!
In the second place, the food Of tn
Old World-the wheat, flour, corn ant
potatoes On which people subsist, ana 0
which tie privations in the years Of fam
inc might produce in Europe incalculabl'
cslamities anddestructOns Of population
In the third place, the industries q
which heTe become in the last feW year
especially, by the salaries they assure Z
al least forty millions Of wOrkmen il
cotton. the Yeriiabie and Indispensable
sfiDeTdiUIl OF wages and Of life.
In dne, commerce, which 0Ompels "A
70 maintain q navy and sailors, floating
population, inealoulahle a. a number o
men FED under sails, still mare ipcalcnla
be rs an element Of cur national power
To permit the United States 70 renew
ihs foliy Of the first empire, 70 establisi
as anti-Eur0p6Bn blOpkade- no longer ol
t1eiF ports alone, but on the @ofiai a
they have lust proclaimed Il, is no longe
q p0ltroonerv; IL is 70 accept what NeV
York offers us; it Is TO abdicate naviga
ton, commerce, cotton, free trsaa, 10
marine of the Old World; II is not to liv
but 0n the death nf life
Thus who does not know that the gran
0f America, OF the Valley Of the Missls
sippi especially, does not constitute tn
worlds gainery IN case Of famine, q
sicily vas he gralnsTy u Ihe Romaps
WAC doe not know that the monetar,
capital 0f tne universe Is in the immens
mines of Mexico. ami Peru and Sonora
and that these mines, given up TO thei
natural prG1uctveness BY a good systoE
Of drainage, viii place all the capital ID
Bolc ana silver ri the universe in tn
hands Of the United 5jates, masters Of th
two AmeTleas. Who does no
know ilIat the master Of capital !
the master Qf Interest, and that Europe
delivered up TO inis country Of monop
oiies. viii be forever sal ie1t 20 its 6aspot
ISM Who does not know that, master
ofthe price Of gold and silver, they vii
he masters also Of our most vital indus
tries. and that their coalition alread-
arasnized against our industry in silks
witch rivals theif inGHsIry ln cotton, wi
rsin Lyons, tbe caplfal u usslvs, an
the second capital of France Who doe
not know that in depriying us, OF in dc
Driving themselves, ly the eAtlncuon
ths south, Of the element OF TINS lndu
nv ia Europe, cotton, tnpy VIII o0htint
fc sfarve eight millions Of workfnen
France. more than tsat IN England, ny
million in Austria, and thus take EuroI
by famine at every caprice Of their arm
tFary inteFssts9 Who does not KNOW,
hne. that our commerce and navigaiio
will be subject 10 the same destruction
our PRODUCTS?
ln al this We discover evidently q
secret thought which inspired the Mex
can eXpeditioR-an expedition who
bears the appearance or lelneIlty wiz
cut compensation, and behind which
alone ia France have seen the gener'
utility.
France has not compreheDded th
expedition. Why I viii venture
reDiys Because in the commencemeI
g was neither explained or explainabl
II was because this idea of taking q pos
tion ia Mexico against the United Stat.
Was not 10 be exclusively Frencl
but European it was necessaI
to consult together, 70 organic
to agree frankly on a common has
before acting, and this was not don
France, accused Of secret intentions, W;
suspected by England and Spain. The
believed that she simply desired TO dra
her two allies into war Of interyenio