, 1860-12-28
TIE FRENCH pI:E EN-, ON DtsCS1OS.
trosfiiXfy fu q Southern f-oufcderary.
From tie i.l71s I'.e--e. II Dee. IL

from tie iAs1s I'se--e. II DEE. IL
= France eannut bc Otherwise .han
proud II tinI l!:- pE.trc!u..s.r rlt;H:e @: !isF
alliance sf,t;.i!t bJ ali oppressed ra:ion':i'cs
au it j, her i:!eEr-t am. Etr .'''r: E't - MI
in any u: tic OBLIGATIONS tit her i.'s5h i''Ei:tua
iln:,>,~,s GIea her. nl: il '.:c l"es':s; Sat:
(tat ot TIE ro.:rgta .!l:12e II t:,c = ri
States, tdrt s1:.:n II in,i'nt ns:tn'- !, c's.-
:l:c.:r,t by !. 1:.rsticn u; ..s. r., :,li 1he uEe
,l;u::s an uul,a,.t,: shadow vv.r !:sc uii.c-.
France, wau abo!i>ael livery acsst Il. tdis''"t
t7xJ. s.,hs II l,fofr. in o!hcr r'"t'tF':' SIC!
au idea cveu would Go ltr =:r.uu> lI;::1y-
The .Au.era anS I'll Soati. Il.:1.iil ,::.-t. ,c::-
DC persuaded that, j ,er try o,id;. J IN. il:
r. ,.t.i Lorrah:. Il Il. ihcf.st s"!ltrs !tat tes
.;en,t,!, It ri! .4c< !; saIrt ors, Ut ]" -
at l;tir Ie:ny p.pt'r:..orS, u .>:s .aGt. h '::ac
ii the principle, acknowledged ;u7 ta;:iy
year., tll;:: I'LL :soIc7nren1s de jdc:o k5Sti III:
recognized by thc Governments Vi Ea1o: : 81:
Amcs:c;..
There is oa;y e.,e Of the dir.sioa. Of t."
Cniuu in regard to wi4scl 4T.ngc csu have. Ii,
esr;a:n cvti4.<, any Dore eN.cEtltu r..;Ats 81
du;.c*. 1t Is I>"sii5;ap!s, a. !: :eu-r::i lt:''E
exis;es: y7hcn it gss Ct s,: ty u III the u:::t!
S:c,r- III !Ar;. The sr.atr II ccssiol ..l:a'sfi-
tced tu the trenss' ro.ehlss: a .tnt.r t.e..set.
ant- the eajnyE,.nt Vi sh-st lrti,:!ty aaa :;
their civil a:,.l religions ri -hf-- Tie F..+s :hH
ricl. territory oi ls;:~a,.;: has s''s:s'"f s::t
lte1i, bSses the sta.e i.se.i os Lt'':,-:aGa, tar
States nf Mi...,,!i, -lrEs.nsas. ln'So, l:.!ts u.
Alabama and Nt-c>s1lsin, a:I tsic le:Fiof.cs oi
3li:.a. svta. -,ear:ss and ksr:as. Every t,:'H
that one OF t.:rse his hal til hc oES,,iu!x9d -
admitted to liic Confederation, th: >l1:t-; TO
psittcss hare Invoked thcr rights guaranteed
10 ,,,tnl Ey :lle tEs1:y III lc'G- TAt Il. ii u
Arkarsas, founded nu this AT: I.it nj, ~ r.
couu:zed by John Quincy Aca:n: himself IN
1876. The Governor OF Nebra 4k;i lnsohetl fnc
same rcpn.tat III ytt,u:, the bill tp prohibit
II, int -tI
and this doctrine !. also TO b. .er:lI III t DC
&i.Inu OF the Supreme CulTt OF the tn..et
States r:rLrrea il. the case O.: ti1c ue;sso DscI
SctIt.
These arc The historic aal aiicial .rece-
dents, which III M. te its,st rl'te u el*c any
scrio4s ot.tck il maat hot the ~irl political dut
religious rights cf Tic aaciens r31tvry " Louis
l4ug. BIT the Institution OF StiveEy-T:s .
| portion of these rights foEc5er guaranteed :.
And these rights, arr they rally isnrrd
These are questions that France can neither
y.ise no, so:;e, as.s whic;l she e,unot lc called
upon to examine except 1t thy request ri the
| Louisiana authorities At present this Sat-,
| happily. seem. to take no part in the disanion
| movement Thvfe IS undoubtedly IN eztrrMc
| plEty, which Is recruited chicily from country
] planters, whose Trinrirai weiltl. Il in slave
| property aud wlo<c revenue lies In tho pro
| dncc Of the soil. Bat, by stHanyc contrast,
while Southern a.ricuItuEistS ART naat deter.
| u.inesi in favor uf Slavery, the mcst E'ul:;cal
| Abol;:ianiets are 10 be found among the ayri
| culturists Of flc North.
The sea-ecaet towns, on the contrary. arc
| strongly conservative New Iosk gave $ Ocl
majority against Lincoln, New ORLEANS vote
Tor Bell; and Charleston, Savannah, md al
other Southern ports, Eayc, 10 : certain extent
opposed the tide of sehism proelaimed At All
| gusta aud Columbia. The reason is that tht
maritime towns understand better than Al
others that the prosperity Of the Union dc
pen,ls upon nniou, and that in rupture the ssl
81 Of its SUCCESS il destroyed! conEe7gj1
il:st;pct rises In thsn to the height OF polite:
iess::tian. Il! Il merchants ard !r35c:s zr al ID:
| ..:'.e t:.e ;tre-t i.,::sit':S. .
E:ancc Las ir the United States The same il.
terest that these urge towns hare, and oussh