The Express.
London, England, 1862-11-14 00:00:00

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LONDON, FRIDAY, NO VEMBER 14.

OUR readers have now before them the des-
patch in which the Emperor of the Faaricir has
invited the Governments of England and Rasaia
to join him in calling upon. the American belli-
gerents to conclude an am Antics). The Encrsami
conies forward as having no partialities or predi-
lections ; he is the Me' id of both parties, and is
simply desirous of termi eating a war which is not
leading to decisive resnl' a. Such are his profes-
sions. But the prol ?oasis which he would
have the three IN nvers make are of a
very different charac' aer, and such as might have
been suggested by I Ar. SLIDELL. While they
are nominally the s ame for both parties, their
operation would be all in favour of the South.
This will be apparent on a moment's consideration.
In the first place, the removal of the blockade
involved in the suspension of hostilities " of every
kind, direct or iudi rest, by sea or land," is a measure
entirely for the savantage of the South, while it
would deprive the army of the North of its right
arm. Confederate paper would go up, and the
Soi ith would supply itself with commodities which
wo aid enable it to enter upon the war next spring
pr 3pared to continue it for years. Again, the
proposal is one which would deprive the North of
all the advantages of the approaching campaign,
which it has been preparing for at the cost of
!pillions, and in which its naval resources are
calculated to give it peculiar advantages. The
.North is to be asked to forego the use of
its large gunboat fleet just in the season when
the rivers are full and every circumstance is
favourable for naval operations. There is nothing in
the proposal to set over against these disadvantages
for the North. It is one made entirely in Southern
interests. What is more important is that the
reinforcement of the South, which it would be the
means of procuring, would enable the Confederate
Government to dictate its own terms of peace.
The proposal is made very insidiously, and there
can be little doubt that there are plenty of people
in France, Russia, and England who may be taken
in by it. It is addressed to the interests of
those who conclude that an armistice in America
would bring cotton to Europe. It is addressed to
the feelings of those who would be pleased to think
of the cessation of a horrible war, and of the com-
fort to the belligerents on both sides of staying at
home for the winter and spring, recovering their
health, and attending to their affairs. It is ad-
dressed to the notions of those who imagine that
an interval for reflection and intercourse cannot
but calm the passions of the antagonists, and en-
able reason to resume its sway. It is addressed,
in short, to those who, knowing no bette-, believe
what they are told in Secessionist journals—that
the war is without cause and without necessity,
and that it involves no issues which can justify it.
AU such views are, however, false. AA armis-
tice could have no effect on the issue of the con-
flict ; and the way in which it would ope-ate
would be simply to rescue and restore the Confe-
derates, and set back their antagonists to the
condition they were in (as regards their relation to
their enemy) before they made so many sacrifices.
It is so impossible that the Federal States can for
a moment listen to a proposal which is altogether
absurd and insulting, that the doubt on both sides
the Atlantic must be whether the suggestion pro-
ceeds from ignorance or artifice.
There is one possibility, it may be said, which

would justify the scheme. If the South is pre-
pared to abolish slavery, at the instigation of the
European Powers, an armistice may be effected.
Yes ; but why an armistice when there might then
be a full peace? A complete and faithful abolition
of slavery is indispensable to any sort. of peace.
Whether the parties agree to form one
nation, or to separate into two, slavery must
be abolished as a necessary condition. It has
been abundantly proved, in the case of Union,
that the enactments which are necessary for the
maintenance of Slavery, and the conditions of the
policy of alaveholders, are incompatible with the
primary liberties of the Northern States. This is

absolutely settled. There is no•inducement what-
ever which can ever bring beck Northern citizens
under the Fugitive Slave Law, and the yoke of
the DRED Scorr decision. If, on the other hand,
there could be an agreement to part, the two
Governments and peoples could not live as neigh-
bours with their respective polities of barbarism