The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-04-08
a RInnder IN Merico.

We are known not TO take any large
amount of stock eithar in "the Monroe
Doctrine" or in that of Manifest Des-
tiny" We favor all the modern i'm
proVements, but cannot realize that
| there has been any decided advance in
our Foreign Policy since its general
principles were enEnciated in Wash.
ington's Farewell Address In short,
we believe that, as a general rule, our
Government should mind its own bust
ness and let that of oih,~- = =
,,a,,ts alone Such we understand 10
- tho Essence of the Washington doc
time which we consider decidedly pre-
ferAble TO that popularity known a. inc
Monroe. .,arimilian Wa con-
as 70 the i I ehl great and costly blunder
on the part of Napoleon III but We do
not think our Government should in
teTmeddle with It. n France can az
ford TO furnish the thirty 10 forty mil
lions per annum required to keep it on
its legs, we see not why this country
should interfere. Mexico needs rail.
roads, and all manner of industrial ma
chinery: she needs security for proper
ty; she needs immunity from incessant
revolutions, forced loans, guerrilla out
RACES, highway robbery, dense iguo-
rance, degrading superstition, and all
that have cOnspired TO make her what
John Randolph called her, "a blank
eted nation of thieves and harlots."
And, if Louis Napoleon can constrain
France (sorely against her Will) to pay
the heavy cost of the process-which
cannot be less than one billion of francs
we cannot advise that he be inter
rupted in so doing.
If our Government should informed.
die with this matter, and succeed In
driving out Macmillan, the civilized
world would inevitably say TO us, "You
have expelled a government which
gave promise of peace, unity, authority,
yigor, security, industry; how do you
propose to replace it2 If you intend
that Mexico shall retrogrsde to her
endless cycle Of pr0Himcidm6nt0S, reyolu-
tions, and military relationships, we
protest You have no right thus to in
jure the commerce, the industry Of the
civilized world. If you destroy the
only government that gave hope of
stability and progress, you are bound
TO replace it by better" And, as we
do not want MexicO-are in no condi-
ton to spend Thirty or Forty Millions
per annum upon it-are utterly oppos-
ed TO swallowing more than our digest
i've organs can dispose Owe insist that
our Government shall let Mexico alone
and let France spend all the money
there that her ruler can constrain his
reluctant legislature 10 vote. When
France vetoes this, her troops will be
withdrawn; and then the Empire must
take its chance If il shall meantime
have proved a general blessing, it will
endure; if not, it will speedily pass
away; as ii should.
Hence, we deeply regret the decree
of Macmillan, published in our last,
authorizing the Asiatic Company of
Colonization. II is based on the iden-
tical blunder that cursed America
with Negro Slavery-the same that
misled Rob-Roy into winning the beef
REQUIRED by his bare-legged followers
by harrying the Scotch lowlands in
stead Of buying it at the Glasgow mar
ket There is Fictitious, immediate
convenience in all these mistakes but
their ultimate retribution is fearful.
Mexico has to-day about seven mill
ions of people, whereof at least six
millions must work for a living or steal
II. Her urgent need today is such an
organization of labor as shall prefer
work and fair recompense TO every
Mexican-shall make il easy and hor.
orable 10 live and thrive by honest
useful work, difficult and diseracefll TO
live otherwise. But this proposed i'm
portation of Asiahc 'Coolies" is a long
a fatal stride in the wrong direction
Ii is systematic remuneration Of the hone
that Mexicans can be induced 10 work.
IL is virtual condemnation Of the
masses to die out, and be replaced by
Asiatic pagsrs At least as vicious and
though not so indolent and
Ineffective, as the lowest of the Aztecs.
We trust Maximilian-who seems 10 be
enlightened and humane-will yet be
induced 10 REGAL this fatal decree. N
y Tribune