The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-04-29
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The diplomatic correspondence between
our Government and that Of France has re-
Gently been laid before Congress and pub
ary last Mr.. SEWARD wrote that the Govern
ment accepted the statement Of the French
Emperor, that the object Of sending troops to
Mexico was to enforce indemnity, but at the
same time could not shut our eyes to the fact
that as a result Of that expedition, an Impe.
rial Government had been established in
Mexico, without the consent of her people.
This Government so established by duress
could not be recognized by our Government,
and that the troops ought to be Withdrawn in
order that the Mexicans might decide for
themselves, as to the form and character Of
their Government, and that in the meantime.
the Government Of the United States could
not I'M any manner recognize the Imperial Gov
ernment of Mexico, but should continue its
friendly relations and intercourse with the
Republic.
The continuance Of Prince Maximian in
Mexico, supported by European troops, is
declared TO he cause of irritation and app,e-
hension. not only to the people Of the United
States, but to all the Republics Of America.
Mr.. SEWARD therefore reiterates and urges
very earnestly the expediency and propriety
of adjusting these difficulties and withdraw
ing the French troops, that amcable feelings
and relations may continue to be cherished
and maintained between France and the
United States. Without insisting directly
that none but Republican Governments will
be tolerated on this continent, Mr.. SEWARD
insists that European Governments shall not
intervene to put up or put down Governments
in America, or to control their destinies. By
brief historical references he shows that Eu-
ropean powers gradually lost their assumed
power and interest in the new World, and
that the people directly interested, as we'll rs
the world at large, have been the gamers
thereby, and insists that it is clearly ia the
order Of Providence, from the course Of
events, that America should take care Of
herself, and be the arbiter of her own desti
nies, without European interference. And in
Mr.. SEwAsp's own language he says:
els it not manifes. that these American
nations were called into existence to be the
home Of freemen that the states Of Europe
have been intrusted by Providence with their
tntelage, but that tutelage, and its response
biities and powers are necessarily Withdrawn,
to the relief and benefit Of the parties and
mankind, when these parties become able to
choose their own system of government, and
TO make and administer their own laws. IL
they IN this choice, or in the conduct
of their affairs, it will be found wise to leave
them. like all other states, the privilege and
responsibility OF detecting ana correcting the
error by which they are, of course, the prin-
cipal sufferers
THE OFFICIAL FRENCH DECLARATION.
Under date of Paris, April ), NJ. DRouYN
DE l4nurs wrote to the French minister at
Washington:
'The Emperor hns decided that |
the French troops shall evacuate Mexico in
three detachments, the first being intended to
depart in the month of November, 1866, the
second in March. 1867, and the third in the
month of November in the same year. You
will please to communicate this decision Off
cially to the Secretary of State"
AUSTRIA AND THE UNITED STATES.
.sOn the 10th instant Mr.. Seward instruc-
ted Mr.. Motley to protest agninst the despatch
of Austrian troops to aid Maximilian.' =
Not having space for any considerable por-
ton of this Diplomatic correspondence, we
have given our readers in the foregoing the
brefest possible abstract Of its leading points,
which involve all that is material in results.