Weekly Calaveras chronicle., 1866-12-22
Neutrality to MEXICO.

have laid up bill Of grievances against her
which we all fully intend shall be settled
some day or other. Against this we have
no objection. It is perhaps best for the
world that such things should be remember
ed, and that notions should be made to know
that their relations with their neighbors are
governed in great part by their own con-
duct, and that if they wish to have the friend
ship of their neighbors, they should conduct
themselves in just manner in their dealings
and should live up TO every letter of their
the determination of our people never to for
give the injury We have received from Eng
land, nor close the account with her until
the last item of our grievances against her is
atoned for. We simply refer to the subject
to illustrate. While we have been cursing
England for her perfdious neutrality toward
US, we have allowed our Government to pur-
sue a-system of neutrality toward Mexico
which, though not SO wicked as that we
complain of in England. is just as short
sighted, and disgrace to US; for by its evil
effects it is calculated to astrange from US the
hearts of the Mexican people, which might
have been ours for the asking, and the doing
of what we professed. Our Government has
never officially recognized any other Govern
ment in Mexico than the Republican one of
which prasidopt T,arn1 ic tho haad opd bac
always professed to consider the war in Mex
leo as between the Republican Government
and France, and has always steadily ignored
any claims whatever of Macmillan in that
country. Our Government has professed the
strictest neutrality as its rule of action be-
tween the combatants, while it has proclaim
ed the warmest sympathy of our people to-
ward the Republican cause. This is right,
and as it should be. There is no subject on
which the American people are more of one
mind than the Mexican question. They sym
pathize with the Republican Government of
that country, and though they do not wish
to see their own laws violated even to ad-
vance a just cause, theyas for the Repub-
lcans of Mexico, justice and fair fight. We
have stated fairly the least that the Ameri-
can people have asked of their Government
for Mexico. They have demanded, and have
a right to demand, that if no material aid be
given her along with her sympathy, that at
least no difference be made against her in the
administration of our laws, or the conduct of
our officials at home or abroad. Unhappily
for our future relations with Mexico, this
reasonable demand has been disregarded.
While our ports have been open to France
for her to freely purchase therein and openly
ship therefrom any article contraband of war
which she found useful or necessary for her
armies of invasion, against Mexico they have
been virtually closed, and it has been only
by stealth and the evasion of our Customs
officers that the Mexican Republicans have
been able to draw any supplies of war from
our country. Our Government gave its per-
mission for Napoleon to supply his armies in
Mexico with horses and mules in our markets,
while our own armies were stuck in the mud
for want Of transportation. Our revenue Of
fcers have been constantly on the watch to
detain shipments of supplies for the Republi-
cans until the French were ready to intercept
them. The heart of our people is right, but
there is an influence at work i'll the admins
tration of our laws, and in the actions of our
officials, which discrinlinates in favor of
France, and against Mexico, which is dis
graceful TO us, and should be hunted ont
and eradicated. We have had sample of
this influence recently at Mazatlan. The
French have found out that they made q Sc
rious mistake in Mexico, and were guilty of
a great blunder in dispensing their forces
over too great an extent of country, and they
seek now to concentrate on the line from
Vera Cruz to the City of Mexico. formerly
occupied by General Scott, and hold that po-
sition, awaiting something to turn up in the
affairs of the United States and England,
which will render American intervention in
4'AN<NiNo Out VI VIC IueStlOu' Inc ISpuoI-
can armies in the Pacific States are too much
for the French, and the latter seek to with
draw their garrisons to some port on the
coast, where concentrated they may be able
to march overland to the City of Mexico and
join their main army. 1t is the business of
the Republican Commander-in-C Chief of the
Pacific States to prevent this movement, and
to capture the garrisons if possible. Corona,
the Mexican general. has been besieging MAJ
allan, and endeavoring to capture the French
garrison in that place. When near success,
the American Consul and the commander of
an American war vessel in the port have to
and for two whole days hold Coro-
ma in check with flags of truce, while the
French commander is hurrying up the en-
barcation of his forces on board the French
feet. The French escape under flag of
truce, and accomplish SO much of their plan
of campaign. The correspondence between
the American officials and Corona published
in full in the Sacramento Union of the l5th),
and the successful evacuation of the French,
prove that our officials were made tools of to
help the latter, and that they interfered where
they had no concern, and that all their talk
about humanity was blatherskite intended to
assist the French, to the detriment of the
Mexican cause. 1t is time that American
honor and interests were looked after, and
not frittered away by incapable officials
While our sympathy for Mexico is clear and
unmistakable to ourselves, it will not serve
our honor or our interests in that country if
our officials are allowed to take part against