Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-11-05
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The following letter from Baltimore to the
/ New York Herald viii attract attention:
have been put in possession Of some very
startling facts to-day, which, taken in connection
with others already well known, furnish as strong
| a confirmation as could be desired of the iuirui-
/ cal attitude of France and England toward tht
/ United States You are aware that Sir jaime.
| Ferguson, a distinguished member Of the British
/ Parliament, is now in this city, having come from
/ Richmond through the lines of the opposing
armies before Washington, under the protection
hof Gag Of truce. It is proper to state here that
/ have derived none Of my information from SiI
I James or from the gentleman who accompanies
/ him Indeed, Il is due TO him to say that he has
! behaved most houorably in this respect, regard
ing the privileges Of flag Of truce as too sacred
to be violated.
The facts then are these: The open letters OF
introduction " which Sir James bore were from
higher source than Dudley Mann. They were
from Lord Palmerston, and whether addressed
to JET. Davis or not, were presented to him and
served TO give all the sanction that JET. desired
to whatever communication Sir James made.
That viii shortly SEE the light. Although YER
bally made il was OF the highest possible i'm
pOrtance to the rebels, as, if accepted, it will viT
tually place the Confederate States under the
protection of England. 1t has not yet been ne
cepted. But after it was made MessTs. Mason
and SIdell were accredited by the rebel govern
meDt as ministers 10 England and France, re-
ceived their Instructions and sailed from Charles
ton week ago to-day, namely, on the llth
inst.
On the 18th inst, these facts were known at
the State Department in Washington, and on
that day the Secretary of State issued his proc
amstion 10 the Governors of all the States on
the seaboaTd and lakes.
This proclamation means more than il SAYS
1t implies that the negotiations that are now on
foot between France, Spain and England on the
one hand, sn3 the rebel States on the other
VIII result in foreign aid being furnished to the
latter; that an actual necessity exists that our
harhors and lake ports be put into a state OF
defense Immediately; and that in all human
probability we shall have a European war on
our hands in less than sixty DAYS. This proc
lamatiOn viii be followed next week by one
from the War Department, the language and
requirement Of which VIII be still more explicit
Those States which have not vet furnished their
quotas for the war win be required to DO so
forthwith
Such are the facts When it is remembered.
in addition thereto, that the Prince Camille de
Pohguac and FIVE other French officers of high
rank are now serving in the Confederate army,
with the approval Of the Emperor Napoleon
that he has refused and forbidden officers in the
French army from serving IN the Union army;
that the TWO sons Of the Prince de Jonville. the
hereditary enemy Of the Teigning Emperor. have
been given commissions in our army; and that
it is no. long since Napoleon declared that the
South must be recognized as Italy had been, it
requires no great skin or penetration to decide
which way the Emperor feels inclined Finally,
the fact came to light yesterday, that BIessrs.
Mason and Sidell are authorized to treat in Eng
land and France for European protectoraje
over the South