Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-07-19

1 Correspondence Of the Baltimore American.
i Conversation with William L..
/ Yancey---- The Paris Pairfess An
aouneement fin Relation to the
Southern Confederacy entirely Graz
suIfous and Unauthorized.
IL PARIS, June Is. 1861.
had. last evening, a conversation with
Mr.. William L. Yancey, chief of the South
| err Mission to Europe. Mr.. Yaneey inform
ed me that be bad been in Paris less than a
week, and should return to day to London.
| where his colleague, Mr.. Mann, still remain
ed, not yet having crossed the channel
Judge Rost, of Louisiana, the third Commits
sioner, has fixed his headquarters in Paris.
and is exerting himself energetically to oh
tain q hearing from the Imperial Govern
| ment. None OF the ENJOYS have succeeded
in reaching the Emperor's presence, but
Judge Rost avails himself of every opportu-
nifty to converse with journalists and the
public functiOnaries, who may be readily APP
preached, turning to the best account his
perfect familiarity with the French language,
whilst no member of the United States Lega-
ton can speak that tongue. The disadvan-
tage is, at all times, considerable, but at this
particular moment it is enormous. / am well
aware that very few American statesmen are
scq TAINTED with the language of European
diplomacy, but a great error has been COM
mitted by the government at Washington in
not appointing secretaries to Mr.. Dayton Ca
pable of acting as his interpreters. An idea
is prevalent in the United States that the
Minister has frequent interviews with the
Emperor, who speaks English. Since his ar
rival, Mr.. DAY. ton has seen the Emperor once
only. for the purpose of presenting his Gre
dentials. All the business relations of the
United States Envoy are with NJ. Thouvenal,
Minister of Foreign Affairs. who neither
speaks nor understands English.
In my conversation with Mr.. Yancey that
gentleman expressed his views unrestrained-
ly. 1 told him that my object in seeking the
interview was to lay the result before the
American people; that believed my account
of his remarks, whatever they might be, would
be widely read in the United States, and
wished him distinctly to understand my in
tentions before giving utteranoe to anything
he might desire to withhold from publication.
He said he had no secrets. The object of
his mission was well known, and he had
every reason to anticipate complete success.
England had not yet made up her mind TO
recognize the independence of tine Southern
Confederacy, but six months hence, that is 10
say, between the present time and January /,
1852, that recognition would be fat accom-
phi on the part of both Great Britain and
France, when the same line of policy would
be adopted without difficulty by all the other |
powers of Europe. The influence of Eng |
land would be paramount and England must |
have cotton. Manchester has a supply until |
the first of November, but it was hardly pro- |
bable the British Government would wait |
until the last bale had been reached before |
determining upon the means of continuing the |
supply. If the blockade of Southern ports |
was maintained until the new crop should |
be ready for shipment, this blockade would |
then be forced by British cruisers, when it
should be found that rigorous embargo |
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Northern States had been ordered by the
Confederate Government.
Mr.. Yancey had information that the cot
ton crop would amount to three and half
millions of bales, at the lowest estimate.
These are the main features of long inter-
view, during which became satisfied that
Mr.. Yancey's reputation for elOquence is not
and / can readily imagine with
what fervor be must have addressed political
during the Secession campaign.
His manner is mild, affable and exquisitely
courteous, and the impression left upon me
BY him was that he possesses both great poll
cal talent and fascinating social Qualities.
He manifested no hatred of the North, but /
'egretted to find In him the prejudice of
many Southern men on the subject of North
.rn courage. He admitted that the North
Ices not lack brave men, but thought that
here were more in the South. L told him
hat possibly ere now the combatants might
AVE learned to appreciate valor common
o our whole country, and confined to no Sec
ion. Upon the issue of that conflict depends
he fate of Mr. Yancey's mission-not upon
cotton. Mr.. Yancey, himself, said that Eng
and and France could not or would not stul-
ify themselves by recognizing the Southern
jOnfederacy so long asthey believed recon-
truction of the Union to be possible. He is,
If course, endeavoring to convince them that
uch contingency is impossible.
l hold in my hands note dictated by no
ess parsonage than Cabinet Minister OF
he Emperor, declaring the allegation from
he Paris Monteur concerning the american
southern States" to be "purely gratuituous.
md utterly in conflict with the actual policy \
# the French Government"