The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-09-21

the absolute Suspension of its progress. The
condition of Mexico could hardly have been
worse in 1861, when, while the Administration
of Juarez was struggling to maintain ITSELF
the European alliance was consummated, and
that long war begun with France which has
ended in the triumph of the republic.
Mexico had rough training in this perpetual
war, and probably the French invasion will
mark the beginning of a new and brighter
era. The Mexicans owed the usurpation of
Macmillan to their own quarrels, and may
profit by the bloody lesson. A people who
fought as the Liberals fought, who priced so
dearly their independence, and sacrificed so
much to maintain it, cannot be incapable of
self government. Radical as their faults may
be, their virtues are no longer to be ques-
toned. The execution of Macmillan was a
proof of weakness, yet it must be admitted
that there was cause for retaliation. 1t was
cruel ending to a cruel war. But with the
late Emperor died all the hopes the powers
of Europe may have had of establish
ing their rule upon American soil; the
Austrian fleet which will carry back
to his own land the body of Macmillan will
bear with it another corpse, and in the vaults
of st. Stephen the vast ambition of Napoleon,
side by side with its victim, will share the
darkness of his sleep. Mexico, by the proof
she has given of her strength, has secured
long peace with her alien foes; her lead
ers have but to unite in repressing domes-
tic faction to make their republic only second
to our own: it is in their power to renew the
ruinous struggles of the past, or to build en-
during peace in the future. The task is hard;
the character of a nation is not changed by a
war; but it must not be forgotten that this
war has swept away many evils, and that,
as we have rid ourselves of slavery, Mexico
has annihilated the political power of the
Church.
Difficult as it is to understand the Mexican
situation, and impossible to discern the inten-
tions of the leading generals, it is clear, we
think, that the war has united certain factions,
and inspired the nation with higher patriot
ism. With the death of Macmillan the pas
sion for revenge seems appeased. The trials
at Queretaro have not ended in the execution
of the prisoners; Escobar, Casanova Salm-
Salm, and the rest have been sentenced to i'm
prisonment. General Castillo, who had been
condemned to DEATH has been pardOned. 1t
is probable that the execution of the Impe-
rialists are ended. In this moderation we re-
joice, and it is equally encouraging to find that
many of the reports of Mexican enmity to the
United States had no better foundation than
the invention of the foes of the republic.
EscObedo has formally denied the calumny
that he was in favor of the exclusion of
foreigners from the country, and we take
his letter as proof that no influential party
in Mexico aims to prevent peaceful immigra-
tion and friendly relations with other States.
General Diaz, it is said, has united with
Juarez in the effort to unite the country.
1t is true that there still are divisions
of the Liberals and the elements that threaten
new troubles, but if Diaz honestly sustains
Juarez, the party of Union must succeed in
the end. Since that letter was written the
telegraph has brought the tidings of the fight
of Marquee. Thus one danger is averted. 1t
is conceded that while the popularity of the
other Liberal cheftains is limited to their own
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him that Mexico must look for deliverance,
and he has shown the qualities of deliverer.
But whatever may be the fate of his efforts,
they must command our sympathy. The
people of the United States are not concerned
in the civil affairs of Mexico, or in the down
fall or elevation of any of her leaders; but in
the paoifoation of the country and the perma-
nence of the Republic they have an interest
which will deepen with time, which no event
can destroy.