Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1861-05-17
OUR FOREIGN RELATIONS.


\ The Secretary Of State, William I'll Seward, IN
his instructions to the Minister to the French Court
William T.. Dayton, Is Tcrg explicit On the sub
iect of The relations Of this government toward.
the rebels Of the south. We give the concluding
PORTION Of his letter.
The path Of executive duty has thas far been too
plainly marked ont by stern necessities to be mis-
TAKEN while the s0emnity Of the great emergency.
and the responsibility it dev0lFes, have extingnsh-
Cd IN the public councils every emotion but those
OF loyalty and patriotism. 1T is not in the hands
OF this administration that this government is to
come To an end at all, mach less for the want OF
harmony or in devotion to the country. M.
ThoITenels declaration that the United States
may rest wen assured that no hasty or precipitate
action viii be taken on the subject af the appre-
hended application Of the iRslrrecti0nists for a
recognition Of the independence Of the so-ealle4
confederate states il entirely SATISFACTORILY altaos
II was attended by reservation of views concern
lng general principles applicable 10 a cause that
need not now be discussed. In the unofficial con
yeTsation, Mr.. Faulkner says that he himself ex-
pressed the opinion that force would not be re-
sorted TO, TO coeree the so-callsd seeding states
into submission TO the federal authority, and that
the only solution Of the difficulties would be found
IN such notifications Of the constitutions com
pact as would invite tke seeding states back into
the Union, or peaceable aeqaiescence in the as
sertlon of their claim TO a seperate sovereignty -
plaasihiiity has passed away The United States
waited patiently, while their authority was ieied
in turbulent assemblies and in seditioua prepara-
tons, willing to hope that the mediation offered
on all sides would cDnciiate and induce the dis
affected parties to return to a better mind But
the case is now altogether changed. The iasur-
gents have instituted a revolution. with open,
dAgraaf, and deadly waI, to compel the United
States to aequiesce In the diamemberment Of the
Union. The United States have accepted this
civil war an inevitable necessity. Tie eonssi-
taticnsl remedies for all thecumpaints OF the in
surgents are still open 10 them, and viii remain SO
bat the other hand, the lsnd and naval forces
Of the Union have been p1t into activity to restore
the federal authority, and TO save the Onion from
danger.
You cannot be too decided or too explicit in
making known to the French Government that
there is not now, nor has thera been nor viii there
be, any the least idea existing in this govern
ment Of suffering dissolution of this Union to
take place in any way whatever. There viii be
here only one nation and one government and
there viii be the same republic and the same Con-
stitaton that has already survived dozen national
changes. and changes Of government ia almost
every other country, and these will stand hereafter
as they are now, objects OF human wonder and
kisza@n af4eetioa. You haze seer on the eve Of
your departure the elasticity of the national spirit
the vigor of the national government, and the
lavish devotion OF the national treasury 10 the
great cause. Tell H. Thouvenel, then, with the
highest consideration and good feeling, that a
thought Of the dissolution of this Union. peace
ably or By force, has never entered into the mind
Of any candid statesman here and it is high time
that it be dismissed by statesmen in Europe.