The latest accounts from Mexico report that the Clerical party,
alarmed at the danger of massacre, have entreated Maximilian to remain, and promised him 5,000,000/. sterling. He has, there- fore, returned to his capital, but it appears, from a letter addressed by him to his Council, that he thinks himself an obstacle to a good arrangement, but will await the result of another appeal to the people. Should they honestly choose him, he will face all dangers, but should they not, he will help to organize the govern- ment they do choose, and so avert anarchy to the utmost of his power. There is magnanimity in this course, and so divided are the factions opposed to him that the American Envoys have returned to New Orleans, declaring that no Mexican knows pre- cisely what he does want. Each leader is confiscating on his own account, and but for the pressure from Washington, Maximilian might yet be supported by all friends of order.
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