Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1866-03-10
THE MEXICAN QUESTION.
Another Address 10 the EmperOr---The Corps Leg
islatir on the Relations OF France with Foreign
Powers.

paris FEB. 2lsD correspondence London Times.l
The following address in reply to the speech from
the Throne, was read in the Corps Legisatf yes
terday;
"SIRE-The Corps Legslatifi is happy to observe
with your Majesty the tendency more and more gen.
eral TO resolve exterior difficulties by pac c meaAs
Fortified by your interviews with various Soveregns
as by the friendly meeting of the English and the
French fleets this tendency Is new pledge OF the
peace of which the preservation responds to the re-
qurements of peoples fulfills the wishes of France
and honors the sagacity of its government. We
have always participated with the Emperor the firm
hope of seeing reconciliation accomplished be-
tween thesPapacy agd Italy, necessary for their in
teress the peace of Europe, and the repose of con-
sciences. The Convention of the 10Th of Sep
TENDER, Loyalty executed will be a fresh guar
antee of the temporal sovereignty every wer)
of which the maintenance is indispensable
for the Independent exercise of the Holy Faith
erss spiritual power. Fresh applause.) Our
expedition to Mexico is coming to conclusion.
The country has rcceired that assurance NTH salts
faction. Conducted TO MericO By the imperiOuS
duty Of protecting our cOuRtrymea against OdiouS
violence, and to redress, too legitimate grieraaceS.
soldiers and seamen have wOrthily performed the
task which your majesty cOnfided to their devoted
ness. This expedition attested once more in these
distant countries the disnteIestedness and power of
France. every well.'O The people Of the United
States who have long known the loyalty of our
spire-hGue not taken umbrGgc at the presence Of
our troops on lIerican soil. To irish to make
their recall depend on the convenience Of others
could be an attack on our rights and on our honor
You, Sire, have them under your care and the
Corps Legislatjf know that yeu will watch over
them with solicitude' worthy of France and
of your name. (Applause.)
THE EMPERoR's SPEECH IN REPLY To THE sENATEs
ADDRESS.
Paris February l9) Correspondence London Daily
News.
The Emperor to-day received a committee of the
Senate TO present the address voted unanimously by
that illustrous body, which has already appeared in
print. His Majesty said
MESSIEURS LES SENATEURS-The Senates address
is an eloquent commentary upon my Speech; it de.
velOps that which | only indlcated it explains all
that wished to be understood. You desire with me
stability the reasonable development of our instu
tons the ameoraton of the lot of the greatest
number and the maintenance in its integrity of the
national honor and dignity. This accord between
us is power The moral, like the physical world
Obeys general laws which cannot be transgressed
without dange, 1t is not by daily sappng the
bases of edifce that the browning of it is TO be
fastened. My Government is not\ stationary it
moves on, and it intends to move, but upon firm
ground, capable of supporting both power and lib
ery. Let us call TO our aid progress in all its forms
but let build up story by story the grand pyramid
which has for its base universal suffrage, and for its
apex the civlZlng genius OF France These senti-
ments, which are well expressed in your address,
have deeply moved me; they are worthy of the first
body of the State which is the vigilant guardian of
the Constitution and the principles it establishes.
This is, think, the most remarkable reply the
Emperor ever delivered to an address. 1t is a nov
city so to frame speech on such an occasion as to
treat an acknowledgment of entirely subservient
address as Il sort of amendment to the speech from
the throne giving it sense which the sovereign
could not make up his mind, to make plain at the
time he delivered 1t. The Emperor, on January %,
thought tit to leave out the word temporal" when
speaking of the POpe's indispensable power" and
now on February 49, the Senate having put that
word in their address, the Emperor says they say
what he meant. The Pope would, perhaps, be too
sanguine if he we've to reckon too much upon the
fact; but it is plain that the Emperor, by accepting
the Senate's address, speaks strongly in his
favor than lie judged it desirable to do in the speech
from the throne less than month ago. The an
qualified praise IF the SeaGteS address also makes
the Emperor directly responsible fort Irritating
about MericO which am quite sure you
will find within these few days has given great Of
Tense in the United States.
NEWS FROM WASHINGTON VIA PARIS.
From the Patrie February 49,
1t is rumored that at cabinet council recently
held in Washington, Mr.. Seward presented the draft
of dispatch to the French Government manifest
ing the most concatory intentions towards France,