The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1842-03-14
Paris.
Correspondence o. the Horald.l
PARIS, JaLia.y 20, 1872.


PAkIs, Jal.aasy 20, 1872
| DrAs BrSsErr-
The winter has thus f r been unusually mild, and
nothing has occurred to disturb tn. peculiar enjoy
uents of the season. Balls and Coscerts given at
Court and by the rich inhabitants Of Paris, foreign
and satve, have given female vanity ample opfor
tbites 20 show of Gne dresses and pretty aims and
| feet.
The King of Prussia has gone over to Elg gland to
| assist at the baptism Of the Little Albert Edward,
Prince of Wales. AT one time ii was thought his
Prussian NJ jesty would come TO Paris and
| pay visit to Louis Philip, before returning to
Prussia; but, somehow or other, the monarchs tf
Earcpe, by right divine, arc spari.g Of paying too
| pauch personal respect TO the dynasty Ct the
Ba,icasks Louis Philip would have received more
| evidences Of personal respect from the cd monar-
| chiss Of Europe il he had profted by any Of
the h.ndrcd opportunities he has had to make him
| self feared.
E.psrtsro is gradually bring ing der out Of anaT
| chy in SPAN. lie evidently tie most efficient
executive officer that unhappy country has had for
long time past Acling up To the spi;it OF modern
constitutions. Espsrtero considers mon irchy the
pesoni6cat.on Of national soyere snty, and as he
the official repres, NATIVE Of the spanish monarchy
he has insistcd that foreign ambassadors shall pre-
sent their letters 81 creoence to him, in person, and
" an embryo Sovereign. The Frsnch owe nmen mt,
forgetting its revolutionary origin, ustd TO
yield akd has recalled its amba,sadsr. France is
also at variance with the Court o. Russia on mat
tiers ,f etiquette; but these things o.y summer
clouds that do not disturb In the least the political
atmosphere.
Another p,roxysm Of the rail road fever has
seized the Fre1ch government but il will proba-
bly, pass over heretofore, in proli display Of
words and calculations. The different paris If
| the country are like many dogs in manager
Each section must be FIRST served il will resist
| all attempts to benefit oher sections by the
| struction OF rail roads. Tbs Is tine reason
why France il behind the other countries Of
| of Europe in this most valuable Of all modern i'm
provemen.s. The queen Of France was delighted
with your accounts OF the manner in which her son,
the Prince de Joinvills, was received at New York
| and eiswhcre in the Unitsd States You have rea-
| son to be proud to know that your paper Is some
times received in the boudoirs Of royalty Iwonder
| il Queen Victoria has ever heard OF the thousand
pretty things you have said of her. But let pass
| treaty recently conelu1ed betwe, the great Pow
ers, with EHgiand at their head for the suppi
of the slave trade, by the mutual concession Of the
right OF search. England thought to legalize her
old pretnsions to the right OF search by the moral
Influence Of this treaty, at which she has been labor
ing ever since the congress CT Vienna. This for
ndable array OF moral power, with the threat hold
in the British Ministerial press that the right Of
| search would be enforced upon all secondary pow
| ers, was at fist SOMEWHAT alarming But England
began TO boast Of her management and success too
soon. Our minister Ecre, General Cas-, represent
| ed 10 this government the true objects at which
England was aiming, aud declared to the minister
Of foreign afiairs that the treaty would be imme
dately and forcib,y resisted by US, if, under the
sanction Of this treaty, Great Britain any other
power. al united, should attempt TO enforce
its stipulations on US. Youwil see in the Journal
des Debats, which send you, the declaration made
by M Guizot in the Chamber of De puties in which
he diselams all prctensisn to the right Of compel
ling other nations not parties 10 the treaty, to sub
init to the right Of search This declarations, which
virtually annuls the treaty Great Britain under.
stood il, 10 clearly tho direct equence OF Gen.
Cas- . representations TO that minister. The de-
bates in tho Chamber Of DepSties were exceed.
ingly animated. and revealed most hostile feeling
toward England, ana disposition 10 cenEure the
government for having abandoned the principles
Of maritime riehts which France has 90 long
and SO constantiy defended. l am inclined to
| think that France was wheedled into this treaty
| - an offset fer the abandonment, ON the part Of
England, Of her pretensions to the execution of
the promise made to her by Charles the Tenth, to
give up Alsers to the Emperor Of Turkey. Be
that as il may, General Csss has done the business
Tor England. Guizot says that every attempt to
| execute the treaty on US, would be legitimate
Casus Bell; and as the interpretation has been
given to il by Of the leading parties before the
| exchange Of Publications, the instrument can not
be made eficacous for the purposes of the British
| government. England has thought she would
throttle by this treaty; but far from her being
able to accomplish her designs on the United
ttates, she has ex; ed herself to the derison or
| he hostility Of the world. If she cannot carry
out the treaty as she intended ~ enforcing on all
ether nations, IT amounts to nothins--if she at
tempts to execute it other nations, parties,
by force, after the declaration Of NJ. Guizot, she
will unite the world 10 arms against her, before the
| war We shalt begin, 10 at an end.
This is the greatest diplomatic faux pas England
has ever made. General Cass has thrown together
| in pamphlet, which send you. an able exposition
| Of his views on this subject-the sentiments enter.
tanned by the American government and people. 1t
has had great effect, and will have more, II will
| circulate all over Europe in more Languages than
one.
We owe the General many thanks for his promp-
ttude and efficiency in this matter Had the treaty
been ratieed without the declaration Of NJ. Guizot,
England would have attempted to enforce the right
OF search us, as part Of the established law Of
nations; but now the treaty, ratified not, only
blank paper, 80 far as we are concerned and there
can be no war; on account Of it, unless shall
| have to 90 TO war with France for iting her in q
critical moment. This may happen
| Truly yours.
l TROUMR pCTwEEy TIE SP ANiARDs Ann EuoI rpF