Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-04-27
QD9io StateI:srrlrI'a;trr', n n IAN an
THE MEXICAN QUESTION,


Our special dispatches yesterday annouc-
ed that the diplomatic correspondence In
relation to the Mexican question had been
laid before Congress. 1t covers the period
from the 18th of February to the 18TH OF
April of the present year. ! lyaIULl.L ~
On the 18th of February Mr.. Seward ad-
dressed to the Marquis de Montholon,
French Minister at Washington, long COM
munication, in which he acknowledged, the
receipt of -disratch from NJ. Druyn de-
rHuys and proceeded to define the posi-
ton of our Governments The material
points Of Mr.. Stewards dispatch are as fol-
lows ns. .IEI -n ..Ht ...Hr7fU
FRENCH OPPOSITION TO THE wILLuoF THE
." MEXICAN PEOPLE. .i n'0H .i.
France is entitled by every con-
sideration OF respect and friendship to in
terpret Tor herself the objects OF the eX-
pedition and of the whole Of ber proceed
ings1n Mexico. Her explanation OF those
motives and objects is therefore accepted on
our part with the consideration and con-
fidence which we expect Tor explanations
of our own when assigned to France or any
other friendly power. Nevertheless, it is
nv duty to insist that, whatever were the
intentions, purposes and objects of France,
the proceedings which were adopted by a
class of MeXicans for subverting the Re-
publican Government there, and TOR avail
ing themselves of French Intervention to
establish on its ruins an imperial monarchy,
are regarded by the United States as having
been taken without the authority ald pros-
ecuted against the will and opinions OF the
Mexican people. For these reasons it seems
to this Government that, in supporting ln-
stitutiOns thus established, in derogation OF
the inalenable rights of the people of Mex
leo, the original purposes and OBJECTS oil
the French expedition, though they nave not
been, as a military demand Of satisfaction,
| abandoned, nor lost out of view by the
Emperor of the French, were, nevertheless,
| let to fall into condition in which they
seem to have become subordinate to pOlit-
ical revolution, which certainly. would not
! have occurred If France had not forclbly
| interviewed, and which, judging from. the
| genius and character of the Mexican peO-
ple. would not now be maintained by them
! if that armed intervention should cease.
| The United States have not seen any sat-
| isfactory evidence that the people OF Mex
| leo have spoken, and have called iuto being
oraccepted the so-called empire, which it
! is insisted has been set up in their Capital.
| The United States, as have remarked on
| other occasions are of opinion that such an
acceptance could not have been freely pro-
cured, or lawfully taken, at any time, in the
! presence of the French army ofinvaslon. Ihe
| withdrawal OF the French. forces Is deemed
necessary to allow such a proceeding to be
taken by Mexico. OF course the Emperor
of France is entitled todetermine tue aspect
i'm which the Mexican situation ought to be
regardedIby hihIo Ii therefore recognizes,
and must COhtinue TO recognize in Mexico,
| only the ancient Republic, and it can in no
case consent to involve ITSELF either directly
or indirectly, in relation with or recogni-
! ton of the institutional the Prince Maxi
i milan in Mexico. This, position is held, |
| believe, without one dissenting voice, by
our cpuntrymen. -Is ugrpg.1 i...ru.,.r
/ do not pretend to say that the opinion
of the American people is accepted, or will
be adopted generally, by other Foreign
powers or by the public opinion OF man
kind. The Emperor Is quite competent to
l form a judgment upon this important point
for himself, | cannot, however, properly
exclude the observation, that while this
question affects by its bearings incidentally
every Republican State in the American
hemisphere, every one OF these States has
adopted the Judgment which, on the behalf
I of the United States, is herein expressed.
THE FRENCH OCCUPATION A SOURCE OF AP-
| ..-. PREHENsIoN. "..i.
i Under these circumstances it has hap
pened, either righttully or wrongfully, that
the presence of European armies in Mexico
maintaining a European prince with i'm.
perial attributes, without her consent ahC
against her will, is deemed a source of ap'
prehension and danger, not alone to thu
United States, but also to all the ihdepend-
Z ent and sovereign Republican State,
founded on the American continent and itS
adjacent islands. France is acquainted
with the relations of the United State!
toward the other American States to which
/ have referred, and is aware of the sens
that the American people entertain In re
gard to the obligations and duties due from
them to those other States. . '-NIi1. .N
We are thus brought back to the single
question which formed the subject OF my
communication of the 9Th of Decembe
last namely !: the desirablehess of an ad
iustment of question, the continuance oI
. which must necessarily be prejudicial Il
the harmony and friendship which hav
hitherto existed between the United State
and France. This Government does no
undertake to say how the claims of indem
nifty and satisfaction, for which the wa
which Francei is waging in Mexico wa
3 originally instituted, shall now be adjust
ed, in disseminating what in its progress
has become a war of political intervention
dangerous to the United States and to re
q publican institutions in the American hem
isphere. Recognizing France and the Re
publics of Mexico as lbelligerents engaged
in war, we leave all questions concerning
I these claims aud indemnitieS to them. Tn
, United States rest content with submit
ting to France the. exigencies of an embar
RAISING situation in Mexico, and express
: ing the hope that France may find SOM
manner, which shall at once be consisten
with her interests and honor and the prin
ciples and interests of the United States
3 to relieve that situation without injurious
delay. .u9ipm.iil. trz7yy'au uaU
i FRANCE AND THE UNITED STATES. % l
M, Druyn de, THuys reports on this, oe
casion what he has heretofore written, viz
that 1T depends much upon, the Fedora
Government to facilitate their desire of th
withdrawal of the French troops iron
= Mexico He, argues that the, position
Z which the United States have assumed ha
6 nothing Incompatible with the existence O
monarchical INSTITUTIONS in Mexico, HI
draws To bissupport on this point the fac
that the President of the United States, a
wells the Secretary Of State, in official pa
pers, disclaim all thought of propagapdisn
Ion the American continent in favor of re
Ilpublican institutions. nj. Druyn de l'Huy
Ildraws in also the fact that the United State
lh0ldl dlffiendly, relations withOthe gEmpero
of IBra1il, las, they held lsimilar relation
with Iturbide, the Mexican Emperor, il
. 1882. From these positions M. Druyn d
. lIl'fIuys makes the Reduction that Reithe
, Iany fundaAAental principle nor ranyi preoe
dent in the diplomatic history Of thisIoopn
try creates any gecesSssary apPtaggohism be be