The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-01-19

I We suppose it is not the intention O.
the President to allow this country tC
drift into Wsr with France about Mexi
co, or with England about the piracies
Of the COnfederates, because we take il
: for granted that it Is his purpose TO do
all within his power to repair the dam
ages of our civil war, and establish
throughout the land the conditions OF
/ peace which are the guarantees Of lib
erty aud Union.
Hence We are of opinion that some-
thing less in the line Of diplomatic cor
respondenoe with a belhgsrent under.
tone would answer all practical pur-
I poses
/ There Is no sound reason for object
I ing TO the recognition Of the Govern.
ment of Maximihan in Mexico. provi-
! ded he can maintsin himself there and
is the actual head Of the 5e f-c.1 Gov
( ernment
The word Mexico means anarchy.
We could have occupied and possessed
the whole country long ago, but de
clined to do it General Scott could
have been crowned Emperor Of Mexico
when he had made himself lord of the
Halls of the Monte e1umas, and would
probably have accepted the crown if be
had not been of the opinion that his
conquest Of Mexico would make him
PreAdeut of the United States.
Louis Napoleon has been kind enough
to take the job Of regulating Mexico off
our hands, and we VISA him the Joy of
the task 1t is costly and a thankless
business in which he is engaged, bul If
he succeeds, it viii be 3 good thing.
and we should not put a straw in his
way.
There is no doubt (ior Napoleous
letter to Marshal Forey is proof that
the interference in Mexico would not
have been pushed to the extent Of oc-
cupying the country with a French
army and setting up throne, if it had
not been for the distracted condition of
the United States, and the European
presumption that We were irretsievR-
bly, broken in pieces. This Is a circum.
stance that gives "a needless irritation
We might congratulate ourselves upon
doing so much better than Europeans
judged was possible and take things
comfortable upon finding ourselves
firmly upon both feet again, ready to
"tace a tFowning world.
But the world smiles upon US rather
than otherwise. France is by no means
solicitous to involve herself in a quar-
rel with Us We are advised of the /
will of the Emperor to Withdraw his
troops from Mexico, and are requested |
as preliminary to recognize the Gov |
eminent established there. This, our |
responds, Is impossible.
The point that should determine the |
question Of recognition is, whether
there is such a thing as the Republic of |
Mexico. If that Republic were a reali- |
ty, and making hopeful resistance to |
the foreign gsUrpatj0u, our sympathies |
would be Gs they ought to be, with it, |
and we should do nothing to chill the |
ardOr Of It's friends or animate the vigor |
Of its enemies. But If there is in fact /
no such thing as the Republic, beyond !
3 few proving bands of guerrillas, car
rying on predatory warfare, in remote /
and skIrmishing on the hor-
ders of civilized parts Of the country,
the thing to do Is to recognize the Em
pire, not because Napoleon OF Maxi |
milan ask it, but as a mere matter OF /
the tone Of the sound, |
practical WashingtOnian pohcy-that on |
the one hand avoiding entaugling alG- |
auces with foreign powers, on the other
does not ignore such facts as Empires. !
As 10 our claims against England, we |
would not press them, because she |
might psy them, and that would i'm
pair the chances OF cur adventurous |
aeataring population IN the next war
that she engages in, to take advantage |
Of her liberal precedents in the con
structiOn of her neutrality laws, and |
while praying upon her peaceful ships /
with fire and rihe-shOt, seize her carry
ing trade and convert her commerce TO /
our uses. Such q precedent as Eng
land has established is invaluable in
the peace Of the nations, for |
however formidable her navy, her COM
merce would be ruinously exposed i'm !
upon a declaration OF war, |
and as she cannot afford that her face |
may be slapped with impunity. If she !
paid our claims, this grip upon her
would relax. Therefore, while appre- |
ciating the courtly manners and deci- |
ded ability OF Mr.. Adams, and the tai
ents and accomplishments of Mr. Bige-
low, aud the erudition and prophetic
lore of Mr. Seward, VIC must observe
that We DO not notice the existence Of
an obvious occasion for the graceful
snd voluminous correspondence, with
OF which we are SO fire.
quently favored. Assurances are abun-
dant that neither England nor France
is disposed to assume an attitude of
hostility towards us, and if we had rea-
son for war with either Of them-which
we have not--this is not propitiOus
season for US to throw open the gates /
Of the temple of Janus.-Cl1. Com.