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Title: The Civil War : the national view
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Thorpe, Francis Newton, 1857-1926
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Publisher: Philadelphia : George Barrie & Sons
Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: The Institute of Museum and Library Services through an Indiana State Library LSTA Grant

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clines Its acceptance, unless the offer be sanctioned by thesuffrages of the people. In either event, therefore, we mayconfidently expect the continuance of those peaceful rela-tions which have been maintained on the frontier, and evena large development of the commerce already existing to themutual advantage of the two countries. In contrast to these opinions on the attempt of Napoleonto establish a monarchy and a French protectorate In Mex-ico, are those expressed by Lincoln. Secretary Seward,In September, 1863, made clear to Dayton, the Americanminister In Paris, the attitude of the government towardthe Emperors Mexican policy. The United States wouldobserve a strict neutrality in the contest between Franceand Mexico but the United States government believedthat the inherent normal opinion of Mexico favors a govern-ment there republican in form and domestic In its organi-zation. In preference to any monarchical Institutions to beimposed from abroad. There existed an interdependence
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^ u •-Cj < -J cc H ^nJ ^ l_ ■k-1 X •^ o ■ O O (A LJ *\ X H 50 THE THIRD TEAR OF THE WAR 373 of all the American republics upon each other and theirexistence as republics must severally be bound up with thecontinuance of free republican institutions throughoutAmerica. Later Mr. Dayton was instructed to inform theFrench government that the United States continue toregard Mexico as the theatre of a war which has not yetended in the subversion of the government long existingthere, and with which the United States remain in the re-lation of peace and sincere friendship; and that for thisreason the United States are not now at liberty to considerthe question of recognizing a government which, in thefurther chances of war, may come into its place. In the House of Representatives Henry Winter Davisreported a resolution on Mexican affairs, which, carried byan affirmative vote of 109, Apri

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