M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1865-03-02
From the New York Herald.
The French PPesSOn Amer
ican AfIailfs, ......,
PARIs February 4, 1861

l. Inc L arlS JOurnals nave Oeep con
siderably exercised about American
affairs during the present week. -
/ The particular cause of this awaken
ing from the ,somnolent condition, in
which they have been for some
months past, were the articles pub
lished in the Notthern and Southern
papers relatiye to projected peace
aud suRited march against Mexico
aud tie amendment '0f Mr.. Wade
inserting the word republic" before
"Mexico" in the Diplomatic Appro
priation Bill. The Journals begun
to smell war, and in political circles
of al! shades the possibility of such
an event is being discussed more
freely than at any time within my
remembrance. Thestory about the
cession Of Sonora, Durango, Lower
California, &C., with the accompany
ing statement that DR.. Gwin had
been made viceroy and duke, is not
believed in all its plenitude; but that
the qaustion Of a cessiCn Of a strip of
Mexican territory to France is under
consideration, and will be carried out
ii circumstances permit, l'Shihk there
is n0 doubt. This telegram 'is bal
.On d'e8Sai".-a feeler for the purpose
| of seeing what the effect OF such a
measure woula be- it is pretty
generally conceded that it would !u-
sure, sooner or later, war with the
United States. But TO the extracts
in question. La France (Mr. Sill
dells organ) in referring to the Incl
dent in the Senate, does not consider
the decision arrived at Of any great
consequence. The Journal says:
"The United States have not yet
,oficially recognized The new empire
Of Mexico. The House of Repre-
sentatives at Washington not long
since impliedly blamed Mr., Seward
Tor having given the French Govern
ment satisfactory explanations rela-
tive to d resolution adopted the year
-befo-c in the affairs pf Mexico; the
Senate now persists in applying the
term republic" to State which has
been proclaimed au 'a,cmpire" with
the consent Of its people. These are
innocent reservations, which cannot
have any efect,o on the facts accomplish
ed in Mexico by the national eover.
eighty. We do,not think that the EN-
pire Of Macmillan, based On the au
tnority of Universal suffrage, strength.
ened by the support Of public opinion
by the disinterested and devoted al
lance Of France, by it's dynaStic af-
tinities with Austria, and especially
by the general interests Of Europe,
| which ri quire the maintenance OF a
regular and independent government
in Central America, has anything 70
fear from the clustering partisans Of
the Monroe doctrine. Any aggres
sion against Mexico would encounter
so many obstacles that sooer minded
men can hardly consider such an event
probable. During the last four years
the United States have certainly to a
great extent compromised their repa.
tation for political wisdom; but we
can not believe that, to the disastrous
policy which has involved them in
the horrors Of civil war, they will
be disposed to add the folly OF an ex
petition against the M exican empire,
which would be defiance to Europe.
We are ali aware that the fanatics Of
| North America loudly declare and
proclaim, in'their journals, that they
only d sire peace with the South In
lin oidet to march their immense ar
mes 40 inst Mexico and Canada. =
They threaten to do this. to be reven
ged n France and England, whom
they accuse of having encouraged the
Confederates, and having taken ad-
vantage OF The intense struggles Of
| tn, old Union, to-; interfere in the
affairs Of Central America. These
are idle threats, which we regard
with indifference; and have little fear
Of their early realization: In the first
place, the conclusion Of peace with
1.-The South does not appear 80 near al
hand as 5anguins, Northernersi imag-
line. The latest dispatches contradict
1.-The pacific Intentions attributed to
1.-THE two Presidents and their peoples
The war may last q long, time, vet
and when it shall be- brought TO :
'iclbse, there will be'so many wound'
Ito cieairize, go many sores to b cal
SO many ruins to- rebuild, 80 many
public and private calamities TO re-.
pain that unless spirit ofinfatnatior
and madness should seize the govern
4 nent at Washington. its statesmen
4 its Congress, aid the whole % Amer
3 i|eap people, they Will hardy. think thin o
'lrushiDg .into,a new wars and court