, 1865-05-05

Mexico and the Mexican ELpedatton..
Sale of Duc de 1orn3 ~ RHc1uE 6sud
-1luc de HefAl%nT.

/ ICorrespoudeucc Of the Chicaeo Trabune.1
PARIS, Fs1day, April Il, 1865.
|: 4 lcng debate has just terminated In the
French Representative Chamber on the sub
itct Of Mexico and the Mexican expedition.
/ The chief Importance, however, OF the diseus-
|; sion 10 American readers consisted not 80
|, much Of the repetition by u. Jules FaYre, for
/; the hundredth time, of the well known OBJ
|: }ections against that peti1ous undertaking,
|. nor In The thrice told ta1e BY the Minister Of
F State Of the causes which led France Into 1t
| almost whether she would or -not-the Inter
| est Of the debate, I say, rests not 80 much On
/ these worn.ont topics, IS in the expression of
|. the feelings Of au1ity and good will given
! vent to. by the chief organ of. the
French government towards. the Uni
|; ted States, and the evident desire
i to repudiate all cause of serious difference be-
+. tween the. two people and countries. The
/ speech Of II. Rouher may and ought, think,
I to be regarded aa sincere and friendly et-
i fort TO w.pe awny the little clond which has
for some time past overshadowed the reta-
tions Of twonatlous hitherto 50 closely united
as France and America According to him,
|. when the facts were impartially examined,
|. there was not q single serious cause OF misun-.
: derstaudirg to be found between the two
! countries. Whatever. bad feelings had arisen
+: had proceeded from the maneuvers Of parties
interested in such. False Impressions had
+, been systematically disseminated, both in
France and America, Us to the objects OF France
In going to Mexico. It had been asserted that
/, France desired to colonize Sonora and Chi.
!, huahus, that she had violated hsr neutrality
In the war between the North and South, and
WAS about to interfere In fayor Of tile latter.
Hence arose In America the menace OF retail
al hJ Int $Y, nrA
tion OF The Monroe doctrine. II. Rouher
utterly denied all intention to interfere i1 the
American conflict. France had recognized
the bell'gsrent rights Of the South, simply
from necessity, and in view Of the long con
tinuance Of tho war, which wns unhapplly
even still raging but she had never gone
one step beyond tbat recognition. He
scented the idea Of " coloniz!ng s" Sonora, or
Of even answering SO absurd an accusation.
The most complete and satisfactory
explanations ;Sp had been EXCHANGED With
He regarded rs "imp1ous'' the idea which
had been put forward, Of desiring the pro-
longatien Of the war in America as a sort Of
guaranty to the French position In Mexico.
Ftance, On the contrary, earnestly desired to
brought 1t to close would be one Of JOY and
gladDcss to France, the old ally and, he might
be permitted to say, tho ~ 'foster-mother Of
the United States" The spcech,was loudly
app'aude6 when making use Of the above ex-
pressions, md also when declaring that au
anticipation Of q conflict between the two
| countries was mere phantom. America, he
said, had no Interest In owning Mexico, but
on The contrary had already declined to do
60, and had got ont of the country as soon ns
The could, after sue had conquered 1t. Moth
ing could be more friendly than the tone Of the
above spcech as regards America. Its cou-
eiusion, perhaps, WIS less satisfactory to the
E'fpnrt En1Uaa E0r irai at16 mr.
the necessity Of the French army remaining
"a lev months Mole'' in Mexico, and upon
the impossibillty Of its returning brfose
achieving its object and triumphing over all
resistance" But it may be more than d ''few''
| months ere such desirable state Of things as
that contemplated be brought about in Mexi-
CO. TIC position Ct the new Emperor, in
pFeeence OF the Republican and clerical par
ties, and both hostile to him, is regarded here
! as exceedingly precarious; and this appre-
hension renders the ut-fated expedition more
unpopular than eYer, in the eyes Of the
country.
Il must not omit to mention that II. Rou-
her. IN the course Of his speech, announced
Eith e me triumph that tho new Mexican.
loan had been successfully contracted for with
the P1iciipal financial powers Of France and
The sale Of the Due dc Mo.ur's rac:ur st1d
took place On Saturday last, 1t Chantiliy, and
geearpI!ces were realized, considering that
most Of tile h0rseE were uutrained twp-year
olds. Out OF thirty horses which we're
disposed Of, no Less than thirtS-oue were Of
aasa aae anoEc ceSseElpton; S fet s9sh VAS tho CON
ing, that the stable fetched the large sum Of
S55, ,GeL. His splendid picture gallery, Of
which it Is popularly said that There Il not
bad painting in it,. will shortly also be
brought to the hammer, and ayain gather TO-
ge1her competitors from all paris of The