Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-07-17

ten only suTvived-ten officers Of
EscebedO's staff having asked and OBJ
tanned the privilege Of saving g life each.
Burning with a desire to avenge his
wounded brothers. death, MiramOn is
sued a proclamation u his corps telling
them their enemies had thrown down
the gauntlet Of war without quarter, and
that hencef8Tth war to the knife it should
be. Macmillan, even under this strong
p~r0vOcation, vetoed MiraLn0ais decree in
an address 10 his troops; called upon
them to behave as became the soldiers
2 Of 8 civilized nation, and in the hour of
victory not to forget the respect due to
the vanqessued. This proclamation he
constantly enforced by precept and eX-
ample, and, from the hFst hour Of the
siege 20 the last, never permitted an exc
cutioD, even when by all the laws Of war
/. &c would have been justiiabie, and or
derei that q. wounded liberals -hCCld
be treated with tns saL-e cOnside -atiOns
as his own soldiers. There were str0ci-
ties enough committed in and sF04Ea
'Duaretaro. There would have been 10
Enitlv more but for the humane policy
'oaugEFstsd from the start by Maxi
miu2n.
The Ngxicans invited MAMMALIAN TO
their country, welcomed him as their
monarch, and swore fidelity to him. OF
course they deceived, deluded and be-
trayed him.
Who the other and even baser JUDAS
is, that betrayed him in the last eEtrem-
ity to the assassius, the New York Her
aid tells us in the following article:
EUROPEAN VIEW OF THE MEXICAN
TRAGEDY.
The news Of the death OF Macmillan
in Mexico was received and published in
Paris Yesterday. We are specially in
formed by the Atlantic cable that NapO-
leon Immediately ordered the French
court in mourning. A grand military
I review, which Wss 70 have taken place
to-day, with the imperial fetcs in honor
of the sultan Of Turkey, were counter
manded. The preparations made by the
Americans, at very great exPeG9e, for q
fine celebration of the fourth Of July in
the Pre-Catalau, Bots de BoulOgne, were
at once suspended, and the matter brought
70 a hual close on fhe announcement OF
the confirmation of the sad intelligence.
There are many points of view from
which this Mexican tragedy may be
booked ST. Not the least important are
the attitude ia which it presents the gov
eminent of the United States and the
light i'm which tLHt attitude will be con-
templated by the various governments
Of Europe. We DO not hesitate 10 say
that If Macmillan has been shetland
We have no reason 70 doubt that he has
been-it viii always be possible to affirm
that there was 50 government which
might have saved his lie, which ought
To have saved his life, but which did not.
The government here indicated j. the
government OF the United States. There
can be no doubt that this is the light in
which our government is now seen by
every nationality in Europe. The Op-
prObrium which attaches to Jaurez and
the 6arbarians who have acted with him
will be shared by the government Of the
United States. Tie Judgment thus pro-
nOunced may seem severe, but il is Just.
it was in our power TO saw Macmillan
we were bound hy every principle Of
honor and dignity to save him bat ge
have failed TO do so. We have been
guilty, and the charge lies at our door.
Can We blame EuVope-can we blame
the civilized world for 80 thinking and
speaking Of us2 Reasonably we cannot.
4 The United States were powerful enough
when they espOused the cause of Next
can liberalism TO compel Napoleon 20
withdraw his troops from the western
continent. The United States were
powerful enough, all the world knows,
to save the life OF Macmillan, had they
chosen 20 iuterpose with equsl vigor and
determination. II MsXimliau has been
shot It Is because the vigOr and deter |
minatiOu which were successful in the
former instance have been wanting in
this. On whom, then, does the blame
chiefly IfnOt entirely rest? It would be
absurd TO blame the American people; I
for their sympsthies have been with the !
unfortunate prince since the moment his
life has seemed in danger. It would
be scarcely less absurd TO blame
the whole American government. The |
blame, in fact, rests with one
man, and that man is Secre-
tary Seward. It is to him-to him
chiefly, TO him al0ne-we owe it that
this great republic has been snubbed, Is
she nev was snubbed before, by 2
party OF cu.-thrOat bauditti. Hin ana
him only have we TO thank frr { at
the present moment, il FIr0I= and
wherever humane and intel .gent men
do c~ongregate, our miserable policy IS
spoken Of with loathing and disgust. 4
Prussian and a British minister could
find their way 20 Juarez. Strange that
an American minister could mott
Looked ct from q European point Of
view, matters &s they now stand are bad
enough. They viii not certainly be pre-
sentsl in a more attractive Eeht il il
turn out that Secretary Seward has ac-
tually been a cOnsenting party to this
bloody business. It viii be well IN he
can satisfactorily account FOR the course
he has followed. Meanwhile, the Amer
icsn public have a right 10 demand ex-
plantations.
The New York Tribune thus moralizes
on the same subject, under a canton
more significant than it seems to i'm
agine
MAXDnLIAN-A MIRROR.
The New York Times thus vigorously
reprobates the killing of Macmillan bv
the semi-barbsrous " greasersu Of whom
he aspired to be emperor
Ills death will conYince more than
half the world, before ~incredulous, that
he was right. It is hard to believe that
men capable Of such a crime are capable
Of self-government or ft to be intrusted
with authority. They are insensible
alike to every sentiment OF honor and to
every dictate OF prudence. The brutal
instiDct-the thirst Cor blOOd-is upper-
most in their natures. The hour Of vic
tory Is with them not the hour for gene
r0us sentiments. but fOT revenge. for cru
city, for insoleut defiance Of all magnan-
imOus policy and OF the public sentiment
OF the Christian world.
"The murder of Macmillan, which is
but one OF the scores of murder that
mark their triumph, bodies eli FOR the re-
publican government Of Mexico. II de- (
prives e 81 all sympathy from other ma !
tons, and brings upon it the distrust. the
scorn, and the hatred, Of them al. And J
it shows thar 1t is no national triumDh Z
that has been achieved II il no victory !
OF principle prevailing e faction. and Z
finding lis consummati0n In the deveIop.
ment Of a~,generous and kindly patriotic I
sentiment. Ii Is simply q triumph or :
facti0n-lOw in its aims never more :
venomous than IN its success, and vio- s
lent and cruel just in proportion to the I
helplessness Of its disabled victims r
There Is no hope Of lasting peace for a
party or a government which celebrates
so signal 8 triumph by so signal a erime.n :
The Times cannot deplore the " taking r
Of MACMILLAN more profoundly ?
b We do. We deprecate it as q mis- ],
% America, 10 civilization. and '
70 republieanism. We regret that Mex =
leo bad Dot been wise aud great enough
10 send Macmillan hack 70 Eurone wifb -