The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-11-30
Our Foreign and Domestic Troubles and
Entanglements,

Our Foreign aud Domestic Troubles and
Entanglements,
From the Herald.
A few short weeks ago the national horizon
seemed completely clear and sunny. the dit-
erences between the President and Congress
pad been decisIvely adjusted by an overwhelm-
ing popular vote. Public opinion at the North
and the South was drifting towards universal
amnesty and impartial suffrage as the true basis
Of reconstruction. The English orators and
organs appeared disposed to settle the Alabama
claims promptly and justly. The Emperor
Napoleon had promised the withdra wal of the
French troops from Mexico in November.
Maximilian was upon the point of abdicating,
An informal alliance between Russia and the
United States had been celebrated in countless
bumpers OF tea and champagne. There was
even some talk of securing for this Government
an island in the Mediterranean, with the con-
sent OF the European powers, as depot OF naval
supplies But all OF sudden several small
clouds began to darken this serene sky, and
subtle Coldness was felt in the air. Rumors OF
critical complications WITH Engan crtpt into
the newspapers. The French circular denounc-
ing Russia and the United States as dangerous
powers was read in new and threatening light.
MaXimilian was practically superseded by Mar
snail BaZalne, and the French troops we're not
withdrawn. One power after another pro-
tested against our purchase of a Mediterranean
occurred in our foreign relations.
Whether this change was the result of the
approach OF the meteoric shower described in
the Herald telegram from Greenwich and
which Queen Victoria was reused from her
TOY al beO TO see or whether q new holy alliance
between the French and British Governments
produced this remarkable effect, 1t Is not neces-
sary at present to discuss. Suffice it to say that
We are upon the eve of stirring events diplo-
matte or military, and that President johnson
may find it eXpedient to add a few more words
to This annual Message, now announced as
ready for the printers. England Is tcundering
amid sea OF troubles, and is likely to turn
against US at any moment in desperate death
g1apple. john Bright and his faction are
preaching reform, but they really mean revolu-
ton and democracy. The Feniaps' armed,
Stephens at their head, are pledged to
rebellion before next January. Canada,
through her leading men, her clergy and
her public meetings, is declaring for anneXa-
our Government IN behalf of the condemned
Fenlans has been Courteously received by the
Canadians: but the Enghs press forgetting
the officiousness of England during our civil
war, Is aheady growing and grumbhng at the
various dishes of humble-ple which we have
recently placed before the British hon. The
demand which Secretary Seward has made for
the immediate payment of the Alabama claims
is ansV cred by the appointment of packed and
preiudiced commission morally certain to
decide against us. In word, England Is in
frame of mind extremely favorable to hostill-
ties; the Government has all the preteXts re-
quired in our endorsement of the Feniaus and
our demand for the Alabama damages, and the
only point to be decided is whether France will
act with Great Britain, since the latter power
has become too cowardlY TO act alone.
France is in a scarcely better domestic con1i
ton than England and is equally anxious tor
some foreign complication to divert attention
from home affairs. Napoleon has been badly
snubbed by both Prussia and Italy, and he
feels his humiliation keenly. The empire is
deeply in debt. Republican conspiracies have
been discovered in Paris. The unpopular pro-
ject OF seizing all the young men for soldiers
and abolishing the system OF paid substitutes,
has been officially revived. Napoleon's deser-
ton OF the Pope has offended all the Rom IN
Catholics, headed by Eugenie, who is going to
Rome; but it has by no means pleased tue
Protestants, VINO accuse the Emperor OF double
dealing. The Cabinet has resolved to end the
Mexican business al once; but this resolution
is very equvocal, since the method is nc :
stated. Napoleon fears that he cannot allord
TO withdraw his troops, acknowledge his failure,
and give his enemies another opportunity to
denounce him as spurious statesman.
Consequently he does not keep his pro misses
in regard 10 the evacuation, but leaves Bazaine
and his army in possession of the Mexican re-
public, with MaXimllian as a mere puppet in
their hands. Although the troops were to be
removed by November, we are now informed
that the transport fleet will not sail from France
until Christmas, If at all. Possibly those rumors
-
said to have encouraged MaMmilan, have also
reached Napoleons ears, and altered his previous
plans. 1t is certain that he expects to gain some
advantage by stirring up strife between this
nation aid England. The Commissioners whom
we have despatched to Mexico TO confer with
Bazaine are not sbrewd enough to forestall
Napoleon, Sherman as diplomatst is more
dangerous to newspaper correspondents than to
MaXmillan, and Campbell will be halteloW
well met with all comers Under all the Cir
Cumstances, therefore, we can readily under
stand that from Napoeon's point of view his
Mexican protests are not yet quite impossible OF
realization,
But when we come to survey our foreign and
domestic troubles and entan9l9ments rom an
American standpoint, we see that we have
nothing to dread IN the future if we tread
firmly in the path marked out for Us in the pre-
sent. Compress, which is soon to assemble,
has the whole matter in its own hands. There
will be no impeachment OF the President and no
new civil war. On the contrary, we shall not
be surprised TO find Congress and the President
standing harmoniously upon the broad platform
of universal amnesty and impartial suffrage
This once arranged all the rest will be easy
The Southern people may not accept these
liberal terms at once, but they will be glad
enough to do so before very long. A foreign
war; which will only aggrayate the internal dis
orders OF England or France will end all ouI
domestic troubles and give us a more perfect
the regular army, at Petersburg and elsewhere
as if anticipating foreign conflict,
The Fenian invasion of Canada, managed
mainly by Southern men, showed that there /;
no great love for England in that section of the
country; and the enthusiastic celebration in this
city last Monday of "Eyacuation Day. "WheI
the British ran away" proves that the old reyo
lutionary fires of animosity towards England are
not yet extinguished in the North. A costly
| naval war would break down the finances o
| ENGLAND and France, while we could more thai
reimburse ourselves for the war expenses b,
| privateering and the cOn6scatiOn OF foreign pro
| peTty, to say nothing OF the capture of Canada
In such q contest we should lind allies 10 th