Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1866-02-22
NapOlcOn's Speech.

The long looked for speech Of the French
Emperor to the Chamber of Deputies, which
was expected to decide the course Of many
of our public men upon the Mexican qurs
ton has at last made its appearance, and as
might have been expected, it says nothing and
decides nothing Napoleon is an experienced
dissimulator and the most Mephistophclian Of
diplomats His speech amounts to just this,
and no more: he hopes some time to be able
to withdraw his troops fr IN Mexico, and he
is talking with Maximilan about fixing u time
when they can leave without cndangerne
those French interests which they went there
to secure: meantime he intends to strengthen
Maximilian until there shall he no danger of
patriotic Mexicans heing able to rid them.
selves of the Austrian Uusurrer, and when
that time comes, the French army will lin
doubtedly be withdrawn. He endeavors to
conceal his true desires by some'llusive g"n-
eral,ies about thepeorlc Of the United States
being pAcfed BY this expression of his royal
Intention, and no doubt he docs hope that our
people and government will be weak enough
ana foolish enough to be bamhoozled by his
blarney; leaving him to peacefully pursue his
real policy of establishing French influence
upon this Continent, overthrowing our time
honored Monroe doctrine and pnttin, st p
to the growth of the United States and OF
those democratic ideas which are so different
from the ilees Napoieonnes-which he so
thoroughly detes:s and has so much reason to
fear. He is simply endcavoring to cheat the
American people. He is trying to play the
same game, with variations, with them in re-
gard to his occupation of Mexico, that he so
long and successfully played with ltaly about
his occupancy Of Rome, But we think that
in this instance he will find that he has mis-.
Judged his antagonist. The people Of the
United States nre not Italians they have too
long enjoyed the blessings OF freedom toe
long been determined to enforce the doctrine
of mo foreign intervention upon this conti
nent' Ind have now too thorough sense Of
their power and too just an appreciation Of
their own dignity as n alton, to allow this
French Despot to daily or lriAc much longer
with them, or to deceive them with his false
promises; while insulting them with his nc
tons They are already becoming very rest
i ss under this treatment; ere long their voice
will be heard speaking in thunder tones, de
manding that this game of diplomacy shall
cease that in further discussion Of this mat
ter bullets shall take the place Of arguments
and Grant the place of Seward. by promp,
and decided action on the part of our Govern
ment, we think that war may yet he avoided
for we do not believe that Napoleon intend,
to fight, and when he finds that he cannot de
ceivc. or longer paltef with us, he wiz with
draw his troops us best he can. Let Con
gress and our Government then speedily ant
in the most decided manner, inform him O
our fixed determination. The bloody tyran
who is spending his brief hour OF authority il
4 Mexico, is numbering her bravest men ant
truest patrols for no other crime than loving
and sighting for. their country. may rs vel
understand without further diplomatic delays
that his time has come, and that he togethe
with his French master, must now leave Mex
jico.