The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1865-07-28

non OF 1901" FROM this position everything
done by France in regard TO Mexico is vindica-
ted, and the violation of the Monroe doctrine,
sanctioned by so many years of tacit admission,
! Is justified. The article insists that as Juarez
did not pay the debts due to the subjects of
France, had ''no material means Of honoring
( bis signature, in which case he represented only
an ilus0ry or inadequate Government; or he
did not mean to honor it, in which case it was
proper 10 punish. Upon this the European
governments broke relations with him and uni
ted to obtain redress. Such, in few words,
was the origin OF the Mexican expedition. 1t
lad but one object-the recovery Of sums due
to France, and security for French citizens"
Now, this is the ground upon which the over
throw Of Mexican independence and of the
Monroe doctrine is justified. England and Spain,
we are told, united with France to obtain re-
dress for the grievances coplaincd Of ! ad nit
It, But did they unite with France in making
the independence of the country and the liher
ties OF the people a forfeiture because "Juarez
lad no Rlate,ial means Of hon0yng lis signatme,
o." did not mean to hon0rnr England and Spain,
on the contrary. rcnounced the alliance and
turned their prows homeward when they ascer-
taiued the French Emperor's design was not to
exact payment of debt OF indemnity for IN
jury 10 his subjects, but to overthrow Repub-
lie with the liberties Of people. Neither Eng
laud nor Spain understood, as the despatch from
Our State Department authorizes our Minister
at Paris to declare to The French Minister of
State ''scs 1nde,stooi," that this sudden and bold
cUnsummation of an enterprise begun under
pretence Of obtaining justice, bnt ending in
conquering nation, was simply the result of
respect for the will of that nation.
But the Emper or of the French is not left to
intere the acquiescence of this government from
even these pregnant facts. He has it coupled
with justification in the handwriting of our
Minister, under the authority OF our Secretary
OF State Louis Napoleon's Minister Of State,
NJ. Rouher read to the French legislative body
this extract from an official communication Of
cur Minister. Mr. Bgeiow, containing an as
surance Of our submission to the establishment
Of his Mexican Empire, with view to disarm
opposition to it from the representatives Of the
French people and TO quiet their dscontents
u - .NoniteD, the Government official paper
of France, reports Mr.. Biglow's words thus
I'VE tour Government do not Ike of course
to see monarchy established in Mexico; we
prefer Of course republican institutions; but we
respect the will Of the people, we can under
stand how Mexico, that was for a long time
ruled by a m0narchicaI government, would
like to return to that form of government, and
weewuuld not 90 10 war for the sake Of a form
Of government"
Now, here is not only acquiescence against
our inclinations TO the conspiracy which seeks
the surrender OF Mexico as the prey of the
French and Austrian potentates, but assigns as
reasons for it falsehood5, which are made to give
it the appearance OF submission to an honest,
democratic principle. While all the world
knows that republican institutions were put
down in Mexico by French bayonets, neither
the party Of Miramon nor Juarez at war
for the Presidency, consenting to surrender
their form OF government, our American Minis
ter is made to say that they were put down by
the people themselves, And yielding submis-
sion to this fragrant act of war upon the MeXi-
can Republic, and our own, Of which it was
the offspring, we are told is but respect to the
will OF the people! Ant thus it is argued that
the Mexican people, having consented to re-
inquish their independence to the mandate of
foreign usurper, the people of the United States
must abandon the time-honored policy Of our
fathers, which the public opinion of liberal Eu-
rope 50 sanctioned as to compel even the Holy
Alliance to respect it.
The course of our Foreign Secretary and
War Secretary will warrant the French EN-
peror in asserting that the policy he has adopt
cd to eugraft French power on the institutions
of this continent which are cut DOWN to make
a stock for lis support, is approved by our Gov
ernment See how both our State and War
Departments have been subordinate to Napol-
cons policy. Our House of Representatives
rc-echoed the voice of the Convention that nom
mated Lincoln and Johnson as candidates, pledg-
ed, if elected to the Presidency, to reasscrt and
maintain, even in the midst of the rebellion the
Monroe doctrine, as protest against the invas-
ion of France to overthrow the republican sys-
TEN established as that of our continent, taken
from the type of that of the United States The
State Department instantly despatched.a dis
cIainer to the Emperor of the French through
our minister at Paris, containing the assurance
that the opinion of the House was not that of
the Government, and giving him to understand
that the Executive would not cooperate with
the House.
The War Office confirmed this intimaton Of
the State Department Immediately by its action.
An order was entered against the expectation
of arms which were essential to enable the Mex
leans to defend themselves, while the French
were allowed forage and transportation, which
were all they wanted. We had an equal right
to stop the means of support which were as es-
sential to maintain the Emperors army in Mex
leo as to stop the export of arms, lest they might
fall into the hands of the invaded Republicans,
who thus disarmed, were compelled to submit
to an enemy that came accoutred with the best
the armories Of Europe could furnish. The
Mexicans sought, and might Lave obtained, but
for this order, the arms exported from Europe,
and rejected by our army as not equal to the
Springfield gun; but our War Secretary, in
complaisance to France, played the dog in the