The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-03-22
The Enfant Terrible OF the United
states.

states. F.
All Europe is in trouble about Bancroft. His
| recent Grafton upon President Lincoln has
| touched the sore points Of almost all the mon
arches The London Times, speaking for Eng
land compares him to Elijah Pogram. The Lon
don Spectator thinks that he is more like the
"Young Columbian" who tainted the British
lion. The press of France, muzzled by the EN-
peror, discreetly says nothing; but the copies of
the HERALD containing the Grafton and our
| comments are seized and suppressed by the
government. The Emperor of Austria is very
severely wounded, and has sent strong pro-
test to our Cabinet The historian Bancroft
has turned out to be the enfdnt terrible Of
| the United States. He has been guilty
of telling the truth upon one Of those
state occasions when the truth is ordina-
rily yelled beneath polite phrases and honeyed
compliments. He has bluntly and plainly ex-
pressed the real sentiments of the American
people, in striking contrast to the roundabout
feebleness OF Secretary Stewards diplomatic
dispatches. No wonder that the lion of Eng
| land groans, with his head and tail dropping.
| No wonder that the game cock Of France
| finches and will not come to time. No won
der that the double-headed eagle of Austria
emits a faint squeak.
The enfdnt terrible, as most OF our readers
know, is one of those surprisingly bright and
sharp children who reveal the secrets OF the
household in the most unexpected manner to
the most inappropriate persons. One lady
calls upon another who greets her very
warmly, and exclaims, GLOW glad l am
to see your' Now is the opportunity
of the enfdnt terrible. Staring the visitor
full in the face, and with that charming and
innocent simplicity so characteristic Of child
hood, he quietly observes, "Why, mamma, how
can you say thats You know that you told
papa this morning that this lady was fright !:
that YOU hated the sight of her, and fe,,il like
scratching her ugly eyes outf' What follows
may be easily imagined. 1t is the same sort of
, tempest that has followed the delivery of
Bancroft's grafton. The representatives of the
European Powers assembled at the Capitol to
/ listen to a eui5gy upon President Lincoln.
They came in full dress, and expected to have
a very nice time. Of course they knew that
Lincoln would be praised; but they antici-
pated that, as is usual upon such occasions, a
few sugar plums would be distributed among
the audience. They were politely received
and conducted to prominent seats. Vice Presi-
dent Foster, as the lady Of the house, greeted
them with the customary compliments. Then
came the turn Of the enfdnt terrible Bancroft
arose. and the fun began. He declared that
England was q good for nothing, worn out
government He told Napoleon that he must
get ont of Mexico, or take the consequences
He stigmatized Macmillan as ian Austrian ad-
vcnturer." Naturally the representatives OF
foreign Powers felt indignant They had
received more than they had bargained for
| They wrote fearfal dispatches back to their
home governments. The frightful fuss in
Europe is the result
But. now that the thing is all over, what
ars the Powers of Europe going TO do about
il. Our enfant terrible told the truth, and
even though we administer to him
little saintary correction in private, we shall
certainly stand up ion him in public The
British government has, behaved very badly
and il worn out institution Napoleon has
no right in Mexico, and he nast withdraw his
troops and respect the public sentiment Of the
| United States--a nation which has been upon
the raoet amicable tesms with France, and
wishes to continue those friendly relations, II
Napoleon will permit it by rehnquishing ms
Mexican projects. As fer Mammalian, If he he
not an, Austrian adventurer, what is he? A
prince who leaves his home in Europe and II
forced upon the Mexican people,. against their
consent, by foreign bayonets, is certainly de-
SERVING Of no better title. If the Emperor OF
Austria feels so very angry upon this sub
iect, tet him show his resentment In
the only practicable way. Suppose that
be requests Napoleon to withdraw the French
army from Mexico and then undertakes To
support Macmillan with Austrian soldiers
Napoleon would be pleased with this arrange
ment. .for It would extrcate hiIa, from a dan
gerousdilemma. We should moi be displeased
with il, for If we are obliged TO SIGHT somebody
in order to restore the republic OF Mexico we
would much rather fight Austrians, who are
total strangers to as, than Frenchmen, with
whom we have many bonds Of amity. Francis
Joseph ought not 10 dislike This plan; for i
would bring his white-coated troops face 10
face with our boye in blue, and enable him Il
get rid Of great deal of bad blood-that ex
cited by the Bancroft oratioa included. II thi
scheme be not adopted we cannot sugges
any other mode to satisfy Europe. We shall
certainly not surrender Bancroft to the British
, who would blow him from the mouth Of can
) non as they did the sepcys and are going TO d.
{ with the Fenisns. The French cannot hav
: him at any price, for The reports Of their cru
: elites in Mexico have already pushed our pa
thence to the limits. And sooner than inirus
n him to the tender mercies OF Austria we vii
; stir up another Hungarian rebellion and SEN
the house Of Hapsburs to its mansion in tb