The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-08-01

milan. IL never was made to appear precisely
who was to have the handling of the money,
OF 10 the service of which of the factions that
claims to be the Legitimate republican Govern
ment OF Mexico it was 10 be put. The subject
was dealt with in very vague terms, and we dl
not know that bill of equal importance, and
appTopriatng so much money, wa. ever before
attempted to be put through Congress upon
which the public was able to get so nIue I'ght'
II was never shown, either TO what speClnc
DurDose tho money was to be put or in what
way II was to be used Tor aiding ana establish
ing the doWn.trodden cause OF repuohcanlsm In
Mexico.
We are probably not far astray, however, in
surnisino that n coalition would have been
patched up in the name OF the different Mexican
iactions whose leaders are now in this country,
and a second mblnaton between these leaders
ard certain American "irends of MeXIcon and
that between all of these the disbursement OF
the 6fty millions would have been practically
carried on. Mexico needs but two things to
effect her freedom from FOREIGN domination
arms and lighters She possesses neither one
nor the other to anything like the extent re-
duired, and she cannot obtain either one or the
other anywhere but IN this counTy. There
are plenty of men in the United States who
are eager TO take hand IN the work of
driving MaXimlan into tie sea-" and with
fifty million dollars, or even hall of that sum,
to be used in purchasing arms and providing
transportation, very formidable lighting lorce
could soon be conveyed to the Mexican borders.
bill to furnish 1t was still pending, would do
little enough in the way of raising, eqWpping,
and supporting a native republican army In
Mexico itself; but men enough could be found
in Chis country who would require no prolImt-
nary training aud dIsciplning as soldiers, who
would do their work without much in the way
of immediate wages, and would have principles
OF military, political, and natural cohesion such
as are assessed by no force which could ever be
raised ip Mexico ITSELF and used as soldiers All
that is required for them is organization and
opportunity.
clustering expeditions would have been fur
nished by the passage of the measure for the
repeal ef the neutrality laws This scheme had
the same origin as the Mexican Loan bill, and
there is no doubt that the one was intended to
have direct and vital bearing upon the other
1t doubtless had other purposes than this; but
that this would have been one OF the ends
quickly served by it, no one will deny who Is
informed as to the schemes III reference to
Mexico that have been planned in this country
within the last year or half year. With She laws
at present upon our statute-book properly en-
forced, it is utterly impossible ior anybody other
than the Government to concoct or carry on,
directly or indirectly, any military expedition
to operate berond our own borders.
1t rs quite possible that in some respects our
laws are too stringent, particularly IN reference
TO the sale and transfer OF arms and ships; but
so long as they remain unaltered the Executive
is bound to enforce them, and the present Exc
cutive, at least, has shown that this enforcement
will be as rigid as their own terms 1t was ab-
soluteIy essential, if the Mexican Loan bill had
passed, that these laws should be at the same
time repealed or modified; tor unless this last
end were effected there could not be show OF
any thing like result from the expenditure OF
the fifty million dollars.
1t is fortunate for the country that both bills
failed OF passage. They woAld have done nothing
for the regeneration OF NeXico and would surely
have disturbed our own country most damag-
ngly. By diplomacy we have effected more for
Mexican liberty than could be done by fifty
military eXpeditions--wnethero or not designated
tlibusteTing. We have secured the speedy
departure of the army which established the
imperial form of government. We have put a
stop to further in ervent on. We have placed
Maximllian IN position in which he must rely
almost exclusively upon the Mexican people,
and in which, in short time, they can easily
decide his fate without our armed assistance.