New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-11-20

friendly relations with European Powers. aud that
thus France would create immense markets for her
commerce, and establish French influence in the
center of America"
With the collapse of the Rebellion and the extinc
ton of Slavery the impossibty Of the extemporizcd
Empire became evident to the world, and the prompt
withdrawal of their troops by the French Government
of their own motion confidently expected by the
American people the least atonement that could be
made for a step which had been at once crime and
bunder How far the hestancy of the French En-
peror to recall his troops was induced or enoour
aged by the feeble and dubious tone Of our foreign
diplomacy may be an interesting question in the flu
ture but be seems perhaps naturally enough, to have
been unwilling to close his Inflated expedition without
securing if possible the ultimate payment of its cost
by fixing the debt upon the Mexican people--or &C.
curing it in some shape by Mexican territory; and in
connection with his last effort to accomplish this OBJ
ject, the mission to Mexico Of Minister Campbell and
Gen. Sherman, in accordance, as is rumored, win
request from Napoleon. is not without significance
The first order given by that Emperor toward the
return Of the French troops was in letter from Nj
Drouyn dc Lhuys to Count Montholon, Oct. 49, looo
And it is curious fact. but little known, and sui
less understood that that order was gwen IN conse
duence of a suggestion volunteered by Mr.. BlgeioW'
our Minister TO France, that we would recognize
Macmillan. but that the recognition should be pre-
oeded by the evacuation of Mexico by the French
troons. We arc unadyised of the grounds on which
Mr. Bigelow upon his own responsibility, thus pro-
posed that the Government Of the United States should
undertake to assist the plot for fastening empire
upon the Mexican people by lending to Macmillan
the moral influence of their recognition. But il was an
offer which promised to accomplish easily the safety OF
the French debt for was clear that if recognized
the Government of Macmillan, for however short
time whatever Government should succeed his empire
would be compelled to recognize its obligations. The
Washington Cabinet did not, it seems adopt the sug.
gestion ofrecogniton made by Mr.. Bigeiow and how
the Emperor Napoleon shall obtain from the Mexican
people the hundreds Of millions of francs expended in
overthrowing their Government and desolating their
country is still an unsoyed problem 1t would seem,
however, from recent paragraphs in the newspapers
that the hope is not abandoned that the
American Government can yet be made on
accomplice in some scheme for the recognition OF
Macmillan scheme early preached by NJ Drouyn
dc Lhays TO Mr.. Dayton aud promptly repelled
both by Mr. Dayton and Mr.. Seward.
According to series OF articles in The Herald
from the Sd to the 10Th Of November, the En-.
peror recently invited TO Barritz Mr. Bgeow aud the
new French Minister for Foreign Affairs, the Marquis
de Moustier and arranged with them the terms of
treaty to be made between the United States, France
and Mexico, which The Herald pronounces TO be "a
fixed fact" We are to receive, It is said, by this
treaty negotiated in France Lower California, $50
miles long, and from 30 to 100 miles wide, with an
area Of nearly 200 900 square miles, aud population
ofmiKed breed-Indians. negroes aud whltes-oi prob
ably $1,000 This grant will "be confirmed as ac-
ceptablc by Napoleon" Tho settlement Is said to
contemplate the payment of the indemnity claims
which were the cause Of the original armed coalition
of France England and Spain. The United States will
stand security for these indemntes and will furnish
the Republic Of Mexico the funds to meet them.
The first of these articles allude to the treaty "a
being made in France, and with the Empire Of Mexico,
the latter written after the rumor Maxmliansrciu
TO France, refcr5 to the Republic of Mexico;
but the part the United States Is to play
the money France is 20 receive, the territory that
Mexico is 10 lose are the same in both cases, and out
side rumor adds another article TO this treaty proyid-
ing for the payment of Mexican bonds held by Amer-
can citizens which may perhaps, account for the fact
that Mexican bonds are being cautiously offered in
Wall-st. at q low figure, with the quiet intima-
ton that they are likely to prove "a big thing"
How far there ia truth in these rumors, or in that
which declares that Mr.. Campbell and Gen. Sherman
are in some sort to recognize the French authority in
Mexico by accepting the country from the hands OF
Gen. Castelneau, the future will determine; but with
the suggestion already made more than year since
by Mr.. Bgelow. for the recognition Of Macmillan,
from which We narrowly escaped, aud with sad rec
objection Of the Texan swinde successfully perpe
raed to the amount of $40 600 OOO and Of the Texan
bonds that were then distributed in advance wherever
it was supposed they could directly or indirectly
influence a vote, it is well that the American people
should be Of the plot on foot to make the
United States an accomplice in a scheme more inia
nous than the partition of Poland.
We have already commented lin The TRIBUNE ofthe
18th instantly the arrest by Gen. Sheridan of Senior
Ortega, who claims to have become the constitutional
President Of Mexico by the expiration Of the term OF
Juarez. No explanation has yet been given of the
grounds for that extraordinary interference on the
part of our Government with the domestic disputes
ofthe Mexican people; and the absence Of all ex-
PLANTATION has given rise to suspicion that Juare1
may have consented to the partition of Mexico and
the payment of the French claims on condition that
the United States will sustain his pretensons against
his rival for the Presidency.
The Herald of Nov. d. in of the articles alluded
to, expressed the hope that "some recent jobs will
have a fair hearing and fair treatment in the
treaty." and alluded, among Others, to "Mr. Clar-
ence Stewards express job"
The dghtful claims of American citizens are ent