The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-01-22

DeueNe JnAb inc HreStQenb Will Dc euhbRlneO. lO-
deed, tor mapyreasOns we deem 1t better that
the matter should be forced at once TO conclu-
sion. The Government Is now disorganlzed
ard divided against Itself; the progress of re-
construction is impeded, and the country is dis
graced by these squabbles, and suffering from
the unsettled condition of affairs. Let us have
some definite settlement of the neuro question,
and let the Union be restored without further
delay.
Anew Picture Of the French Invasion.
From ne Times.
The Montte19, in commenting on the Presi-
dents message, has taken occasion recently,
under the guise of New York correspondence,
I TO prepare the French mind for a change of the
Mexican policy in the following manner:-
This declaration q Of the Presidents pOlicyl
sued bS France In Mexico. When the French Gov
ernment presented itself in that country its object
was soely and wholly TO enforce, as the United
states themselves had previously done, whole series
OF claims which had been treated with iDsolent
disregard. Circumstances which twas not IN the
power Of Napoleon III to prevent, Obliged HIM 70
declare war againt the Government which then held
power in Mexico hat Government fell; another
has succeeded it, sprung from uutUersat suffrage
France was naturally OBLIGED to defend aRainst insur
secure the reparation Of her just grievances The
French Cabinet he's shown by all ITS acts, as BY all
ITS declarations what were the objects It pursued.
IL has aims at conquest and IL has taken nothing
accepted nothing; desires to retain NOTHING Of the
vast spaces occupied by its troops Its occupation
is purely Temporary one, and wall cease with the
causes that created II.
"APain, as TO the form of government which the
| Mericdns haze at kngM freely chosen 1t has been
| frequently recognized by the Federal government
| Ilself." ...r
We submit that this Is highly ingenious, and
must be pre-eminently satisfactory to NM.
| Chevalier, LamaItine, and other enthusiastic
| advocates of the Imperial system."4 For years
we have been hearing OF the "Napoleonic ideas"
one OF them being the spread ofthe Latin races
over the Southern portion OF the Western
| continent, to counterbalance the over
| whelming progress OF the Anglo Saxon
| family in the North. The Latin religion
and Latin or French civilization was to elevate
| the degraded population of those semi-tropical
| countries, and to make the Mexican plateaus
bloom anew with more brilliancy than they did
| under Aztec rule. That grand current of trade
| which prophetic economists see century hence
flowing from China and Japan and India over
| the Pacific towards America and Europe, was to
| find its rich channels in the new French Empire
| of Central America. French Mexico was to
| become the Venice or Antwerp of a new Oriental
commerce. The surplus of French population
was to pour over those fertile plains, and the
| impoverished treasury of the Imperial Govern
ment was to be filled from the ineXhaustible
| mines of Central America.
With two clashlng republics on the North Ame-
| rican continent nothing was to be feared in in
| tervention or invasion from the North, and it
| was not improbable that the expected aristo-
| cratic ana slave contederacy would be glad to
| strengthen itself by an alliance offensive and de-
|
| ture OF happy age coming to a Napoleonic
| Mexico no mention was ever made OF such low
considerations as Mexican debts and Jecker
| bonds.
All these we're forgotten in the harvest of glory
| and gold which the empire was about to reap on
the historic plateaus of Mexico.
| But now, alas How subdued is the picture
The Latin race" are no longer seen in the fore
! ground; "Orlental trade" is forgotten; colonial
tion, mining, strengthening OF imperial power,
the vast and brilliant future to French occupa-
ton are all laid aside. The object OF this grand
| invasion was simply kInd of sheriff's execu-
tlon-to collect debts and redeem the poor Jecker
bonds. circumstances out OF his power to con-
troll etc. etc." compelled his Imperial Majesty
to invade Mexico In the unhappy collision the
Mexican Government unfortunately perished,
and another was formed by universal suffrage.
Naturally, then, France felt it necessary to pro-
tect the officials who would collect its debts.
The Emperor, of course, inheriting the moderate
disposition of his family, "has no ambition, :"
"wants nothing" will take nothing, and only de-
sres peaceful departure with the results in his
treasury OF his sheritf's levy. The occupation is
but temporary, and must soon cease, and the
French Cabinet does not desire to retain the
vast spaces which it now Occupies Voild
tout! That's ALL Here is the whole story of
this grand and glorious French invasion of
Mexico. Why should we be disturbed at such a
simple and reasonable narrative?
Even II we should object to this new demo-
cratic monarchy, chosen by universal suffrage,
| we must remember our previous course towards
turb this any more than we have others.
How tame and fiat must poor Lamartlne and
Chevalier, and other poetic defenders of Impe-
rialism, feel after this cruel letting down of the
''Napoleonic ideas !" Millions spent and thou
sands OF lives sacrificed to collect few debts, to
enrich few doubtful speculators and bankers
The destiny Of the Latin' race in America cul-
minating in the grand Sheriff's execution of the
nineteenth century and payment of Mexican
| boz DIS
If these word of the Monite,T foreshadow the
position of the Imperial Government towards
our own, there seems no great obstacle to set.
ting speedily the Mexican question. Mr.. Seward
will have no difficulty in accepting this highly
imaginative explanation of the French invasion.
He will give the Imperial Government credit for
the most philosophical moderation and the most
phianthropical purposes in America-provided
only they Withdraw their bayonets. All that he
asks, all that the people ask, is the withdrawal
of the French-the theory of the occupation,
the Napoleomc idea at the bottom, may be what
it will. When once the French are gone, the
MeXIcans may govern themselves by monarchy,
empire, republic, or democracy, Just as they see
fit We only claim free choice for the people,
SHIRTS, FURNISHING GOODS, &c