New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-12-22

OF joint action from the Treaty OF Verona to the
overwhelming authority. hitherto unknown to man
KIND. which was exhibited In the Treaty or Berlin:
the rapid extension Of her system over the rest OF
the world, and the Inevitable pressure Of its expan
sion; her iinmeIse superiority In wealth ana me-
chanical resources; the Irresistible energy CT hfr
enormous naval and military ornaments when
single mass. left no doubt that America must
ebancon the hope Of independence II she could not
MAR tain a system CT her own.
THE CASE OF TEXAS
In the case OF Texas further on 1t is remarked
the United States Government. as Is well known
exercised the whole right OF Intervention against
American Power: but the case of Texas did not
differ in principle from that Of Colombia except In
beng wholly an American and domestic affair In
Doth instances the Intervention rested on the claim
Of the Executive and the Legislature to h. aD5o-
lutte and final judges OF the time and mode OF IN
reference. In were other Gov, rnmehis eN-
pected TO sanction the decision IN order 10 sNv II
the recognition OF Texas as an independent Power
very closely reviewed In the report the ioIS
historical summary thereof including me reco,i-
mendations Of the committee that the lnGepenu-
ence OF Texas ought to be acknowledged by the
United States whenever satisfactory intorma'lo"
ton n civil Government capable Of performing tle
duties and fulfilling the obligations of an iHdepe""-
en-, Power" .u, ,,t,
The letters OF President Jackson following TINS
initiative are deliberately referred TO- ana tnc re-
feeling on the part Great Britain and Mexico foI
the Southern Confederacy during the period ls'- %
and TO the invitation OF l.Oru john W
Emperor Of France to cooperate WIN fts h hl IL
"a joint endeavor to obtain IRON each Vi We ~,
trails on May the French Minister .concurred
entirely in the views Of Her Majesty's Govern,
ment" and pledged himself to the Joint action on
May 10 the British Government issued us Ia
proclamation of neutrality between tne l. ,s,
States ard certain States styling themselves "e
Confederate States Of America.
Lord John Russell justified this action on the
ground Of The Size ard Popu9 O q r qf Ts'e conn
rnerce" He denied that the British Goyernmehht
had any thought Of gyng o aTG jo rne He
showed that he considered the issue as decided IL
that assumption. His speech of May character
lied the insurgents. without qualification as INC
correspondence with his official agents he used
the term NOrthern or Soutnefn STATES
of America" though their independence were
fully established. Al his ,expresslons and acts
ligerency was In his mind. only preliminary step
to the recognition of Independence as an already
declar' ton Of belgerency in order avoid the
mons, ances certain to be made by the Al, Amecan
symptom Of European temper. was the joint acton
concerted between Engiand ana FRANCE WIN" iSn
dissolution Of the Union meant IN reCognlSlns
TO revive her old begerenl claims Of 1872. which
had never been expressly abandoned.
RECOGNITION or THE SOUTH
This threatened wreck of all American rights
was even more imminent than highest Off
Gals supposed. Only by slow degrees have We
learned how narrow escape We made. and even
at this day much remains to be revealed. We know
that early March, 1851, the French Minister at
Washington advised his Government to recognze
the Confederate States. and in May he advised II TO
intervene by fOrcibly raising the Ameri AN block
AIDE. Mcrciers recommendation communicated
to Russell who entertained no doubts as TO the
right Of intervention. either diplomatic or military
even at that moment. when the serious operations
of war had hardly begun"
Much additional stress laid in the report on
these schemes Of Intervention. and Palmerston's
Endorsement of Russells view. in which Pamerston
suggested an Application tnat Russia jon England
and France In the offer of mediation. is not over
looked in the committees summary Of all the cir
cunlsiances That confronted TINS Government at
that time The report goes on to relate that fort,
palmerston found their serious difficulties not in
France or in the law, but in the political division
men. who had been both honorod with tho position
Of Prime Minister of England. had united their in
sufficient control the Ministry they had created
others he received a check The question
became one Of internal politics. social divisions
The scheme. OF intervention was embraced by the
Emperor OF France as seriously as BY Russell and
men decided 10 act Napoleon III had given his nrst
s to the b % red d to
Army Ar before Rlchm9nd reachsd Paris on July 10
an 'nf @fH a"y rSc sGs pkf amS Of
armed Intervention n Mexico receives attention.
wish to substitute French influence on the Gulf OF
Mexico in the place Of American This had been
poleon ~ had doctrine of his own far more
ancient than that of Monroe and backed by more
by arms in the American civil War but fortunately
she attacked our ally, and only indirectly ourselves
Fortunately too In betraying bis ultimate objects
in Mexico. NaroleOn alicnated England and did
not conciliaie Spain. Yet the attack wa made vo-
lently in Mexico; more cautiously AT Washington
and as sysieina icaly as the mutual calouSes Of
and Pamerston brought their scheme of interven-
non before IN" lirlsh Cablnr Nap0e,n sent rein
sent formal vjtaron 20 tngland snd Rssj ~
intervene in the American civil War. These papers
have not been published. and we do not know the
iered or declined, TO the fact that Russia was
avowedly friendly. and that the two most powerful
in heir own ,'ahrei smerca nueI br e 1891
from European destination.
Into this American system thus created by
United States. only Ruenos Ayres. Chill Colombia
and Mexico, various other communities have since
claimed and IN most cases have received admis-
cept the Guanas all Central America except the
British colony Of Honduras, and the two black re-
pubcs Of Spanish san'o Domingo and Hayu in the
Antilles
THE CUBAN RESURRECTION OF 1869
mo serious question again raised with any
European Power in regard the Instruction or in
dependence of their American possessions. until In
1863. rebellion broke out I'm Cuba and the insur-
gents. after organizing a government and declar
ing their independence claimed recognition from
States had always regarded cuba within the
sphere of its most active and serious interests. A.
early Isl, when the newly ognized States OF
Colombia and Mexico were supposed 10 be prepar-
Ing an expedition to revoutionize Cuba and Porto
Rico the United States Government nterpCsed its
friendly offices with those Governments TO request
their forbearance. The actual condition Of Spain
seemed to make her retention OF Cuba impossible
In which case the United States would have been
Obliged for their safety. to prevent the island
from falling into the hands Of stronger Power in
Europe That this emergency did not occur may
have been partly due to the energy with which
Monroe announced our right and our power 10 pre-
ent il and his determination all the means
within his competency TO guard against and fore
fend it,
This right Of intervention in matters relating
the external relations Of Cuba. asserted and ex-
ercsed seventy years ago, has been asserted and
erciscd every crisis In which the island has been
involved When the Cuban Insurgents 1869 APP
pealed 10 the United States for recognition Presi-
dent Grant admitted the JUST, of the claim and
directed the Minister Of the United States at Madrid
10 interpose our good Offices with the Spanish Cow
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