Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1867-07-10
nIaximiIIan Murdered.

EscoBEDo, q coWardly and blood
thirsty incapable, who commanded the
main army of the Liberals" in Mexico,
and captured MACMILLAN by bribing
ono of his Generals to give up the key
of the position at Queretaro, has caused
the execution of the unfortunate Aus
trian Prince. The temptation to do a
thing that would seem horrible to all
civilized people, was, to this miscreant,
irresistible. Foreigners had been gull
- of the audacity of requesting that
the life of MACMILLAN be spared, and
therefore it must be taken to show the
independence of Mexico. The friends
of the unfortunate Prince asked for his
body, but the Mexicans could not give
that up. Perhaps they want to eat it.
The Indian, JUAREz, whom we have
been SO long recognizing, refused to
surrender the body.
The Government of the United States
is largely responsible for this tragedy.
Our absurd buster about the Monroe
doctrine gave NAPOLEON an excuse to
withdraw his troops from Mexico. All
intelligent persons in this country knew
the Mexicans were incapable of taking
care of themselves, and that if France
would establish q strong government
and keep order in Mexico, that we
would profit by it. We might have our
own opinion about the foolishness of
France in undertaking such an enter
prise, but we showed stupidity in not
acquiescing in it.
We pretended for years to acknowl-
edge the Republic of Mexico, and have
been meddlesome and obtrusive in our
efforts to recognize Juarez as the only
rightful claimant Of the Presidency of
Mexico, but when this Jusrez had
local habitation not very difficult of &C
cess, it was not possible for our Mexi-
can Minister to cross our frontiers, and
for some months before his resignation,
Mr.. Campbell resided at the st. Charles
in New Orleans, and transmitted tele-
grams with nothing in them to Mr..
Seward, who uses the telegraph 50 freely
in sending around the world the sol
emp assurances Of his distinguished
consideration.
Our Government undertook to repre-
sent to the gang of ruffans we had so
persistently recognized as "the Gov
ernment" of Mexico, that the opinion
of the civilized world was against the
execution of Msximilian, and messen-
ger was dispatched. 1t was only after
his failure that it seems to have occurr
ed to Mr.. Seward that Mr.. Campbell
might befof some use if he were with
Juarez. Mr.. Campbell would'n not co.
What detained him we are not inform
ed. In due time we suppose Congress
will call for the documents, and they
will be laid before the people. The
general result, so far as we are concern
ed, is that in the Mexican imbroglio !
the United States Government has
shown both meddlesomeness and i'm
becility that We have needlessly and
involved ourselves in the |
affairs of Mexico.
Now the cry will be that we must 60 |
further into Mexican politics, and, for |
the sake of humanity restore order,
and that sort of thing. That is the
natural philosophy of fools on the sub
iect. The true doctrine is to let the |
Mexicans 60 on freely with their work /
of selfextermination, and perhaps We
might encourage them in il by affecting |
to oppose. their mutual blood-Ietting.
The news of the execution of Maxi |
milan will cause profound sensation /
in Europe, or rather, we may say, did
cause a sensation yesterday, for the |
news was in Vienna before it was cir
culated in Cincinnati. The palaces re-
Gently blazing with festivals will put on
The royal junketing at
Paris will come to an end. The Sultan
will see the Exposition, but the Emper-
Dr. of Austria will not. Its not impos
'ible- indeed it is very probaSle-that
political events in Europe
will be determined through the inhuen-
,es exerted by the melancholy end of
who was a better man
han is left in Mexico, and sacrificed
lis life upon point of honor. He was
,ffered safe conduct from Mexico by
he French, but felt bound to remain
With those who had espoused his cause.
de knew that if he left the country
With the French, his cause would be
areieal, and he preferred the tragedy
II remaining. He chose rather to die
n Mexico than to be laughed at in
europe. The last news from his wife, !
who is in her castle on the
is that she is hopelessly in ,
ane. If she we're otherwise, the muir |
Ter of her husband, under all the cir {
would be q blow that I
night be expected TO unsettle her I
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