New-York tribune., 1867-03-11
OUR FRENCH RELAIIONS.

THE MEXICAN QURsTIOS-DIsPATCB FRON GEN DIX 10
SECRETARY SEWARD. ....-..-...
sY rSLsoRAPH rTIBrSH
WASHINGTON March l0.-Ninister DIX mas ad-
dressed the following letter TO Secretary Seward:
LEGATION THE UNITED STATES, .
SIR neose sea a1so Gn6d 81 o. tSc INC Fpcnc 1 y rmp f pre
&c hted by Government to the Senate and Corps Lcg
ason @ of much good feeling in respect to the former
and the unconditional abandonment Of the latter
on both subjects The paragraphs referred to will DO
found on pages 800 and sos OF the "expose which
will send you in the dispatch.bag on Friday Hls 100
am, very respectly, your OOedsnt servant,
To the Hon. VIM. II. Seward, Secretary of State.
ITrsn,latonI
Tn Tho United stote, the work OF constitutional recon
strucon continues France sincerely applauds the won
derui activity with which that great nation Is repairing
the calamites OF civil In the condition OF the reia
tons which exist between the different countries OF the
globe suferngs which produced at one point are
necessarily felt all others We have experienced the
Shock Of events which distracted the Unon and VIC
are protng by the revival OF its industrial and CONNER
cia energies No subject OF disagreement exists at this
moment between the two eountries on the contrary,
everything is contributing more and more to bringing
them nearer to each other In thoir policy HIS
Majesty has received recent occasion the assurance
Of sentiments Of friendship, which were expressed to him
IN the name Of the United States and winch correspond
perfectly with feelings We take pleasure in augnr
ing favorably TO the future relations OF the two
Governments respect 10 the different questions on
which their interests may be found to coincide we need
not reeur at this 10 the necessity which caused us 10
undertake the expedition to Mexico We sought redress
for grievances Of every description and for the denial OF
Justice romwhch people had suffered Tor many years.
and animated by that generous sentiment winch
will always induce France to render her inter
yeption useful whenever she shall be lcd to carry
her arms We did not refuse TO unite In an attempt at
regeneration by which oil interests would have prOtcd
but In lending its cooperation TO this work. the Govern
m ent OF the Emperor had assigned beforehand limit 10
ITS sacrifices and the Emperor had fixed the end Oh Inc
present year as the extreme term OF our military occupa
tion The evacuation 20 have been made In three
the first leaving in the month OF November
Isc the second In March, and the third IN November,
1857 These confornablc 10 our own pre-
vious Intentions had been made In the funess of our
liberty of action and anything which had partaken OF
the nature of external pressure, cOnld only nave
nI9ced us I'm the position, in spite OF ourselves, OF
nroonpng state of things which we wished 70 aDrdge
Reasons rising out OF military situatlop Determined
fhe Emperor 10 modify the first arrangement Dy susu
tuting for pnrtia evacuation NJ succeeding peoH OF
time the simultaneous transportion home o our Whole
cOrpS de dree in the spring of the present et.
csurcs arc now I'm course Of execution In tie hlonui
al March next our troops will have left nexlcoi faf
from desiring free itself from engaScnehts WHICH ~
announced the Government of the Emperor VIII has''
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