The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-11-23

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astronomers, the chemists and Psychologists
We ought to admit Galileo's dogma Of the
solar system, and recognize that the world
goes round the sun. We ought to recognize
also the impenetrability of matter, the atomic
theory, and the inevitable efervescence Of
acids and alkalies on contact. The law OF
gravitation, which has the remarkable effect Of
making water run down hill, is also important.
All these are as important in constitution as
any abstraction about equality, and they ought
all to go in together. Then we will have
constitution worthy of Plato's Atlantis, Moore's
Utopia and Harrington's Oceana-grand ma
tions that we ought to admire and initiate.
II is to make improvements" like this on
our constitution that the radicals fight Phil
lips, Stevens, Sumner and the rest would delay
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS fill the country with the
untold evils Of political anarchy-would dare
financial ruin-merely to force into the consti-
tuition the crazy nonsense Of their political
dreams, and the President would settle the
country by straightforward, honest policy,
without the assistance Of these philosophers.
That il the issue, disguise it as they may.
The Mexican Empire Approaching .
CoIlapse-Maximilian Frightened.
Notwithstanding the contradictory intelli-
gence received from day to day from Mexico,
we believe the main facts embraced in the
latest news from that quarter, published on
Tuesday, to be substantially correct
From the latest reports it appears that Maxi
milan, adopting the policy of the rebels when
the Union lines were closing around them, has
abandoned his outermost and scattered posts
and concentrated his forces into three corps
ddrmte, just as Lee concentrated his forces
in three corps ddrmte in Virginia. He has
otherwise changed his tactics, and seems now
to be manGuvring 80 much after the manner
Of the rebel leaders that it would seem the
finger of some one of them was busy in plan
ming his military operations. Furthermore,
still adhering to the policy Of the leading
rcbels-like Mason, Slidell and others, who
sent their families to Europe and the North,
many to the city of New York, when it was
uncomfortable and dangerous for them to re-
main in the Southern States-Maximilian has
consented to be separated from his beautiful
consort, Madame Carlotta, and sent her, bag
and baggage, off to Europe. Still another
event showing that things must be drawing to
q crisis in Maximilian's dominions-we observe
General Magruder, has taken the oath Of ALE
glance to the empire and become Mexican
subject. Sinaloa has gone up. So will So
nora. So will the ducal possessions OF
Grandfather Whitehead Gwin. And finally,
after receiving all the reinforcements he ex-
poets from Napoleon-after adopting all the
cxpedients that ex-rebel ingenuity may sug-
gest-so will Maximilian's empire, following in
the footsteps of the ex-confederacy, go up and
totally collapse.
We think it about time the female portions
Of the imperial family we're leaving for more
comfortable quarters. 1t might also be well
for those of his Imperial Majesty's court to
follow the example, and leave for Europe or
the North. The same advice might be taken
by those silly ex-rebels, who,, rather than
return TO their allegiance to the country OF
their birth, whose bosom still yearns to
receive them as reclaimed and rcpentant
sons, prefer to hover, like moths, around
the Pickering glare Of the expiring candle
of Imperialism under Macmillan. Let all
those who wish to escape trouble In Mexico
about these days emigrate to some more settled
country. Those who cannot afford to 60 to
Europe-to Paris or London-may find an
asylum in the great and magnanimous city OF
New York; which, as General Grant says, will,
within twenty years, be the metropolis of the
world. We especially invite Madame Carlotta
to come to this city and make it her home.
Our citizens, whose hearts are ever penetrated
at the picture of lovely and estimable woman
in distress, will gladly welcome her. We have
no doubt they will make her present of a
splendid mansion in fashionable and aristo-
cratic locality; not in fever and ague district,
like that of the lower part Of Fifth avenue or
Madison square, but upon some salubrious To-
cality like Murray Hill. The citizens Of New
York have already provided homes for two
French monarchs-one king and one emperor
Louis Philippe and Louis Napoleon why
should they not be equally kind TO an unfor-
tunate lady, whose misfortunes arise from the
perfdy of one of those monarchs to the nation
which once afforded him an asylumG Napoleon
wanted to establish Madame Carlotta as EN-
press on the imperial throne Of Mexico in oppo-
sition to the wishes Of the American people but
Madame Carlotta, a wiser and more illustrious
woman than Napoleon is man, concludes to
abandon the empty honor and return to q
more peaceful and congenial sphere. We
again invite Madame to come to New York
and make this city her home. Here she will
end city that will not be disturbed by revo-
luton or wars for n century TO come. BY
going from Mexico to Europe, In homely
phrase, she @gets out Of the frying pan into the
fire." The distant rumbling Of the thunders
Of revolution in Europe come to us with every