NEWS OF THE WEEK.
riAmerican Congress has not been quite as reticent as the 'resident. On the 11th inst., resolutions were introduced into both Houses, affirming that the Emperor Napoleon had avowed an intention of preventing the Union from holding the Gulf of Mexico ; that a monarchy had consequently been established in Mexico by European soldiers ; that the Emperor Maximilian had, by a decree of 5th September, 1865, re-established slavery ; and that by a decree of 5th October, 1865, he had violated the laws of civilized warfare, and that " the attempt to subject one of the Republican Governments of this continent by a foreign power, and to establish on its ruins a monarchy sustained solely by European baydnets, is opposed to the declared policy of the United States Government, offensive to our people, and contrary to the spirit of our institutions." The President is therefore requested to take action in the matter. The resolutions were almost unanimously referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, a vote which im- plies, as was explained, that Congress accepts the preamble, but will consider action thereon. The French Government has not ventured to allow these resolutions to appear in any French journal.
