, 1866-02-13
THE MEXICAN QUESTION.


Text Of the E1nperor's Speech
Hope that t,e IS Enotson'' orsl,e United
States will be Pacitied by this Decla'
ration.
THE EMPERon's SPEECH AT THE OPENING o1
THE FRENCH LEGISLATURE.
The eess.en OF the French Leeislatnrc WIS upenet
On the I'D by The Emperor tn perzan. Tho follow
AEss1Euas LES sksA1ons # ,tEss1EuRs LEI
ae
the empire md the expression to you OF my vtews
AS IN preceding Year,. will examine with you
the principal questions which inteEest our country
where the means Eought for Of amicably settling
difficulties In place Of ending them with The sword
The meeting Of The Engnsh and French fleets m
upon the Held Of battle hsre not becn weakened.
Tine has only eemeried the agreement Of the two
countries.
10 observe policy OF neutrality, which, without
preventing Us At times rom being dfsp!ea4ed OF
Eatisfed 1e&ge5 M, nevertheless, strangers TO Ques
lions In which our interests ire net directly en-
Italy, recognized BY almost all the Powers Of Eur
ope has strengthened ITS unity by 1naugura.lng It's
count upon the sczupu'ous execution Of The treaty
BILE maintenance Of the pou es OF the Holy Father.
The bonds which attach us to Spain and Portugal
With The soscreigns OF these two kingdoms.
You hare shared with me the general tndiRnattou
produced hy the asaassiaston ei President Lincoln,
hrs eAnsed unanimous regrets.
IN Mexico the Eosernnenf founded uRon the will
Of the people y being consolidated, The opposI-
chlek Tho national troops have dIspzyed salor and
the country has found OF order and secu
ttty which have developed its resources md nai-el
to se!tntyscven millions. A. expressed the
hope Last year that our expedition was approach
ias H. tsisnst1oP an esnins 70 a. spdes-
epoch for the recall Of our toopa before thelr
turn edect without compromising the French
lnterees7 which we have been defending in that re-
ou>Iy stom formidable struggle, has 1eestablished
the Union and soicmnty proclaimed the abolition
Of shre1- France. which iorRcts no noble PAGE Of
petty Of lie great 1mescaa Republic, md foF tha
maintenance or the amicable relations which soon
win have bad cent1r1's dusatlon. The emotion
Dur troops On DE Mexican sol! viii be pae.aed, BY
tue ffankness Of our declarations. The American
people VIII comprehend that our expedition, to
interests Two nations equally Jealous Of their IL
dependence, ought 10 avoid every step which might
affect their dignity and thei, honor.
ddmg mai our instltutons perform Their functions
The municipal elections are conducted with the
41eatett order and with the most entire liberty.
The s,& whsa e 10
pafti1ifty on The part Of those Interested. The
working elass, intelligent ~ Il L. has comptShend-
ed "a. he more facility accorded 70 It e discuss
crty Of each and the security OF all. The inquiry
into the cooperative societies has come to demon
stsate bow just were the ba.es Of the lsw which has
This Law Will permit the establishment o! numerous
associations 10 the benefit Of labor and providence.
In order to favor The deselopment Of thum. have
decided that author tzation to meet together shall
be accorded to all those who, outside OF politics,
aud commercial interests, This liberty M! Be m.
limited except By the guarantees which public order
requires. The equilibrium Of the budget IL secured
by euyplus Of revenue. In osles to Attaiu this re-
suit 1t was necessary to effect economy IN the great
Var Department. I.
the alternative Of reducing either the reglmental
cddres Or the effective. The latter measure was i'm
practicable, since the regiments hardly mustered the
necessary s,1sngth Of men. The 9o9.d 9.t Of The ssr
panies. fokty-ei1 squaruns and forty batteries, bn1
aad squad1ons, We hare rather strengthened thar
interests Of The army, would not have consented tc
these reductions II they had necessarily altered GU
military organization or broken the existence Q
men whose services and devotion hare beer Abl'
T6s budget Of the pablic works aud that Of edu
eauou have not undergone any 1lmiuudon- It wa
sse .eS1 " saa IL
getic impulse OF public Instruction.
Agriculture has made great progress since 1852
A. ihis moment is satfsEs from lhe lowering Of IL
consequence Of the plenty Of the hatyests and no
OF the suppression Of the Gliding ecale. has
thouvht II useful TO open serious inquiry INTO th
n-&6. 1,f %nf5r 7 will
convinced, confirm The principles Of 1QMmeTcta
| liberty.
In tho midst Of always increasing prosperity IN
9niet spirits. under the Psete3t q diseasslps h
II rom marching By taking from 1t IL force and Ia
itiatsve. The Constitution Of 185a, submitted to II
acceptance Of the people, undertook To establish
! SYSTEM nationally and wisely based upon the i1a
1 equilibrium between the different powers Of th
Slate 1t Il at m eQnal distance from two extrem
situations. WIKI Chamber, mistress Of the fat
and without sp,r;t, In The game way 1t s wilhou
control II the elective chamber Is not 1ndependen
and IN poasession Of The legitimate prerosative
ON constitutional! sesws, which hare sef.aan ag
I ctent because they diter from tho.e OF England
| Each people should hnse institutions confornlabl
10 tts esnias and sdions h,t Assassdy eve57 uo,
past re3otcA IN seetnR At the end Of fourteen
years France respected abroad, tranquil wlthin
without political pFa.oners' without eziles be7on'
The naiion for fonr score yeass has amply discuss
| ed theories of government II Is now no 1onse
useful 10 seek the theoretical means Of improyfn1
The moral and material conditions Of the people
Let us employ ourselves tn spreading eYcrywher,
Of what Is good. and religious principles. Let ii
eult problem ot 1he iu;t distribution of produeti1
forces and let rs attempt 10 ameoate the condition
Of iabor in the dclda Us In the workshops. Whe1
u aa auhss ~ aSa T fuultcn @ rlgnts snal