[48] Barbé-Marbois, Histoire de la Louisiane, p. 335.
[49] From a despatch of Mr. Benjamin, the Rebel Secretary of State, it seems that the French Emperor embraced Texas in his Mexican plot. (Lawrence, Commentaire sur les Éléments du Droit International, Tom. II. p. 360, Part. II. ch. 1.) In European diplomatic circles it was reported that he had tried to seduce a prince of Portugal by tender of the throne of Mexico with the promise of Texas.
[50] Flassan, Histoire de la Diplomatie Française, Tom. VII. p 125.
[51] The Mexican crown was voted to the Archduke Maximilian by the Assembly of Notables, 10th July, 1863, and formally tendered to him at Miramar, 3d October, twenty-three days after this speech, but he did not enter the City of Mexico till 12th June, 1864. The new Empire was acknowledged by all the European powers. The United States refused to acknowledge it. The suppression of our Rebellion was followed by the withdrawal of the French troops, and the execution of Maximilian, who was condemned to death and shot by the Mexicans, 19th June, 1867.
[52] Wicquefort, L’Ambassadeur et ses Fonctions, Liv. II. sec. 11.
[53] Speech on the Treaty of Peace with America, April 11, 1815: Hansard’s Parliamentary Debates, Vol. XXX. col. 525.
[54] L’Ambassadeur et ses Fonctions, Liv. II. sec. 4.
[55] Vol. I. pp. 51-55.
[56] Guizot, History of Oliver Cromwell (London, 1854), Vol. II. p. 210.
[57] Martens, Causes Célèbres (2me édit.), Tom. II. pp. 40-51.