New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-08-29

H.. ~ ,,.o,or farms of reunion The President
.ai ono,L,, ar resistance 20 the oilers OF
Congress. Gen Grant endbayored to coax Tue 49,
Cen. TAYLOR 10 bring Louisiana back 10 the Ll''oH
ONLY LEFT one Southern State adopt the amehu,i,enV
and The most generous terms would be gwen Nheh
orr. and Brown. and Walker. and other Pion''uo"'
Rebels came to him this was his advice
,,,,ro ro,line 70 do with Northerners who opposed
the war They will never again be Entrusted Wtn Po"S
re more Won consOrt with them the more eNacung lhe
Republicans will be, and ogn 20 Dc. Tic YOU ' No RE
sooner you accept nat he better for all concerned
These are plain words and on the strength of them
we write as the fourth principle of Gen. Grants
platform:
". Readpssion wih amnesty TO Rebels and Suffrage 10
The Negro.
Furthermore when Congress had with many din.
cultcs established policy the President and states
men like him tried to evade the law by miscOnstrung
it, or to make it dead letter by intrusng its execu
ton to unfriendy agents. This was a most import
ant consideration and by trihing with 1t the Presi-
dent brought himself TO the verge Of an ignomnous
removal from power Sheridan was in the Southwest
managing civil affairs with the Incompatible energy
and tact which illustrated his military career, aud
showing o combination of genius civil and mil
itary rarely given to men. or, indeed only given to
the highest order of men. SiCkles, with his clear
keen intellect his great requirements his knowledge
of men and the laws and his gentle, unyieding will,
was quietly but firmly making South Carolina the
Massachusetts, of the South Reconstruction was too
speedy and thorough for the President, and he
sought to oyade the law, or TO intrust It's
execution to unfaithful ministers. Let us
sec what Grant said on this subject. "The meaning
of the law may be explained away by an astute law
YER but common sense and the views of loyal people
will give to it the effect intended by its framers
The removal of Sheridan he regarded as detrimental
to tho national welfare:
"Gen Sheridan has performed his civil dutie, faith
fully and intelligently. His removal will only be re
garded as an effort to defeat the laws of Congress 1t
will be interpreted by tho unrecOnstruccd element IN
Goycpnmcnt Inv arms and now wish to bo tho only ele
ment consulted as to the method OF restoring oruc h5
triumph II will emboldcn them TO renewed opposition
10 the will Of the loyal masses, believing that they nave
the Executive with thcm.'
Had the statesmen In control of the Government
shown as much wisdom as this plain soldier, how
mucb misery and unrest would have been saved.
The fifth plank of his platform was therefore;
r. Enforcement Of the Reconstruction Acts according TO
their intent and BY men ,chO had he confidence Of the
country,
We now pass from these questions Of home interest
10 one of a more romantic and tragic nature There
is no story more sad and in respects more touch
ingthan that of the Prince Macmillan. young man
of beautiful character, courage intellect address,
much ability in small things butwithOut availability
in the affairs of nations-in the succession to the
throne Of Austria, Prince of the Roman Empire IN
his veins the blood of the Caesars, illustrious by his
birth wellbeloved from his character and achieve
ments set out upon new crusade TO the land Of Corez
and Montezuma He came with something of the
spirit Of St. Louis. His fcryid imagination saw IN
the rich and beautiful country Of Mexico the germ
Of a great Empire There it lay sluggish and dor-
mant its mountains the dens of robbers, s luxurious
hacicndas infested with beggars and thieves its
richest possessions despoled by greedy priesthood,
society as it were honey -combed and moth-eaten
by political adventures and the ambitious and in
triguing ministry Of the Roman Church. And yet
il was q country that God had blessed. What men
call riches were scattered over its mountains and
valleys Its mines in rider and earlier days had en-
riched the savage subjects OF hOntezuma, and
given wealth 10 the grandees Of CASTLE and
Arragon Tho soil was bursting with life and fer
tility All the fruits Of oil the were gathered
from plantations that stretched along the mountain
sides and embraced every variety Of temperature
between Cancer and Capricorn. The wheat-heds
looked down upon fields of agaye and orangc-groyes,
while the tassels of the Tpening corn waved above
the orange and the palm IL was in extent more than
three times as large the Empire Of Austria, and
there woro moro than eight millions of men. many
Of whom claimed descent from SPAIN while the
Others came from the unfortunate Indian race.
To save this beautiful empire and mako the king
dom of Mexico the Italy or the Spain Of the New
World. was the ambition Of the young knight Maxi
milan. He came in tho early flush of manhood, in
tho fullness of his intellect. his youth and his
beauty. His queen was princess of Belgium the
daughter Of the wise Leopold. His royal head had
been covered with the benedictOn Of the Supreme
Pontiff. Blessed by the church. beloved by his peo-
pie, and sustained by the military power
of tho warlike house of BOnaparte, he would
be the savior of Mexico; he would give IL
taste. and enterprise. and nationality; its cities
should DO as Dresden and Turin, and around
his court he would bring all the luxury and chivary
of Miramar To this no could give his years, and in
stead of living the torpid and monOtolous
career of an idle Archduke, he would add to
the many glories of his family name, that of having
regenerated a noble country, given nationality to
a people, and made the dynasty of Macmillan
as grand as that of ROdOlph We need
not dwell upon the mockcry of fate which
befcll this enthusiastic prince. The pleasing
dreams of his gardens at Trieste were bitter
mockercs when he came to the gardens of Mexico.
This exquisite lovable and sensitive young man
was not fitted to deal with the wretched
remnants of a people that clustered around his
throne. He was surrounded by thieves, towards,
and ingrates. The men whom he honored be-
trayed him, his allies were perhdious his subjects
either spies or rebels and although lac brought TO
Mexico more than had ever been offered her be-
fore. he was robbed 80 long he had money and
jewels aud trinkots. and abandoned when the time
came to make manly stand for hls kingdom His
empire vanished in hideous and dreary vision,
and all that was left Of his ambition, his poetry
and his chivalrous daring was that he should be