Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1865-06-29
NAP0tEON mrs UNHAPPY VENTURE IN
MEXICO.
From the London Times June Is !,

From the London Times, June 10
7. nrst ba confessed that if we examine the
p,srcb intarvantion in Mexico apart from that con
fdenee In the ruler of France TO which N. houhei
wiselv appeals, the prospect Is suincienuy IN
,,roD,ysinS when the government Ot her Majesty
-, ;oinsj With the Emperor and Queen OF Spain
in an attsmut TO obtain u redress OF grievances
fr,m the Mexican government everybody was
aN,a,Sj AZ the undertaking. Lord Russell de-
seryes credit for having speedily Ietreated from
Dosition 40 plainly nntenable; and the spanish
government quickly followed his example Inc
f,mnsror. however, perseyered but the result
canpot vet be called satisfactory. France has
snent sixteen millions in recovering less than one.
NJ - true that the Emperor Macmillan has Deeh
cbosen by universal suffrage, and that he mas
aVreed to pay an annual sum OF a mnioh Dy way
ri Indemnity. The plebiscite establishing the
empire was voted with wonderful unahlni'y )
lint. As NJ. Favre happily says, There Is
something in the temperament, the courage
the habits, and the dash Of French
soldier IA at wins the heart Of the populations.
The presence Of the same soldier Is iound heces'
sary 70 insure the performance OF the agreeuieIr
as Il was so the establishment oil the empire III
ortar 10 realize million annually French army
ralnced In numbers TO twenty-siX thousand Is
Kent IN Mexico at the COS; Of supplementary
crsdit of a 35lOOO. Even then, indeed, II Is py
no means certain that the million will he panctu'
aliv usiI. The Mexican budgetl aceordihg 10
NJ. Theirs show au income ol 11-OuVV'' anu gu
expenditure Of E72uOUOO; but' Nlhout IeIyins
on this extreme statement, the terms on Whieh
a. la.t Mexican loan was raised show the credit
of the new empire The total amount received
he tba eexi,an government wal little over . mil-
ICns far which h has bound itself 70 repay capt
tai sum of El6 6S0 900 besides an onerons interest
I'M the meanwhile. The loan was negotlaIeu py N:
Fonld. and in defiance OF the French law against
otterie n was no ated by tie aid ola gigantie lot
terv. The yice-president OF the council OF state
coSfasses The infTactOn OF the law, but excuses IL
an AZ seore that loans by WY OF lottery are c0ni
man among the German courts. But WIN ali tue
aid OF high interest and excepilonal aGVahIa9es
the rev stock has declined ia price ana the nnh-
ister uf finance has in his portfolio BONDS OF the
Ns,icsn enlDire u the extent Of two millions one
Lundred and sixty thousand pounds when ne
rackons "A mart of his revenue, but when ne can
not yentQte 10 throw upon tue Inarhe~ ~ sP'le
M the wealth Of the Mexican talnes anu tue re-
sources of the county, the capitalists OF EUROPE
arc rssolnte i'm their dishust Of Gn empire which
- nm foreign tayonets. No lbute to the
mower of the emperor Napoleon can DE greater
nan Thar involved in the fact that his suDJects
ave. willing 10 trust him in the conduct OF q PoI.
~ AGAINST the prudence OF which every one CT
tL.rS singIv reLels The maintenance OF the
Latin race in Central America as check 70 the
encroaching AuglO Saxon j. grand IDEA OUT II
does not seem to be successiuI even wneh , she
AnmIO-NlA0u y TOO hAeN ~ AA'NA-N'~
EmIeror has had it all his own way 10 Mexico,
and what has been the result! He has placed
an Austrian prince ON TRANSATLANTIC throne,
ana has given him Papal difficulty the solution
M which is "a OBSCURE as the RECONCILIATION OF
tie convention with the maintenance oil the
tannSTaI poYer of the Pope. He has
made the Emperor Macmillan lord OF
bankrupt excheQuer, the demands on which are
yraat AMI the supplies limited. The new poten'
tate is maintained in power by foreign army,
which is continually e. gagged IN putting doWn
insurgents who are dispersed IN one place Ohly ID
rsapDsar in another. Aud there IL now pros
met of a new dill .ulty IN the recovered leisure
81 the neighbor whose restless activity was
nr'nciDaI motive tor the establishment OF the
Neyican epnire. Il is not surprising that al toe
inteller; of France should chate al situation
which is absolutely inglOrious, and IL not Tree
from danger Every one Is restless ana uneasy
and looks 10 the supreme head OF affairs IN nope
tbat some effort will be made to retire from
position 50 unprOmising while 1t is yet possible
HE Empsror Napoleon must hilnsed De con-
s-iuus OF the deep d!s.rust with which ms Ialth'
ful subjects watch the issue OF The Mexican IN
PREVENTION, AID would -{erhaps be not unwilling
on his own account ~ consult their wishes II At
the same time h. could preserve ms honor IN
dimned. But the Necessary correlatlVe OF uh,
cbecked mower is undivided responsibility, aud
The resolute brain which fast conceived the pos
sibi,itv OF establishing dependent empire III the
West must devise I. itself the means Ol escaping
ir.m the consequences Of its own errors.