Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-12-22

principle incorporated IL she Law Il nations. :
we Nevertheless. Instructed you. AID ali etrs
representatives IN io?eign Countries. &c waiTa
1t, If aecessarg, and 10 stipalaR. subjres -
the Concurrence. of The Senate oi the Cuit-d
States, cur adhesion ID the declaration or ihs
Congress OF Paris as whole aad unmodi-
f-d. This ives done 80 early as the Is b Day
of April last long before the date 1T ihs i'll
struc;ions which SIR. Aefcier proposed to
submit to as. We have, ever since hat tins,
been waiting for the responses II foteiga
powers to this high and liberal demonstra
hon on our part. We have. however, r.
ceiVed no decisive aasser on The suhje.s
from these Powers
II was under these circumstances tha: "a
the 18th day Of June, instant, the NfaIsksf
from France and !h4 Minister from Crest
Britain, having previously requested an in
terView, were received by NE. Each a the Ii
announced that he was charged by bis Coz
erunsnt 70 read dispatch to ms and Ia
give me copy II should desire It.
answered that, owing TO :he peculiar SIs
cumstances of the ZINES, should not cousin
to an Official reading or delivery of thes-
papers without fret Knowing their character
and objects. The, confidently and With en-
tire frankness put she dispatches 10 my hands
for an informal preliminary examination
Having thus become Possessed Of their char
acters, I replied to these Ministers that 1
could not allow them TO be of1cislly comma.
nicated 10 the Government They will
doubtless mention this answer to their re-
spective States. 10y
L give you nov the reasons of this Govern,
ment Tor pursuing this course in regard u
tne oispaten from France that you may com.
municate them to the French Government If
you shall find il necessary or expedient.
SSome time ago We Learned through our To-
CATION at st. Petersburg that an understand.
Ing had been effected between the Gove-o
ments OF Great Britain and France. that tbsx
should take one and the same course on H.
subject of the political disturbances In this
country, Including the possible recognition of
the insurgents. At later period this nm
derstanding was distinctly avowed by
Thouvenei 20 Ar. S-ul,rd, who has been fIi
formally Introduced " me to the French
minis ar fer Foreign sdairs, and by Lord
John Russell to Ar. Dallas, our late Minister
IN London. The ayoEai in each case precsd-
ed the arrival Of our newly appointed Minis
tiers to Europe, with her instructions for the
discharge OF their resp ctive missions.
Ga T, ceiring their az walls, Immediately
Instructed youts~lf anu Ar. Adams That al.
though we Nigh. have expected different
course ~ the part vi these two gre { Pow
ers, jet, as he fact that sn understanding en-
isted between th N did DOT certai ,ly imply
an unfTirndlY spirit. We should not com.
plain OF It. but that Ii must be understood by
the French aud British Governments ths. wa
shall deal her. after as heretofore. in this case
as in all others, with each Power separately.
aud that The agseeIneat for concerted seton
between them would not at all influence the
course we should pursue. The concert thas
avowCd has becu carried oGt. The Ministers
came 10 NE together the instructions they
proposed Ia me didar III iorns but are conn
terparts in effect.
Adherlng t" cur previous decision, which
b'fore this ime bas dJubtless been made
known the Goyeraps Il OF France, We 90
not make this concert, under the circumstsu-
ces, & reaeon for declining to hear the instrue-
tons with which u. Mercier is charged
The paper does not expressly deny the SOW
ereIgnty oil the United otates of Amerio.
but Il does assume, inconsistently Wi th that
sovereignty, that the United States are not
altogether add for all purposes one sovereign
Power, Tut that this nation consists of two
parties. Of which this Govern neut is oa-.
France proposes to take cognzsnce OF both
parties "a belligerents. ard for SO , parpu-
ses to hold comm anicatiou with EACH The
Instruction Won advise Us indeed hat W.
must not be surprised ii France shall sddres
herself to GoTernm5nt, which she says is
to be Installed at Montgomery, for certain
explanations. This intimation lie conclusive
in determining this Government not 10 siium
the instruction to be read to il.
The foregoing is believed TO bs a correc,
narrative in substance OF the facts and cir
| cumstances attending our arres. and transfer
from the British mail steamer TO the ship 40
der Your command. and which we doubt not
VIII be coFroborsied by the lieutenant pres
eut as well ss by all who witnessed them.
Tne incidents here given ia detail may not
have been witnessed by each ons of th- un-
dersigned, individually, but they were by one
TT more of them. As, for she most part, they
did no. pass under your notice, We have d5en-
ed it proper to present them in this form be-
fore you, expressing ;he wish, If Considered
incorrect in any part, the inaccuracies msy
| be pointed oat. with a respectful request tina.
you will transmit copy of the paper to the
Government OF the United States, together
With your report Of the transaction. 80 tseili-
tate which e copy is herewith eHciosed.
We have the honor TO be,
Very respectfully, your obi sers'ts.
(Signed) JOIN SLIpELL.
J. 81. MASON,