Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-11-01
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THE MEXICAN QUESTION.
How the Appointm ent OF Gene raj Dix
is Regarded i'm England.
IFrom the London Times, October Ill ia,


IL Regarded i'm England. Ir ..
LFrom the London Times, October Ill lunu'
The appointment of General Dix to the
| Legation of the United States at the Court
of the Tuileries Is looked upon on the 9TH
er side of the Atlantic as Indicative of a
settled purpose of the Cabinet at Washing
ton to bring that matter to speedy issue.
To our mind 1t was impossible to enter
tain any doubt on tile subject at least not
since the intimation conveyed by the
| American Minister to the Court of Vienna
that the Union would no longer tolerate
the embArkation of auxiliary troops des-
tined to support the Emperor Macmillan.
That measure was Il serious one, though it
made Ii5Lle noise ut the time, because Aus
tria had her hands full of other business,
and Europe was on the eve of contest
which gave her little leisure to attend to
Transatlantic affairs. The conduct of
| America was hardly defensible OH any
principle of international law as hitherto
acknowledged, as it interfeFed with the
indisputable rights to nutual help of two
independent States allied with one another,
with neither of which the republic was at
war. 1t was the first practical application
Of the Monroe Doctrine, and revealed the
recovery of the Union from the death
throes of the civil war, the revival of her
old pretensions, and her determination to
carry everything with high hand, The
state of things had evidently changed from
| what iJ was toward the end OF the year
1864, when the republic had to put up with
the landing OF Belgian and an Austrian
legion on the sacred soil of the Western
Continent.
That intmation, however, had different
aim from that which it bore on the surface.
The address was to Austria, but the note was
intended Tor France. With France herself
America was in no hurry. The Emperor
| Napoleon had thrown out clear hints that
| the French occupation of Mexico was draw
ing to close. The recall of his troops was
with him less matter of choice than of
necessity, and America was aware of the
wisdom of building a golden bridge for
retreating foe. She wished for no quarrel
with France; she set immense store by
| French friendship. In the worst eXtremi-
ties of the terrible trial she had gone
through she had always evinced the fondest
prediction for France, less, perhaps from
real feeling than to raise the envy and ieal-
Ousy of another power to which she was
then less friendly. Although the sympa-
thes of America have lately been engross-
| ed by more congenial object, she was not
so deeply in with her new love as to wish
herself altogether off with the old one. She
was in no MOOD to proceed to eXtrpmitieS
with her former friend, and she considered
| the evacuation of Mexico as a matter al
ready amicably settled. The Emperor Ma
polio who had also come to that same
conclusion, was anxious for compromise
to the last. He thought he could deal with
Mexico as he had done with Rome. The
State which was to Oe deprived of the
support OF the French trOups could still
| gnr n,I I,i
lection should take the shape of mercenary
legions. 1t was at this juncture that Amer
| lea stepped in with her veto, by which she
very clearly signilied to France that she
| (France) should 90, and no one else SHOULD
come in her place." -f.
Under such circumstances it would seem,
| to say the least quite superfuOus that Cen
eral Dix or any other American diplomat
ist should go to Paris to "urge the with
drawal of the French troops, the abdication
| of the Emperor MaXimilian, and the down
| fall of the empire" for, II the messenger
tarrics till November, the compliance is
| likely enough to anticipate the demand.
Nor do we think that President johnson
will reap any great benefit by show of
vigorous policy abroad" and by "push-
ing the Mexican question to extremity"
| because on this Mexican subject there are
| no two opinions in the States; the Repub-
licans would be no less resOlute about it
| than the Democrats; and if Mr.. Seward
has hitherto recommended mild and con-
| ciliatOry policy, he only acted upon con-
viction, which ought to be shared by the
most impatient among his countrymen, that
| the Mexican question Is fastening to u
| spontaneous solution, without any urging
or pushing of friends or foes. The solu-
tion could only be put off either by the
Emperor Napoleon resolving on pro-
longed occupation of Mexico by his own
troops. or by the Emperor Macmillan be-
ing able to rely on his own resources, and
| grounding his power on party of his sub
I jects sufficiently strong to overcome all
other parties. News from Mexico is almost
as bad as tidings from Gambia. 1t comes to
us from two different and opposite sources,
| and In the conflict between Paris and New
| York we find it no easy task to shape our
belief on any plausible basis. But, cer-
| tainly, neither the most skeptical nor the
most credulous among us can make either
head or tail of the telegram published
| few days ago in Partisan journal, pur-
| porting to be the summary of a dispatch
! from the Emperor Macmillan to his Envoy
in Paris, and announcing, among other
auspicious incidents, the excellent spirit
| prevailing among all classes in Mexico,
| dUu buS Deob uHucToIduulilS cAlSJlnp
| with all the Emperors allies" What
we are to understand by all classes
| in Mexico, and who are all the allies of
the present Government the telegraph did
not tell us; but a notion seems to be gain
| ing ground that the MeXicans, out of
sheer spirit of contradiction, and incapa-
| BILE otherwise ofbringing order out of their
chaos, may still ltT6k to Macmillan as the
only anchor OF safety that they may have
towards him alone, unarmed, and thrown
upon their tender mercies, that sympathy
which they withheld from him so long as
| he was at the head of foreign bayonetS,
and, further, that this revulsion of feeling
! would be more general and spontaneousi II he
consented to exchange his Imperial throne
! for a Presidential chair, so as to tlatter the
humor of the Liberal parties, and disarm
| the enmity of the indicators of the Mon
| roe doctrine. Agreeably toanotherreport,
| the Emperor had come to the resolution of
taking up a strong position in his capital,
and holding that and his communications
| with Vera Cruz against all comers, allHw-
| ing the hostile factions the free run of all
the rest of his vast territories. We need
hardly say that neither of these conjectures
| tallies with the important step taken by the
Emperor by sending his young ConsOrt to
| Europe. The Empress Charlotte evidently
came to Europe bearer of MaXimilian's
| altindtum to Napoleon. The fair ambassa-
dress was either TO go back with men and
money, or not to go back at all. 1t is not
| likely that even reconciliation with the
| Pope, and, his absolution from the censure
| incurred by 'robbing the Church, would
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