Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-05-09
DAILY SENTINEL
TUESDAY MORNING. NAY 9.


The ewes OF TIE people Degin 10 De turned 70
vard Mexico. and with good reason: for. unless
the signs of the times deceive Is. there 70 likely.
uithin a year TO come, to be food for thought
and action IN this and other countries. growing
out Of the events to occur IN that direction. The
signs Of the times" are not always the indlca
tons. As ia the signs Of vesfher, mcn are apt
to be deceived By them. But 10 tbs case there
Is ground for seriou. forethought, aud the aspect
OF Mexican and American Affairs demands care
ful consideration
Let ~. gather a few Of the signs together
First and foremost is the Monroe doctrine. Shich
the people Of this country chers h as one Of Their
most sacred traditions. IL seemed TO be on toe
point Of sacrifice. and was effeetoslly dead under
the late administration. The close OF the war Is
attended by the unexpected aud Startling change
of administration which places Mr.. johnson at
The head Of Affairs. he u understood TO be a
firm advocate of that doctrine, and bis energy
and zeal in sUch a traditional principle are not
doubted The republican party which elected
him made it a part Of the Baltimore platform. IL
Il understood also 10 be a fundamental rock in
the democratic creed. In short, nearly all men
of all parties are in favor Of sssertingit il. 1t does
not concern us al present 20 discuss the doctrine.
its reasonsbleuess or its proprietg. lt rDsy be
that il Is itself a doctrine Of intervention. vbhe
il processes TO be a doctrine opposed to interven
ton. There may be various arguments agains,
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pie stand upos IT with practicable unanimity, and
their president il of their opinion also. 90
Nov what il the condition Of Mexicor That
unfortunate country, our nearest n~eighbor on the
south, has falles a victim to foreign invasion by
European moDarchists. and the Intervention,
with arms, by France. has placed on a nominal
and very shaky throne. in the city Of Mexico,th
scion OF an Austrian house, whose very language
h uuknosn to the MerieaDs, whose sntece
- e-.a.se1ra The
people Of Mexico have not accepted the En-
peror thus forced on them. His throne to-day
is supported OILY by French bayonets. Up to
the prescott date he has been unable 10 exercise
a function of sovereignty IA any OF the northern
and Northwestern provinces, and the church
party, which once seemed inclined TO support, IL
now against him even IN the city OF Mexico. Ii
seems then that he has very little native Mexi-
can strength. This Il only important TO us as
showing that the struggle Is not ended, the
question is not settled in Mexico. There is still
a great uncertainty as to the future, even if
Mexico were left 10 herself.
What aspect do We as a nation bear toward
Mexico3 Up TO the present moment We recog-
nize no government in Mexico except that OF the
people The representatives of Mexico in this
country, received and recognized by the presi-
dent, are not the representatives OF Macmillan
and his empire. but of the government which
n8tAttlb it1ti in Aht OftbttC We
therefore, as a government, hold, no 10 the pres.
cut time. that Macmillan is not go firmly estab-
lished as TO require recognition. and that the old
government il. in our view. the true government
still.
Now comes the serious question-wbich has
never yet been practically settled-Shall we a.
sert the Monroe Doctrine by openly espousing
the cause of Mexico against Macmillan Z
1--WE will not at present Try TO answer this ques-
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ways in which the matter may be brought to "a
distinct issue liz is impossible to doubt that
within the next few months volunteers will pour
out of this country into Mexico by thousands.
There will not necessarily be any violation Of
neutrality laws. No nation undertakes to pre-
vent the egress of its citizens with private intent
TO take service in foreign wars. Enlistments
within our borders would be a violation OF those
laws. Bnt the Mexican armies will undoubtedly
receive vast accessions, both of officers and men,
from the north and from the south. Tins will
produce a rapid change IN the shape OF aft fairs.
IL will strengthen the cause of the Mexicans, and
place upon Msximiliian the necessity Of cores
pondiag increase of his forces. This can only
be done BY foreign aid. and the question there
fore will at once present itself TO France whether
she shall continue that support which she has
been furnishing.
France stands in an interesting relation to
Mexico. The Emperor Napoleon is shrewd and
far seeing. but it may be questioned whether he
anticipated the sudden termination of our civil
war this spring. Nevertheless there has never
been a moment since be began to intervene in
Mexico when he has not bad open a line of re-
treat. He formerly kept very prominent the idea
that il il should ever appear that he had mistaken
the wishes of the Mexican people, aud they
really did not desire his Intervention. he would
at once withdraw. This amusing humbug of the
wishes of the Mexican people" was the found
alton on which he established Maximillisn's
throne. No wonder that the throne is shaky.
Ii will be within the line of possibility that Ma
poieon, when. or even before the Mexican armies
are strengthened as We have intimated, may sud
denly perceive the change in the wishes OF the
Mexican people" and judieiously closing his
eyes TO the accessions of force from abroad,
withdraw with hying colors from Mexico.
He may in short take the track which he has
always kept open Ii he does this, the throne
aud dynasty of ilian will be 'airy moth
ings' and his empire an amusing episode in the
strange history Of Mexico. Ii. on the other
hand. Napoleon chooses to demand of the United
States that she keep her citizens within her terri
tories and not allow any OF them TO go TO Mex
leo via Santa Fe. or via Mstamorss. (Which
Jusrez will soon take il all goes well with him)
ther il is highly probable that he will 6nd this
country in a condition he little expects. There
is not one man IN ten thousand, from Maine to
Mexico. who would not rejoice in the declaration
OF the Monroe Doctrine as a holy part of the
national creed. Nor would the fear of foreign
war produce one particle of change in that joy
On the contrary, We are bound to inform our
foreign readers that. from our point of view.
which ia IN our npinion one OF calm and impartial
vision, the people of this country are more ready
TO plunge into a foreign war TO day, with all our
debt. and all our responsibility. than they ever
were At any former period of our history
This Il a plain fact Aud be il remembered.
BY Napoleon and ali others interested. that the
voices Of the people here is the voice OF a king.
Therefore, If the emperor of France espouses
the cause of Mexico for the year to come. 1t
seems to Us highly probable that he will have TO
meet one of two contingencies. The first is the
how of volunteers by thousands to the Juarez
ranks. comprising veteran soldiers and skillful.
experienced officers: and the second ia the pos
sible result OF complaint on his part, namely the
open declaration by our government of the
Monroe doctrine. backed BY the sword itself IN
sheathed among the shouts OF all people of all
parties. Let u hope that France will De wise in
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