16 DECEMBER 1865, Page 2

There is a most extraordinary statement in the American tele-

gram of the 5th inst. The Senate at Washington, it is said, have before them a decree under which Maximilian re-establishes peon- age in Mexico. Nothing has been heard in Europe of this measure, which, if it has been taken, a fact. we cannot credit, will stamp the name of the Emperor with everlasting infamy. It is bad enough to defend slavery, but to re-establish it when fairly abolished is a deliberate act of wickedness against light. Juarez, who is an Indian, would in that case be justified in bringing the Emperor to trial as an enemy of the human race.