, 1866-01-16

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! ean Jour attention to translation zap
pended} Of Paragraph in yesterdays Moai.
f<ur, which, though. given In the form Of a
correspondence from New York, was most
certainly composed in the foreign office In
Paris, since the receipt Of the Presidents
message, and contains the latest official yiews
On the subject. The effort to make out that
there Is nothing in the doctrines Of the mes
sage incompatible with the position France
bus assumed In Mexico, but III conccols the
serious concern which the pe1usal Of the mes
sage hos produced at this Court. The para.
graph In question Ia 10 my mind preparatory
to an evacuation, which doubt not viii b.,
collision. is;aas without baI blood, wiih the
United States The lronIcal remarks Of the
De6ats on tho -lohueur ore worth your pe-
rusal.
The Aonaettr, after having reproduced that
portion OF the Message delivered bY the
President Of the United States which concerns
France and Mexico, adds in the form Of o let
Ter the following observations: j.,
This declaration contains nothtnE Iteeon-
cilable with the policy followed ny france IN
Mexico. When the Frneh Government pre-
sented itself !. that country. lie s9le intention
WIS 10 support. - ~,x tos sone m whals % scEies Of
selves had pEcrloa..t ...iIv ,lIsrn-nrfl-
claims which had been shame..-. Ia.l
cd. Circumstances which Napoleon il. -.
clare var on the Government which then held
power in the City Of Mexico. That authority
has fallen, and another which owes its exist
ence 10 universal suffrage las replaced it.
France has been naturally obliged to defend
from insuT1cctional attacks the Government
which alone could afford redress to her lust
claims. The French Cabinet has shown by all
Its acts as well as BY Its declarntions what was
the object 1t was pursuing. 1t las 10 snfrit
Of conquest, 1t has taken nothing md aecept-
I'd nothing: It wishes to retain nothing Of
the regions paciflcd BY its troops. Its o.
United States. Is entirely temporary mad
Will cease With the cause which gaye rise to
IT. AZ to the form Of government which the
Mexican people have recently chosen yolun-
tarilr, It has been frequently recognized even
BY the Federal authorities. President Mon
roe sent . representative to the Emperor
lturbfde; and When, in 1854, the Minister Of
Santa Anna at Washington received from bis
Government the order to inform that of the
United States that change of institutions
would soon take place ut the city Of Mexico,
Ar. Marcy simply replied to this COM
munfcatton that Mexico, as an inde-
right to choose the form Of government which
best suited the character OF its people.
Those prccedents show that there exists no
absolute point Of nntagonism between the
policy OF tho United States and the ADOPTION
plc."
The Dt5ots quotes the extract tins ciyea.
and then remarks on 1t In these words:
Everything Is therefore tor the best in the
two worlds, and the rumors which were in
circulation re1ativo to the Intentions of The
United States With reEard to Mexico fall to
the ground. For our part we had never at
tached much credit to them. Every one Is
aware that there aro at New York and New
rt1n1fn e m
for the tabrication of kilograms especially de-
voted to financial operations, and this impor-
tant element must be taken into account,
Nhat must also.be remembered Is that the
English 1onrna1s take great pains to eurenom
the relations Of France with the American
Republic, and to turn upon Mexico the cur
rent which runs moro naturally to Canada,
We have never said, aud nc hare no intention
Of saying, that the United States look
with satIsfaction on foreign Intervention
had the establishment OF moparchial
Government In q country which is on their
continent and borders their frontier, and
which was fatally falling under their intlu-
enee. They must hare felt still greater bit
terness from the fact that the moment chosen
was one IN which they were passing through
an internal crisis which might become mortal.
Bnt they have time and spnce before them. |
They possess, although such quality Is sys.
denied to Democrats, sufficient |
political good sense. to know that they hare
something better to do ut the present moment |
Lhan to trouble Themselves about Mexico. |
0p that point ne perfectly accord with the |
Honlfur. We are convinced that the French |
Government wishes to retain nothing of the |
districts pacffied by its troops They are !
indeed regions where peace and solitude arc |
anonymous, and Of which nothing better Is |
.eked than to quilt them. Every one who prizes |
he real French tradition and the true inter