, 1866-09-12
THE AHDICAT1ON OF mArs
MILAN.

AAnt IAJVJ tHe etlaltca ol hHo great HoGul OF
the White House and hold Eat oflccs.
TIE AHDIcAT1oN OF MAXI.
MILAN.
The news from Europe respecting Affairs
IN Mexico Is interesting. The. Independence
Detge which enjoys greater freedom and in
ocpshoence, II 1t Ia not better Informed than
any otner paper published on the Continent.
STATES That the mfssion Of the Empress Char.
iot1c OF Mexico to Franco has faf1cd; that
napoleon declines giving the aid asked by
Ma1lmlltan, and that Ma1imilian as consc.
quence will >ahdicatc. The time fixed for
the first Withdrawal Of French troops Is Jan.
uary next, and it Is more than probable that
the Austrian prince will accompany, It he
does not precede them In quitting his Mexi-
can Empire.
The adventure Of Maximilian will not bc
without its profit. His failute will not bo
lost on Europe. No other prince Of any
European house will repeat tho hazardous ex-
pertinent Of founding IN American MONARCHY.
The result Of Maximilian's adventure will be
accepted, not as the failure OF Macmillan
alone, but as failure Of the system, The
Emperor In recent letter to the King Of
ltaiy, expressed feeling Of relief that the
transfer Of Fenctia had been made, without
any renewal Of the wnr; that 80 anxious
was he to disembarrass himself Of
the protectorate Of Italy, TINT he
had abstaincd in the settlement from
claiming from PRUSSIA what France, under
other circumstances, would have insisted
upon. Mexico, however, WAS equally cmbar-
rassing, and without the least promise OF
success, present or remote, There was no
possible means by which Napoleon could
keep life In the Mexican Empire. French
troops could surround the throne and pro.
tect the person Of tue Emperor, but they
could not win The love, Andic the friendship
or retain the support Of the people, without
Which It WIS sure to fall.
The abdication Of Macmillan Is but another
step towards the ultimate fate of Mexico.
md TINT is to be absorbed in the great Amer
ican Union, which in the fulness Of time will
take In nll North Amc :ica. The time Is not
yet when this may be dore. Mexico Ia not
IN condition, politically, to be made part
Of this Union. Her language, her social in
stttutions, her code Of morals, all need
Amcrtranizing. Mexico has State religion.
aud the union vi Church and State il not
advantageous to the State nor to religion,
ALI other creeds are substantially ex.
ciudcd, and each aspIraut and
ruler In turn purchases The support
OF the church MS long rs hc needs IT. aud
then fobs the church when lie feels like II.
The Old System Of Church aud Stutc IL ex-
1'loded by the example of the Uulted States.
Here NIL crceds stand equal before the law.
and It is an undcniable fact TINT the several
churches nrc morc prosperous In the United
stat"s, and arc progressing with fur moro
SUCCESS here than they are III those countries
Where they scycEally form part Of the State
to tue exclusion ol all others. Tic Roman
Catholic Church Of Mexico is fir behind the
same church In the United States in
1he Intelligence of It's members, the
moral nnl religious lnilueucc Of its
CLERGY, and In the general extension
ot1ts iAith. Here that church, like ali other
Churches, Is protected ty law, Is secure In
lis property, and not subject to the raids and
eNt"rtions Of every creature that can declare
himself Emperor or President for q few
weeks, That church, however, Is the great
opponent Of ofpEogrcss in Mexico; but under
tlc AAcrieanizing process, with the intro
dnctson there Of American prclatcs nua
AmcricnH laity, the cliurcll, us W. Ii as ail
Other parts of the political and social system
Of Mexico, would feel the Impulse ornationul-
hy, would lift up the heart In hopes ofbcttcr
things, and gradually would discover that
popular enlightenment and popular Industry
were rs wholesome, beneficial aud glorious
III their results IN Mexico as they hayo
proved t1cmsclvcs to bc In tic American
Union.
The departure Of a1axlmilian bctn. now
titt1 r1f., Ex.xr