Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-01-10

there Is no truth in them Here no one pavs
the slightest attention to them and am
surprised that the, shrewed people of the
North should be guiled by them Bet do
not believe that they are greatly gulled
They see these matters just as they wish tc
see them. Why the Republican party ofthC
North should desire TO plunge the United
States into a war with France, / cannot ex.
actly see. You have surely had enough Of
war the last five years not to wish to renew
it before the echoes of the 1e Deam sung in
praise of its termination have died away
Your country is still bleeding at every pore;
scarcely family circle that does not wall the
loss Of one or more brave sons. Widows and
orphans, men with maimed limbs and bro
ken down constitutions, are met with on
every hand. Are these the trophies your
| people are 50 eager to renew? Your treas
ury is burdened with debt of three thousand
millions of dollars a debt contracted with
in FIVE years, and nearly as large as the
whole national debt Of England, which was
nearly two hundred years in reaching its
present figure. And is a foreign war of gi-
gantie dimensions to improve your credit ?
| Or is it only to furnish decent pretext for
repudiating the whole amount of outstanding
claims against the Washington Government
! There may be something in nv last sur
| mise but feel the true secret of the pres
ent gallophobia among the leading papers
and politicians of the Republican party Of
the United States is, that they have had
things their own way during the past four or
Eve years, for the first time in the history
of your country they have tasted the sweets
| Of Office, its power and lis spoils. A return
to peace, and the readmissien into the I'm
ion of the late Confederate States, seriously
menace their tile to longer tenure of this
lease Of power. They, therefore cast about
| for hobby with which to hold their posi-
| ton or upon which to ride back again in
to office and popular favor. Such hobby,
fortunately, presents itself in the Monroe
| Doctrine; and this is to be made the great
| crow-bar, the lever upon which the Ameri-
can people are to be hoisted into another
| war and further dominion Of the Republi-
can party. will not here enter into the
motive that perhaps turks in Wall street,
| and the great moneyed power Of the North,
| who have found the late war so profitable
they are willing TO try il again, and we all
know what terrible scourge TO a people
| this irresponsible money power may become.
| Mammon is the prince Of all the devils, and
merits this foul pre-eminence, for his power
of mischief is unlimited.
But must stop this long depression and
return to Mexico. The Emperor has recently
issued two important decrees-one of them
extending from Nov. 29) the time in which
the Republican soldiers laying down their
arms, were to be granted amnesty and
the other, ordering a draft Of soldiers
| throughout Mexico Immigrants are arriv-
| ing in large numbers from every quarter of
the globe a cheering Indication, and proof
of the confidence abroad, in the stability and
security Of Maximilian's government.
My letters is getting somewhat long, and
| vet / must leave a good deal unsaid. But
must not forget to tell you that the so-ealled
Liberals have gone to quarreling among
themselves. Another Richmond now ap-
| pears in the field, in the form of rivel Pre-
sident to Juarez. The new claimant is
Gonzales Ortega, whose friends protest
loudly, and with all their might, that Ja aarez,
according to the Mexican constitution, is no
longer President; That Ortega is now the
only President Of the Republic. In holding
power, after his term of Office has expired,
Juarez, they say, is usurper; and they
proclaim him such, and appeal to all Mexi-
cans, and friendly sympathizers and we'll
wishers of the Liberal cause in Mexico, to
throw off Juarez, and give their support to
the constitutional President, Gonzalez Or
tega.
This new imbroglio will only hasten the
| downfall and dispersion, or annihilation, OF
| the whole tribe Of malcontents, and there
fore is rather welcomed here than regretted.
| But how perplexing must the intelligence
be to the friends Of the Mexican Republic
abroad. To which President is Gen. Logan
to present his credentials? Will Mr.. Sew
ard appoint two Ministers now--one to
Juarez, and the other to Ortega? For he
will hardly undertake TO decide an intricate
| Mexican constitutional question at that dis
tance from the scene Of strife, and upon such
| inadequate data as he can there command.
I Had he not better reconsider his decision of
refusing to recognize the only de tdeto gov
ernment in Mexico, and making himself
and his country ridiculous by sending an
envoy TO government that may be said TO
have no existence at all
This is the day Of trial for Mexico IT
she can weather the present storm if Max
| imilian prove himself wise, conciliatory,
as well as firm sovereign, (the Hapsburgs
| have never been deemed deficient in the
! latter quality y if France viii continue her
present policy, quietly awaiting thesolution ;
| if the United States will see the much
greater advantage that must accrue to her,
| in having a neighbor with a secure, liked
government, instead Of the continued broils
and quarrels Of set Of brigands, such as
she had to deal with heretofore on the south
ern bank Of the Rio Grande If Mexico
shall be permitted to develop her immense
resources, in mining, in grazing, in the cul-
trre Of cotton, and in a thousand other pro-
ducts of commercial importance-she may
vet take her place in the foremost rank
among the civilized nations OF the earth.
The Emperor is a man Of enlarged views,
and is resolved, if possible, to make Mex
leo a great State and her people a great
nation. That he has undertaken q most
herculean task, will not deny.
There is very much TO thwart him, and
bring to nought his best laid plaiis and most
benefcent designs. The people are ignor-
ant and superstitious, and from long misrnle
impatient Of all control. The priesthood i
corrupt, and the majority Of them, perhaps,
entirely unworthy 70 I'LL the sacred Office
they hold They weld large influence
with the people and as they do not consider
the establishment of the Empire, 10 their in
terest, of course they work against Maxi
milan. Then there are those frebrands-
| the Iea0er3 Oh tAc AiDtEdi fttitl anu thtfA
adherents--who, in their selfish ambition,
are ready to sacrifice their country for the
mere chance of a little brief authority. They
are obstinateIy blind, and will not see the
memorable logic of events. An empty treas
ury, and heavy debt with their necessary
concomitants Of large taxes and heavy Gus
tom duties, Is another of the difficulties OF
the Imperial Government.
! Still. numerous IA are these drawbacks, !
do not consider them iasprmountable and,
again, repeat, If Maximilian IS the man
for the place, feel sure that glorious des-
tinv is awaiting Mexico, and that the En-
peror Iturbide, Maximilian's legitimate sue
cessor, may yet be numbered among tie
proudest sovereigns Of the globe. LEneh.
suprERRAxEAs BurrEp 1T Is well
known that cream car pe converted INTO
butter by simply ..,ig buried IN the ground I;
-. :. = ~, y .srally known that this mode
:: "a. =, = ..',,s = n use in Normandy and some
,,. = =, s,''it s,,s'arts Of France The process is a.
! e-sows:
i The cream is placed in a linen bag Of
moderate thickness, which Is carefully se-
cured and placed in a whole in the ground
about foot and q half deep; il Is then Gov
cred up and left for twenfy-four or twenty
FIVE hours. When taken out the cream Is
very hard, and only requires beating for a