The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-08-23
Mexico-Remarkabh emapo Of History

Rich. Hon. w. WfSDuAx," who We" r~,a.a
,arv If War and the Color''' LOT hns. ,;d
'"y VI :" ,,... act from paper iaiu
IN iSoo. ~ ~ . ash Government by General
peiole LIZ upon tho expediency o. Inc
.aaSSing possession of Mexico by England Us
the means of preventing the extension OF
the North American Republic oil the
limited States. General DCMoURIEz was a
very remarkable man of the French revo-
lu,ionary era. lie had displayed good
degree of political acumen prior to the
revolution by bringing to the notice Of the
French Government several schemes Of his
own conception, and was in the favor and
respect O The King at the time the rebel
lion broke out. He favored the political
reform Of the day, and joined the Giron-
dns. He was first Minister Of Foreign
Affairs, then of War, and finally was APP
pointed to command the Army Of the
North. He lost the battle of Necrwciden
in 1893, and was recalled by the Convcn-
ton, and threatened with the guillotine.
lie made bis escape and took refuge in the
camp of the Austrians, in company with the
Due DE CHARITIES afterwards Louis PHIL
LipE) and his brother. He wandered
about q great deal, and finally settled
down in England, where the Government
granted him pension of twelve hundred
pounds, and where he enjoyed the friend
ship and hospitality Of some very distin-
guishcd persons. He died in England on
the l4th of March, 1923.
In lSOG he presented the paper to which
we alluded above, and n part of which we
copy below. The reader will be struck
with the forccastc of the French General.
His communication to the British Govern
mcnt has become prophecy. He commended
that that was the timc-then the favorable
opportunity for establishing aprotcctorate
over Mexico which would Illustrate the
plans Of territorial extension, which he
forcsaw would be entertained and carried
out by the United States Government.
The most astonishing part Of his prediction
is that the opportunity would not occur
again. The French phrase employed
means simply that it would never "rcpcat
itself" DuMorH1Ez was right, as will he
seen ultimately by the departure i'll haste
of the Emperor MACMILLAN.
But to the extract. General DrMorRIEz,
in his paper, says:
"Thc project Of dctaching Mexico from
"Span ought not to be viewed as con-
&c ccption of ruin and hatred towards that
monarchy. 1t is an act of foresight
worthy Of the government Of considc-
crate nation. The progress of population
"and cultivation in Louisiana since its
"union with the United States foresha-
"dows tho early invasion of Mexico, while
"thc new settlements which extend
"alrcady from the right bank of the Mis-
"sisSippi into the rich plains beyond will
"sprcad to the Rio Grandc del Nortc.
"Then the boundary line will soon be
ovcrlcaped by the adventurous Amcri-
"cans, unless Mexico has resident sove-
"rcign who can assemble upon the same
"ironticr n well-appointed army. Be-
"sides, all the nations of Europe, England
Especially, will he interested in bound
"ing the conquests of the Americans by
"the Gulf of Mexico. a revolution in
"McXico is inevitable some day. 1t is i'm
"portant, then, to prevent that country
from becoming American or demo-
"cratic.
"Thc advantage Of such revolution is
incalcuable, its execution very easy, its
"expcnsc only an outlay in behalf of the
"new dynasty, which would very soon be
returned, and its success certain. )
" Manila, Cuba, and Porto Rico would
follow the fate of the continent, or have
"anothcr destiny dictated by circum.
" stances.
Establish king in Mexico, and you
"would thus acquire powerful ally who
"would hold the United States in check
"aid you to drive the French and the Hol.
FLANDERS out Of the Antilles, secure tc
"you an outlet for your manufactures, and
compensate you n hundred fold for the
"troublc. Through this undertaking, SC
"solid and brilliant, so easy and lucrative
"you would acquire, without firing gun
"the control of the Gulf of Mexico by
obtaining possession of Havana, the
"control of the South Sea by OBJ
Claiming possession Of Manila, which lat
"ter the new King of Mexico would ccd(
"to you as the price of his cxaltation
"You can only secure these objects by
"profiting by circumstances which vii
"ncvcr exist again, and which will turn
"against you if you allow them to escape
= "now. The commerce of two seas woult
abe in your hands, the metallic riches O
"SpaniSh America, of which you would
"thus deprive Spain and Bonaparte, would
flow to England, and the revolution thu:
accomplished would change the political
"face of Europe"
The writer then proceeds to enlarge or
the feasibility of his project and the adj
vantagcs which would accrue to England
from placing the Duke of Orleans LorIs
PHILIPPE) in the position since conferred
by France on MAMMALIAN.
The proposal was certainly entertained
by Mr.. WlNDHAM, and referred by him to
Sir ARTHUR WELLESLEY, afterwards Duke
of WcllingtoD,) who wrote upon it the
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