The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-02-02

y distant day. To expect & summer
immediate and unexplained Rith6rs,
al Of the French troops, were TO sssuYr
! spirit Of humiliation for which the,
is no precedent in the history of n
French nation: and to suppose III,
the French Emperor, to avert The chs,
css OF more serious trouble, would 70
get the consideration due to the prid
OF the people over whom he rules. wer
to suppose him deprived of the wisdof
and tact which have won for him th
foremost position among the monarch
Of Europe.
But there is incontestible eVidepc
OF his anxiety TO escape from the con
sequences Of his blunder. The re
msrksble attempt of the official iour
nal 70 dwarf armed Intervention into /.
crusade Of bsilifs for the collection n
a doubtful debt, possessed sienifjcane,
which could hardly be exaggerated. Il
was the endeavor ofbaffisd ambition to
explain away its purpose without sub.
mitting TO degradation. It transferred
the question-so far as the attitude OF
France Is eoncerned--from the cate4o.
~ OF things visionary to things practi-
cal and possible. The reasonableness
OF the pretext we are not required 70
consider. Whether the Moniteur il
able to reconcile its explanation with
the cause and the fact of the withdraw
al of Spain and England from the tri-
psrtite alliance, is matter that should
occasion us no anxiety The pretext
itself and the result it foreshadoys are
4 IA IF
country.
Now We have, on the authority Of the
Paris correspondents of the London
Times, the statement that the Emperor
and his Ministers are agreed as TO the
necessity of speedily recalling the
troops; the only. difference of opinion
being IN reference to the exact mo.
ment at which the step shall be taken.
The rumor that the Emperor desires a
brief delay, pending the completion of
the Austrian contigent, receives partial
confirmation through the usually doubt
ful dispatches purporting to be re-
ceived at New Orleans from the CITY Of
| Mexico.
Whether the time of the withdrawal
be early or late, and the assigned
reason of the withdrawal rational or
ridiculous, the snimus and morality of
the whole affair will be correctly ap-
preciated by the American people
The few doubts that may have been en-
tertained upon this head must be dis.
PEELED by the information recently
conveyed by the State Department to |
the Senate touching the Imperial plans
for the colonization of Coniederates in
Mexico, and the prosecution of yari- |
Gus enterprises under their guidance |
As England, while protecting her neu-
traLty, sent forth and sustained the |
pirates that preyed on American com
merce, so France, while rendering her
national honor as pledge of noninter. |
ference, secretly carried forward 1
schemes OF conquest and aggrandize-
ment, IN reliance upon rebel agencies
The development is not fiattering 70 /
those whom 1t most concerns. IL ex /
poses Minister of State, with bis hand |
upon his heart deliberately seeking to
mislead US. 1t confirms the imnres-
sion that the aim Of the Emperor has
been TO take advantage of our civil
strife to further Imperial ends And
We regret to say, it shows that for the
altered aspect OF the Mexican question
We are indebted less to the Imperial
sense Of justice than the Imperial esti-
mate Of the power which suppressed
the rebellion, . /
As the matter stands, however, we can
We'll afford to exhibit = magnsnimous
disregard of unavowed motives, proyi-
ded only the conclusion be satisfactory.
With the conscience of Louis Napoleon
we have as little TO do as with the sin.
cerity Of those English statesmen and
journalists who now find it convenient.
30 De more than complimentary to the
United States. The present professions
OF both, no doubt, rest on the same
ground and spring from the same {
source, and with neither need We
trouble ourselves except il their bear, I
ing upon Questions yet unsettled The
main point in regard to Mexico is ths
Louis Napoleon now deems expedien l
the recall Of the French troops, Gncl !
only awaits the occasion when be may
execute his purpose with the least pos {
sible modification.
The recent disgrsceful occurrences
on the kio Grande will perhaps pro
duoe momentary hesitation. 10 b
obliged to abandon scheme of con !
quest, and a matured p&rt of the I'm
perisl policy, will be sufficiently un /
pleasant, be the accessories and excuse, Q
Ehst they may. Bu1 TO quail before
horde Of border rpfHaEa-to succuml ]
e thieyish 1llibusters--to yield 10 8 T
pressure exercised b7 oailawa, and 81 1
Argument pushed by unlicensed cut g
throats-would be to endure = degra d
dRtion fatal to the Napoleonic rule S
Hence il Is not unlikely that the frs I
effect Of the tidings of the Bagdad al q
tair viii be unfaVoFable Indeed, th, !
New Orleans dispatch, which states tha a
sthe French troops viii not be with p
drawn until the Emperor Macmillan j {
declared free from American intervep {
ton," is in all likelihood true LIP
The folly a. we'll as the orininslity o :
thoqe who are engaged in fomentin :
border forays, and aiding and comfort >.
ing the hllibusters Of whom CFsWfor, y
has been the seknoRledged leader ! 2
thus made manifest. With the fll :
busters themselves, rank OF fle, il wer
Idle to argue No consideref,or OF du 9
ty or expediencY troubles them. Wit 2
sn sppsHte for blood and plander, the 2
may Be properly left 70 Be dealt Vii. i
BY French soldier, or bY the s9lborit 9 9
which our government IS eneFgeticaIi 4 4
employing for the maintenance Of neB : :
;rslity. But there are men Of snothe \ \
Grande, who should pssasom rom the hip
tab!e tendency e their ooorss =, -. - I
s.s 'sAa eaeston' The orators wh
ls's = Tsxed eloquent In their adyocso
ot oI ne Monroe doctrine and the crow : :
= - me2ioT-itses who have applaudeg :
tae suggestion that in some way, aui .
y any cost the Freaca should be dri,- :
- oss 81 Mexico, must be content D p p
iArfY teer share Of responsibility il !,
.4e premises. They have done ali tbev :.
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