Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1866-1869, 1867-10-09
Che gHuxriIIt #hia.
Knoxville, Tenn, ootObsr 9, so.
The C0rnse OF MaxImIIIan.

Mexico, in the correspondence between us Voe,
srnment and the Representatives Of the iAnly y y
Macmillan, has taken ground which is certain
unusual and, hastily considered, would appoN5 ~
iustifable. Il has refused to deliver tns 49, 49, n
Macmillan to his friends. Governments rsisiS -
this day trouble themselves WITH the - Sssth
the remains Of those offenders they pst.t md II
The corpse il beyond their power 70 puma If the
matters little who weeps beside the go ersep-
rebsl er the invader Yet sometimes re- fssi re-
tions are made Our own Cavern .sb ~ rs broth
fused 10 give the body Of hIlkss of rebel Cen
or for interment and military lt;tsoa throughout
orals slsin In the war were prom hoot,ias -,
ARE soutb II was held that ID s.e1 sast,, =;
splendid regret for the slam ~ sh b,risi ~ The
anger with The slayer, and Ina' s,rrscsion ~ his
eeaa leS Sine IN refusing 70 surrender the tidy
eauss- MS1loo' - sssigned different reasons from
- = -. .ba ri Though stern IS gest
tnese, DaI s1s tboT did not ask for the corpse Of
Rr.TiniIiau IS the representative 81 Aus'rla. nls
sAi Is personai and private; ne expressly
mlssion :, W.. as the messenger Of the late En-
NislsS s silv: be had no written credentials and
P.1oI was refused for these reasons alone.
8Io,er eIads expressly says, in his letter Of Sep
49,, < that the Government thought that its
80. -.o9ired that previous 10 determining whether
~ -55,;ssoa shall be allowed 70 remove the Arch
soIes remains 10 Austria, either an official docu-
Tneyt of the Austrian Government, or an express
authority from the Archduke's family requesting
tbe Republican Government 10 deliver the remains,
should be submitted TO the consideration Of Govern
rnent.n BE added that, when such authority should
be given Il would be disposed to permit their reno
val and that in the mean time the remains should
be embslmed, entombed, and cared for with all the
decorum due to a departed being" Instructions
had been given to this effect Immediately after the
execution Of Macmillan, and the policy appears to
have been determined rs early as June.
Mexico shot Macmillan public offender, as
Sc enemy Of the nation. II desires to have that
fact recognized and especially by the Austrian Gov
eminent. Dead or alive il chooses to consider him
~ the embodiment Of invasion and usurpaton, and
in all negotiations with foreign powers arising out
Of his death, il intends that his execution shall be
treated az an act Of national right Any such rec
IGNITION was carefully avoided by Austria when
Admiral Tegethof was sent TO Mexico without q
solitary scrap Of writing to show his authority The
Mexican Government might rightfaliy insist upon
having official request from Austria, but it has
yielded far to intimate that an express author
ily from the family Of Macmillan win be sufficient
These conditions practically make the surrender Of
the body international affair They compel
Austria 10 abandon her claim or TO urge It openly.
The bodies Of Miramon and MejIa were az once sur
render TO their friends for these were Mexican suo-
iacts; but Macmillan was an Archduke Of Austria.
His corpse cannot be removed by irresponsible per
sons, nor without ample acknowledgment that the
Government has the right to It's disposal. Upon
this ground Mexico stands firmly, and its justice
cannot be dsputed.-New York Tribune.