The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1866-11-21

FROM .ae New Orleans Fae.
Diplomacy and Mexico.
Tho National Intelligence bias for number Of
years enjoyed The reputation of corgpheas I'D regard
to QUESTIONS Of diploma lie etiquette and propretv.
Even in times when it stood is general rnD9s ton 20
the administration at Washington it aas Usually es-
eemed and accepted by The various branches of gov
eFnmeEt as discreet, judcous trusy and safe guide
10 ali matters appertainng TO what might be called the
minor morals of public policy. Though MeSsrs Gales
ana Seaton the veteran proprietors and editors under
whose elreunSpect, assduous and able management II
acquired so fair fame and so COMMANDING a nositiop
are no~ both dead it is gratifying to observe that its
present conduct eYlnces desire to emulate IN exam
pie wh4ch led to those iceitous results IT, ordinarily
the opinion OF that journal on a point of Diplomatic
dignity and amenity arising in the foreign relations of
the tfhted States would be entitled TO attention N
SlghlhcAnt OF a probable conclusion in government
circles regarding the matter, at this time such
an opinion may justly command still more attention
rom the facEa hat the samesiourna SIS commonly and
not uieaSonaUy recognised the political organ of
the administration Nothing more need be said TO
indicate the noteworthy character ofhe olowipr brief
editorial in thf National Intelligencer of the 3oth ut
win reference to Cen Sherdans official letter relative
to governments and factions in Mexico
We have read with regret Cen Sheridan's order Il,
which ne speaks OF Maxinilian a exican buegaaeas
and orders difference of treatment to his adbararts
than to the supporters of the liberal party
While we have no sympathy whatever wi i.h Maxi.
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ror thus far to absorb the material resources of Mex
co tor h1s own advantage yet we think grave resulg
tos oi poucy, on such important matters as our fes
tons with the French in Mexico should be announced
oy the department. entrusted with our foreign fels
tonS. Further The offensive terms used in refer
ence to Ma&milian hardly to be in keenfrg ftb
the dignity of the occasion
MaXimilanSi throne is crumbing to pieces under
himi the French expedition is universally regarded "a
most conspicuous failure. This is what we desired
Ep In M 4, 10, ~
United States represented through any Of its ofcia
sources, in style which lets rs down beneath the el
vation of great role
Military officers should venture upon these kind Of
denuncasory orders with great caution. That Is not
exactly their vocation. They are not naturally distin
gu5shed for their peculiar skill in diplomacy
There is in the above, notwithstanding the nointed
expression of regret at the undpIomatic bluntness
OF general Sherdans phraseologg, no direct or i'm
Piled assertion that be msrepresented the noicv of
the Sorernrneot in relation Juarez and rival aspr
ants Tor the Mexican presidency or dictatorship "a il
may be, Ur4ega and Santa Anna It is also intmated
that the explicit assumption Of position of cordial
recognition and support Of Juarez, AID of equal re
pudatien Of the claims of other Mexican chiefs Is
step that Should be properly announced by the State
through some regular diplomatic channel
rather thar by a military officer whose legitimate
function 1t is to execute policy to devise proclaim
OF e1ponnd It, But as concerns general Sheridan's
acts in illustration of the policy which is Indicated in
his late letter to general SedgwicS there is mo com,
paint in the remarks which We quote from the Irtei
gencer, and we see no objection on behalf of tho
government denoted in any other form 1t may hence
oe nationally inferred that the substantive position ta
ken by general Sheridan is indorsed while his often
sIve reference to Maximian as an ssimnnriaI bncca
leer is condemned. This is something like throw,
ng away the bitter rind of an orange or the rorgh
1urr OF chestnut after sucking the juce of the one
'r eatng the kernel OF the other General Ortega,
who calls himself " constitutional president of the
cpubIic OF Mexico, and who has adherpDts in that
country, or on its border ready to aid him to take the
etua presidency in place of Juarez whose constitu-
Ional term long since expired, is now in this city
'hither he en- route for the Rio Grande but
where he is detained by sort of military duress and
inabie to return to his country The government can
ot he ignorant Of this detention and in so far as it
cqmesces IN the proceeding, it sustains the position
aiken by general Sheridan and accepts the rcspcnsi
nifty OF 1t. 1t has been sqrmised, we may add that
ne sentiments Of this officer toward general Ortega
ave been much influenced by the fact that the latter
rcputed to be guilty of deliberate violation of n
odiers parole of honor, given by him along with
thcr prisoners captured by marshal Forey ct Puebla
Se this it may the act of general Sheridan IN this
articular, virtually indorsed by the Administrations
an not well be viewed otherwise than as equivalent 10
ctVe assertion and support of the government of Ju
reg against its domestic well as foreign enemies
But no rejecting person can conceive that intervcn-
on IN that behalf confined denouncing the schemes
Oftega or Santa Anna or GetaiTiing those chiefs or
1eT agents from entering their country, will accom-
i<h the interior pacfcation of Mexico and secure to
aarez the firm possession of its government The
nth IS the United States government has deliberately
arsled course which has made it impossible for5
a&imilian, with or without French aid to pacify the
tefior OF Mexico, to give the country stable gov
'nment with adequate guarantees Of aw and order
and industrial prosperity, and develop
ents IL every line Of cvilised progress. Maximilian
1t Of the way; deeper gulf of anarchy than ever
9t!d assuredIy yawn in Mexico Is it to be the
He" OF the United States to crown Anarch as king
place OF 1iaXimian by 'tsing up with temporary
ops, al epileptc republic ptrsoniGed in Juarez or
me other parsonage who has figured or may vet
cure, in the ghasly phantasmagoria Of Mexican pol
cs and civil wars? 1t is hardly too much to sav
at, by the policy it has pursued, the United States
comes responsible to the world to civisation for
fate Of Mexico, and IN great measure for the ne
MARY obligations incurred by that country to
regners.