The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-12-29


em,,ed long curl of fragrant smoke from his lips,
\ wii Lot so to Mexico Ireceiye orders from the
state Department.
I" This order does not properly speaking, come
from the State Department, General, said l. IT Is
really one from the President-Alr, Johnson
MI otterbourg, am not Presidential creature.
am subject to the orders of Congress only. Will
not leave Washington II the government wants me
TO elrve the French out OF Mexico l attend to
that business from this Office. Sheridan Is near the
frontier and he'll execute any orders give him..
AFTER some general conversation about Mexico we
retired and reported General Grants refusal to the
State Department. The next We knew was that Cell
eral sherman to accompany Ms. ought to say
mere, perhaps, that while now the word us IN
talking to you OF that expedition never consented
o,so with it. My position may be thus explained;
uid not believe thai some OF those composing the
expedition understood appreciated the impor-
lance OF the mission and the position assumed by the
| thought the whole thing would DO a failure. told
Nh Seward at the time that did not care to so on
the snsquehanna with the expedition, but that
would De of much more service II allowed 10 leave
before it and be at til. city of Mexico on ITS
arrival. ] would then have prepared the Mexican
people aud conflicting elements to receive Messrs
Campbell anal sherman. succeeded after formal
refusal 70 go on the expedition. offering either 70
resign altogether 20 alone with the assistance Of
MI. Frederick Seward in being permitted to have
my own way. The Susquehanna left on tho 10Th OK
November, 1866. embarked two days later with
my family, arrived at Havana in time to meet General
Sherman and MI Campbell, had an interview with
the latter left for Vera Cruz ahead of tho expedition
and reached the city OF Mexico. in conformity with
my promise to Mr., Seward, three days before the
susquelanna dropped her anchor in the harbor Of
and myself that wonld look up the situation IN the
city and submit report thereof by which he might
shape his action.
CONDITION THINGS IN MExlco.
In compliance with this understanding made
and forwarded written report to Mr. Campbell on
an interview had with Marshal Bazaine, suying:-
After careful perusal Of his Mr Campbell's in.
s snS i;"; which used my guide IN The delicate
ssss. S.sss The Ta'sd
Other than tho recognition and ultimate sstnsishmsnt
Ss 'hs'
tempt TO sustain the Empire the first step toward natural
city INTO Sands q he
y X he Sn ss' them into
the federal authorities should have taken to re-
% decide pro-
Of the and to u s eo a. ay e
dnce the immediate objects d your mission The
al the uncertainty what may be the result Of
representative Of the Tinted states IN inrSeranee the
@ OF the & ysne s he wishes he's. eS Iw s
q these three Of .tan.y and
$
Win ss ss should S By s sss s
alliance srranrsment Mexican question with
out so"sa,ns the MsSissns themssyss Within the rs.
French relied upon Maximillan's abdcatan and depart
rns III Il. e thu mode
Of Withdrawal Informed that there viii issue from
milan return the city. This win be in the
that French viii oSssrSe Tie s.re1ss nsatralsy liz
which 8. arss under the new Is q p1e
dered from Vera Cruz and that all the leading Of
pss sa
steps Immediately taken"
FAILURE or THE EXPEDITION.
"As Mr.. Masseras says the susquehanna returned to
America without Sherman and Campbell having Eff
fected anything. But he is mistaken TO the of
the expeditions failure. The situation in Mexico had
not changed sufficiently to cause alteration in the
policy which prompted the expedition. Had the
ENJOYS remained twenty-four hours longer in Vera
Cruz and received the FOREGOING report, which ar
rived at the time stipulated and which was accom-
panied by an invitation from Marshal Bazane to
General Sherman to land and meet him, Maximilian
would not have been executed and might have been
living to-day, thousands OF lives saved and great
deal of hardship to American citizens prevented. The
understanding between myself and Mr.. Campbell
that he was to walt for my report. rendered it
the third day after my arrival in the capital. The
Susquehanna left Vera Cruz hour before my
documents--B azaine's invitation TO sherman and my
report On such trivial things often turns the tide
in the affairs of nations. have never understood
the cause of that sudden departure.
HOW RAzAINE's INVITATION WAS OBTAINED.
Those who read this will hardly be able TO appreci
ate the difficulty OF getting the French Marshal to
invite the American General to call upon him. The
French Minister, M. Dapo; General Cnstelnan, the
special envoy OF Napoleon Ill., and Marshal Bazaine
were all ut loggerheads Castelnau had instructions
to depose Bazaine and didnt dare to do It; NJ Dano
was particularly anxious about himself. fearing lest
Bazane at time hpughty and overbearing
toward Americans and their interests All three had
to be reconced to the idea OF inviting the Ameri-
General. whom after ALL they wanted to relieve
them OF their troubles. II General Sherman had
to have found an opening for Mr. Campbell to land
and present his credentials to the government recog
nized by the United states-that of Juarcz Tho in
vitaton obtained in this way:--I brought the
of the arrival of the Susqnehsnna tn the city,
aud il caused little surprise. l the three
French officials and suggested the alton of GEN.
eralS
shall Bazaine for the purpose of enabling these
officials to confer with him tn the most acceptable
method of bringing order ont If the existing chaos.
After great deal of trouble Marshal Bazane wrote it
and despatched il. The following letter from Gen
cral Sherman shows how useless were my efforts to
bring abont the desired meeting
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION or rnE Missouri
: NV ORLEANS La, Dec ~, 1875 i!
Hon MARrus OrTRRBouRG United states suatc City
Of me same date Marsha B"nans to Yourself did not
reach until day when It brought by the United
beg You will cali on Marshal Bazane and assure him in
osrs {. sc s" the e 81 a
know that s s,s , = ,na time why our
aud I required attend him to Tampco and Mata,
am now going to my proper military station ~, ST.
% s h." q s 70 ss s x
ossr and so%,sy 20 h' 10 my .sAnow'ds
with great respect, your friend AID servant
Lieutenant General United states Army.
THE LAST DAYS OF MAMMALIAN
"what about Macmillan after the failure of the
an-CaInpbell cxpeditiony
"AIaximilian came back to the city of Mexico, and
the situation grew and worse daily. could not
do justice the subject without referring matters
aud papers which not within reach now. The
ations between him and the French officials did not
improve in any way after his return from orizaba
The opinion entertained by great many in
Mexico that the moment the French troops were with
drawn from the capital there would be pronuncia-
nento and subsequent change Of government
On the 5th of February, 1867 the French troops
left the capital and cncamped for two days
a short distance from IL. IL was understood that
in case OF an outbreak in the city they would
return and control of the place. Nothing
happened, however; but the gloom which always
follows and prcccdcs great events in revolution
hung the city. No man felt SAFE no one knew what
was coming next. The reports that Generals Mar
1uese, Mranon and Meiia we're to conduct the mill
fary operations OF the so-called imperial government
made fear the worst and asked for private in
tervcw with Macmillan.
PRINCE.
ut granted, and was received by him privately
on the eth of March. opened the interview with
expression OF my anxiety for the welfare OF the city.