, 1866-11-01
EIfE MEXICAN QUEST1Iy.
.HuHtu,iIfau'~ Enlplre In Dissolution
n,:d Eapnlcon'a Prudence In Ke1Irc~
naenf-Iolln lsnlI's Reflections on :hc
MUnroc l3octriuc.

.HnSlnlfnN'A Empire In Dissolution
md Napn1co1,'a Prudence In Retire.
uaenf-Iu}ln Nnl1ss reflections on :hc
Monroe Doctrine.
tFrnm the London Tines, October, l7st1.I
The letter from an American corrcspon-
dent at Philadelphia. published in yester-
d1y's piper, seems very decisive as to the
in7cnd:ng fate Of the Mexican Empire. The
appointment Of General Dix to the Legation
oithe United States at the Court Of the Til.
iierir7 is looked upon on the other side Of
the Atlantic as indicative Of Il settled rur-
pose Of the Cabinet At Nashinton to bring
that matter to a speedy issue. To
least not since the information conveyed by
the American Minister to the Court Of
fic1na that the Union would no longer tol.
crate the ernbarkatiun Of auxiliary tr.-ops
destined osupport the Emperor Maxi,nllian.
That measure was y serious one, though it
made little toise 1T tl1e time, b:causc Austria
had Ter lands full Of other business, and
EI-cr" was on'1hc eve OF Contest which
gave her l::tle leisure to attend to trsHsat-
lsntic affairs. The conduct Of America was
hardly :setensible on any princinse Of inter
intcrefered with tho indisrntnble rights to
mutual help Of two Independent States allit1l
With one another, with neither Of which ths
Nerublfc was at war. It was the lrst prac-
tical application Of the Monroe doctrine,
Ann ieftAie4 TIT recovery u lue UElGu from
the death th5oes ofthc civil war, the revival
Of her old pretensions, 1nl her determine
tion to carry everything viii, high hand.
The state Of things Ind evidently cll:ngel
from What 1t WAS towards the end OF the
year 1854: when the Republic lud to put, up
with the landing uf Il Belgian aud all Aus
trian legion On the sacred soil Of the Western
Continent.
Tint intimatfon. however. had different
aim from shat which It barc on the su:Gate.
The nddress wa: to Austria, but the mute
was intended for rrarce. With France her:
.elf America was in no hurry. The Emp2fo-
Napoleon had thrown out clear hints that
the French occupation nf Mc.ico WIS draw.
Ing to n close. The recall Of His troops was
with hi,a less q matter Of 1hOicc than of
wisdom ot building golden bridge for re-
treating foe. She wished for no quarrel will
France; she set immense sters- by French
friendship: In the worst extFesritfes Of the
terrible trial she had just gone through she
Ind always cEireed the foi,dcst ::rcdi1cction
thnn with q vicW to raise the envy and
jealousy Of another Power to which
she WAS then less friendly. Although
the sympathics Of America have
lately heSl .t ensrossed an e IL. by , more
with new 1osc rs to wish herself alto
cethcr off with the old one. She was in no
mood 10 PROCEED 10 eStrcnais.es With her
fDrme. friend, and she considered the c-acua-
tiun Of MEXICO as q matter already am:.,5ly
settled. The Emperor Napoleon, who, had
also come to t!le game conclusion, was anX-
| tous for Il compromise to the last. He
| thought he could deal with Mexico az he
had done with Romc. The State whic:. wa@
10 he deprived nt The supVurt OF the Er. ncla
tr"cps could still rely on French sproscc-
shape Of n.eTcenasy !csioH*. 1t was Ut this
junctu'e that America stepped in 'ciM hsr So
| TO, By which she sisnitcd to France that
| she: France, should 70, and no Que else
sl,nuEd come in le- place"
Under such circumstances it would secra,
to cay the least, quite st;pc..luons that Gen
| eral Dix or any ether American dInlou,at1.t
should go to Paris to urge the withdrawal
! Of the French troops, the :,t,licatiun Of the
Emperor Maxisailian. and the downfall oi
tue empire = for If the MESSENGER tarsies till
November, the compliance is. likely cnonsl.
| 10 anticipate the demand. Nor do we tfln:;
tbat President johnson. reap amy great
benefit by a show Of "yi@olous policy
abroad" and by '..puslins the Mexican ques-
tion tucxlren.iiy,' because on this Mexican
subject there are uo two opinions in the
States; the Republicans vouid be no less res.
olntc about it than the Democrats: and IL
Mr: Seward has hitherto recommended mild
aud eonciliatorE policy: he only acted upon
! most impatient amen. his eonntrymc1, tl,at
the Mexican question is fastening to Il SPIN
tancons solution, without any urging or push
ring of friends Ut ines.
Ii there ss any man who shnnld be con.3o}
ed with on account oe the :!aal upslot u
this sorry Mexican business, 1t is not Maxi
milian, It Is that othtr Emperor out Of whose
brain the ilea of transatlantic Etnpir,
sprung, like Minerva from the head OF Jnpi
ter, fill Erown and armed to the teeth, ani
WHO, in The consciousness Of lis failure, In
not even the nlcaSre consolation Of sllarin!
the blame with his advisers or abettors- Th'
| suljNgation OF Mexicu was the Emperor Ma
pplvons own scheme, and it rested OIL tw'
very natural, hut, as events proved, very dc
ciacd alistakcs--one Of which was his flra
belief in the iFrecancilablc scllsna III th
American Union, the other conviction tAa
Internal quiet in France WAS not to be &c
cured without the diversion Ut some great fl,
eiga enterprise. 1n both these errors Sapo!ca
:. had at the time the concurrence Of ninety
, nine out Of hundred thinkers III Europe
, However, it Is Elnch easier to fall into n
; error, even OF So great magnitude us tn
; 1nilding up Of , Mexican Empire, than t
lave tic ceu7a.e and lnasnaut,nity I
acknowledge it by backing out of it with
; silent resignation, and it il In all rrnbabilt
,, I on u rctrngra6p crrand Of that nature tha
= General Castl2ntau lntely embarked #
= Vera Cruz.