The national Republican., 1867-07-04
MAMMALIAN.

This son OF the House OF Hapsburg,
MAMMALIAN, Archduke Of Austria, is now,
according to accredited rumor, no more.
He perished ignominiously, and paid the
forfeit Of his life for his crimes at the bar
of incensed Mexican just ice. We have
expressed heretofore our opposition to this
manner Of his taking of. We have not
believed, and do not now believe, that the
ends of public justice were to be subserved
by the death of MAxMLIAS. Neither have
we thought the violent death Of this Prince
would be Of the slightest benefit to the
Mexican Republic. Still there are reasons
which have influenced the Mexican author
tiles which, to do them justice, we are
bound to state. We may premise by say
ing that it was natural that the world
should feel sort of sympathy for this
young Prince, and also a sort of detesta-
tion for that chief conspirator against the
liberties Of Mexico, LOUIS NAPOLEON. He
was the arch.fend-the Mephistopheles-
Of all this nefarious business still his head
though it may lie uneasy on this account,
built up grand western empire, but he
was careful not to leopard his own head
in the undertaking. Poor MACMILLAN was
his tool, and signal has been his failure,
and violent has been his death. He has
answered at the bar of retributive justice
for his great crime.
MAMMALIAN knew better. lie need not
have involved himself in this trouble. His
ambition misled him, and he left his quiet
home at Miramar for the turmoils-the
uncertainties es-connected with the estab-
lishment Of an empire in Mexico. He
staked all upon this hazard, and he has lost
all.
We cannot conclude this article with
more appropriate remarks than the fol.
lowing, which we take from the New York
Evening Posi-. The Post says.
Maximfian, disregardful Of the fact
that he was foreigner, come without ex-
cuse to impose a despotic yoke upon q
free nation, by another decree ordered
that all who resisted his authority, no
matter what their Office or degree Of re-
sponsibility, should be shot as soon as
captured Under this barbarous decree Of
his, hundreds Of soldiers Of the republic
were shot to death by the foreign hire
lings, whom Maximilian had imported to
enable him TO master Mexico. This de-
cree declared that "when captured such
persons would be shot within twenty-four
hours after conviction by courtmartial.
In accordance with this decree Generals
Ortega and Salazar and several republi-
cans, being captured near Santa Ana
Amatlan on October l3, were, in q few
days, summarily executed, notwithstand-
ing that il was probably then known by
the Emperor that Juarez' reported aban-
donment Of his cause was unfounded." We
quote from a journal which sympathizes
with Maximilian.
These acts show that If ever man in
vited the fate which has now befallen him
twas this Austrian Archduke, whose own
cruel and bloody DEGREES suffice to stamp
him an enemy to mankind.
We should not now recall these circum.
stances if we did not notice some designing
and some namby-pamby writer's trying to
create sympathy for his criminal ambition,
to the injury Of the Mexican liberals, who
have SO bravely and faithfully resisted
Napoleon and defeated his tool
But the Mexican authorities have other
reasons for doing justice upon Macmillan.
The unserupulousness and the tenacity
with which the archduke clung to his
darling ambition for imperial rule and
power was shown bv all his acts from first
to last. He was not a man to suhside,
and accept defeat. Mr.. Romero, the Mexi-
can Minister, in letter which we printed
some weeks ago, remarked:
" do not know what disposition Presi-
dent Juarez may make Of Maximilian, but
am afraid that if he is allowed to 20
back to Europe with impunity he will be
constant menace to the peace OF Mex
leo. He will continue to style himself, to
our shame, Emperor Of Mexico. All dis
satisfied and designing Mexicans will keep
up an active correspondence with him
about his supposed popularity there, and
these people may induce him to return at
some future time, as they did with Itur-
bide. Such Of them as can afford il will
go over 20 Austria and form a Mexican
court for Maximilian at Miramar, and he
will have enough Of them to organize a
Mexican government there-as the ex.
king Of the Two Sicilies did at Rome after
he was expelled from Naples. Some
European powers will continue to recog.
nize him as the Emperor Of Mexico-as
Spain did with the ex-king Of the Sicilies
Whenever we may have complications
with any European nation, the first step
taken by the interested party will be to
intrigue with Maximilian, and to threaten
us with giving aid to our lawful sovereign,
to recover his authority from the hands Of
the usurpers,' if we decline to accept
terms"
Those who have watched the career OF
Maximilian in Mexico and who know the
character Of Napoleon will, it seems to us,
see much reason in these remarks Of Mr..
Romero, Selfpreservation is said to be
the first law Of nations as well as nature,
and certainly people attacked as unjusti-
fably as the Mexicans, could not be expect
ed to court new and perpetual dangers bya
foolish riemeRcy towards one Who had
shown himself ID the most delibtrate man
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