For Americans the Civil War was simply an internal conflict, and
they have emphasized its military exploits and the romantic myths
that have grown up around it. They have given little regard to its
international aspects. In truth, however, the American Civil War
attracted worldwide attention. Other nations followed the fortunes
of the war and sought to understand its goals because they saw that
the fate of the American system would likely have a profound effect
on their own social and political economies. One such nation was
the United States' southern neighbor Mexico, and in Mexican Lobby
Thomas Schoonover reveals the efforts of Matias Romero, Mexico's
representative in Washington, to influence American leaders in his
country's favor. Romero, appointed in 1859, served the liberal
government of Benito Juarez, which had just emerged from its own
civil War of Reform and now had to contend with a French invasion
under Maximilian. He proved an indefatigable worker, who sent his
government voluminous reports on the American situation and on his
meetings with American leaders. Translated and published here for
the first time is a representative selection of memoranda of his
conversations with Washington officials and politicians. Romero
attempted to forge stronger trade ties with the United States,
establish better sea and rail links, and, above all, encourage
military intervention to oust the French. In seeking these ends
Romero was not above meddling in domestic politics. The memoranda
show him supporting efforts to secure the resignation of Secretary
of State Seward and cooperating with radical moves to defeat
Lincoln's election in 1864 and, later, to impeach Andrew Johnson.
Copies of Romero's official correspondence are rare in the United
States and in Mexico and have never been translated. Mexican Lobby
makes readily available a body of material that will be valuable to
historians of the Civil War, Latin America, and American diplomacy.
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