American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1867-07-31
QUEEN vIcToRIA's OPINION.
london (July s) correspondence of Manchester
Guardiau.il

[London (July o. correspondence of Manchester
Guardian
On Friday there is to be discussion
on recent events in Mexico. Mr.. Otway
brings forward proposal that cur Min
lister, Mr.. Scarlet, should be recalled, in
, ooder to mark this country's reprobation
of the execution of Maximilian. Lord
Stanley, it is said objects to being forced
into taking such stop, which would no
doubt be the avowal of policy at vari-
ance with that imperturbable neutrality
which he has always advocated, and
which so far he has practiced. Other
members of the cabinet take more of the
old Pitt and Sidmouth view; and it
would not be difficult, in the present i'll
humor of the tory party, to blow up an
anti>regicide flame.
1t would be mistake, however, to sup
pose that this movement, should it take
place, is in any way inspired by the Court.
, The Queen, it is understood, lends no
countenance to hot or hasty couusels pro>
Tossing resentment against the republi-
cans of Mexico. She is too well read in
constitutional principles to suffer ber
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found her judgment as TO the wisdom of
his course, and the impolicy of our shap-
ing our diplomatic behavior by the de-
plOrable events he himself precipitated.
The Queen, like her sagaoious uncle LIE
opold, regretted that he should haze gone
to Merjco and that, having gone, he
should have tarnished his brief reigu by
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ing prisoners of war. Mr.. Scarlett may
have leave of absence for year, without
his absence doing any hurt to British in
terests in Mexico; and if at the end of
that time Juarez shall be able to re estab-
lish the form of government which we
recognized up to 1864, when our pleni,
potentiary, Sir Charles Wyke, returned
to Europe, we shall then be free to ac>
credit some one else as Minister to Mex
leo. But for Parliament to sit in judg
ment on events with which England has
nothing to do, and to break off diplo-
matte relations on account of them, is a
course which the majority Of the House
of Commons is very unlikely to favor.
NO AUSTRIAN REPRIsALs.
Referring to the telegraphic announce
ment from Vienna that Admiral Teget.
hoff is to proceed to Mexico to claim the
body of the Emperor Maximilan, and
that an Austrian squadron will accompa-
ny him, the Paris Debdts, of July 8, de-
clares that the second part of that asser,
ton appears to it completely inadmissa-
bic. No squadron, says the Debats, is
wanted to bring back a coffin The mis-
sion of the conqueror of Lissa with astrong
force sent into Mexican waters, would
seem to announce the intention of chast
ising Juarez and his partizans. We most
heartily wish that means could be found
to capture the bands which seized and
put to death the brother of Francis Jos,
eph but is the thing possible On the
other hand, would there not be as much
injustice as barbarity in bombarding Vera
Cruz, and thus Furnishing, for the Ems
perors murder, the town which remained
longest faithful to the empire Austria
will doubtless understand, just like
France, what is the most prudent course
at the present day-namely, to entrust
to the ambitious gladiators of Juarez
themselves the task of ehastising each
other, and of exterminating themselves,
turn by turn, in a sauguinary anarchy.
Alas why did we not adopt that policy
towards Juarez and his accomplccs lit
tie soouerI
JURAEZ's DEFENsE-ENGLIsH JUsTIFI.
CATION OF THE MILITARY EXECUTION
From the London News, July iO)
1t is only too easy to account for and
excuse the distressing exaggeration into
which some of our contemporaries who
conspicuously applauded the attempt Of
the Emperor Napoleon, to found a vica>
rious empire in Mexico, and others who
habitually practice upon the ignorance,
the credulity or the forgetfulness of their
readers, are descanting upon the deplora-
BILE execution of the Archduke Maximil-
ian of Austria. These journals appear
to Imagine that when they have called
President Juarez Savage" and an 'as-
sessin," sentenced him to the execratlon
of the civilized world and of posterity
and invoked the retribution of the United
States Government-of all Governments
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who has at last succeeded Gin clearing the
! Western world of an invading army and
of an alien monarchy" history will ac-
cept their suppressions and distortions Of
the truth and their hollow defamation
as conclusive verdict upon series Of
transactions of which the court martial
at Queretaro is the last and most lamen.
table, but not perhaps the most disgrace
full. Without surprise, but not without
regret and shame, we find English jour
mails vieiLg with the aNcnteur in veracity
and with the Constitutional and Pdtrit
in expressions of remorse which read like
Mr.. Brodhead's indignant denunciations
of the crimes he ordered and paid for.
Need we protest that there is not &
, man with heart in his breast, of what
ever political party or opinion, who con
, templates with the prafou1dest pity the
} tragic destiny of prince endowed with
all the charms and grace> of character
, which in private life won the lovo o.
! frisn ds nd public life engage thu