Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-03-15
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THE MEXICAN QUESTION.

THE MEXICAN QUESTION. !" '-
Interesting; Diplomatic Dispatches
The Relations Between France and
the United States. .i...r-, ,,.,....,,,,
The following dispatches, showing the
relations between France and the United
States. are found I'M the French yellow
THRAlARQUIsiD De- MoUsTrER TO M. DE NOM
THOLON. .,totr.,,4
et r. PARIS, October 16, 1866. i.
MONSIEUR LIE MARQUIS: The cores
| pondenee of my-predetessor has sufficient
! ly. explained TO you the views entertained
| BY the Emperor in, regard to Mexico. II
believe nevertheless. it to be useful, while
writing you for the first time, to once more
| inform you of the true state Of AFFAIRS so
As to leave no doubt in regard to our reso-ir
iutien. Some time since, as the Washing
| ton Cabinet, has, been officially informed,
| his Majesty fixed the end Of the year 1867
| as the extreme term OF our military, ocea-d
patton of Mexico. This term will not be (
| prolonged ION the contrarys it is our desire
| rather: to shorten, it as mnch as possible.
| The Government of the Emperor, as my
| predecessor wFoCe to you on the 9TH of last
June, has reserved -b0-itself the right to
take all necessary preeaut tions in regard to
the health and safety of our army. This is
matter TO US OF prime interest, which
| hndeT no circumstances be lost sight
0f.siAt the same time; recent dispatches
from sMexleo reveal to US a state of affairs
which necessarily create on our part
good deal Of solifitude. Armed resistance
Is Increasing. Republicans are showing
themselves in force in various parts of the
Mexican territory, aSld at any moment the
mode of successive evacuation originally
decided upon might place our soIdiers in ;
ditiieuls situation if we permitted them
10 remain In small0 isolated groups,
at suehs a. great distance from Europe.
| Thoroughly Impressed with the danger
consequent on such a.situation, the EN-
! peror has sent his aid-de-camp, General
| CastelnaIl.- to Mexico. in order to come TO
an understanding with the Emperor Maxi
milan as to his intentions, and to commu-
| iiicate ours. "E.a,
Mr.. Castelnau has received instructions
toinform Maximilian that have reache
the limit OF our sacrifices, and that ii the
Emperor thinks that he can find sufficient
| support in Mexico, intends to Hmalntain
| himself there, he cannot in future rely upon
any aid on the part of France. 1t may be,
that. judging it impossible 20 triumph un-
aided over the difficulties which beset him,
this soUereign may determine to abdicate. We
oiIl not seek to dissaade him from such a course
We think that, under such circumstances. an on
portanity aoiU offer to proceed By election TO the
establishment of a neto Government. 'a.f'tot
| You will see that, under these conditions,
IL
e2peditionary corps may return to France
about the spring of the coming year. This
| probability, it seems to us, cannot fail, to be
received in the United States with real sat
isfaction. To suppose the, contrary, it,
would be necessary to admit that the Mer-
icdn question furnished to the vdrios parties the
means of cheap popularity totich they loould re-
gfet to lOSe. We have too much confidence
in the good sense of the American people
and its old sentiments of friend hip toward
France not to be convinced in advance that
unfounded suspicious and inadmissible ex-
igencies will nOtchange between the United,
States and ourselves those relations which.
are about to become more friendly even on,
account of the decision we believe it to be
our duty to take in regard to the present
matter. We take it in the fullness of our
free actiolf which we mast maintain to the
last. This reservation is imperatively de-
manded by the requirements ofour dignity.
All that might have the character ofapress-
ure which could not be listened to when
coming from foreign Government 1oouLd
result in forcing us against our a0iU to prOLong
state Of affairs ootiG our acell understood in
teTestS haze caused as to curtdJ 1t is impos-
| Sible that this situation shOuldr be other
wise than thoroughly understood in WASH
Iington, and it will, no doubt, do all in its
power TO prevent the arising of any Incl
dent that might tend to disagreeable re-
suit { - & -
You will If necessary assume determin-
ed, and yet conciliatory tone, and 1 leave it
entirely tO-yOur judgment what use you
shall pakeiof this dispatchs g =
/ Receive, &C., MoUsTIER.
/ M.DE MoNTHoEoN TO NJ DE MoUsr1ER.
+ WASHINGTON, November 16, 1866.
M. LIE. MAKeUIs;--Ir have received Tthey
dispatch which your ExceIlency honored1
me with on the 10th ultimo, and have not
failed in my conversation with the Secre-
tary OF State to make use of the informa-
ton which it contained in regard to the
object of the mission entrussedb by his Maj
csty to General Castelnau, as also In re-
gard to the manner in which his Majesty's
lGovernment intended to conduct the evac-
iuation of the Mexican territory. The
probability of seeing the time of our
.cupatiOn shortened was received by Mr..
Seward with satisfaction which believe
to be the more sincere in that he has never
hesitated to affirm, in the presence even of
doubts often raised by others surrounding
him. entire confidence in the ultimate ac-
eomplishment of the assurances given in
regard to this matter. He has often spoken
on the subject to M, and only recently,
when communicating to me the instruc-
tiOns given to MN. Campbell and Sherman,
which have transmitted to your Excel
lency, he again expressed-togme the hope
to see disappear with the departure of our
troops the only question which disturbed
the good relations between France and the
UniGt d States.
! While fully appreeiating the value of
these friendly sentiments;I could at the
same time scarcely refrain from calling his
attention to the contrast aClsichs this mission
seemed to establish betweeie the conduct Of the
| French and american GegerRHeents. The lat
| ter taking advantage Ofa doubtful moment
as an opportun ityto make demonstration, a
and that at a time when it had received
full assurances of efforts made by us to
hasten the execution of our engagements.
1t was to be feared that the mere act of
sending a mission to Mexico at such mo-
Il ment. and selection for this mission of the
general commanding the military and ma
val forces of the Mexican frontiers, would
provoke in France, if not doubts as to the
Washington, at least misgivings from q
political and military standpoint.
The Secretary of State replied to these
apprehensionsl by pointing to the pacific
character of Mr.. Campbells instructions,
which Mr.. Bigelow has been ordered to
communicate and explain to your Excel
lency. He at the same time asserted that q
necessity existed for the United States to
watch, to a certain extent the situation in
Mexico, after the departure of our troops.
This lGStreoson. though not tn strict conformity
NTH the principles Of intervention, has,
neuertheLeSs, practical Udlue ,otic it Ioould be
impossible to DaiscoflstTue. What. nevtrthe-
less, must reassure as as as to the ultimate
results of this mission. is the well-known
disposition of the majority in Congress to
refuse its support to any measure tending
to cause the foreign policy of the country
4 to degenerate into conquest and adventures
to which. at this moment, the entire senti-
ment of the eSAmerican people is opposed.
Receive. &c. MONTHOLON.