The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-04-19

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eyes in ~ eaee, Ard ueged that i Be pot ol
till Js9e l7th or 18th, SEATING the opinaiou u
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H9sAs.ld take he nsater into c6n1idera&ies;
The President Of the United States TO-DAY
received, b. special appoiss@ens, the Japan
- Embassy in this city, two hundredin num.
ber, IN ooshpesySilA rso4em Ye1sy and
Edward Banks, the latter nrmefy oS the
United 6tates LsgatiDa u Jsdde. A lssgs
number Of xisitofs, including ladies, we're
present. The Japaness we're in fall
dresA The psincipei oas made Aspeech, &C.
knowlsdgng their high sense Of the haAor
ccafsrred upon them by thus being admitted
IN event long TO be remembered xud Rrrtify.
tingly appreciated. The President sxprsssed
the ple9sars he experienced in sxtsndinr o
ths9 aicsrdial welcome, and trusted tkeis
visit TO the United States might, in all res>
poets, be profitable, and hg might ultimate
ly in safety return to their homes.
Beuascr johnson resolution prom ding that
the q. B. should o6er THAR mediation e Tie
bslligsrsuts in Mexico, With view 70 restore
peace honorable 10 both sides, was taken up
in execttivs session to-day. Mr.. johnson
ssPportSd the resolutioa With prepared
speech,l end Senator Sumner SPOKE At some
length ip its favor.
s0snatpr Fowler then offered . substitute,
setting forth that since the United Stases have
not thought proper TO interfere III the war in
Mexico while the French were there, and It's
intsrer1nce would become of some advant-
ase, and since the Mexicans have shown =
courage and detsrnisasion TO sdsfeni their
country, end hsd succeeded in eyrsltind The
foreign ipvaderA i vas the sehse 81 the Ben
ste tbat tks NJ - 6ne v int~5eep 10 MUi.
S3n anim; tbsa The people a TIE United
6tatns ~ fhIl con6dencs OF the manner in
which thS Mexican people should treat their
prisoners Of war. a
Senator Chandler spoke agains. the reso,s.
tion, and was followed by s6suaaor Morton,
who took tie ground that NaximiIian being
nothing slss t6aa 6libptss in Mexico. the
United States could not interfere in his be.
half, just ~ they would not Interfere to aave
Walker or Lopez that besides, Maximilian,
soon after his arrival in Mexico, ;ssasd !
murderous and barbarous decree, ordering
sil 4e*iceM Who would pot support him, To
be ghOt Nehia n hours sftss caPtaEe Anepg
high rank and acknowledged worth we're shot
for the pretended crime Of defending their
eeuntry and their friends; that
the United States did not then
interfere 70 prevent the Wholesale murder and
assAssinaGor Ia which women and childres
were incladed, and that, therefore, it would
not be becoming for them to interfere,
Now then when 6llebuster and murder is re-
duced TO sxtremities what would be more indig
nieed trsp tos tPs gogesnmept 70 untcrfere in
fzvof OF party which, IN afl probability, has,
by this time, been subdued certainly long
before the mediation could reach Mexico that
the United states having altogether ignored
Maximilisn, and tbs empire, fom-tk. hssin-
ming, could not pev, i y ssd spy ssesrd for
cc-s,sseaey, acknowledge MaximiIIian's rule
Is foSsfnmept end interfere in his fsEer
WITH his suenias. ks 81.
The speech of Senator Morton embraced
many other points, and il Is said that il pro>
duced sscA eject as 70 induce Senator
johnson to withdraw his resolution, ~ defeat
seemed certain if pressed to direct vote. In
the course of the debate il wss stated by one
friend Of the resolution, that Maximilian was
not responsible fer The bloody deeds sy vsicA
~ tlaek 90 vns Saised 10 3lsxico, nd
Gppotsd h3s aassrtion By reading lsltlf
from European Minister, stating that the
decree in question vas signed by Max,milian
under ecnpalsisa OF the Freseh. u ssidthe
explanation did not seem quite satisfactory,
~ the French has disclaimed all responsi-
bihiy.
The result Of the debate was decidedly
against interference on behalf Of Msximilish
and his followers, aud an e4pression of com
fdenes in the Mexican people to deal With
prisoners Of var according TO the Law Of ma
tions, 4s u