The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-04-14
Mexico.

W., ao NO, mt entire faith in the outgivings
of the New York press relative 10 the conoi
lion of affairs in Mexico. There Is asooo oe''i
or {. Monroe Doctrine about all lhey nave
n saw of the Mexican Empire. Every h'''c
scr;mmage between small bodies Oh MANI
VILLAINS troops and the flying taddermaliloh
squads of Liberals they magnify very mnch
making brilliant engagements out VI n''i
scufles, and great victories out OF one hi'ie"'
three wounded, and ten prisoners III sPi'e
of all these adverse reports, however, IL ap
pears that at last every hope ON the part OF the
Republicans of effecting anything by mili'ary
effort has been abandoned.
Nevertheless, NAxIMILIAN will not be ahle
TO repose on Il bed of roses Tor a loilS 'iii'e'
To bring order out of the social ana Poii'ieai
chaos of Mexico is a Herculean task that VIII
take time to achieve, and, II achle'eo at 'h'
will establish a fame for the Emperor ''''
will hand him down TO posierity Us one Oh 'he
Great Rulers of men. He has to encounter
the troubles of the rowing bands OF guerlllas'
with their robberes and their ass;lssiiatioh@'
He has TO establish Il system OF ponce 'ha'
will check them, and force them 10 holest p'i
suits fora livelihood, before there VIII pe Sc
curity for person and property 10 ei'i"ehS u
travellers His financial difficulties, 100, must
be very heavy. The many revolutions ana
repeated rebellions which have kept the Go
yernment for so many years unsettled, nave
accumulated heavy public debt; ana the
public credS which revived somewhat
upon his accession to the throne, is now
understood TO be on the wane little, be-
cause of the continued disquiet i'll the
country. The people there are SO mercnriai,
ca mead 10 ray0lutiOnS. much
dicted 10 partisanry, and the country so filled
with party leaders and aspiring pronuncia-
miento. makers, that the Government must
have the ewes of ARGUS and the arms of BRIA-
REFS to detect and suppress disturbances ana
rehellions To establish complete order and
elevate the public credit of such country
and such a people is great work MAXIMi-
LIAM has discovered its magnitude, and very
possibly feels some occasional despondency-
enough 10 afford basis for the rumors OF his
proposed abdication, which are 50 often re-
peated. The latest story is that he, OF rather
his wife has come into possession of an mpe-
rial fortune by the death of King LEOPOLD,
and that this comfortable competency pro-
misses so much more ease and enjoyment in
Europe than in governing Mexico that he is
disposed to abdicate and leave the great work
now in his hands 10 somebody else.
We are not of those who are so much OPP
posed to the Empire in Mexico. Our Govern
ment displays rather a childishness in its
obstinate refusal to recognize MACMILLAN.
It is decidedly better for this continent that
order should reign i'll Mexico than that it
should not The misrule and disorder which
have prevailed in that country ever since the
Republic was established, had so torn and
,l,a St. nd
people, that the country was threatened with
degradation TO barbarism. Industry had de-
clined, the arts decayed, the national resources
diminished, and State and people seemed bank
rupt in means and energies. If it be possible
10 elevate such a people and such State TO
condition of order and credit-to establish in
dustry and swell the national resources, so
that people may be prosperous and secure and
the Government in good credit and respecta-
bility among nations-it should be grateful
TO all good and Christian people on this CONT
nent, while it would certainly add to the force
and power of this part of the globe. If MAXI
MILAN can do this, who shall oppose him.
He has now a considerable number of the
best Of men TO assist him. He has many
citizens Off his nation, especially OF the
southern States, who, by the result of the
who are valuable aids in the effort he
IL making TO establish Mexico upon n stable and
steady foundation. These people, who are such
an acquisition TO Mexico will assist the Empe-
peror very much. Whether we consider the
question OF domestic or political economy, they
are iuiiy competent TO throw much light on the
way peiore him. At the same time, they are
not likely TO incur the hostiiities or preiudices
Of the natives. They will get along with
them, indeed very we'll. With such co ono.
ton, native and naturalized, AS he can oh
tain, and stimulated by the noble ambition ~
becoming renowned rs the regenerator of n
nation, MACMILLAN may yet disappoint the
predictions of those who, like the Chinese,
think there can and ought TO be nothing great
outside the confines they inhabit, and build
up a grand Empire on the American Cont
nent. That government which governs best,
il best; and that prejudice which would tear
down that government which so governs best,
merely because il Ii not like that under which
the people entertaining that prejudice live, IL
bigotsd, stupid, and dsyilish.