The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-03-15
France and the United States.
LEGATION OF THE UNITED STATES.

LEGATION OF THE UNITED STATES,
PARIS. February 10, 1867.
Hon. IVm. H. 4Seuara, Sec'y Of State.
SIR: l enclose translation of the
report of the annual exposition of the
condition of the French Empire,
presented by the Government to the
Senate and Corps Legislatif, relating
to the United States and Mexico.
The expression of good feeling in
respect to the former, and the uncon-
dltlonal abandonment of the latter.
are the true index of the more gene
raj feeling which exists here on both
subjects. The paragraphs referred
to will be found on pages 3O2 and
3O3 of the "Erpose," :" which L will
send you in the despatch bag on Fri
day. It is too bulky for the mail. I
am, very respectfully, your obedient
servant, JOHN A. DIX.
In the United States, the work of
constitutional reconstruction CONT
nues. France sincerely applauds the
wonderful activity with which that
great nation is repairing the calami-
ties of civil war In the condition of
the relations which exist between the
different countries of the globe, the
sufferings which are produced at one
point are necessarily felt at all others.
We have experienced the shock of
events which have disturbed the
Union, and We are pro6ting by the
renewal Of its industry and CONNER
clal energies. No subject of dis
agreement exists at this moment be
tween the two countries. On the
contrary, everything is contributing
more and more to bring them nearer
to each other in their policy. His
Majesty has received, on a recent
occasion, the assurance of sentiments
of fAedship which were expressed
to him in the name of the United
States, and which correspond per-
fectly with our own feelings. We
take pleasure i'll auguring favorablv
az to the future relations of the two
Governments in respect to the differ
ent questions on which their interests
may be found to coincide.
We need not recur at this time to
the necessity which caused us to
undertake the expedition to Mexico.
We sought the redress of grievances
Of every description and denials of
Justice, from which our people had
suffered for many years, and ami
mated by the generous sentiment
which will always induce France to
render her intervention useful wher.
ever she shall be led to carry her
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an attempt at regeneration by which
all interests would have profted.
But, in lending its cooperation to
this work, the Government Of the
Emperor had beforehand assigned a
limit to its sacrifices, and the Empe-
ror had fixed the end of the present
year as the extreme term of our mill
tary occupation. The evacuation was
to have been made in three detach-
ments-the first leaving in the month
OF November, 1866; the second in
March, and the third in November,
1867. These arrangements, conform
able to our preyiols intentions, had
been made in the fullness OF our
liberty OF action, and anything which
had partaken of the nature of exter-
nal pressure. could only have placed
us IN the position, in spite of our
selves, OF prolon6ing a state of
things which we wished to abridce.
keasons arising out of our military
situation determined the Emperor to
modify the first arrangement by sub
stituting for a partial evacuation, at
succeeding periods of time, the
simultaneous transportation home of
our whole corps dmmee in the spring
of the present year. These measures
are now IN the course of execution,
and in the course of March next our
troops will have left Mexico.
Far from desiring to free itself
from engagements which it had con
Iracted on It's own account, and which
it has publicly announced, tnc Go
vernment of the Emperor will thus
hasten their fnlfillment.
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