Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1866-11-13
Mexican Affairs.

Aeierrlng to the condition of affairs in
Mexico, aud the contemplated ubdication of
MAXtMILIAN. the London Tines, in a we'll
written article, remarks
We caunot, we confess. in the present straits
to which royalty is reduced III So many quar-
ter- ti''i it IN our hearts 10 pity the sovereisns
Hno are Brought 10 he Necessity 0f Turning
5ae.r backs on the vouities Of their exalted
estate. \ crown In our days is often better
lost than found. and alaxinnlian OF Austria.
will certainty fnd ia his Archducal compe-
ience at Miralnar coiiten,ment which he
could never have enjoyed in the midst Of the
alarms and anxieties besetting him in the
halls of Aloutezuna Had even the habitual
exercise Of power rendered a life OF leisure
disfastetul to linn, there viii always be work
enough for him in his brothers distracted es-
tate to call forth that temperate Judgment,
that calm energy, and that conciiating adj
dress for which Macmillan left behind him
so good character, even among the most
hopelessly dieaiected subjectso of the Austrian
Empire. Had lie stiilas much heart for the
land Of his fathers as he was always known. to
have, his return to Austia could not take
present, nor couldlthe New World open be-
fore him as noble mission as he may have
a chance Of fulfilling at home.
Hthere isany man Who should be condoled
with on account Of tile final upshot of this
sorry Mexican business, it is mot Maximilian;
1t IS that other Emperor out Of whose brain
the idea of Trans q tlautic Empire sprung,
like Minerva from the head Of Jupiter full
grown and armed to the teeth and who, in
the consciousnesc Of his failure, has not even
the neagre consolation Ct sharing the blame
with his advisers or abettors The subjuga-
ton of Mexico was the Emperor Napoleons
own scheme, and it rested on two very natu-
raj, but, as events proved, very decided mis-
takes-oue of which was his firm belief in the
irreconcilable schism 10 the American Union,
the other conviction that internal quiet in
France was not to be secured without the di-
version of some great foreign enterprise In
both these errors Napoleon End az the time
the concurrence OF nine sy.nine out of hum
bred thinkers IN Europe. Only It behooves
man IN his sfation to soar with his views
above the ken Of millions, aud it is remarka-
bic, above all things, that he, of all men, who
had done so much toward tanning the exnber-
ant warliko spirits of his Frenchmeu, aud by
the development OF public prosperity giving
rise to commercial tendences-he who had
seen how reluctantly his army had followed
him across the Alps in his war for idea,
should now have deemed it necessary to emy
bark the same people on Infinitely more
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Empire, than to have the courage aud mag
nanimity 10 acknowledge 1t by backing out
of II witlla silent resignation and II is IN all
probability on a retrogatle errnud OF that ma
ture that General Cas- elneau lately embarked
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4spluoll t4tsas s'ay 2
- Inc greatest sympathy IS manifested Tor
s. the Empress Carlotta lt would appear that
her mental state gave cause for alarin ssen be-
fore her arrival N France. During iFet Soy-
age from era Cruz to- 81. Nazare she ap>
peared TO be plunged into the deepest melanr
ctoly and constantly spoke OF the immense
respenst pitity sue h:Id ass unled On arriving
Z i9 tsiIls, al lfnd.reetty prepared Tor the
T lsmpetars rel asal To alter the period rs had
bxed upon Tor the evacuation OF the Mexican
territory by the French troons, she persisted
IN her desire to have personal interview with
Napoleon. be rcssllt is known. Although
the Emperor received the wife of Macmillan
with WIZ a. due courtesy and kindness he re-
NAMED aFsulutcly firm: he Empress conf
pieis-,y lost her head, and 50 far forgot her
Of settlement, and made use ot Iaegaa ICE
peror. This painful excitement IS now. easily
to BE accounted for The first subject which
appears to have dfstracted che mind of the
Emprsss was asclause Of her fathers viii. by.
which he merely gave her the life use of
twenty three millions beoneathed to her. al.
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