The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-01-21


ity with figures Of speech, or even fondness for
political statisticA.
The C.mpbel,-sbe, man Mission-lM a ximiiian
says ne will Die Whore he Il.
Our Washington dispatches published
yesterday give us the inside history OF the
late Sherman Campbell mission to Mexico,
which is so interesting as to merit few words
from us. Two prominent facts are revealed
one, that the mission did not do the work IN
tended for it because the elements composing
il were inharmonious and the other, that
Juarez made no attempt to hold any communi'
cation with the members Of that commission be-
cause he feared to arouse the jealous suscepti-
bility Of his countrymen. The case, then,
thus stated, presents q rather unexpected
aspect for, putting aside for moment the
unchemical compound known as the Campbell
Sherman mission, we are informed in plain
terms that the Mexican people fear any action
our government may take toward restoring the
republican form of government among them
from deep-ro0ted conviction that we are i'm
PEELED thereto by interested motives Direct
allusion to this was made by Juarez in his
speech at Chihuahua, when he expressed a
hope that the United States does not think Of
annexing any portion of Mexican territory.
We have repeatedly disclaimed any such in
tention, but it is very doubtful If our declara-
tions have had the slightest effect toward re-
moving the deep distrust entertained of us in
Mexico. The greater the pity, therefore, that
Lodi
did. That commission not only covered itself
with ridicule and threw discredit on the United
States government in the eyes Of the Mexicans,
but an opportunity was lost for removing the
delusion which that entire nation persists in
adherng to. Minister Campbell may or may
not have been the proper person for the
business. We are strongly inclined to think
he was totally unfit. General Sherman may
or may moi have been the right man bnt one
thing is very plain-that each considered him
self The head of the mission, and, as is the case
in all unnatural things with two heads, the
thing was monster and died after brief,
unhealthy existence.
Another curious feature In our latest Next
can news is the reported conversation between
General Castelnau and Macmillan, wherein
the former is said to have urged an abdcation,
while the latter announced his determination
to remain where he is till he dies. Now, ifsuch
a conversation took place, the first thing that
coming insane or spoke under the influence
Of the fever which preys ON him, he must have
some reason for believing that he can hold his
own when the French shall have left him to his
fate. The French are as much if not more the
objects Of jealous hatred In Mexico a. Ameri-
caus. In short like people Of contracted civil
ization, the Mexicans hate all foreigners with
the same intensity that is found in japan. It
is not improbable therefore that Macmillan is
anxious for the departure Of the French and
all his foreign auxiliaries, and does not
believe in a real Intervention on the part Of
the United States for the purpose Of compelling
him to yield his place to Juarez, Ortega or any
other man. The failure of the Campbell-Sher-
man mission the attitude OF Juarez and the
national jealousy above spoken Of tend to con-
firm him in this opinion, apd he evinces no in
considerable shrewdness in concluding that he
is tolerably SAFE Notwithstanding Napoleon's
iniimation in his Atlantic cable despatch, that
''sll who choose may remain" we feel safe in
thinking that very few If any French or other
foreign auxiliary will object to leave az soon
a. possible, and we shall then see how Maxi
milan, when, like the tub, he shall stand on
his own bottom, shall come out Of the singular
'.triaugular duel" now gathering strength and
approaching critical moment