THURSDAY, APRIL 26. 18GG. How tbe French Retire Irom Mexico. Tou will oblige me by Immediately leaving my premises," remarked nn English noble man to a poacher, who was quietly setting a line in bid- Grace's kvorite trout stream, ''Certainly," replied the trespasser. "I didn't care about catching your lordship's fish, but I did want to see ho soon you'd find out my net. I'm satisfied. I'll go." And he walked away whistling an air of triumph, endeavoring to convince some distant spectators that he had got the best of the encounter. The same spirit of bravado which induced tbe detected poacher to burst Into a tune of victory, has ever to dictated d plomat'sts to express the "deepest giatlflcallon" when circumstances over which they have no control compels them to abandon a pet project belbre the menace of an enemy. A curious Instance of the fraternal cheer fulness with which a Government presents a possession to a neighboring State, is found in the tone of the despatches from tbe H abqujs Dk Moittholow to Secretary Seward. Tt reminds us vividly of the ancient Spanish custom. "What a magnificent Barbary you ride, Don Tedro P" "Do you think bo, Don Carlo, a mere trifle. It's yours I" The American Government touchingly remarks to France : The United States rest content with submit tine to France tbe exigencies of an embarrassing situation in Mexico, and expressing the nope that France ma; find some manner which shall at once be consistent with her interests and honor, and tne principles and interests of tbe United States, to relieve that situation without Injurious delay." To which the Imperial Minister replies with a trusting confidence : "In his despatch Mr. Seward culls to mind on his part, tliut the Government ol tbe Uuitod States has conformed, during the whole course of its history, to the rule ol conduct whicti it received from Washington, by practising in va riably the principle ol' non-intervention, and observes that nothing; insttdes the aDprencns'on that it should show itself untuithful in what may concern Mex co. UWtf receive -his assu rance with entire confldeuce. We liud ihereinja aullicieut guaranteo not any loncrer to delay the adoption ol measures iuteuded to piepaie tor the return ot our army. The Ktnperor has decided that the French. "trooos shall evacuate lioxico in three detachments." And the desire of the United States is com piled with, with an assurance of pleasure and a sound of trumpets which remind us Strongly ol the delected poacher. It is a matter of general interest to Bee how the man reputed to be the shrewdest diplomat living, would get out of a difficulty to which he was most adreservedly committed. And well has he justified the high opinion men hold of his talents. We have sometimes seen in a circus an acrobat, standing .lacing us, perform a series of complex summersaults, by which he turns himself completely around without the audi ence detecting his retrograde motion. He is squarely fixed in one direction, when all at once he is turned without seeming to turn. Such is the feat of that imperial gymnast. We are told that the invasion of Mexico by the iTencb was never designed to compel that people to assume a monarchical Govern ment. A number of the citizens of the Em pire had granted loons to tbe Mexican Gov ernment in the shape of purchasing "scrip" ot that country. When they desired payment they were refused, whereupon the expedition was fitted out which has since placed Maxi milian on the throne. Finding the republic unwilling to meet his demands, the Emperor discovered a Dumber ot discontented citizens, who were induced to elect the Archduke to the imperial chair. M. Dkouyn de Lhuts remarks ; that the French Government did not deem it a duty to discourage that supreme effort of a power ful party, which had its origin long anterior to the French expedition. He observes that the Emperor, faithful to the maxims ol public right, which be holds in common with the United States, declared on that occasion that the question of a change of institutions rested solely on the suffrage of the Mexican people. When the Archduke was elected, tbe Em peror gave him his support because the new Government would liquidate the French claims, and the repubbc would not. In fact, the whole despatch, reduced, amounts to an assertion that the presence of the French troops in Mexico is not to aid the new Em peror to overcome the Liberals, but merely to remain there until the United States gave assurance that they would not' interfere' in behalf of the Juarez party. M. Drouyn dk Lhuys himself put very clearly the conditions whereon, at this late day, they are prepared to evacuate Mexico : "We hnd them (the Mexicans) now encaged In the establishment ol a regulur Government, which shows itsell disposed to honestly Keep its engagements. In this reiution we hope thai the . legitimate object ot our expedition will soon be reached. And we are striving; 10 make wittt the Kmperor Maximilian airaugcmeuts whlcn, by atiiying our interests and our Honor, will permit us to consider at an end ike iser vice of the army on Mexican soil. We full ouck at that moment upon the principle ot uou-iuter-volition, and from lhat. moment, accept it as tue rule ol our conduct. Our interest, no less than our honor, commands us to cam jrom all the uuiiorm application ol it. Trusting the spirit ol equity which auiimitug the Gubiuut of Wash ington, we expect from it the assurance that the American peopla will themselves conform to . law whkh tbev invoke by obuerviug in iUu 1 to Mexico a strtct ueu ruiity.'? To this nee" similar to that claimed) 'give aa "assure. he fact that the practice mei'ely reiterating noiore has been that oi our Government bet -wupon Da Mon- nf non-intervention. VTw. gratlflcation, thoi.on expresses the atiflOk mil Napoleon evtes orders for tie- with- drawal of the French troops. Tbi may" P pear to the diplomatic circles of Europe iu a victory ior rrancw, or " - tattle, but to the undated eyes of America victory for France, or at least a drawn THE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAM. PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, we can see good causa for congratulation over the triumph we have achieved. It is only the old story of the lord and the poacher over again. Entering that republic at a time when he supposed the United Stites were so busily engagod that it was probable that they would always have tl.elr hands fall, the Emperor proceeded to secure a foothold on American soil by forcing a monarchical Government upon an unwilling people. De fected by the United S'ates. who reappeared unexpectedly with great power, this imperial trespasser avers his satisfaction at withdraw ing, and claims a triumph because he was interrupted before his line was firmly set. Ue may gloss it over as he Will, and turn and smile bis pleasure at having accomplished his object, the fact remains the same, that we have reasserted the Monroe doctrine and ridded this side of the ocean of an interloper. While admiring, therefore, the consummate case with which the project is abandoned, the "man of destiny" cannot hide, beneath all his blandishments, the fact that he has been com pelled to forego a pet scheme, in which he had engaged all the military power of France. The True Issue. It is alllmportant, in' a question of such far reaching consequences as that of ''reconstruc tion," that the public mind should be held to the true issue. Putting away side issues and mere contests ol words, we should, if possible, get at the real gist ot the controversy. What, then, is the true issue involved in this ques tion of reconstruction? We take it to be this: lias the nation a right to impose con ditions upon the Rebel communities before they shall be permitted, as States, to resume political power inthenat on? The Republi cans say yes ; the Democrats say no. In discussing this question, the fact of the Rebellion should be constantly kept in view. The present status grows directly out of the Rebellion, and could have arisen in no other way. It is because the Rebel States seceded from the Union, rebelled against it, made war upon it, that they find themselves cut oS from representation, without political power in the nation. They are merely reaping what they themselves have sown. It is a harvest of their own planting. It is not an issue that has been forced upon ihem, but one of their own making. Nobody compelled them to abandon the positions they once held in the Union. No usu rping baud denpoiled them of their power. Nobody drove them out. The nation was at peace. Prosperity and plenty smiled at every hearthstone. Equal laws prevailed. No man at least no white man could complain that the Government in any way wronged or oppressed him. Even the balance ot political power itself was in the hands of the South and its friends. It was in the lace of these circumstances that the Rebel States seceded voluntarily and contemptuously Hinging away the power they had, and calling home tue'r Senators and Lcpresentatives Irom the Capital and com menced war upon the nation. That war they prosecuted with bitter ferocity lor more than lour years, yielding only . when completely overthrown. If now they flad It not so easy to get back into the positions they abandoned as it was to get out of them, who have they to blame but themselves ? Theirs is not the case of innocent communities wrongfully despoiled of their just rights and powers ; it is lather that of grasping and ambitious States, who find themselves the victims of their ownv lust for unlawful dominion. But it is precisely this fact of the Rebellion that the Democrats Insist upon our ignoring. 'ihev constantly speak ot these Rebel com munities as though there had never been any war as though they had never seceded and formed their Southern Confederacy. They talk about the 'rights" of these States, as though they had never forfeited them by war upon the nation. They speak of 1 them as though, by some monstrous stretch of power, their Representatives had been driven out o Congress In a word, they persistently shut their eves to the entire 6eries of momentous events which go to make up our national his tory lor the past five years. Although, when the Rebellion commenced, they maintained that the States were sovereign and could secede at pleasure, and that there was no rightful power in the nation to coerce a State, they now maintain that these Siates have never been out of the Union, are now in it, and are. therefore, entitled, of right, to all the powers and privileges of States in the Union, But, if these States were never out of the Union, then they were in it during ; the entire continuance of the war ; and if being in the Union entitles a State of right to representa tion and power in It, then these States were entitled to such representation and power at the very period when they were making war upon it! This is the doctrine of State rights pushed to a rather startling extreme. Ac cording to it South Carolina, while waging war against the Union, had as good a right to be represented in Congress as Pennsylva nia had, which was fighting for the Union Jeff. Davis, according to this Democratic theory, had as good a right to vote for Presl dent in J8C4 as General Gbant had. The Rebel greyback, with his gun in ' his hand which he had stolen from a United States arsenal, was of right as much entitled to vote as the Onion soldier perilling life and all no held dear to save the Union. The Republicans, on the other hand, fuly recognize tne Rebellion, and the conse queDces it has entailed. They maintain that a State wnich secedes and wages war against tbe nation setting up lor itself or uniting with other seceding States thereby loses all rights and powers in the Union. It Is absurd that a State pan be a member of the Union I and yet make war against the Union. They 1 hold that communities cannot commit the I u V . Ivrtltrwm anil at. t.Vifl itm. fimn rA- - v - - - tain the privileges of citizens. Th Rebtl States having by their rebellion lost all right of participation in the political power of the Union; can be restored only upon such con ditions as shall be prescribed by the nation ; and theso conditions are entirely within tho discretion of the nation, acting through Its constituted and appropriate organ, the law making power. Justice and sound states manship are to be its guide. The safety of the people is its supreme law. ' The Republican theory Is the theory upon which the war was conducted the only one upon which it could have been successfully waged and the only one upon which the consammatlon of this great revolution will be made to redound to the freedom and per petuity of the nation. This is a personal in- vita lion to the irnder to ex amine oar new stylo fPWNU LOT HI NO. 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A SPECIAL MEETING OP THE" Stockholders of THE NKW YORK AND DIDDLE COAL F1KLD KAIIKOAD AND COAL tUMi'sui win oeneiuat tne omce oi the Company, ho. 226 WALNUT Street, on MONDAY, the 30th Instant, at 4 o'o'ocX. to acceptor reject the Hupplemout to tue Charter as recen ly passed by the Legislature. oples of the act can be had on application at the omce. L4 26 4tl C. li. LIN USA i. Secretary. MAMMOTH OIL AND COAL COM PANY. The Annual AlpAlmir of hn Ntrrnk. co ders of this CeraoaoT wl 1 be held at their oltlee Nn. wi4j,hui fireet.on juumia x, Mar 7. 1866, at li .'nlnnV U Ia. th. sla.lln. TK.nn... . . V. ! rear. u. in.tu 4 26 lOt Secretary. P HI X G AND SUMMER DKEKS GOODS, OF LATE IMPORTATIONS, FROM DECENT AUC TION BALKS. AT REDUCED PRICES. ALL THE LEADING STYLES AND C0L0BIN0S. CURWEN STODDART & BROTHER, Nog. 460, 452, aud 454 N. SECOND Street, 28 8t , Above milow. A LL-WOOL CASSIMEIIES, ?5 CTS ALL-WOOL CAPHIMERFS. 8754 CF.NTS. 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McCALLUMS, CREASE & SLOAN, Nos. 509 and 519 CHESNUT St. (OPPOBITB INDEPENDENCE HALL), HAVB JUST RECEIVED ONE THOUSAND ROLLS FRESH MATTINGS, All Widths and Styles, AT THE LOWEST PRICES. 425 lmrp , 1 QROVER & BAKER'S FIRST PREMIUM ELASTIC STITCII AND LOCK BTITCH BE WING MACHINES, wit latest im provements, No. 730 Chesnut street.Philadelphla; No. 17 Market street, Harribburg. ; 2 1 3m4p JJIESKELL'S MAGIC j OIL!! CURES TETTER, I EBYSIFELAfl, ITCU, BCALD HEAD, AND ALL SKIN D16EASE8. WARBASTFD TO CURE OB MONET BEFUNDED For sale by all D inggistj. PBINCIPAL DEPOTi j ASUMEAD'8 PHARMACY, NO. 336 outU SECOND utreet. Price 28 oenti per bottle. J 4 34 twD (CHILDREN'S CARRIAGES, CUEAP AT YOST S NEW HOUSE-FURNISHING STORE. " Also. EVBBYTHING NEEDED IX HOUSEKEEP ING. , ', M 20 tp No. 49 K. NIVIH Street, below Arch. r ROVER & BAKER'S IMPROVED SHUTTLE OR LOCK" BTITCH SEWING MACHINES. No. 1 and No. 9 for Tailors, Shoo makers, Saddlers, etc No. 730 Chesnut street Philadelphia; No. 17 Market street, Harrtoburg APRIL 2G, 18GG. KELTY, CAltRINGTON AND COMPANY No. 723 OHESNUT Street, MANUFACTURE US WINDOW SHADES. SPRIN G STYLES NOW READY, IN GREAT VARIETY. IT THUNDERS ALL ROOD Herring's Patent Safes Ilf THE RECENT EXTENSIVE FIRES. SEVEN SAVE THEIR CONTENTS Hi ONE NIGHT!!! hUMBEB OSE. Niw Tons, April I. INS. Messrs. HuBnia A Co, No. SM Broad "a Qeotie- tnea I In the destraeuTe coaflanratloa of the 6th tost., tt was oar tnlsiuriane to be located on the lower floor of the flre-storr bonding No. 202 Broadway. The lane 8afe oi your manufacture, which we had In nse, wss im the back part ot the building, more than one haudred and flity leet Irom Broadway, diffloult to reaoa with water, and exposed to tbe hottest of the Are. We got at tt Sa.nroay atternoon and found the knobs and plate melted off, and were obliged to oat the doors open, when, to oar great sailsfsoilon, we fbaad our books, papers, policies ofhunranoe, money, and Indeed everything In the Safe Id first rate condition. Beepectlolly joars. KNAPP A 8NIFFEN. NUMBER TWO. Nbw Yobk April , 1868. vyvuvn J J. . m wu wuv, WMivn uw Ull amons the embers of the Broadway and Fulton streets fire since Friday morning, the 6th Inst. The Sate was In my office, on the third floor, and was In the hottest part of the fire. Notwithstanding the fat and great boa endured, tbe Safe has been true to Its nam a and Its trust, and lalthfuily sustained tbe reputation of your house. All my books and papers contained In the Safe are in as good condition as before the tire, except the slight damage occasioned by the steam which comes from the fire proof filling. JO'S B. uKaB 4A.NN. NtTlaBEB THREE Naw Yobk, April 7. 1863. Messrs. IlBBarKO A Co. Gents : We are pleased to be able to add our testimony In faror ot one ot your Hates, that we bad inourofflce at the time of the great fire yesterday on Broadway and Fulton streets, and wonld say for the benefit ut the pnbho and In Justice to you , that all our Books. Papers, etc, were taken out to-day In good order, alter the Safe had been exposed tt an Intense beat HESBV 81 SDK, No. 201 Broadway NUMBER FOUR abw Yobk, Aoril 7, 1886. Messrs. Hbbbiko fe Co., Gents: I am hpiy to say tbat baying recovered my Sale (one of your make) irom tk'S ruins of our store, No. ISO Fulton street, whloh as toai'royed by the yesterday, and having 'ooened It, I find all Us contents, consisting ot books, papers, money, bonds, an d Government stocks, belonging to myself, snl others entru'8401 ,0 " for sare keeping perfectly sals and untnjureoj- Tb'1 cats stood an extraordinary heat, and proves the ixcel'ency of your Safes.' C. C. RICHMOND. S UMBER FIVB. Nbw Yobs:, April II, l86. Messrs. Debbiiig A Co , No 2S1 Broadway. Gents i The large afe ot your manufacture which we bod ia use at the destructive fire, corner of Biosdway and Barclay street"", hts been rescued from tbe sits of our late band ing, and opened this atternoon. It afford! us great satis faction to say to yon that ws find oui books, valuable papers, snd the entire contents preserved In good con dition, nothing injured except the leather covers of the books being stained. FAIRCHILD, WALR.EB 4 CO., Booms 6 and 7, No. 229 Broadway. NUMBER SIX. Nbw Yobk, April 9 1886. Mo ssrs. Hebkimo A Co. -I this morning reoolved from the ruins of the Are, oorner ot Broadway and Bar clay street, the Safe purchased of you some years since! and, to my entire satisfaction, found the oontents in a penect stats ol pieservation. Tbe Safe had lain in the rums since Friday morning, and was in the hottest part ot the Ore. I shull, In the future, feel safe to trust any amount ot property to your Safe. ' J. M. ROBERTSON. NUMBER bEVEN. ! Saw Yobk, April 6. 1866. Messrs. Hebbiko & Co.,No. 291 Broadway. Oentsi T he Herring's Patent Sale we bought of you a lew years ago baa Just been dugout from the ruins ol tbe recent extensive flie, corner Broadway and Barclay streets The contents of our building, No. 231 Broadway, where the Are originated, were entlrelyldestroyed, and we had barely time to escape with our lives. The Safe was ex posed to Intense beat, yet we are happy to inform yon that everything It contained books, papers, aud mouey are all as good as new. II. J. BANO, No 231 Broadway. famel, limine & CO., No. 029 CHESNUT Street,j PHILADELPHIA. HERRING & CO., New YJ HERRING & CO., Chioii BOLE MANUFACTURERS Herring's Tatent ChamploJ THE MOST BEL1ABLE PROTECTION j SOVr KNOWN, AND FARREL, HERRING & i . . .i New Patent Bankers' Haul with rbe) rj-aBltlliie,' I'rysUslllstd Iross. THE NLY MK.TAL KNOWN WBIC A BURGLAR'S PRIIX
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