The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-04-25
The Withdrawal of the French from Mex
icO-The Official Notification.
From the Herald.


We have the information from Washington
that Count Montholon, the French Minister, on
Saturday last waited upon the Secretary of State
and presented the formal adhesion OF the
French Government to the American principle
of nonintervention as explained by our Govern
ment;" that the Emperor Napoleon kindly and
cordially replies to the United States and en-
cages to withdraw his troops in three detach-
ments, one of them next November, and the
Others in May and November, 1867. An abstract
of the correspondence on the subject, in answer
to a recent resolution OF the House OF Repre-
sentatives, was laid before that body on Monday
by Secretary Seward.
Accepting these promises of Napoleon in good
faith, and with the full belief that he has reln-
pushed the ''grand idean sugNested by Marshal
Forey, we may now consider the Mexican ques
non settled in iavor OF the Monroe doctrine
We accept the engagement to withdraw the
French troops as the surrender OF the whole
case by Napoleon, the ineN liable alternative re-
| sulting lIom the downfall OF JEFF. Davis. Upon
| this point 1t is not unlikely that in the outset
| Napoleon was led astray by the dazzling repre-
| stnlatIons OF Shdell OF the monopoly OF Ameri-
| can commerce by a Southern COME teracy, aud
a French pIoteciorate in Mexico, established
| under firm alliance on the basis OF free trade.
| NapoleoE, however, is prepared for graceful
| retirement. He falls back upon his Mexican
indemnities. For these he looks TO Macmillan,
| and to secure them he delays the recall of the
last instalment Of the French troops TIL Novem-
| her, 1867. nr..
In the interval Macmillan must snake his
! hay while the sun shines;' but as it appears
| that no French reinforcemenCs are going in to
| supply his losses in the felO, we shall not be
surprised il the removal OF the first detachment
| were to start his Imper al Majesty of Mexico
| out of "the halls OF the MonteZumas" on the
road 10 Vera Cruz. The Liberals, in some mys-
| terious way, are beginning to be supplied with
efficient arms, and IRON their present activity
between Matamoras and MaZatlau we are in
clmed to thinS that tue departure OF the first
instalment of the French will be the signal Tor
| a com blnation OF Liberal movements which will
| give them their capital
| IL must be remembered meantime, that, ac-
cordng to Napoleon, the Government of Maxi.
milan is a creation OF the Mexican people, as
| expressed in special election in the presence
| OF the French troops. After the Withdrawal OF
those troops, therefore, and the settlement o
| certain French indemnities, If the Mexican peo
pie should toTelbly expel or earnestly invite
Maximihan to remain and rule over them. it is
their affair, and not Napoleons. He is pledged
TO the French people, after the fashion of the
Bonapartes, to respect the popular will. Thus
the nephew and his uncle were each confirmed
as Emperor OF the French, and thus MaximilIan
by the popular will, as the French have beer
made to understand it. Is Emperor OF Mexico
While Napoleon, then, withdraws his troops il
delerence to the United States, he leaves Maxi
milan still subject to the will of the Mexican
people.
This is doubtless the understanding betweel
LOUIS Napoleon ana Andrew JOnnson, ana W.
incline to the opinion that it will be perfect.
satisfactory to President Juarez and the MeXi
cans. In ''the formal adhesion of the Frencl
Government to the American principle OF non
interventionn we secure all that we desire from
Napoleon, and it would be absurd to suppos
that Austria, with or without his consent wou
undertake to establish transatlantic imperia
protectorate which Napoleon has formally abaI
doned as blunder and q failure.
1t Is stated that the Secretary of State ha
given instructions to our Minister at Vienna II
garding the sending of Austrian soldiers [
Mexico, and that he protests against such actio
IN terms that cannot be very well misunderstood
by the Austrian Government