Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1866-12-19
Mexico.
MONTPELIER, VT,


Tee recent acts of our executive officers al
Washington, and elsewhere, inspired from
Washington, IN relation TO Mexico and the
relations of the United States to that country.
are calculated to awaken the most serious ap-
PREDECESSORS. For the first two or three years
of the war, continuing IN fact until 1t became
evident that the rebellion must shortly sue
cumb, the State department was extremely
evil to The French Emperor, and took espec
ial pains to give him 10 understand that his
little scheme Of establishing a branch govern
men: on this continent would not b, Interfer-
ed with. When the House OF Rel resentatiyes,
two years ago or more, adopted q hIshfalntin
resolution. asserting the Lcnroe doctrine and
substantially informing tae world that We
should ne long endure Macmillan IN Mexico,
M.. Seward made the greatest possible haste
TO inform his hIghness the French Emperor,
that the State department and not Congress
had charge OF our foreign relations, ard that
the declaration o. Congress was only harmless
and empty brayado. This method OF treating
the presence If Macmillan in Mexico was
persisted III, Until biuCc -HC COm phASohiOho u
politics growing out OF the failure of MIR
johnson To make the people Of the North &C
cept his policy of reconstruction and no"
we find Mr.. Seward aud Mr.. Johnson taking
the mos. unusual and extraordinary measures
10 Interfere IN the affairs of Mexico, drive OF.
MaximIliao, ard establish & protectorate over
that -dis9rganiz-d aad revolutionary people.
Maxamiiian's empire Is ! failure, and can
Iass but a short time longer in any svent' bat
this result mas been brought about chiefly by
the Mexicans themselves. L. was entirely
lroper for OUT Government to use its friendly
Offices, as far a god neighoorhoot demanded,
to give the MeIicans i chance TO govern them
selves without foreign interference, but We are
not, and have not been, under any obligation
to do this 10 the damage of the United States
While Macmillan seemed toierably secure on
his new throne, Mf. Seward was undoubtedly
vie in not adopting a belligerent policy to
ward Frsnce though he should never Rave
descended to The o~bssquious Difference he a;
times exhibited toward the French Emperor
II w5aId, however, be az least dignihed for
Hill hJh huGA IA A-AAN1 800 So NO
with the French government very well with.
out our c0-1pcrat,Cn, TO treat the subject with
a decent regard to mis- past course, to our PRO
te.tations Of neutrality, aDd 70 friendly rels-
tiors with France. Instead of this, he dis
patches a Lieut.. General to Mexico, arrest:
Urtega, who claims 70 be as much the govern.
ment of that unhappy country as Juarez OF
Macmillan, and sends by Atlantic cable, at
the rate ct half a gold dollar a letter. die
patch OF several thousand words 10 our min
ister at Paris, insisting that Napoleon shal
commence a. once to withdraw the French
troops from Mckee, dispatch which had no
appreciable efsc. on the Emperor, and which
Only hal a tendency to raise Mexican bonds
and depress those Of the United States, IL
Europe: and when Napoleon replied that b;
shall remove his troops when it Is convenien
for hin, We are informed from Washington
that mis- answer IA entirely satisfactory. We
also nave a runner b. telegraph that Ministel
Campbell and Gen. Sherman, not finding at
fairs in Mexico just as they expected, have
returned to New Orleans; and at the Sam
sANO 1NASk sH@N 10y M hDk w III
commissioned again TO hunt up the Juarei
government, but that SewiId has espouseC
Ortega's claims, aud, sc presume, has ordered
Lieut.. Ger. Sherman and the :. army of Oh
ssr7ation TO report to that Mexican Chief
tIau.
This Mexican business has been ;hue far
dsgrace 10 our diplomacy and the course o
the State department now seems to be lnspIr
ed only By a disposition to NEEDLE in, and j
some way assume a coutrol of, the shcckingl
muddled affairs of a people IN a state it'll
better than anarchy. Democratic newspaper
that may be supposed to be in possession Of
certain knowledge of Mr.. Stewards purpose
boldly urge the administration TO assume
protec.orcts in Mexico and be at the expens
Of giving that people a stable government
and ii Stewards policy has any purpose,
seems to be looking to such a pr otectorat,
Ii be can involve cur Government. in sue
complications as to iorce US into a War, {
give the Mexican question Sufficient pronir
ence 10 drive out of the public mind the que
tion OF southern reconstruction and the courl
of the administration uron it, lie will care Il
sic foI the Consequences either to our nations
honor or national credit. We trust Congres
which, We regro. to say. has been rather IL
much inclined TO clustering in relation
Maximiiiaa, will now sober down in regal
to Mexico, and not only not give Mr.. Sewal
any aid IL his desperate scheme. but s.ea
lastly insist that the United States shall d
interfere for one side or the other, for Orteg
Juarez, or anybody else in Mexico.