The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-04-25

W nave BfcDme SuDQT0lnaEe, I'D "a xp0-
Htica1 revolution, for which France is
responsible. The United States have
seen no satisfactory evidence that the
Mexican people have accepted the so
called Empire, and the withdrawal oi
the French is deemed necessary to de-
termine that. question. VI ntherefore
recognizes the aIfcient Republic, and
can in no case consent to involve itself
directly or indirectly, with Prince
Macmillan. His maintenance by Eu-
ropean armies, with Imperial attri-
butes, against her will, is regarded
withA anErcheneias .by 81 AmeFi-
can Repub les As~- A- Al
Mr. Seward then recura m bis dis
patch of the 9th of Deeen er, urging
khe adjustment of the question that II
aElna he harF sss4 friend
ship 9f The United s6 aud France.
The United States ices not dictate in
what way these claims saall be adjust
ed, BUT hopes France may find some
way out of it, consistent with her
honor, and without injurious delay.
To this, Drouyn dc, J. Hugs dispatch
says that it must depend on the Fed
eral Government to facilitate the
withdrawal, and also of mOnarchal in
stitutions on this continent, as witness
Brazil, This MEn SeYard declines oto
DISCUSS, but reasserts our desire for
the withdrawal Of the French troops.
Mr.. Seward says: Where nation has
established republican and domestic
institutions, like our own, no foreign
nation can rightfully interfere by force
to subvert them.
He then reviews the wars of Mexi-
co, and says we cannot approve the in
fiction OF punishment upon them by
strangers for their political views.
Nations are not authorized to correct
each others errors, or impose discip-
line, being themselves judges of the
occasion and the time. Otherwise, all
sovereignty and international amity
would be uncertain and fallacious.
NJ. ID. L'Huys concludes, from the
reasoning, that the, character of Mako
mliian's Government cannot be con-
tested on the ground of employing
foreign troops. He points graphically
to the benetcient sway of the new
E Enrire, and assures us that we are
most ilkelyato profit byv the restored
tran aility. a ..,,
t9 this Mr., Seward replies that. no.
Bueh results could o7erbalante th6 fiil- ffiill.s
5ary theglmnat suffer stiEaIaz hI.dadgeso
de = Hslya Sums M eisa1 ne tinftsltl
States acknowledge fhe right to make
war III Mexico, w.-.le ne admit also
the principle of non-i Intervention. We
have not crossed the ocean merely to
show our power, or inhict chastise-
ment We hope that the legitimate
object of our expedition will soon be
seen, and we are striving tosmake with
Emperor Macmillan arrangements
which, by satisfying our interest and
our honor, will permit us to consider
at an end the service of the army upon
Mexican soil. The Emperor has given
an order to write in this sense to our
Minister at Mexico. We fall back at
that moment on the principle Of nom
Intervention, and from that moment
accept it as the rule of our conduct.
We expect from the Cabinet at Wash
ington the assurance that the HAmeri--
can people will themselves conform to
the law which they invoke, by observ7
ing in regard to Mexico strict neu-
trality. e9sl- A.sa
Mr.. Seward proceeds to say that the
\ Emperor knows the form and charac-
ter of our institutions. The nation
can be bound only by treaties which
have the concurrence of the Presi-
dent and two thirds Of the Senate. A
formal treaty would be Objectionable
as unnecessary, except as a disavowal
of bad faith on our part, and to dis
arm suspicion In regard to a matter
concerning which we have given no
cause for questioning our loyalty, or
else such treaty would be refused on
the ground that the application for it.
by the Emperor of France was unhap-
PLY suggestive of some insincere or
unfriendly reservation or purpose on
his part in withdrawing from Mexico.
Assurances given by the President in
A behalf of the nation, can at least be
but the impressions Of confident sex-
pectation on his part, that the per-
sonal administration, ever changing
In conformity to the national will,
does not understapd the settled prin-
ciples of the people.
With this explanation Mr. Seward
says. =" In the opinion of the Presi-
dent, France need not for a moment
delay her promised withdrawal Of her
military forces from Mexico, and her
putting the principle of non-interven-
J ton into full and complete practice in
regard to Mexico, through any appre-
hension that the United States will
, prove unfaithful to the principle and
policy which on their behalf it has
!, been my duty to maintain in this very
: lengthy correspondence. The prac,
, tice of this Government from its be.
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