The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-11-27

our relations may become with England there
is no chance Bor the Emperor Napoleon to renew
his schemes in regard TO Mexico. General Dix
will make this clear to the Emperor at his hr I
interview. II the worst comes, ami we are
obliged TO go into war with Great Britain we
can easily Fpare twenty-five thousand soldiers
TO settle the Mexican imbroglio. Indeed Sheri-
dan already has troops enough upon the Rio
Grande to deal with that matter, and Sherman,
who is host in himself ie by this time on the
field of action. The United States have treated
Napoleon most generously. Taking an unfair
advantage OF the internal troubles of a friendly
power, nc attempted TO violate the Monroe
doctrine and establish a foreign empire upon
our borders. Had we turned upon him the
moment our Rebellion was suppressed. and
driven the French from Mexico by such thun.
deIbolts as Grant, Sherman, Thomas and Sheri-
dan, he would have had no right to complain.
MaXmilian's monarchy was part OF the Rebel
lion, and fell with It, JEFF. Davis and the Aus
trian adventurer were in the same boat, and were
wrecked in company. Had we pressed the point
the surrender of General Lee would have been
followed by that of Marshal Bazaine. Instead
OF proceeding to this extremity, our Govern.
ment acted most magnanimously. Our armies,
flushed with victory and ready for another cam
paign, were quietly dsbanded. The friendship
OF France during our revolutionary struggle
was remembered as an Offset to her enmity during
the southern Rebellion. Our moral power alone
was brought to bear upon Napoleon and he was
permitted to retire gracefully from his untenable
position. Now that Maximilian's empire is i'm
ruins, 1t is too late for the French Emperor TO
pI6dh dli ulS pIOmlSeS ana undertake to recon-
struct bis exploded projects. If he fails to
appreciate generosity, we will convince him by
the logic OF the bayonet His troops must leave
Mexico voluntarily or remain prisoners of war.
we are ready for all eventualities, even lncud-
ing a war with England. The Spencer rifle is
as able dplomatist as the Prussian needle
gan. Russia and the United States NAV serve
France as Prussia and Italy have served Austria.
1t is the fixed resolve of the American people
that the French and Macmillan must retire
IRON Mexico and the republic be re-establshed.
We want this done peaceably, if possible but
torcibly, If necessary. Napoleon may take his
choice.
In regard to England, but one course remains
for the United States Government, and that is
to insist upon the immediate settlement of the
Alabama claims, without the delay of COM
mission or the reduction OF q single dollar.
The talk of Earl Derby about mutual for
bearance and Cancellation is all nonsense.
Hitherto we have been too foTbearing and too
concilIatory, while England has been aggres-
slVe and practically hostile. The time has
now arrived tor strict and impartial Justice.
During the Rebellion we fought against British
prlVateers, British seamen, British arms, am
munition, and provisions, and British advice
and sympathy, and we conquered in spite of
these. To the victors belong the spoils.
British neutrality was farce, aud any display
OF British braggadocia will be failure, so far
as we are concerned. Between the United
States and Great Britain all the advantages of
war are in favor OF the former power. We
have everything to gain and England has every
thing to lose. The war would be a maritime
one, and the English seaports are at the mercy
OF our iron.clads. The FenIans and Teformers
only need the countenance of our Government to
succeed in Ireland and to start formidable
revolution IN the heart of England A war with
the United States would be most unpopular In
Great Britain; war with England would be
most popular in the United States. We have
but comparatively little shipping lett to suffer,
thanks to the British privateers, while we
could reimburse ourselves for the entire
expenses of the contest nv snlZinp Rritieh
perty, on the land or on the sea, wherever we
can find 1t. In a week twenty thousand
united States veterans, assisted by the Fenian
volunteers, could capture Canada. To storm
the ancient Notifications of Quebec would be
childs play to the men who took Vicksburg,
Yorktown, Petersburg, fredericksburg, and the
heights above the clouds on Lookout Mountain.
we NAV need foreign war to end the restora-
tion muddle, and weld the North and South
together in an indissoluble Union. The Mexican
ia which the soldiers of Massachu-
setts and South Carolina fought shoulder. to
after the notification squabble, and conflict
with England would now clear the air of the
mists and vapors arising from the prejudices
passions, and dlsappointments of the seces;;
popular generals, superior to wellington, out
of employment and anxious for work, while
England is in her military dotage, with an
army of discontented Fenians, commanded by
aristocratic numskulls who have purchased
their promotion by hard cash instead of hard
fighting. In a word, if warlike crisis really
exists, 1t is 'critical" for England and France
alone. We shall be satisfied with peace, the
of the Alabama claims, and the with
,rawal of the French from Mexico; but we are
ready for war; the downfall of the British en-
plre, and the ultimate ruin of Napoleon. The
sight of dethroned monarchs, carrying their
crowns in their carpet-bags, is not unfamiliar in
Europe just at present, and it only requires a
war with the United States to add Victoria and
Napoleon 10 the number OF royal vagrants