The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-12-15

w,,u without fuaing the ighssus desire 70 reduce 70
subsctIon answ Algeria at such distance from our
ne Mexican sxpedition regarding II a. kind or costly
and sky experiment which might possibly turn out we'll
That which changed the public feeling which abruptly
ended that relative indifference the aspect OF the
United States rceved Of the IF their cv sOay their
open hostility towards the Mexican expedition, and their
the sudden apparion OF such adversary would only
have acted stmulant public opinion, and reused
the national spirit amongst u.s. the French people had
really thought that their interest or their honor were
involved In the OF the Mexican venture But the
idea Of going 70 war with the United States 70 solve In
own way the philosophical question Of the regehe
ration OF the Latin races, or tho equally idle question
OF the relative ADVANTAGES OF q monarchy over re-
duce France to submit 10 such heavy sacrifice OF blood
II Is from that day that popular opinion deeply roused
decisions Of the government But let be just Even
II that influence had not existed the final resolve OF the
French government would have been the same for tho
simple that never contemplated founding Maxi
milian's throne at the cost Of with the United
States n H. therefore, insincere 70 say that is the
Uise eoug, to Yesrain Itself Instead Of charging the
nation with falterng whom after all has done nothing
to recommend approve retreat 70 necessary that It
would be carried out IL public opinion ILL
advised to dsapprove IT, why not acknowledge that
the Mexican undertaking was founded two opinions
both OF which events have shown to be wronRf Tho
first that tho great majority Of the Mexican popula
ton would be favorable to tho empire and that the
dssidens could be reduced without any great diculty
tho second-whch far important to the
future prospects Of the undertakngsOos that the Anser
Union cQs h0etsly dssoyed; that the Sosfh cotd
beat ne NorA and sUoaLd form b,suayk for Ne
pye These were the two conditions on which
the success Of the empire depended. But, while
the first secondary with time, blood and money,
tho Mexican dissidents must have been reduced
70 submission. the second was vital. the idea OF
founding empire at tho gates Of the resuscitated
United States and at the cost or with Thorn, could
have entered into any mortal head In fact Fate
has now pronounced and II may be stated that IL Maxi.
mlian's abdcaon be only dated yesterday, the real
Of his fall goes back to the capture of Atlanta and
Charleston, and the surrender OF Richmond His fall
foreshadowed By the two dispatches by which
England and Russia refused to Join the French govern
ment to propose mediation and armistce between
the FederaIs and the Confederaea The failure of the
Mexican expedition rests therefore two errors Of
Judgment, from which tho expedition originated Iue-
sions ve entertained the Internal stats of Merico and
az 10 the probable isse Of the in the United States.
That would have been better not to have made those
two mistakes all the world agrees but there
paper which allows Itself 10 be mastered by its zeal to
such degree pretend that II the expedition failed
il tho country that responsible for the blunder 1t
ia enough to reply to that paper that Is mistaken. and
that one abors under that mistake but itself.