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(a ‘ADOPTION OF THE NEW CONSTITUTION. EFFECT UPON, THE REBELS, HISTORY OF THE STRUGGLE. CONDITION OF THE STATE. SRBATMENT OF REBELS. BMIGRATION SCHEMES, oy &e., &eo. Our St. Louis Correspondence. Sr. Louis, August 9, 1865. ‘MISSOURI SINCE THE REBELLION, he restoration of peace by the suppression of the re- ellion in the seceded States found Missouri in the midst of an exciting contest on the ratification or rejection of ‘mew constitution, which, it was claimed on one side, ‘Would forever destroy the last vestige of the rebellion ‘Within our borders, and, on the other, that ite adoption Would foment interminable discord and keep the State in @ semi-civil war formany years, At that time the sur- , Bender of the rebel armies on both sides of the Missiasipp! Fiver had returned to the State bands of rebel soldiers formerly residing in our midst, Many of them had for- merly been connected with guerilla gangs, and made themeelyes and companions obnoxious to Union men by ects of perfidy and cruelty unsurpassed by any of the horrors brought about by the war in any section. With @ Clemency which created surprise and indignation ‘among the Union men, the government of the United States transported several thousand rebel Missourians, who, at the time of their surrender, were in Texas, from Shreveport to St. Louis. Many of them sought to return to their old homes, but were without money and heelploss. It was the memory of their misdeeds and the prospective participation of these men that impelled the radical Union men of the~interior to unite so generally im favor of the new constitution. ANT-REBEL FEATURES OF THE NEW CONSTITUTION. Probably no State in the Union has such stringent features in its organic law against persons who have been inarms against the United States government, or expressed. sympathy for those who have thus been in arms. This is the leading idea, which bristled like a sharp sword all through the proceedings of the conven- {Hon which adopted the constitution. The peculiar anti- Tebel features are as follow: Wirst—Disfranchisement of all persons who have been {m arms or given countenance to rebellion against the te Secme—Disqualification from holding any office of twust or profit, either of a public nature or private cor- poration, or even as a teacher in a school, Phird—Disqualification from serving as a witness or Jaror in civil or criminal cases. Fourth—A prohibition imposed on tho Legislature from altering or amending these features before 1871. STRINGENCY OF THE DISVRANOBISEMENT CLAUSE. ‘The third section of the second article of the new con- stitution is believed to be the most stringent ever adopt- @d by a eovereign State. It is a follows:— S20. 8. At any election held by the people under this A tm its contest wit Jaw of this or in pursuance of ‘any municipal cor- ordinanee or by law be deemed a qualified voter armed hostility to the United authorities or to the or has fev 3 given aid, support persons en- hostility; or has ever, in any emies, foreign or domestic, coutributing to ther, or lines money, com: fnformation; or has ever disloyally held com- such enemies; or has ever advised or to enter the service of such enemies; or act or word, his adherence to |, manifested ‘such enemies, or his desire for their triumph nited mpatby with a ened in ecling or eettog ont rebellion against Bee has ever, except under overpower- ited to the authority, or been in led Confederate States of Ame- ever left this State and gone within the lines the Loar eel po cpiys of of adhering to said States or che toon @ member of, or connected big or ization inimical to the fnited States, or to the govern- has ever been engaged in ‘al inhabitants of the United yn Of marauding commonly ;” or has ever knowingly and ‘Or countenanced any person 60 come into or left this State for the enrolment for or draft into the mili- ited States; or has ever, with a in the militia of this State, or of duty therein, or for any OF authorized himeelf to any officer as disloyal, or as a +, Or in any other terms indicating ernment of the United States rebellion, or his sympathy with thoee rebellion; or having ever votcd at any people in this State or in any other of the sen in inited istatea, of in any of their territories, or held otlice oxy inthe army the this eathority; or in any other of the United States, or in territories, or under the United shall have sought or received, under claim of alj.n- protection ‘consul or other officer thereof, in order to secure of any foreign government, thro from military duty in the militia of this Stat: or of the United States. | DISQUALIFICATION FROM HOLDING OFFICE. Nor are the disqualifications from holding office any Jess sweeping. The constitution declares that any per- gon who has been guilty of any of the acts described in section shall not be capable of holding in any office of honor, trust, or profit under its or of being an officer, other manager of , councilman, director, any corporation, public or hereafter esiablished by its as a or teacher in any or in any common or other real estate or other property religious society or or REGISTRATION AGAINST RETELS. ‘members of the Convention had had too much to trust to mere oaths to disfranchise rebels; ired the islature to are- gery nw for Fegietcring the wees of voters, and pro- ‘viding that no Rr. disfranchised under the provisions qaoted should be registered. Unless registered of course Bo one can vote. ers pi ired to be made Sixty days prior to every bien: genet election. ‘AM IRON-CLAD OATH OF LOYALTY. each pro- the new constitu- inf ett West excite- irected against the ninth section of article the shall assume the duties of any State, office, to which he may be ‘by a vote of the people, nor expiration of sixty days after ven, if it by competent proof that the petitioner ly ontitied to she reher prayed fur, the Court shall @ decree removing such disqualification, But any cudficu PRorry. discussion took place in the Convention on following section of the Bill of Rights. - It was — that Oe ue 2 Ay sipeen the olics; but A ere yy @ small majority: 12. That no religious be established in this State: Bees ‘by ageneral _ uniform through- out the State, any, OF rel con- ligious society or of holding, using, aad diay pe uiring, Dg, Same nates itera ea chanted worship, & a je, a bu ut the same, and contracting in relation to such land, the doudings tnerenp, through a board of trus- tees, selected by themselves; but the quantity of land to be held by any such body corporate, in connection with a house of worship or a Parsonage, shall not exceed five acres in the country, or one acre in a town or city. A SWREPING DECLARATION OF LIBERTY OF CONSCIENCE. ‘The following is the ninth section of the Bill of Rights which was amended and debated for three days by the Convention. The last clause was objected to by the Ger- mans and generally by all infidels as opening the door to ion in favor of churches, &c., although the terms of the section are broad enough to embrace every shade of liberty of conscience claimed by unbelievers in the existence of an Almighty God:— “That all men have a natural and indefeasible right to Almighty God according to the dictates of their own consciences; that no person ean, on account of his religious opinions, be rendered ineligible to any office of trust or protit ul this State, nor disqualified from testifying, or from serving as a juror; that no human authority cam control or interfere with the rights of con- science; and that no person ought, by any law, to be molested in his person or estate, on account of his relig- ious persuasion or profession; but the liberty of con- science hereby secured shall not be so construed as to excuse acts of licentiousness nor to justify practices in- consistent with the good order, peace or safety of the State, or with the rights of others,” CRLLANEO! Mas US PROVISIONS. These are the sections which principally agitated the public mind in Missouri preceding the election, There are other clauses which created del ‘on a small scale; but they were unimportant compared with those here given. The Legislature is required to provide educa- tional facilities for colored persons, allowed to admit negroes to vote after 1870, requil to embrace a per- sonal liability clause in any corporation law, to provide for a pro rata distribution of school moneys collected in the State, extending the Governor’s term after the term of the present Governor expires, and various other things, which were objected to by some and extolled by others, THE CANVASS ON THE NEW CONSTITUTION. The Convention closed its labors by submitting the new constitution to the people, providing firet, however, that they must take the oath of loyalty given above as a condition precedent to govt. The election was ordered to take place the 6th day of June, and imme- diately an active and bitter canvass commenced. The leading radical member of the State Convention, who as- sisted in drafting the principal part of the constitution, was Mr. Charles D. Drake, of St. Louis, Mr. Drake im- mediately published a sorles of able and convincing let- ters in favor of the’ adoption of the constitution, The whole conservative party took ground against it. The radicals wero at first nonplussea. The Democrat, the Jeading party organ of the city, was in favor of it, as were nine-tenths of the radical papers of the interior. A dozen or fifteen radical members of the Convention who voted aga nst the constitution issued an address to the people against its adoption. The firet bombshell among the radi- cals was the announcement that Governor Fletcher was opposed to the new constitution and the publication of a letter to that effect addressed by him to a friend. ROW AMONG THE RADICALS, ‘Ths letter caused great squirming. It was followed by an announcement that Senator B. Gratz Brown had joined the opposition. Then came a funny quarrel. The ‘Democrat contradicted the statement, and said B, Gratz Brown was for the constitution. The opposition reiter- ated their story that he was opposed to it. At length Senator Brown issued a card wherein be sai he had at first thought he would vote against the constitution, but on reflection he had concluded to go for it, Other party leaders appeared to bein — doubt, and finally the editor of the Westliche — German Fremont leader, Emi! Pretorius, bit upon the expedient of holding a private caucus to settle the matter. The caucus was held; Governor Fletcher, Senators Brown and Henderson, all the radical members of Congreas and a few others attended, when it was found a majority were in favor of the constitution, Dut decided not to make it a party test. Governor Fletcher agreed not to take any active part in the con- test. Bunt the radical soreheads sent off Charles P. Johnson, Esq., a young and fiery radical lawyer, a Fre- mont man, who once said he was sorry he was an American citizen, to canvase the State against the consti- tution, The Governor's quandary led hin into many difficulties, About that time he was making appoint- ments, and in some countes he appointed men favorable to the constitution, whereupon the whole pack of radi- cal anti-constitution men would come down upon him for helping the enemy. TEE ELECIION ON THE 6rH OF JUNE. The party spirit ran high, and the election day came. The result might have been foreseen. There were illegal practices on both sides. In St. Louis undoubted and no- turions eecessionists voted and worked against the constl- tution, To do this they bad to swear that hag had never, “by act or word, manifeeted a desire for the tri- umph of the enemies of the United States.” Most un- blushing perjury was committed, Several parties voted who had been convicted of disloyalty ; onc voted who had said publicly, in 1861, he would “ rather cut bis oe band off than take an oath of allegiance to the United States,” another voted who had read a despatch on ‘Change in 1861, and sad he ‘eared it was too good to be true.” Several voted who had been assessed for disloyalty, and id thelr assessments withoct a protest. Nearly every y knew of one or fore revels who had thus com- mitied perjury. On the other band, there were cases of soldiers in the interior who prevented persons from vot- ing—cases where citizens of Kansas crossed the Tine and voted, aud other nmaalpractices equally reprehensible, The soldiers decided the election. The home vote gave 1,800 majority agamst the constitution, but the rs turned the scale, and left a major of 1,862 <ioption. ‘The vote, as officially declared, stood—yea, 43,670; nay, 41,808, By its terms the consti- tution took eflect July 4, 1865 THE BUYREME COURT IMFROGTD), , ‘The anti-constitution men thought they bad certainly defeated “the thing,” as they called ‘t. Before all the returns were in another event ocurred to inflame the public mind: the State Convention had passed an ordinance vacating every judgeship, clerkshipand county Office in the State, and allowing the Governor to fill the yucancies. The object. of this was to get rid of sundry officeholders elected in disloyal counties four years since, and having two years unexpired term to fill, They could not be onsted any other way, as they would have sub- scribed to any oath which could be framed, The Gover- nor proceeded to fill these vacancies quite rapidly. Ove of the o sied officers in St. Louis resisted, and applied to the courts, which sustained h tance. Whereupon the conservatives crowed loud! In Pettis county, in the interior, one of the meurmbente resisted, and on the case being reported to the Governor he ordered a mili- tary force to turn him out neck and heels, Here was a mess, The anti-constitution men had been championing the Governor for opposing the constitution, but they re- pudiated this act at once. In the course of time the Governor appointed new Judges of the supreme Court to displace the old. After the election the June term of the Supreme Court was about to commence, when it was whisprred about that the old judges would Tes.st, and 61 nough they refused to vacate at the demand of the new judges. Governor Fletcher was in Louisville at the time, and he was telegraphed for and at once returned. His action was prompt. Ordering the local malitia commander to place the new judges in possession, the tables were quickly turned and the old tee foreibly ejected from the court room. They we held the court ever since. This act created some excitement, and the conservatives, by implication, threatened a mob to vindicate their rights. The mob did not assemble, but an indignation meeting did, which ended iu resolutions and an addrese which would fill two pages of the Hxnatp in fine type. KFTECT OF THESE PROCKRDINGS, It ia necessary to consider aji these proceedings and the preliminary action of the people on the constitution to arrive ata Correct conclusion of the present status, The people who had voted against the covstitution were highly exasperated when the Governor's proclamation announced its adoption, They sent a committee to Jefferson City to demand a Ces | of the returns, but were not thus favored. e returns been examined by the Secretary of State, Governor an Attorn Generali, and nobody else had any contro! over them, and the committee re- turned irate and disappointed. Some ama) threats of sistance to the constitution were made, but on the whole the mase of the people settled down to acquiescence very comfortably. e Most striking effect of the vote of the State was to dissuade many of the paroled rebel officors from returning to tate, BREAKING UP OF PARTING. In a measure this contest produced a division in par- ties, whieh has loft several radicals high and dry on con. a servative ground. There were formerty a I number? of republican Union men who 0 the fon of B. Gratz Brown to the United states ¢, and have never po oe wae snes, 0 aon the federal ce holders in thi ¢ belong 8 ©: were the men at Baltimore when radical lately from varions pointe, St. Jo : Joseph, Columbin, Cass |i ek ae a har ta Governor private convergation, that from - informati session he believed at least two hundred had been shot since the Ist of May in this State parties who were unknown, but suspected. some cases Union men had been robbed murdered by returned rebels, and these incidents are set up in palliation of the ation in other ponies rebels. There is no safety for # returned in the interior pane in going to a place and remain- ing quiet. ry few officers have come back. In Saline and Howard cor rebel editors who — re- papers to join the Southern army have retu sumed their papers, There is talk of lynching the Saline ‘inally a bitter sheet, threatening revenge on vi Parties by name who did not believe in secession. Very few of the pa- Toled rebels have gone to work—the mags of them are still drones in society. AGITATION AMONG THE PREACHERS. The section heretofore quoted. requiring the iron-clad oath to be taken by the preachers, priests and bishops, has lately caused considerable consternation among thi clags of persons affected by it. The lamentable truth must be told that nine-tenths of the cl en of this county man, a8 his paper was State, at the outset of the war, of all denominations, were dislo; end three-fourths of these have in some way given and comfort to the rebels. This as regards the Bapti: was openly confessed re the Baptist conventiod! held. ere in May. peak torions a is the Mel South, and admitted by loyal Catholics to be true, asa Tule, of the Catholic pelosi of the State. Now, what is to be done in this case? Those men are threatened by Governor with prosecutions for perjury if they take the oath; and, witha bition against a further exercise of their*clerical functions if they don’t take it, either way they are in a quandary, and must soon decide. Their day of grace is up on the 2d of mber, if by that time they do not take the oath they must look out for the Governor, as he hes lately, in stump speeches in the interior, avowed his intention to enforce this provi- sion of the constitution. REBELS IN ST. LOUIS, While rebels are comparatively safe in St. Louis, wnere are some who would not sate even here, Neither Sterling Price nor Jeff. Thompson would have been safe in St. Louis, and both wisely staidaway. A young St. Louisian, who served inthe rebel army as an artillery captain, is now boarding at a hotel in New York, his friends and relatives here having advised him it would be unsafe for him to return to thecity. A few who were identified with the Camp Jackson struggle have returned. Among others are Henry W. Williams and Thomas L. Snead, both of whom were staff officers in the South, Another is Dr. McPheeters, who was Surgeon General on Storling Prico’s staf. These men and others of the same stripe are obnoxious to Union men; but they wisely keep fide and therefore are not troubled. They are petted, however, by the secession women of the city, and much praised by that class for Spi gala and bravery. A few of them have re- sumed business or profession, or whatever occupation they were formerly engaged in, and express the heartiest concurrence in what General Grant used to call the inex- orable logic of events. St. Lous is sufficiently radical to take care that the returned rebels obtain no undue ad- vantages here, MISCELLANEOUS INCIDENTS, From a long string of incidents illustrating the condition of the State I extract the following. On the 15th ult, two returned rebels entered Flag Spring myeting house, Andrew county, with a brace of revolvers strapped around each. Their appearance thus equipped created intense indignation among the con- gregation, but pradence prevailed, and the armed rebels departed without molestation. A-meeting was held on Saturday lastand resolutions adopted concerning the matter, in which we learn that the citizens declare that they are not opposed to the return of the conquered rebels (save afew of the loading spirits and most ob- noxious), but that when ee 80 return they must bebave as quiet, orderly citizens, and not flaunt their murderous we in the faces of le_who are will- ing to forgive. If they will do so their prosence can- not long be tolerated in loyal old Andrew. About the 22d ult. two of Price's men, who had re- turned to Jefferson City, made an unprovoked attack on a crippled United States soldier in the Virginia Hotel of that place, They were arrested by the military, but released at the request of a committee of citizens, wno proposed more summary and complete punishment. The ‘lows, however, ed into a buil and got out the back way before t ey could be caught, They have not been seen since. © citizens, therefore, gave no- tice that no returned rebel would be permitted, under any circumstances, to carry arms. ‘A small settlement called Knoxville, in Morgan county, scomposed mainly of returned rebels. me of there coundrels got drunk lately and amused themselves by eending notices to citizens of Syracuse, on tho Pacific Railroad, to quit the town in twenty-four hours; but the people retaliated by sending a equad of men, who cleured out xville in a brief space of time. ‘The St. Louis Democrut says one of the twenty-six who, reeking with the blood of a civil officer and of many Union men recently murdered by them, surren- deretat Lexington, Mirsouri, ashort time since, was shot at Warsaw, Benton county, on the 16th inst. Some forty men, strangeis to the citizens of that place, came by night and ciosed around the louse where, in the sheriff's custody, the prsoner then was. His name was John Hill, Overpowering the guard, they seized Hill, tied his hands, placed him on a ho.se behind one of their num- Ler, crossed the Osage, and halted on the opporite bank. In afew momentea single shet was fired, and followed by avollcy, after which the party immediately left. ‘Acalled ‘term of the Circuit Court of D county is now in session at Greenfield, for the trial of one man for horse stcaling and four others for murder. Three of the accused have been bushwhacking in that section for the last year or more, and are of the ly who went into Grednileld on the 16th of Uctober and killed three ‘men, and afterwards went afew miles iuto the country and kill. d two other Union men quietly at howe, and are the came who robbed and burned Millville on the 14th of June, a year ago. They wore then recognized as Confed- erates, “They had come back to live in tho county. ‘They have been indicted, and will unque etionably swing. Acommnunication appears in the Warrensburg Gaze te saying tuat the Union men of Johneon county will extend to the returning rebels a “cordial welcome,” provided that “on coming back they will comply with'the law of restitution, and restore w every Union man every horse, “i all money and everything else stolen by them vhey went olf. ory Foster, Eeq., new State printer, and editor of 4 present E the State Times (formerly major of the Eighth Missouri cavairy), a crippled soldier, refers shus in his paper to a certain rebel surgeon named Dr, Caldwell, who bas lately taken the oath of allegiance :— “This man was a practising physician in Warrensburg before the war commenced. In 1861 he went off with Price. In August, 1862, the writer of this, while lying @ prisoner, and as he and others thought mortally wounded, at Lone Jack, had the pleasure of receiving « visit from this chivalrous gentleman. The writer has never heard such outrageous abuge as he at that time received from Lim. He gathered around him a crowd ot bushwhackers and murderers, and harangued them for nearly an hour, urging them to take ‘the infernal Yank on of a b—h out and bang him.’ By this elegant string of thets: he referred to one who, at the time, could not acknow!- edge the civility, by reason of ‘physical disability.’ How- ever, we do sincerely hope that this pink of chivalry will return to Johnson county. We shall certainly go out of our way to ‘conciliate’ him.’? The loyal people of Lewis county lately met in mass convention at Monticello, and passed the following reso- lution :— Resolved, That returned rebels who have been in arms against the United States, and engaged in bushwhacking, horee stealing and other notorious crimes in this State, are not wanted by loyal men in Lewis county, and if such are here the sooner they leave the better it will be for them and us, and we hereby request them to leave peace- fully; if not, they must guffer the consequences Which are certain to follow the refusal or neglect to do so, as it is our kolemn conviction that loyal men and rebels can- not live in peace together. ‘Over the signature of “Radical,” a communication in the Warrensburg Standard warne the returned rebels of Johnsen county to go a little slower, to lay aside re- Yolvers and deport themselves more meckiy. Two of them were bung in effigy a few nights ago at Ramey. The Springfield (Mo.) Grand Jury has refused to swear Nathan Rol n, the rebel Postmaster at that place in 1861, on whose house the first rebel flag was hoisted. FMIGRATION TO MIS*OURI. e solution to these disorders, and that Is the emigration of several thousand hard working, indus- trious men from other States. There is much inguiry for land bere, and desirable inducements are now of to thrifty persons to come hither and live, It has trans. red that a committee, headed by Colonel Thorp, of Rew ‘York, had a consultation for advice with the Gover: nor last Week on the subject of bringing a colony here from Now York to settle im Forme convenient locality, Colonel Thorp says hundreds of veteran soldiers returned from the war will engage in enterpriees of this charac- ter, if suitable inducements are offered. There have been large aceestions to our population during the last three months, and the present icates a con- tinued tide of emigration im. this direction. through the fal. Lands are cheap and excellent, and pe completion of our State roads in active No Stato possesses: more mineral wealth or greater ‘and none needs a Northern popu! . true meane of peeisonte) and oy a fon es nd fresh men to give her an impetus the career of Missouri in eprard and unward ’ teary ALAraMa—Rercrsing SoLprens:—North aint oa ra ary ie fm a very ee | le their There is are staying at home, ‘Bealaed ee Sat the lands are in cultivation, there is very little cotton pasted. Not much surp! of anything will be for sale in this region this year, nor until a full crop is*made next year. —AMunéevilie (Ala. ) Advocate, Augwet & Position of the United States ‘© in 1860. Official Declaration of Our Determination to Defend Mexico Against European Intervention. The Argument of the Monroe Doctrine as Given by Mr. Motley to the Austrian Government. Speech at a Banquet Given to Major General Sherman. Major General Herron on the South- er Mmigration to Mexico. He Denies that They Will Aid Maximilian. THEY ARE ALL FOR JUAREZ. Major General Logan on the Mon- & Official Declaration, roe Doctrine, &c., &e, Communicated to All the European Ministers Resident in Mexico, of the Determination of the Government of the United that Country Aga! Def States to st Any European Interference in Its Political Affairs. MR. LA REINTREE TO THE MINISTER OF FOREIGN POWERS IN MEXICO. San ANGEL (near Mexico), Dec. 20, 1860. Sin—I have the honor to advise you of my arrival at this place in the character of Special Agent of tho Lega- tion of the United States in Mexico, with mstructions from the Hon. Robert M. McLane, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States, to communicate with the representatives of foreign Powers now residing in the city of Mexico, and to make known to them the policy of the government of the United States with respect to Mexico, under the present deplora- ble circumstances which afflict this republic. ‘You are aware that proposals have already been made by the government of Great Britain to the two parties now contending for political power and ascendancy in Mexico, with the object of bringing about a pacification of the country. These efforts, however, have thus far failed of the desired end—both parties declining the prof- fered intervention and mediation—because neither are willing to compromise the great principles at issue in the pending civil war, The liberals, who had taken up armain defence of the right of the people to govern themselves, and to live ‘undera constitution that guarantees political equality to every citizen of the republic, were unwilling to confide the adjustment of these sacred righta to @ foreign inter- vention and mediation. On the other hand, the conservatives were unwilling to surrender their organization, or to subject the govern- ment of General Miramon to any foreign intervention that did not guarantee to them the ascendency and tri- ampb of principles which are in direct antagonism with the equality of the citizon and the form of @ republican government. At a later period the governments of France and Spain dave both, with more ve tess formality, renowed the efforte which Great Britain originally made, and the same obstacles which rendered the efforts of Great Britain unavailing have attended these subsequent efforte, 1am therefore instructed to inform you that all theso matters have been fully and duly considered by the government of the UnRed States, and that the policy heretofore adopted by the liberals in their intercourse with European Powers in relation to these negotiations for has been approved and ado} it has determined to resist any forei! pose a particular adjustment of tho existin by ft, and that attempt to im- confect against the will and sanction of the people of Mexico, and also any forcible intervention by any Power which looks to the control of the political destiny thereof. This determination on the part of the government of the United States has already been explicitly, though re- spectfully, declared to all the Powers of Europe. ‘The government of the United States does not deny to the European Powers the right to wase honorable wariare for asuflicient cause, anywhere, or aga es it deny their right to demand redrees for inju not any nation; ries intlicted on their respective subjects, and, if need be, to enforce such demand; but it does deny them the richt to interfere, directly or indirectly, with the politi- cal independence of the ‘republic of Mexico, and it will, to the extent of its po , defend the nationaliiy and independence of said republic. This eettied poli tates I believe is We derstood and appreciat ment at Vera Cruz; comes my duty to who, from their pub! that characterize the politi are charged with the reey and anthority, in order t misunderstodd nor misrepresented tot @ither \.exico or of the United States, Tam further instructed to state, in the most explici manner, that of the government of the United understood e Jer my instructions, | understood by all thove rand the ciroumsetal said policy 1 ' prejudice of the government of the United States earnestly desires the pacification of Mexico, and that it will recognize and support any government that Is adopted and accepted by the free che thereof, and that it will always enco efforts of any foreign Power thet such a result, notwithstanding its resolution t from all direct participation in any such media of tho people ge the fnendly for the r object mm and its adherence to the relations already established between it and the constitutional goverment of the republic, Having complied with the spirit of my instructions from the Minister of tue United States, I hay in conclu. sion, to request your acceptance of my consideration aud Epecial A, To M. Du P. Am vsador of Spain; Charge d' Affaires of England ; HENKY ROY DE LA REINTREF, gent United States Legation in Mexico, De SAIGNY, Minister of France; Sr. J. F. Mr. Girona B. Maruew, Mr. B.pe Waasen, Minist. F of Prussian; Monsignor Cremkyte, Nuncio of the Holy See: Sr. F, N. pit Banto, Minister of Guatemala; Sr. F. pe P. Pastor, Charge d’ Affaires of Ecuador. THE ARGUMENT OF THE MONROB DOCTRINE AS GIVEN BY MR. MOTLEY TO THE AUSTRIAN GOVERNMENT, IN 1862, WITH REFRRENCE TO THR ESTABLISH- MENT OF A MONARCHY IN MEXICO. MR. MOTLEY TO MR, SEWARD. on ov The Unrren States, | 5 - Smr—Yeeterda tion with Count me what was the latest jutelligence (rom America, # 1exNA, February 12, 1862, Thad a long and interesting cony Rechivergat the foreign office, He as Tobsprved that perhaps it might hardly seem fitting that anything should be said between us just now about the Mexican matter. “On the contrary,” said he, “Tam quite read) L then replied that I had nothin at present; that the remarkable ing wag unknown ip America by last advices, apd th Was, of course, without any ieur it. “He said we are ourselves sim ons. with regard to na position of ex- We have nothing to do with it, . The three maritime Powers have made an a tend-to have nothing. Should the result of the enterprise be to establish a stronger governiueut in Mex+ {eo—a monarchy—it will then be for the Austrian ov. efiment to consider whether suilicient guarantees of va- rioussorts as to its stability can be offered in order to tn. duce an afohduke of our imperial house to make the cifice of mounting te throne. i ey i rl Freneb ‘ear, mk, as nearly as words. Thave read, that it is quite certain that the Archduke Maximilian had been consulted by certain pagible, these were tho Minieter’s mentioned to you, in a pri ‘Almonte and Gutierez Esirada—at this matter; and that the Emperor of the wus in favor of his candidacy. Thus far the sub fnubibus; the new Mexican throne is in the misty ond feo ted iti has only agreed that the Archduke sdouritios bo offered, reply. to Sem Raphbere's observations, Ho lere would be opposition to ‘States, I said that, as he asked jon, I had no hesitation In answering as a then me ong! Ly os United 1 hot ty that I thought the opposi- ‘universal intense. Ho asked why? I cap hokey F the American veep aban from have always a meng in to Buropean interference with pols ‘on tho North American continent. Sec. republican form of Id be regard fee and by government was the heres the greater part of our continent, and at. it by monarehical forms, by ineans of both by the lovers of progress more conservative parties as revolutionary, un- phil ehical jhical and mischievous. of He asked if the monar. government was consider d eo objection able in America. I said unquestionably, for America, Whavever ight be the cage in Kurope, with us there States, in ici Sogo thls of Gaeraa elabe ans mit i an con- oe a eae ectagdons, 12 your usigs, nei - so ite cition places with their ish ited against r x the I 5 teaeatiean and ithout any declaration ‘strong der uce ite armies and navies, wil proceed to establisl mocratic example on the frontiers of to your capital or you would certainly not ence or without ‘alarm. vernments and individuals would be full of suspicion. Men would by ed @ great poner from the other end of the earth can seer come hither and subvert dynasties and radical changes in the political institutions of independent na- ‘tions, by means of superior military , there is an end forever to any separate national existence, or toany international law. Every State would henceforth live upon sufferance. The great Powers, acting in Connery and making use of brute force, would reduce the worl to obedience and change political institutions at their pleasure, I said, whatever might be the present condition of Mexico, that I could not imagine that the nation was pre- pared to abandon the republican form of government and suffer itself to be converted into. a Europeam monu- arehy without a struggle. I had no special means of in- formation; but I thought that, on genera! principles, Tefugees were bad counsellors, ‘and rarely represente: the feelings of a nation, I should be surprised if a Mexi- ¢an kingdom could be established, except by force. No doubt the allies were strong enough to crush resistance ; but bloodshed and massacre on a considerable scale would, I thought, be necessary to overcome that resistance. i could not believo that the enlightened Powers of France, England and Spain intended the perpetration of a crime, and it seemed to me improbable that the end pro} could be accomplished except by crime. It seemed to me, too, almost impossible that & monarchy thus estab- lished, unless constantly 81 by foreign bayanets, could maintain itself long. o idea of European mon- archy rests upon an ostablished and historical order of things, which are entirely wanting in North America, The feudal system, from which the monarchies and aris- tocracies of Europe derived their origin, their sanction and their strength, is unknown in the Western World; and the elements out of which it was compounded can searcely concur again. A foreign monarchy transplanted from Europe would be a tender exotic, and would wither for want of sufficient roots. A territorial aristocracy to surround the throne would seem almost impossible on a continent where land of the best quality can be had, in fee simple, for a dollar or two the acre. In certain portions of our own country a pseudo aris- tocracy had grown up, founded not'on the sword, not on military conquest, nor on vast territorial possessions, but upon a particular and exceptional kind of property, as recognized by special legislation, in an unfortunate race of mankind, I did not know whether or not the ne’ Mexican monarchy was to be surrounded by an aristoc: read of slaveholders, and in a land where the republic had already abolished African slavery. Still, speakigg as a private person, and PE no means officially, I took occasion to say that all my feelings and political opinions were strongly opposed to the absorp- tion by the United States of an inch of Mexican soil, and that they always had been, and probably always would be, opposed to any annexation, North or South. We had territory enough, and a sufficient mingling of races; espe- cially the extension of our frontier any further towards tne tropics, together with the admixture of so foreign an element as that of the Mexican population, I considered to be fraught with evil. For my own part, I wished sin- cerely that the Mexican republic could be strengthened and its administration tmproved; but Ighould deplore its conquest, cither by our owe arms or those of any Euro- pean nation. I have endeavored to give the substance of our conver- sation as accurately as I can from memory. It was to me an interesting one, and I trust it may be deemed not unworthy of the President’s attention and your own. If itis desired that I should say anything officially on the subject at any future day you will of course instruct me, I believe, however, the scheme in question to be so doubtful, and at any rate so distant, us to make it preferable to leave the matter for the present out of the Begjon of formal eee ergs * * * * . L have the honor to be, sir, your obedient servant, ‘J. LOTHROP MOTLEY. ' Hon. Wituiam H. Sswarp, Secretary of State, Wash- ington. Welcome to Major General Sherman. GRAND BANQUET AT THE LINDELL HOUSE, ST. LOUIS, ON THE 20TH OF JULY—SPEEOH OF JUDGE MOODY — THE WESTERN ARMIES BUT TEMPORARILY DIS- BANDED. The fourth regular toast was then announced, as fol- lows :— General Grant and the Armies of the West—The con- summate captain and his unconquerable soldiers; from them came the assurance of victory to our arms and sal- vation to our cause, Nobiy have they quelled the enemy in (ght. By what they liave done they have but raised the expectations of their countrymen. SPRECH OF JUDGE MOODY, MR. Preset aNp GesTLEWEN—The sentiment to which you baye called upon me to respond is a double one—each part of it much too comprehensive for a post- prandial specch. General Grant, if here, would be the proper respondent to this sentiment. He is not here, and as he never makes speeches, and thinks he cannot, you have very properly selected the least eloquent one of all your guests to take his place, Of the military ca- reer of General Grant, from his graduation at West Point to the end of the Mesican war, aud again, from his en trance into the army in May, 1861, to the surrender of Ive and his arniy have nothing to say. I speak not of his achievements from Belmont to Petersburg. Of thea lot history and inilitary critics speak. The true verdict of enlightened history will pronounce him the great captain of the age, In this war I have never aspired to, nor attained, any position higher than that of a big pri vate. It would, therefore, be presumption in me to either praise or blame the Lieutenant Me ral of all the armies of the Union, I it is of the private characteristics of Grant that you wish m* to speak. An intimaie acquaintance of many years enables me to do so, L knew General Grant long before this rebellion began, poor then, strug:ling for a If. c.iho: We had no interest in the rise and fall of stocks; we no railroad shares or corner lot honey for to-morrow's market was often our chief ‘subject of inguiry, I know him when he hauled wood to St. 1 i} road, and later when with impair a county ollice; s ago. I bad an op) beautiful home you now I can man now and when I f the re them 1 Grant the nat ov has a mil- itary leader whom it necd not fetr to trast with power. He ‘is x iand Gnaswuaing to a fanlt ; of ivcorruptible integri d adent love of coun'ry; jealous of the military pow A obed.ent to the’ eivil ; devoted to i atever that duty may bo; plain and w and manners; not deine, bat stud’. political pop larity ; a fe 1 and de , fond iather and affectionate son, i never forgot a friend nor remembered au enemy, Mis great heort is free from that waste, littie 89 nal vindietiveness, Inthe short tine allowed me i rin ty speak of the “Ariaits of (the Ww At the oatbreals of the gebeiliow they sprang into existence fally armed, as Sifftorva sprony from the brain of Ja Wherever they tiarched there was a conquest buttle-cry as well portonded the victory livhtning’s fash portends the thunder, From Bel- Charleston and . wen gained by an army of Western ten. ‘They ore d sur ene of el that bem, it is but ‘oven and bravely generous (oa failen a To quote froin th from me t y of this aro equal to Wosterh armies are but tempor time, in my juigment, be again called into the and T will probably live to see breach charge together against a comune Opposite to the south end of the great main street of t o Western St athrone hoe been ereet 4 & Little emperor pi upon it. The liverties of a sister American republic have been taken froin her, and, ein, these Western people world as ly “brook the infernal devil to keep big state’ on this North American continent ag thy would an European emperor, That Throue invst fait That emp ror most “go home."’ Our, slater | Top: bic must be reinstat-d—not as our conquest, but as our neighbor and ally. We want no gunboats built thore to destroy our shipping and bombard our seaboard towns in time of a war with France, We want free Mexico for our eldest sister. Wo want bor forafree home for that portion of our now free people may desire to emigrate to a country where the state does not disfranchise its fa'thful soldiers. This Monroe doctrine is reasonable and right. We have the right to vee that the man who occup.es the little bouke next door is adecent head of a family, and if a “stronger than he’ invades the premizes in front, and nsarpe the control of his domestic aifulrs, wo have a t to enter at the door and help our ne'ghbor to nh outthe Intruder, Sir, I cannot tell whatare the wentiments of our distinguished guest this enbject. But this I can say; of the modest counsels of him whose name ee in the sentiment to which I am trying to respond prevailythé next crop of his favorite dish will pot be balf grown until Maximilian will be home to enjoy it, and this, eit, Will be done by Western men. Let me give you, in conclusion, this seritiment—Tho rise of nije in & free country: witness Abrabam Lincoln, mon P. Chase and 8. Grant MAJOR GENERAL HBRRON ON SOUTHERN EMIGRA- TION TO MEXICO—RE DENURS THAT THBY GO TO AUD MAXIMILIAN—THEY GO TO JOIN THE LIBERAL cA . (From the St. Louis RepubHcan, July 27. beg Arg | mg who has just arrived in this city the Military Division of the Gull, gives us some information which will correct an error that hy Mon 2 if not universally, prevalent. througliout the North, Tt ig in relation to the removal of late rebel soldiers to Mexioo, with the intention of taking part in the contest by witch that unfortunate countey ie still distracted, Being Just from Shreveport, where he received the mr. render of the bulk of Kirby Hmith's army, and where ho was brought Into contact with rebel every rank, he ia of course enabled to speak advir Tnetead of the seven of eight thousand Miseourians who are said to have accompanied Sholby beyond the Rio Grands tat officer wag followed. it seems, by a scanty band leon, 80 grievously disappointed their hopes intervention against ‘the’ United” States in the con® from which they have just emerged. A partial reveng they now think is attainable by expelling his proleg from Mexican soil, and they will do their beat to bring about such a result. Others, upon whom this motive di¢ ot operate, expressed a willingness to go, out of pure 10, ae ee Ee of the Monroe doctrine, and ht Lerlopers uy; ic (hough that alt Loteriopess upon American soil ought v Sterling Price is in Texas with his family, and enter tains no idea of going to Mexico, It is not improbabl¢ that he may return to Missouri at no distant day. Gen, Monroe M. Parsons has also located in Texas for the pur- pose of pfactising law. General Churchill, who war captured originally at Arkansas Post, together Witte Buckner, Bragg and regard, are in New Orleans— none of them thinking of removing permanently away from the United States. General Churchill expresses @ wish to go to Europe to remain a limited time abroad. MAJOR GENERAL LOGAN ON THE MONROE DOC- TRINE—HE ADVISES MAXIMILIAN TO LEAVE EARLY« At a monster held at the Cooper Institute in the city of New York on the evening of the 7th of June last, called to express the adherence of the citizens of New York to the administration of President Johnson, the following/ among other resolutions, was adopted :— MONKOR DOCTIUNR, Resolved, That the people of this country cannot look with indifference upon the attempt now being made to establish @ monarchical government upon our Southern borders; and we can foresee that the time is not far dis- tant when no Seti Prince, potentate or power shall occupy or omens y force of asingle foot of ter. ritory on this ‘cont which, ler the providence of God, has already been dedicated to free republican gov- ernment. Lieutenant General Grant, Major General Blair and Major General Logan were present. ‘The latter, in the course of an able speech; referred a8 follows to the ce of Maximilian in Mexico:— While we were engaged in this trouble there was a man by the name of Maximilian, I believe they call him, who came over here into Mexico; not interfering directly with us, but establishing a form of government side by side with us contrary to that which we have bolieved to be the true doctrine of this country. (Cheers,) I think that this little gentleman over there ought to be notified some morning very early, just before breakfast, that it would be equally ai pleasant to the people of the United States if he would retire a little further back—(cheers and laughter), where, perhaps, he could get along better than he does there. In saying these things I only say this, that I believe in a strict adherence to what is alled, the ‘Monroe doetrine’’ in this country. (Loud cheers. I don’t want to get up another war; Iam tired of it. have bad about enough, as far as Lam concerned, and I am perfectly satistled; but in speaking of Mexico I don’t want you to understand that it is my desire in any way whatever to encourage what is known in this country at the ‘Emigration Society to Mexico’’—(laughter)—becaust Iam opposed to any organizations that are intended for the purpose I think they are. I ain an outspokes sort of a man, and never had an opinion im my life that somebody didmt get a little of it. 1 may just as well say it right here, I guess, I don’t think that is the way todo. Ifwe, in the United States of America, don’t want Maximilian to remain in Mexico, im God’s nane let us have pride enough, manliness enough to say, “Sir, you havo got to get out of there.” (ADy plause.) I don’t want any of these expeditions; 1 don’t want any unauthorized modes, unauthorized expedi- tions. We don’t want your sons, your brothers to en- gage in an expedition of that kind, where they cabnot receive the protection of the Stars and Stripes if the; should happen to be beaten. Nor do 1 want to sve it. could wish the people of this country would speak out to this man and let him know precigely what-kind of a situation he will be f he remains in that situation much longer. (Applduse.) Iam sure if this question was put to the American people to-day, that the majority would agree that it would be unpleasant at least for him to remain there; but a majority at the same time would say that it was foolish and unwise for people to go therd without any authority that they knew anything about bee fore they started. ULSTER, ST. LAWRENCE AND other county ard New York State Honds wanted. JOHN B. MURRAY, 23 Wallstweet Nee SILVER. WANTED. JOHN BK. MURRAY, 28 Wall street. 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