Year: 1868

led Napoleon heard the voice of great,
free, mighty and conquering people,
trembled and RETIRED with his tail between his
legs. We had done the Mexicans good SER
any compensation. In the interests of hui
manity, however, we asked them to spare the
life of Macmillan, who, If he had offended,
had not been the principal offender, and who,
with all his faults, had at least been more
sinned against than SHINING We had special
reasons for making such request. We our
selves had just passed through great revolu-
ton and bloody and devastating war. The
authors of the revolution had fallen into our
hands. We thirsted not for blood We sought
no revenge. With magnanimity worthy Of
ourselves, worthy of the great cause in which
we had triumphed, and worthy of the advanced
civilization of the nineteenth century, we felt
that when the war was ended the lives of even
the principal offenders might well be spared.
BY the service we had done the Mexicans-for
but for us they never could have driven the
French from their soil-and by the ex-
ample which we had set them we
had a right to ask them to spare the
life Of Macmillan. With an ingratitude and a
love of blood worthy of such people they re-
fused our request, committed judicial murder
which had absolutely nothing to Justify it and
ranked themselves with the barbarous nations
of the time. From the commencement of the
Mexican republic the love Of blood has been
quite as conspicuous as the want of common
sense has been apparent. The brigands of
Italy were gentlemen in comparison to these
Mexican patriots.


How do we find Mexico now? All was to
be well when the French had left them The
unity Of the republic was to be sealed by the
blood of Macmillan. The French trouble
them no more and the life-blood of Maximiian
has been heartlessly drawn, and how stands it
with this promising republic now? 1t is a
year since Macmillan was shot. Are they
a happier, more united, more pros
porous people now than they were then?
Have they in any true sense prospered in the
interval? Mr.. Romero, as will be seen
from our Washington news of to-day, says
they have prospered. We have only Mr..
Romero's word for that, and, considering
the character of his present mission, that
word is to be received with caution
Can any unprejudiced reader look at the
news of to-day, comparing it with the
news of any time during these forty -four or
fifty years, and say that Mexico has progressed
in anything but in anarchy2 Worse and worse,
wilder and wilder anarchy, deeper aud deeper
misery-behold the history of Mexico How
can 1t be otherwise? The race is incom-
petent. Strength and unity of purpose come
only from the amalgamation of races that have
something in common that have for each other
some natural affinity. Nothing but weakness
and disorder can come from a wild and unna-
tural mixture of the most heterogeneous human
elements. Europeans, oreoles, mestizoes,
mulattoes Zambos, Indians, negroes, all
mixed up and crossed in the most endless
and inconceivable fashion-such is the popu-
lation Of Mexico. Was ever such q hybrid
MIXTURE Witnessed on the lace of the earth
Hayti reveals a somewhat similar spectacle
but so far as Hayti is concerned, or indeed any
of the old European settlements of South
America whore the races have been unnatu-
rally mixed, it only confirms the truth of our
proposition that mscegenation under certain
conditions begets and can only beget weakness
and disorder. We have no choice but to pro-
nounce the case Of Mexico hopeless.


Minister Romero We observe, is again in this
country. He wants money. What about the
last loan9 It is not yet two years since money
was raised in this country on certain bonds to
assist the Mexican republic. One half years
interest was paid when the bonds were sub
scribsd. Not a cent 80 far as we know, has
been paid since. Yet Minister Romero has the
audacity to try it on again. We have had
enough Of this. What Mexico wants is not
money, but common sense. We have no OBJ
lection that the Mexican Minister be permitted
to convey back to his countrymen az much
American common sense as he can carry; but
we have decided objection to his being allowed
to carry back any more Of our gold. Our
advice Is, let Mexico 60 on in her mad career.
In very little while her offences will arise to
and provoke the vengeance of Heaven. As
the minister Of Heavens wrath 1t may be our
duty to send Phil Sheridan across the Rio
Grande-as was intended at the close of our
late war-.to unfurl the Star Spangled Banner
over the Halls of the Montezumas and make
Mexico our own. Then all will be we'll. Mexico
will have peace, rest and prosperity Let
Romero go home and wait for ''thc good time
coming"


Probable Failure Of a Big Job.


For some reason, 80 mysterious as it Is re-