Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1861-05-14
DEPARTNENT OF STATE.


IR:-The dispatches Of your predeces-
sor, Nos IL, ll9 and 100 have been re
ceived The latter acknowledging the re
ceipt of our letter of recall, and anuounc-
ing his intended return, requires no spec
ial notice No IL bears date of the 9Th
Of April last. 1t contains only an exposi-
ton OF Mr.. Faulkner views Of the policy
the Government ought to pursue in the
disturbed condition of affairs at home but
at the same time gives us no information
as to the state of affairs in France The
instructions heretofore transmitted to YOU
will show YOU the Presidents views on
the subject Mr.. Faulkner has discussed
and these will be your guide, notwith-
standing any different opinion your pre-
dessor may have expressed or left on re-
cord at Paris No. ll9 bears date of the
10Th Of April, and contains report Of an
unofficial conversation and also Of an Off
cial one, held between Mr. Faulkner and
NJ. Ihouvenel In the official conversa-
ton NJ Ihouyenel asked MIR f. whether
there IS not some diversity of opinion in
the Cabinet Of the President as to the
proper mode OF meeting the difficulties
which now disturb the relations of the
States and the general Governments Mr.
Faulkner IN reply said he had no infor-
nation on the subject The marter is Of
no great moment, yet it IS desirable that
there be no misrepresentation of the true
state Of the Government in this emergency.
You must, therefore, recall that conyersa-
ton to NJ. ThouyeneIs memory, and then
assure him explicitly that there is no diff
ference Of opinion whatever between the
PresdeAt and his constitutional advisers,
or among these advisers themselves, con
corning the policy that has been pursued
and is now pursued by the Administra-
ton in regard to the unhappy disturban-
ces now existing in the country. The
path Of Executive duty has thus far been
too plainly marked out BY stern necessitv
to be mistaken while the s0lemnitv Of the
great emergency and the responsibility it
involves have cXtin@ushed ia the public
councils every emotion but those Of loval-
" and patriotism 1t is not in the hands
Of the Administration that this Govern
ment is to come to an end at all. much less
for want Of harmony in devotion to the
country, VI. Thouveners declaration that
the United States may rest well assured
that no hasty or preciptate action viii be
taken on the subject of the apprehended
application Of the insurrectionists fer a
recognition of the Independence Of the So
called Confederate States is entirely sat
isiactorv, although it was attended by
reservation Of views concerning general
principles applicable to eases that need
not uow he discussed In the unofficial
conversation, Mr. Faulkner saws that be
himself expressed the opinion that force
would not be rcSorted to to coerce the So
called seeded States int submission to
the Federal authority. and that the only
solution Of the difficulties would be found
in such notifications Of the constitutional
compact as would invite the seeding
States back into the Union or peaceablc
acquiesccnce in the assertion Of their claim
to i separate sovereignty The time when
these questions had any rertinencv or
pIau~ibiiity has passed away The Uni
ted States waited patiently while their
authority was deiied in turbulent assem-
bies AMI insi Iious preparations, willing 10
hope that meditation. offered on ali sides.
would coGciIiate and in luce the di~alicc-
ted parties to return % a better mind
But the ease is now Altogether changed.
The insurgents have instituted revolution
with open. Migrant deadly war to compel
the United States 10 acqaiesce in the Cis
memberment OF the Union The [ aited
States have accepted this civil war@as an
inevitable necc4sitv Tie constitutional
remedies for all complaints Of the ilsur-
gents are stiitopen to them and Will re
main SO But on the other hand, the land
and naval forces Of the nitcd States have
been put into activity to restore the Fed
eral authority and save the Union from
danger. You cannot be too de ided or
too explicit Id making known to tie French
Goyernuer. that there is not now nor has
there been. nor will there he anv-the
least-idea existing in this Government
OF suffering 4 dissolution Of this Union to
take place IN amy, way whatever. There
will be here only one nation and one gov
eminent, and there viii the same Bcpub-
lie ana the same constitutional Union that
have already survived i dozen national
changes, AM changes Of government in
almost every other country Thee viii
stand hereafter as they are now. objects
of human wonder and human Affection
! on have seen on the eve Of your depart
ure the elasticity Of the nationa! spirit the
yigor Of the national Government and the
lavish devotion Of the national treasures
to this great cause Tell NJ Thouvenel,
then, with the highest consideration and
good feeling that the thought OF a dissou-
ton of this Union, peacebly or BY force,
has never entered into the mind Of any
candid statesman here, and i Is high time
that it be dismissed by statesman in
Europe
] am, sir, respectfully your ob't scrv't
WIN H. SEWARD
To VIZ L. DAYTON, Esq, &c, DC