The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-06-12
MAMMALIAN.


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-. MAxImILIAN.
In our telegraphic columns yesterday we
presented what purports to be proclamation,
issued by the unfortunate MAMMALIAN, after he
had been betrayed and surrendered. There Is:
every reason to believe that this proclamation
is genuine. There is irternal evidence OF
most positive charactc. that it is q document
literally translated from the Spanish. When
indicted this address he expected
to be executed whether or not this fate has
overtaken him we are, as yet, unable to say
but inasmuch as he was to be tried by Court
Martial we csnnet but thuk that wiser coun-
sells prevailed, and that banishment will be the
sentence Of the Court. Certainly if the leaders
Of the soi7disaat Liberal party have not more
foresight, to say nothing Of humanity, than to
brutally murder MAxrM1L1AN, after the gallant
and heroic conduct that he has shown during
the past twelve months, it augurs badly for the
future of Mexico. The victor can always afford
to be generous, and we doubt not JuAREz, even
if he is not inspired by. magnanimity, will at
least prove himself sufficient of statesman to
see the fatal policy of a contrary course. .
( MACMILLAN behaved with rare gallantry,
and to the last, as far as we have heard in a
manner altogether creditable to the ancient
and illustrious house. of which he is q worthy
scion. He shows feeling Of. bitter resent
ment against NAPOLEON, aud upon him he lays
his blood and that of all the French, Austrians,
Belgians and Me1icans who have fallen in the
attempt to make Mexico an Empire, be-
cause of the subsequent mean and cowardly de-
sertion of him and his cause by NAPOLEON.
This execration Of NAPOLEON on the part Of
is perfectly natural We do not
see how he GOULD be human and feel or say less.
NAPOLEON, it should be well remembered,
brought MACMILLAN to Mexico, and gave him
every assurance of permanent support He
left him suddenly at the mercy of ahorde'o OF
and, semi-barbsrians. MAx1MIL-
IAN has now been for some months in imminent
danger of his life, 8 fact well known to LOUIS
who, nevertheless made no effort to
assist, or. release him. Is there not reason for
the strong language used by MACMILLAN, when
speaking Of the man Of destiny who basks in
the homage Of the French people, and Of the
Sovereigns Of Europe! especially when it is
remembered that these words were penned
when poor MAMMALIAN expected to be shot or
hanged by his Liberal captors?
AS the catastrophe which has befallen him,
and the present uncertainty of his fate have
attracted much, attention Of late to the e1-
Emperor Of Mexico, a brief sketch Of his life
may not be unwelcome to our readers. Il
FERDINAND MACMILLAN JOSEPH, Archduke
Of Austria, was born at Schonbrunn on the 9th
Of July, 1882. His father was FRANCIS
CHARLES JOSEPH, Archduke Of Austria, and
his mother SOPHIE DoRoTHEA, daughter Of
MAMMALIAN King, of Bavaria. Upon the
abdication of FERDINAND, Emperor of Austria,
the Arohduke renounced his claim to the sue
cession in favor of his eldest son, the present
the brother of the subject Of this
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MAMMALIAN received his education at Vienna.
He did not indulge in the frivolities so common
to the nobility of Austria, but appears to have
spent great part Of his youth in study and
travel. At an early age he entered the navy
Of the empire and saw considerable service at
sea, sailing about the Mediterranean, and Wis
tied all the adjacent countries Italy,
Morocco, French Algeria, Spain and Portugal.
At the age of twenty-five he was placed at the
head of what is termed by courtesy the Aus
trian Marine, and with squadron visited the
coasts Of Syria and Palestine. He went also
to the Red Sea and took great interest in the
works Of, the Suez Canal, which were then
just beginning. In 1856 he paid visit to
Paris and spent fortnight at st. Cloud with
LOUIS NAPOLEON. The year following he was
Vioeroy Of Lombardy and Venice,
and in the exercise of the powers attached to
the position, soon made himself quite favorite
among the Italians. This popularity was, how
ever, displeasing to FRANCIS JOSEPH, and in
1859 he was removed. He is said to have ex-
hibited great. courage and decided administra-
tive abilities while Viceroy. 1t is related that
he used to walk about the streets Of Milan and
Venice quite alone during the Jetes and among
the crowd, and would never allow the police to
be on the watch One day at Venice, when
the Italian mobiles had plotted to make hostile
demonstration against him on the Plaza St.
Marco, he discomftted and quite converted
them to his side by tucking his wife under his
arm and coming among them unattended, and
on foot, with a courage and frankness that dis
armed every one Another time, just after
ORsIN1's attempt at Paris, his life was said to
be also threatened, and his friends begged him
not to expose himself; but he Immediately or
dered his carriage to 60 to the theatre, taking
with him Count STRoMBoLI, to whom he said,
laughing, "If am to be blown up it shall at
least be in good company"
MAMMALIAN remained idle after his removal
from the governorship Of the Lombardo-Vene-
tian kingdom until 1868, when NAPOLEON de-
cided upon making catspaw of him in Mexi-
co. The crown of Mexico was offered to him
by NAPOLEON in August, 1868, and the diplo-
mats were put to work to arrange for his ac-
ceptance and occupancy of the throne Nearly
o year was occupied in this work, and it was
not until the 10th of April, 1864, that he for
mally accepted the profered crown. By the
terms of the acceptance he made conditional
of the right of eventual succession
to the throne of Austria, and On unconditional
remuneration of his share of the family estates,
amounting to 100000 of forins. The con-
dition reserved in the remuneration Of the right
to the succession was that such remuneration
might be remoked, should MAMMALIAN, finding
his foothold in Mexico insecure, choose to re-
sign, within six years from the date Of his ac-
ceptance of the crown of Mexico.
The career of MAMMALIAN in Mexico is well