Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-03-10
rHE FRENCH FREss on THE nExi

rmE FRENCH PRESS on THE nExI-
CAE sTTUAEEON.
Fron Ia FraDcel
This dispatch from b. De Montholon
testifes that the Government of the Jni-
ted States is firmly disposed 70 maintain
and cause 70 be respected the laws OF
neutrality
We stated a few days since, as soon a.
the capture Of Bagdad was known, thaJ
the acts Of 8 handful OF adventures
would not be permitted TO interrupt the
peaceful relations existing between two
great nations. and to solve In 2 violent
manner the questions which they hold
in consideration.
In the bands Of filibusters which the
agents Of Juarez can by the hope Of plum
der induce % come from the United
states 70 different points Of the Mexican
frontier we cannot in any manner see
implicated the Government OF the Uni
ted States. That Government Is lndig-
nant as ours is al such enterprises; II
does all in its power 10 repress them il
has caused the arrest Of the pretended
general who was at the head Of the fili-
busters Of Bsgdad il has recalled Gen.
Weitzel, whose attitude might seem 10
have encouraged this expedition; it has
given 10 Sheridan the plainest orders in
tended to prevent the repetition Of such
events. Decidedly nothing more could
be wished for or demanded.
The address of the Senate proves that
France only asks for the respect Of the
duties Of neutrality and International
law In America there may be ardent
passions which would like 70 ent5ebie
Ihe ties which for nearly century have
.4ae nv N'isnF tnaa
but it is not in the higher regions Of the
government that these passions find an
echo.
The eminent men who exercise the
power at Washington NV understand
Two things-hrst, tnat We have ourselves
marked the term oI our expedition %
Mexico: and second, that France can
not come out Of That country excepting
aU her own time, protecting At the same
tine her honor and interests, and that
This situation should not be complicated /
0y questions Of national dignity as use
less a they would be in0pportuue.
The dispatch OF n. Ce AioEthoiOn /
proves 10 Us that these truths are under F.
stood in the United states. L fs for this (
reason that we mention them a. a tssti- !
mOny 10 the disposition, peaceful and IN |
good faith, Of the American government. /
From tie Paris Opinion Nalonal--l
His speech Marshal Forey's) we do not .
hesitate 10 say, Is the antipodes or what, I
in our opinion, is the true interest of I
France IN this delicate and knOJty sub
ect.
He has too long gazed with a soldiers
EYES upon the situation in which we
nave placed ourselves in the New World
We have undertaken great task there.
ii Is easy or difficult. whether
t obtains the sympathy Of the United
States or not, the Marshal is unwilling 10
abandon it. What We have undertaken
should Le finished, Right demands il,
honor commands ii, and France should
make a good bargain Of her pecuuIary
,4crilicas, that the Tepr0ach OF not hay
ny understood she grand idea Of the En-
5eror may not be incurred
The Marshal is consequently OF the
opinion not only that We ought TO keep
ne troops in Mexico which are there at
resent, but that We must send new ones.
Such is the salient idea of his speech,
Is may be read in the official reporJr
We viii content ourselves with adding,
d order % give an exact idea of the rea-
Oning Of Marshal F0rey, that in his
.pini0n our occupation should be limited
My 10y the regeueraung Of the Mexican
DeOple, since, according 70 his idea, they
lusU have time 10 regeneTate their moral
by contact with our soldiers,
% that they may acquire sense Of order
nd honesty, and the courage which ami
mates them, and which all are bound TO !
espect.n
4 beautiful role, without question, for
ur army But when will it get through?
u ten years, in twenty years, at the
nd Of this century, or IN the middle Of
he next
The Minister of State understood the
compromising nature OF this kind OF
0licy. He took care to assert--ani We
re glad he did so-that the Marshal had 2
expressed only his personal opinion
bat OF the government remsined as IL
ad been promulgated in the speech Of q
be throne and in the paragraph Of the
euate's address.
As for ourselves, we deeply deplore this
-ay Of looking at the Mexican question,
nj the Marshal would have done well
o have left TO some of our journals the
rivilege aud the care of defending
lese impossible matters, instead of ex
snding them in the bosom Of the
enaJe.
The United States on this occasion
ave given Us an example which we
ught 70 follow. They have neglected |
OJhlns which could remove all cause OF
rievance. We remember the resolu-
ons which, in republican style, were
resented to Congress-. They were sent
, the committee Of each Of the two
Ouses, but negotiations continue be-
reen the Cabinets Of Washington and
ne Tuilsriss, and since that time no :
)eech has res0unded within the walls Of
Ungress which could wound the suscep-
DiiIties Of the French Government.
II Is worthy Of remark, also, that Alr.
igeiOw, who has ever pursued q policy
c0nciiiation in his mission at Paris,
as nevertheless been confirmed In his
OmluatiOu as Minister PlenipctentiaTy
} Paris it, the session Of January 20; /
laJ is, after the publication Of the diplO-
latic correspondence had put q new :
nase upon the question.
The Senate of th- United States sane
oned on that occasion the pCiicy0f con-
EGtioR, q fact lChich should not be lost
GIT Of ia The French Chambers
JrrsspOndence Of tho Independence BaIze7
The speech Of Marshal F0rey, at the
0Se of the Seuate's session Yesterday, .
the topic Of conversation to-day.
It seems without doubt, however,
lat not only viii no new tro1ps be sent
} Mexico, but the Increment jGr the re-
1a Of 0.lr soldiers tcjH not be iupeded
r delayed.