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

issued by the unfortunate MAMMALIAN, aftor hc
had boon betrayed and surrendered. There Is
every reason 10 believe that this proclamation
is genuine. There is internal evidence of a.
most positive character that it is document
literally translated from the Spanish When
MAxIMiLiAN indicted this address he expected
to be executed whether or not this fate has
oyertaken him VIC are, as yet unable to say;
but, inasmuoh as ho was to be tried by Court
Martial, wc cannot but think that wiser coun-
seis, presailed, and that ,banisiment will bn uSo
sentence of the Court Certainly ifthe loadefs
of thu soi-disant Liberal party have not rdoro
foresight, to sny nothing of humnnity, than to
brulally murdor 3lAxIM1l1AN, after the gallant
nnd heroic conduct that he has shown during
tho pnst twelve months, It augurs badly forthc
future Of Mexico, The Victor can always afford
10 be generous, and We doubt not JUAnKE, ,eyen
If he is not inspired by o,aguanimity, will at
least prove himself sufficient Of n'sthtesnan 10
500 the fa,sl policy Of : contrary COURSE:
.MAx,MILlAs; behayod, with rare gallantry,
npi To the last, as far as We have heard, in n
manner altogether crcditablc to the ancient
and illustfiods house or which lie is O worthy
scion. IIc shows feeling of bitter resent
mnssnt against NArdiEos, and'apoh him hae lays
bis blood and Tint Of all Tho French, Adstrians,
Bcigiens and Ms1icans who have fallon in tho
attempt ato;a make Mexico an Empire, be-
cause ofthc subsequent mean and cowhrdly de-
scrtion Of him 'all his cause by NAroLEos..
This, eIecrationa OF NAroLRoa on the part of
MAaihlLrAN' is perfectly natural. We do not
see how he could be human and feel or say less.
~ .;N:AroLEos, il should" bo well remembered,
brought. .MAxIYILrAs to Mexico, and gave him
e3ery assurance OF permanent support. lfc
len him Suddenly ut tho mercy Of o horde Of
inertcnartei ,aHd scmi;barbprisns.; M4xIMIL-
| IAN has now been for somo months in imminent
iaugerof his life, d fact well known TO Louis
NAroLKos, who, nevertheless made no effort to
assist or release him. Is there not reason for
Tho strong language used by hfAxtMrLIAN, when
speaking Of. the man of destiny who hasks in
tho homage of tho Frenoh people, and Of tho
Soyereigns Of Europe? especially when it is
remembered that these words were penued
when poor MAMMALIAN expected 70 DO shot Or
hanged by his Liberal captorss
and the present uncertainty of his fals have
ssnsSp SpoP # skssn ss 'G 81 h His 1s
may not be unwelcome to our readers
t"'FERbISlND MaxIaILIAN JosErn, Archduke
Of Austria, ,was born 81 schonbrunn on the 9th
ofaIply, 1882. His father. was FRAxcis
CHARLES Josrru, Arohduke Of. Austria, and
his mother SoPnIK DoRornEX,i daughter Of
MAMMALIAN i! King OF bavaria. Upon the
hbdioation ofFRnBTSAsD, Emperor ofiAustria
the Archanke reaounced his claim 10 tho sue
cession in favor Of his eldest, son, the present
Emperor, the brother of y the subject ofahfs
sketch. .oa't,l, - ,..t r.go'av y
MASIMILIis received his education at Vienna. \
He He did not indulge in the frivolities SO eommdn
to the nobility Of Austria, but appears 10 have
spent q great part Of his youth in study and
travel. AT an early age he entered the navy
of tho empire and saw considerable service At
sea, smiling about the Mediterranean, and yis-
tied all Tho adjacent countries Greece, Italy.
Morocco, French Algeria, Spain and Portugal.
At'the age Of twenty-five lie WAS placed at the
head Of what is termed by courtesy tho Aus
trian Marine, and with squadron visited the
coasts OF Syria and Palestine. He went also
to the Red Sen and took great interest IN tho |
works ve1s Of ihe suez Canal. which wers then
1pak beginning. IN 1866, ,he paid visit to
Parisand spent . fortnight at st. Cloud with |
LouIs NAPOLEON The year following he WAS |
appointed Vicer0y Of Lombardy and Venice,
and in tho exercise Of the powers attached 70 |
the position: soon made himself quite fsyorite |
among the Italians. This popularity was, how
ever, displeasing to FRANoIs JOSEPH, and in |
1893 he was removed. He is said to have eI- |
hibited great courage and decided administra- |
tive abilities while Viceroy. It is related that
lie used TO walk about the otreets Of Milan and |
Venice quite alone during the fttes and among /
the crowd and would never allow the police TO |
be on the watch. One dny at Venice, when
the Italian mobiles had plotted to make hostile |
demonstration against him on the Plaza 81.
Marco, he diseonfitsd and quite converted
'hem to his side by tuoking his wife under his !
arm and coming among them unattended, and
on foot, with courage and frankness that dis
armed every one. Another time, lust after
OnsINI's attempt Mt Paris, his life was snid 10
DO 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 srRonDoLI, to whom he said
laughing, "If am TO be blown up It shall at
leust be in good company"
MAMMALIAN remained idle after his remoynl
from the governorship Of the Lombardo- -yeno-
tim kingdom until 1868, when NAPOLEON de- T
eided upon mixing q catspaw of him In MeIi.
90. The crown Of Mexico was offered to him
BY NAPoLEoE in August, 1865, and the diplo.
mats were put TO work to arrange for his, ao-
'eptanee and occupancy Of the throne. Nearly
. year was occupied in this work, and IL was
not. until the 10th. Of April, 1854, that he for.
mnlly accepted the profered crown. By Tho
torms of Tho acceptance he made conditional
remuneration Of tho right Of eventual succ ccession
TO the throne of Austria, and an unconditional
Of his share Of the family estates.
to 10000, 900 Of florins The oop.
dition reserved In tho renunointion of the right
10 the succession was that such renuncIation
might be remoked, should MACMILLAN, finding t,
bis foolhold In Mexico insecure, choose TO re-.
sign, within six years from the date Of his ac-
ceptanco Of the crown Of Mexico. 'D "a |.
Tho career Of MAMMALIAN in Mexico is we'll
known.G His first official act was 10 offer terms
10 JuARKz looking to the submission Of the lat
ter. These wore rejected, and then followed II
The PAST years OF war and bloodshed, with hl.ar-
nate success, and The present final defeat M