55/73 Thouvenel could mistakenly write to Mercier on March 13, 1862. "Nous ne voulons pas cependant imposer une forme de gouvernement aux Mexicains..."] [Footnote 547: Russell Papers. Cowley to Russell.Private.Jan. On this same date Thouvenel, writing to Flahault in London, hoped England would feel that she had a common interest with France in preventing Mexico from falling under the yoke of Americans either "unis ou secedes." (Thouvenel, _Le Secret de l'Empereur_, II, 226).] [Footnote 548: _Ibid._, Jan. |