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Editorial On 8 April 1793, French Ambassador Charles Edmond Genet disembarked from the frigate Embuscade when it landed in Charleston, South Carolina. His arrival marked the beginning of a tradition of foreigners attempting to shape u.s. actions in international affairs, in this case persuading the Washington administration to provide positive support for Revolutionary France in its war with the rest of Europe. Genet’s failure did not deter others who in the years thereafter lobbied the u.s. government to lend aid to a variety of causes often distant from American shores. Closer to home, Matias Romero, representing Mexican leader Benito Juarez, met with President Abraham Lincoln and Secretary of State William H. Seward during the American Civil War in an effort to persuade them to send u.s. troops to overthrown the French-installed government under the Austrian Archduke Maximilian. When Lincoln and Seward demurred, he urged u.s. politicians and average citizens to press the administration to change its policy as members of the “Defenders of the Monroe Doctrine.” More successful in achieving the same goal in Cuba three decades later was Calixco y Inigues Garcia, who, as the leader of the Cuban Junta, skillfully used propaganda inflating Spanish atrocities on the http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of American-East Asian Relations Brill

Editorial

Matray, James I.
Journal of American-East Asian Relations , Volume 22 (4): 285 – Nov 26, 2015
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Brill
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© 2015 by Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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Editorial
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1058-3947
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1876-5610
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10.1163/18765610-02204008
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On 8 April 1793, French Ambassador Charles Edmond Genet disembarked from the frigate Embuscade when it landed in Charleston, South Carolina. His arrival marked the beginning of a tradition of foreigners attempting to shape u.s. actions in international affairs, in this case persuading the Washington administration to provide positive support for Revolutionary France in its war with the rest of Europe. Genet’s failure did not deter others who in the years thereafter lobbied the u.s. government to lend aid to a variety of causes often distant from American shores. Closer to home, Matias Romero, representing Mexican leader Benito Juarez, met with President Abraham Lincoln and Secretary of State William H. Seward during the American Civil War in an effort to persuade them to send u.s. troops to overthrown the French-installed government under the Austrian Archduke Maximilian. When Lincoln and Seward demurred, he urged u.s. politicians and average citizens to press the administration to change its policy as members of the “Defenders of the Monroe Doctrine.” More successful in achieving the same goal in Cuba three decades later was Calixco y Inigues Garcia, who, as the leader of the Cuban Junta, skillfully used propaganda inflating Spanish atrocities on the

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Published: Nov 26, 2015

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