The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-06-01
THE UNITED STATES AND MEXICO.

THE UNITED STATES AND MEXICO.
THE FALL OF THE EMPIRE IN MExICo-THE
UNITED STATES URGED TO INTERFERE AND
MAINTAIN ORDER.
From the London Times, May o.
By the fall of the empire one chance OF ciYili-
state of that wretched country is worse, if that
be possible, than 1t was before the arrival of
the allies. The anarchy is apparently more
more sanguinary and horrible. Nor Is there
any prospect of pacihcation, for Juarez, though
he could destroy q Government, can neither
construct nor maintain one; and 1t appears
to be believed that the United states, after for
bidding and diEconcerting the intervention of
Others must attempt an Intervention of their
own. The Mexicans are incapable of self gov
in the country, and il It is to be included in the
community of civilized States, the stroag arm
o some foreign power must pe empI0yeu 10 40
done. There may be a change in the instru.
ments, but the work will be still the same. 1t
will not be easy, and we can well imagine
that the Americans may be reluctant to under
take it. but they have brought 1t upon their
own hands.
There would be little profit now in reviewing
the errors of that policy in which the ll-starred
empire took It's rise. Public opinion has been
miscalculated even in France Itself, where the
expedition was unpopular from hrst 10 last;
and the victory of the Federals in the United
States, the new monarchy would undoubtedly
have been consolidated, and the regeneration
sition offered in the country itself amounted TO
no more than the struggle of despairing
since Juarez was a fugitive on the borders of
Texas, preparing for flight into Ameri-
can territory; but with the defeat OF the Con-
federates and the reascendency ofthe U MON and
its principles, the whole prospect was changed.
MaXimtlians enemies were encouraged and
his patrons forbidden to interfere. The Amerl-
can Government said the French must quilt
Mexico, and that was enough to throw Mexico
into anarchy once more. Macmillan accepted
his new part of q Mexican chief, and encoun-
tered the consequences. His resolution did
credit to his bravery and intentions, If not to
his wisdom IL win probably be the opinion of
everybody that he has deserved a better fate
than he has found, and we can but trust that
he may yet escape with life from an enterprise
which whatever may have been its disasters, can
never be set down to his dishonor. AS far as his
personal administration was concerned, IL was
exercised in the interests of his SUBJECTS and IL
might by this time have borne fruit in a stable
Government and tranQuillzed society, had the
experiment not been Interrupted. Perhaps the
Americans Will now resume the attempt, They
will experience the same resistance, but they
will have greater advantages in overcoming IL.
Whatever cause or principle or policy they may
proclaim, they will t1nd a faction in Mexico
ready TO oppose their Intervention, and to rise
in inBurrection, like Juarez aud his partisans,
against the authorities established. This oppo-
sit1on they must suppress, as the French would
have done, by force of arms, and with little
respect TO the doctrines of nationality or inde-
pendence. The work will probably be trouble
some, but as there will, at any rate, be nobody
to hinder 1t, we may presume that IL will be
accomplished at last.