The New York Herald Newspaper, May 3, 1867, Page 6

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EUROPE. ‘The news report by the Atlantic cable is dated yester- day evening, May 2, ‘The Peace Congress will assemble and hold its first session in London on the Tth of May, the day of meeting ibavieg been again changed. { Colonels Burke and Doran, of the Fenian army, havo Been convicted of high treason and sentenced te be Renged in Dublin om the 29th of May. Captain MoCaf- feny, L R.A, is on trial, Consols closed at 90% for money in London. United Grates Ave-twenties closed at 71% in London, and were @t 76 im Frankfort in the afternoon. By the steamship Persia, at this port, we have inter- @sting mail details of our cable despatches to the 20th of April, the reports going to show that the aspect of the ‘Franco-German dispute was of a very alaruiing cherac- ter for warfrom the date of the Bismarck reclamation note to Napoleon—specially telegraphed to the HeraLp Dy the cable—to the day the Persia sailed, the Peace Congress mediation pian not having been negotiated to maturity. A writer in St, Petersburg gttaches the very highest dmportance to the Russian American cession treaty, in he view that the United States and Russia, moving east and west, will meet in a bond of fruitful commercial union on the Pacific. Other accounts from the Russian capital, however, indicate that the bargain was a pretty @mart financial transaction on ¢he part of the Ruesians, and calculated to relieve the Rnsso-American incor- porated company from considerable money difficulties. ‘The King of Prussia’s speech, in closing the session of fhe Dict in Berlin, is commented on by the Paris jour- Bails in avery diversified manner, some of the writers considering its language insignificant, others as favora- ble to peace, and a third class as positively hostile to France from the fact that the word “conciliation” was never used by his Majesty. The Liberié says:— ‘The creation of a united Germany, and the establish- ‘tment on the frontier of a German empire pointing the eaunon of the formidable Quadrilateral on to the road to Paris—esucn is the common hope of the Germans of the North and South, a desiro before which all divisions dis- appear, and which ts approaching nearer to realization. THE CITY. At the meeting of the Board of Aldermen yesterday the city tax levy, as passed by the Legisiature, was taken up, and motions to sirike out appropriations of $100,000 for arching Fourth avenue and $8,000 for the ‘Market Commission were defeated. Motions to strike out $29,000 due for fireworks used in 1865 and 1868 and $27,500 for the Bureau for the Prevention of Fires ‘were agreed to. The Joint Committec on Markets were fnstructed to seport a plan for overcoming the objections to the present aystem of public markets, In the Board of Councilmen yesterday the resolutions adopted by the Board of Aldermen directing the employ- meat of counsel to assist the Corporatio’ Counéel in ‘testing the constitutionality of the act recently passed by the Legislaure conferring power to grant licenses ‘Was discussed and concurred in. The resolution pro- viding badges and staves of office for Aldermen and Councilmen was also agreed to. The tax levy as @mended was received from the Board of Aldermen, and after the transaction of some unimportant dusiness the Board adjourned, Goorge Bliss, 3%., Counsel to tho Excise Commissioners, hoe ‘a reply to the letter of S. D. Morris, Dis- view complaining of the form of application for * to sell liquor adopted by the Commissioners. ‘Mr. Bliss sees nothing absurd or illezal in the form of application, and affirms that people submit to its terms ‘without consideving themaelvos humiliated. Mr. Pierre Lorriliard, Jr.'s, new yacht, not yet named, ‘was successfully launched from Westervelt's shipyard ‘yesterday. ‘The bearing in the examination of the United States against Alfred St. Clair, a messenger in the New York Custom House, charged with fraudulently presenting pay rolls to the Auditor of the Custom House, which has heen on some time before Commissioner White, was @esumed yesterday. Several witnesses were examined for the prosecution, when the case was further adjourned te Wednesday next, at tworo'clook P. M. ‘The Kings county Board of Supervisors met yesterday ‘efvernoon and adopted a resolation authorizing the ‘County Treasurer to borrow the sum of $300,000, in an- ticipation of the taxea A resolution was also adopted increasing the salaries of the clerks in the Surrogate’s office. The stock market was somewhat unsettled but closed firm yesterday. Gold closed at 135% 9 4. + Domestic produce was decidediy more active, and in almost all cases higher prices were obtained. Merchan- digo, a8 @ general thing, was in improved demand and firm, Cotton waain active demand. Coffee was steady, Ow 'Change flour advanced 60. a 100,, wheat 9c., corm ‘Je, a Me,, and cate fay 20, Pork ruled a ghade firmer, Boot and lard were unchanged. Froights were oxceed- ‘ingly quiet, Whiskey remained nominal. Naval stores ‘woderatively active, while petroleum was active but at MIPCELLANEOUS. ‘The latest accoents from Mexico confirm the report of “the captase of Querétaro, the death of General Miramon, and the dimmppearance of Maximilian from the scene of action. Furthermore, it is reported that the liberal foroce under Porfirio Diaz were actually in possession of the capital, their headquarters being within (wo squares Of the manin pinta, which was still defended by the im- ‘The steamstip Henry Chauncey, from Aspinwall on Le ee Pe es OBS NEW, YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, MAY 3 .1867.~TRIPLE SHEET. Central and South American mails and $206,214 in treasure. Our correspondence from Panama of the 24th ult. re- ports that the parties contoading for the future owner- ‘ship of the Paname Railroad were making quite a lively fight over the matter. The holders of thirty millions of bonds in England have offered the whole of these securi- ties, together with a large amount of money for the road; but the present owners have bid yet higher, and it was probable that it would still remain in their hands, Everything on the isthmus remained in satu quo, Tue rumor of a revolution which prevailed was faise. News from Central America represented that peace was re- established in the districts of Guatemala and Cruz, the rebellious leaders having been sent out of the country. Thy coffee crop of Costa Rica amounted to 18,00).000 Potnds, The Asiatic cholera had reappeared at Nica- ragta, Correspondence from the Sandwich Islands is to the of March inclusive, The recent rains had re- Sult@l in a freshet much to the interest of the natives, ‘The Hawaiian Ministry had been attacking universal suffrge through their organ. His Majesty presided at the laying of the corner stoue of the Retormed Catholic church on March 5, The spring season of the whaling fleet opened poorly. A couple of murders and a Suicid}—all caused from illicit intercourse, had taken Place, | It was stated that the King had slighted our new Consul General. Our files from Australia are to March 1 Inclusive. Nothing of material importance had transpired. The Intercolonial Exhibition at Melbourne had closed. Cotton Picking bad commenced and the prospects were good. Heavy rains bad fatlen in many parts of Queensland, The revenue for 1866 had fallen below the expectations of the Colonial government, but had ‘more than met the expenditures, Our advices from British Honduras report that the Indian chiet of the Chichihaw tribe had not been cap- tured, as was reported. A large British force was under arms, although the Indians continued at war only with the Yucatan tribes, An ex-Confederate colonel was prospecting fora colony. A project for building a rail- Toad from Port Caballo to the Bay of Fonseca, on the Pacific, was thought of. From Nassau we havo received files to the 23d of April inclusive. The French squadron ‘bad arrived at that port on its way from Mexico, The Legislature had refused te pass a currency bill, so as to issue one pound notes, The Troasury was in debt. From Jamaica there was nothing of special importance. There had been a change of the weather, and it was thought that the drought waa at an end. Our Lima correspondence ts to the 14th ult. Congress had granted a permit for a new line of sicamers to run to Panama, connecting with those of the Untied States and Europe. The American steamship Aurora was abandoned by her captain on the 12th ult, the govern- ment having refused to give a receipt for bor after buying her. Admiral Tucker bad arrived at Lima, the government of Chile having accepted his resignation. Congress had authorized the construction of a railroad from Mejia to Arequipa, The country was ina revolutionary state. Outbreaks had occurred at various points, but none were of great extent. All de- clared in favor of Causea, the second Vice President under Pezel. The religious question continued to agitate the people, A measure of toleration was de- feated by a vote of 43 to 40. The proposition to reduce the chureh property had caused great excitement. The priests called a meoting aud addressed the people in incendiary language. When the representatives began to arrive they were pelted with stones, and the riot was ‘not quelled watil the military were called out, and one man killed and several wounded. The poopie threatened to use force to prevent the Charch being robbed. An Offensive aad defensive treaty had been acceptid by Salvador, Hondaras, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador and Bolivia, and it was believed that Chite and Poru would also accept tt. From Chile we nave dates to April 1. Efforts were being made to create a difficulty between Peru and Chile, which it was feared would result successfally. The Spanish fleet had not reappeared in the Pacific. Admiral Tacker’s resignation bad been accepted, and he had left for Callao, Since bis departure coartesies had been resumed between the Chilean and United States vessele-of-war. The new ten million loan had arrived just in time to meot pressing demands, but it was feared that the government would not be able to pay the in- terest, The news from Mendoza was unimportant. The revolutionary forces continued inactive, ex- cept im committing outrages on the people The great ‘raffle of Mr. Miggs, the retired mil- Honaire, bad come off, Mr. Miggs drawing the two largest prizes among the tickets unsold. From Vatpa- raiso we learn that the election for Representatives had reaulted im the gonoral success of the administration candidates, Work on the fortifications was being pushed ahead with vigor. The harbor of Valparaiso was full of war vessels. The Russisn and American naval officers fraternized with each other, but both were coldly civil tothe French and English, Two midshipmen of the United States steamer Pensacola, when on a riding spree, galloped into a well thirty feet deep by fifteen wide; neither were injured, although both of their horses were killed. A brotuer of the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher preached in Valparaiso on the 3ist of March. Business was active, witn a steady domand for bome consump- tion. From Hayti wo learn that the revolution is still in full activity. No election of President had taken place, and General Nisage continued to exercise the functions of Provisional President, General Victoritie looms up as the chief of the revolutionists, and had proceeded with troops and cannon to St, Mare to oppose Salnave. The United States steamer De Soto was at Port-au-Prince, and several French war vessels were expected there to enforce the payment of claims due under treaty stipula- tions entered into at the establishment of Haytien indo- pendence. . Tho workingmen of Chicago turned out in procession on Wednesday to celebrate the passage by the Illinois Legisiature of a bill limiting a day's work to eight hours, The employers there generally refused to give ten hours’ pay for cight hours’ work, whereupon the workingmen dropped thelr tools and quit their employment. Yes- terday they visited a number of large ostablishments, drove off the workmen and forcibly closed the doors, In these maranding expeditions they encountered squads of armed policemen, but no actual collision occurred, The police force has beon strengthened in view of the disturbed state of affairs and the probability of vio- lence, and in the meantime business has nearly stopped. The Union Pactfic Railroad is now being completed at the rate of two miles per day. Mr. Soward and the Japanese Awbassaders. On Wednesday the ambassadors from Japan had an interview with Mr. Seward, which was characterized by all the —_ com- mon to such occasions. The Jay proverbially a polite people; but Mr. ee Ladd wa not to be outdone by them in the expres sions of good will. In certain quarters there is an earnest desire ninaifested to know what is the real object of this Japancee mission. Some will have it that the policy of Mr. Secretary McCulloch has begot him admir- ers among the acute and wide awaké4nhabit- ants of Japan. Some think that, anxious to be initiated into the mysteries of modern warfare, the present ambassadors have been commis- sioned by theifeountrymen to make themselves masters of whatever the great republic. can teach in that direction, and to carry back with proach to the truth, are of opinion ‘that, smitten with the war fever of the age, the Japan bas surely one or more to Mr. Seward might do worse, secing he Is the South Under a Military Despotism ¢ There is much misspprehension as to the status of the South at present under the recon- struction acts of Congress and the military police required to carry out these acts. We hear a great deal, particularly from the violent unreconstructed rebels of the South and their confréres, the copperhead democrats of the North, about military despotism, martial law, tyranny, and so forth. In some cases the con- dition of the South and the facts with regard to the action of the general government are wil- tully misrepresented, from bad feeling or for political objects, But it is evident that many of the traly loyal people do not properly understand the nature of the temporary mili- tary police under which the South is placed. Even some of the military commanders over the districts into which the South is divided have misunderstood the status of that section of the country and their duties in executing the laws of Congress. Now, the South is not under martial law. When the rebellion was subdued and the war ended martial law ceased, and anything done now by the federal officers savoring of military despotism is a mistake, and contrary both to the constitutional rights of the people and the laws of Congress. The Southern States, though their loyal governments were overthrown by the rebellion, and their political relations with the loyal States of the North suspended for the time, are still in the Union, and the broad shield of the constitution still protects the people. The whole action of the federal gov- ernment, from the beginning of the war up to the present time, has been based upon this fact, notwithstanding the opinions and declara- tions of a few extreme radicals in Congress. The object of the reconstruction acts of Con- gress and the military police appointed under them is only to enable the States lately in rebellion to resume their functions of local government, and to restore them to full politi- cal communion with the rest of the States. President Johnson attempted to accomplish this in his own way and without consulting Congress; but his plan was deemed imperfect, unsafe and not tending to secure loyalty and peace in the future. Congress set that aside, as it had a right to do, and adopted a plan of its own. And here the question arises, by what right or under what constitu- tional power did Congress act in passing the reconstruction acta, and in establishing 4 mili- tary police to see that these acts be carried out? It is found in the constitution, which says that “the United States shall guaran- tee to every state a republican form of govern- ment.” When the rebellion was put down there was no government inthe Southern States which the United States could recognize. There was an assumed foreign government, which necessarily fell with the rebellion under which it was created. It was the duty of Con- gress, then, to see that a government should be established, and one republican in form. Con- gress, therefore, bad the ‘undoubted right to prescribe the mode in which this should be done, with all the details and machinery for that purpose. This is a power derived from the constitution, and there is no despotism in exercising it. The federal government might, perhaps, have gone further under the extra- ordinary circumstances connected with the gigantic rebellion—might, perhaps under the war power, or under an assumed law of neces- sity, have paid less regard to the claims of constitutional protection; byt happily it has not. The reconstruction acts are but enabling laws to help the disorganized rebellious States to establish loyal republican goveramgnts and to resume their privileges in the Union, and nothing more. The constitution also requires the United States to protect the several States against domestic violence. I is true this is to be on the application of the Legislature or of the Executive. But where there is no Legislatare or Executive, or none that tha United States could recognize, as in the case of the South when the rebellion was subdued, what should be done? Is it not clearly the duty of Con- gress to protect the States and citizens from domestic violence under such circumstances? The governm:nt could not wait for an appli- cation from a Lezislature or an Executive, when there was none in existence which it could recognize. That would »simply be per- mitting anarchy to reign, It would be no gov- ernment at ail. The reconstruction acts, then, in dividing th South into military districts and establish- ing a military police, have not created a despot- ism, nor were they so intended. They are merely provisional, and, as we said, only to protect the South and to enable that section to be restored. The generals commanding in these districts may make mistakes and exceed their legitimate powers. General Schofield did, no doubt, in his action against the press of Richmond. The constitution says Con- aress shall make no law “abridging the freedom of speech or of the press,” The utmost latitude should be allowed in the discussion of all subjects in the South as woll as at the North, so long as the press ee Be ase Mnauprestion or a disturbance of the pence. General Sickles, too, went beyond his legitimate duty in compelling f the Chatleston people to carry he dale procession. Oarrying the flag or not carrying it was 9 matter of taste, and had nothing to do with preserving the peace or secing that the laws of Congress were executed. Every loyal citizen might regret to see the bad feeling and bad taste of that portion of the Charleston peo- ple who did not carry in procession the glo- rious old flag; but our generals were not sent to the South to be Gesslers or to interfere in any such small and harmless matter, On the other hand General Pope acted right in the course he pursued toward Governor Jenkins, of Georgia, because the question was.one con- cerning the administration of the laws and the principles involved in the reconstruction acts. ‘The military are not in the South to take away or obstract the constitutional rights of the peo- ple. They are there only to preserve the peace ‘and to see that the reconstraction acts of Con- and doing everything else in which there is any prospect of a profitable job. They begin to fear the approaching Constitutional Conven- tion, and are apprehensive that the new consti- tation will deprive them of the power of prey- ing upon the city. The Legislature has ex- tended the term of the Councilmen to two years; but the Convention has a higher au- thority and a superior power to the Legisla- ture, and it may wipe the lower Board out of existence altogether. They are determined not to retire to private life with empty purses, and hence the sudden rush of big jobs through the Common Council. This tide of bold outrage and corruption must be stopped at once. If the Mayor is in the “ring,” the people must appeal to Judge Barnard for injunctions in every case, and thus delay the work of plunder until after the next election. There is a large majority in this city opposed to these schemes and to the Tammany politicians and Corporation “rings” by whom they are concocted ; and the electors are pre- pared to make an entire political revolution in New York the next time they go to the polls. After the next election we hope to live under an organic law which will give us an efficient, responsible, honest and economical municipal government, and put a stop forever to the plunderings of « corrupt corporation. The Oneida Free Lovers—The Tribune’s New Republican Platform. Are we approaching the golden gates of the millennium, or are we driving headlong down the broad and dusty road to perdition? Let the thoughtful reader ponder well the astound- ing revelations from the New York Tribune, which we publish this morning, concerning the Oneida free lovers, and he must conclude that “the devil and his angels” still hold their own. Tf a woman of the town, paraded in triumph for public worship in revolutionary Paris as the Goddess of Reason, was to the Christlan world a horrible spectacle, what shall we say of these Oneida “Christian Perfectionists ?” To the religious, the moral and the political philosopher here is a comprehensive field for reflection. As the Tribune, however, is a Political journal, always casting about for some lofty moral landmark from which to take a new departure, we will accept this opening chapter on the Oneida free love colony as the initial lighthouse from which the mighty hosts of the republican party, like the Israelites through the wilderness, are to be led to the promised land of milk and honey and perfect equality and free love, and all without money, specie or paper, and without price. Let us see. Some twenty years ago the Tribune philosophers thought thoy had found in Fourier’s system of industrial equality and liberty and tree love phalanxes tue secret of establishing heaven upon earth.. it em- braced the divine mystery of making isbor attractive, and the two polar. stars of Tit- tlebat Titmeuse—everythimg for everybody and nothing to do. Very soon Fourierite pha- lanxes began to spring up from Massaehasetts to the Obio river. But they were shortlived. Acting upon Titmouse’s im these commu- nists soon devoured their stock of supplies, and with nothing lett them but old clothes and empty stom:chs, they were rapidly broken up and dispersed. The consumers so far outaum- bered the producers in these voluntary labor phalanxes that the best lands, the most favor- able seasons and the finest crops only expe- dited a collapse in encouraging laziness and all the demoralizing indulgences of everything for everyoody and nothing to do. And so, in due course of time, Fourierism, being proved a delusion and a dead loss to all concerned, was abandoned. Our Tribune philosophers then proceeded more cautiously to cast about fer some new platform of universal happiness, They nibbled at bran bread and squashes for awhile, but only to fall back upon pork and beans. They tried the mysteries of spiritualism, only to find that if we were all to become spiritualists we should all starve to death. Womon’s rights and Bloomerism puzzled them for some time; but there were eo many obstructions in the way to the accomplishment of these great blessings, of beards and breeches for the women and peiti- coats and long curls for che men, that they were postponed for a more convenient season. The Pittsburg initial republican party conven- tion of 1854 gave the Tribune philosophers a practical platform, which opened the way to still better things ia “the abolition of those twin relics of barbarism, slavery and poly- gamy”—negro slavery in the South and Mor- mon polygamy in Utah. Under this banner the republican party has gone from victory to victory till slavery is abolished, negro equality is established, and polygamy is declared by law null and void. With the mission of the republican party thus falfilled its leaders and chief apostles were called upon to mark out a new programme of progress in the ascending scale. . Thus it happened that among the “ Yankee notions” of Connecticut the republican man- agers there hit upon the extraordinary notion of a new departure on the platform of P. T. Barnum, Joyce Heth, Sante Anna’s wooden leg, the “nigger turning white,” and the horse. But the experiment proved a ease c er i; z year. rial prosperity eclipses even that of the Mor- mons, who have made the “desert blossom like the rose.” This is the result of » where each person is required to work for the benefit of all, which is the reverse of the Foufler aystem—allowing each individual at his Pleasure to eat and drink at the cost of the community. ‘and his revelation system in the shade. They believe that love is the reward of labor—that true affection is not limited to numbers—that marriage is 9 nuisance and no more necessary than the Sabbath. With them the words “hus- band and wife have no meaning,” but “each man is the husband of every woman and each woman is the wife of every man.” If that is Rot equality we should like to know what is. , the young man is taken in hand and into these mysteries by a woman of experience therein, and » young woman is likewise disciplined in charge of a man of experience. And the ladies are Bloomers; and the phalanx believe only “in scientific propa- gation;” and “the sexual relation is subject to criticism,” and “the fellow who does not keep within bounds is hauled over the coals.” Diseases among them are likewise cured by criticism, and criticism saves them all the usual expenses elsewhere necessary for lawyers. Now, we may ask, what is the political ies of whites and blacks, and what are women’s rights as expounded by Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and what is “old Thad. Stevens’ ” scheme of Southern confiscation to pay off the national debt, compared with this novel, start- ling, terrible and fascinating new republican Programme thus foreshadowed in the New York Tribune? All these great movements begin in New York. W. H. Seward, with his “irrepressible conflict ;” Martin Van Buren, with his free soil platform ; Joe Smith, with his golden plates of Mormonism; Miller, with his day of judgment; Fourierism, spiritualism, Bloomerism ; Fred. Douglass, with his ultima- tum of equal rights for the negro; Barnum, with Joyce Heth and company, and last, and most wonderful of all, this Oneida free love colony, were all developed in the Empire State. Surely, if within two short years from the abolition of negro slavery we have ad- vanced republicans, Southern rebels, Northern copperheads and old line whigs to the plat- form of negro civil and political equality, may not the living generation expect to see the day when this Oneida community will extend over the continent, and embrace whites, Indians, and all, making “each man the bus- band of every woman, and each woman the wife-of every man.” Having cut loose from all the old landmarks where are we to stop? year’s term he will sink into obscurity, as Governor Seymour did when he left the execu tive chair, English and his friepds have no right to claim credit for their victory. It was due almost exclusively to the tactics of the Henatp. The republicans were so foolish as to nominate Barnum as a candidate for Con- gress. The Henatp demonstrated the folly and shame of such a nomination. The eyes of the people of Connecticut were opened to the dis- grace which they would share if they allowed + so unworthy a representative to be sent to Washington. They heartily endorsed the views of the Hearn and rebuked the presumption | of the brazen-faced showman. The defeat of | Barnum was the triumph of English. What | ever credit is due for the result belongs to the | Herat, Barnum is but too well aware of this, | and English should not have ignored it’ The journals of Great Britain, as well as those of this country, agree in recognizing the fact. All consider it a signal instance of the power of the press legitimately and most effectually ap- ¢ plied. ‘Triumph of the Liberal Cause in Mexico. A telegram from: New Orleans annonnces that Porfirio Diaz had succeeded in taking and holding a considerable portion of the city of Mexico. The next accounts will certainly bring us the news of his occupation of the en- tire capital. This, with the capture of Maxi- milian, who was reported to be hidden some- where in the neighborhood of Querétaro, will complete the success of the liberal cause. What a singular series of events the attempt of Napoleon(§o impose his will upon the people | of Mexico has brought about! His personal in- fluence and popularity have been sacrificed in the effort, and he has incurred the reproach of leaving in the lurch a weak but amiable prince who had allowed himself to be made the instra- ment of bis ambitious designs. Should the liberals shoot Maximilian, as they very prob- ably will, the indignation which his death will excite against Napoleon will be very general People will then reason abroad as we reasoned here when he first developed his plans in regard to the creation of the Mexican empire. If, but ° for our success in putting down the rebellion and the subsequent complications that have arisen on the continent of Europe, he had suc- ceeded in carrying them out, as he certainly would, what, at best, would have been the re- sult? He might have established a strong gov ernment in Mexico, but it could only have been- for a few years. Events would soon have de monsirated that his views in connection with that country were shortsighted and impracti- cable. He could no more have succeeded in permanently establishing his influence there than in winning our consent to it. The fact is he traded beyond his political capital, and net only baakrupted his echeme but nearly ruined fhis‘own fortanes. He had no busines in Mex- ico at all, and as is usual with intorlopers, was compelled to withdraw from it in the most serviceable to him, though we own we greatly doubt its effect. - Now that Mexico is left to herself, the ques- tion arises whether we shall witness any im- provement in her condition. Ameritan capital- iste who have heavy interests there are pross- ing our government to send a strong force to aid in the establishment of order, and to main- tain a permanent intervention in the affairs of the country. They employ arguments to justify the step, which, whatever force they may have had in the past, do not necessarily hold good as to the future. The slmost total ab- sence of education, and the general prevalence of immorality among the Mexicans are dwelt upon as insuperable obstacles to self-govern- ment. The same reasons have been urged against the advancement of almost évery peo- ple whose condition has become deteriorated, or who have had no opportunities of progress. In this latter category may be placed the Mexicans, who, springing from a mixed race in which the Indian element pre dominates, have been purposely: kept by the priesthood in this backward condition. But with the extinction of this influence, in the abolition of the Church Establishment and the more general spread of education, what is to revent the Mexicans from progregsing in po- Iiloal knowledge like other nationalities? There is not one of the motives that is urged for our government to place them im a state of tutelage that does not apply with equal force to the negro race in our Southern States, whom we have elevated to a level with their late masters. ad In view of all this we do not think we are prepared, nor is the’ world propared, for any such hasty step as that recommended by the advocates of intervention. It would have the worst possible effect in Mexico, and would transfer to us the hatred which its people feel towards the French. It is much better for our government to give them s chance of settling * their internal differences, and of proving that they are capable of betier things than perpetual anarchy and social abasement. The next three years will be an interesting epoch in the history of Mexico. They will afford its people an opportunity of showing by their mag- nanimity, forbearance and anxiety for improve ment, that the evils of their condition are not inherent in themselves. If that ordeal fails to effect the changes that we look for, then some- thing will have to be done by us. It is not likely that we shall be satisfied to leave o country which is without an equal in point of nataral advantages, and which might be made one of the most powerful in the world, to con- tinue to consume its energies and resources ia internal strife. Tho Situation in Europe. It is agreeable to many minds to know that the peace of Europe is not to be rashly dis- turbed. The Luxemburg difficulty may already be considered as settled. The Peace Confer- ence may be successfal above and beyond its avowed purpose. Making large allowance for the doings of the Confarence, however, we still see breakers ahead which are ominow of coming danger. iy In yesterday’s‘Haratp we published an arti- cle from a French journal, in which the aspire- tions of young Germany are not incorrectly put It is impossible todeny that Germany wishes to be one, and that in Prussia, notwith- standing the high-handed -manner in which in. more than one instance her power has been exercised, Germany has found a champion according to her mind. Under Prussian influence Germany is rapidly breaking up her old connections and gravitating towards a common centre. Pan-Germaniem is no longer a dream ; it is a visible and growing fact. Like the rest of the world, France sees and acknow- ledges the truth. Mors even than Austria, more certainly than any other nation, France sees and acknowledges the truth with mortification and pain. Prussia may have ultimate designs on Holland ; the ethnological line which sepa- rates Dutch and Germans may not be broad ; but it is a mistake to imagine that there is any immediate danger of the little kingdom losing its separate existence. Her naval record, if we except that of England, is perhaps the proudest in human history ; nor is she yet so completely abandoned by her friends that Europe or the world would tamely submit to see her absorbed by any one Power. The article to which we have alluded, and which treats of the annexation of Holland and all her belongings to the Prussian dominions as a something already resolved upon and soon to be accom- plished, can have been written with no other intention than to excite the fears of the Dutch and to induce them to court an alliance with France. What to our mind renders this French article chiefly noteworthy is this—that the low countries are again to be a source of ean difficulty. Since the dawn of civilization in Eu- rope they have acted as a sort of barrier wall betwixt North and South ; and again and again have they felt the shock and endured all the horrors of war. It will be difficult for either Holland or Belgium to remain neutral. Ji wil) be equally difficult for them to form alliances. If they ally themselves with Prussia they will provoke the enmity of France. If they ally themselves with France they will provoke the enmity of Prussia. Nor do we see how it is possible for this London Conference, although it may secure peace for a time, permanently to obviate these difficulties. Sooner or later a collision will take place. For the present this is the great question, but there are many others which bar the hope that peace, though pre- served for the present, will be of long ¢on- tinuance. ° Message of tho Governor has unhapp'ly far- nished a fresh illustration of the fact that his- tory often repeats itself. English has made the same mistake as that of Horatio Seymour after