New-York daily tribune., 1861-12-28

mail tbs ioines you my letter, br;ngs you tne ias
Partisan ,aewepapers. Judge ye, then, whether 1
ar, rigrh or wrns in ssying thstthe French are with
NJ. if we will put ourselves in the right only against
us. t we ont ourselves in tie wrong. All the ouee-
,,on. now almost paesiorately debated by Pa''S.so
liourualsts. Wheeler Frarce shall JOIN with EuSand
or preserve neutral larmed neutra position, turns
upon the Id ei puiey conlecura question Of 10"
our Washington Cabinet shall decide iIs setl 'h'
Very noticeable here, is tie inct that mosS OF the
pmis Journals, irresrec,ve Of French party coor IL
cline 10 the Gottline Of st.iot French ueutraniy-
ell oud IN Arglo-American war break ont. On this
poi t, again. ueie G:e shades Of opiuou; complete
neutraiity armed reuyiliy; ncSiating armed neu-
trality. Your coreepopdeIt mus. guess tni, IN tie
furposed case of an Anglo-American war, France
would begin with, and hold SO long as she couid
with roli,ic advantage, the position Of an armed
neutral ready ~ act as neGiat,r. AS rredietor
bev cen England and tue Ubi,ed States in TIE irst
instance. And then with England, perhaps, as me-
oistor between the U. s. 4. and The c. S. A.
! 1t is wo.se inan faltehocd TO deny what know II
10 worse than patriotic aduit, but what It rs tie
disage cable cuiy Of TO 8, te, this passion
attly GisIu'ed, but reasonably indioI ntabie iacI
that the recognition of the c. s. A. as an existing
na;!on by England aud ly France is rapidly ap
preaching diplomatic record.
ret asiGe ertnely tie extremely valuable, but
accidental promotion Of such recognition by Eug'ard
grow ing cat oi The San Jacinto tUsin,,s; rs se'
aside Prince Nspoieon's positive aud not uDim'
yortant resistance to such recopuiiicn cleail' ex'
,osed since the San Jacinto affair. Set the Sau
Jacinio accident and Prince NAPOLEON quite ASIDE.
The steady, fatal jrIG, oc tie French Government
was Ioue month agoD toward Recognition. Nithou'
I quoting any sIeca authory, without pretending tc
any Familiarity, with hig'-placed court officers 50
stupidy negligent Of their duties as to babble
solemn Couii secrets to me, l venture to say on my
own poor Authority, that any tine these p.st fou'
lnonths, France snd other European Powes, have
been dIiiiing toward recognition Of patiently prob
able, no: to say fixed fact.
/ 1t il sad--Goubiless erroneous, bat deTonstrtl y
true-thl the foremost Statesmen Of Americi, tiled
by European Standards, are JEFF. Davis, Weadei
! Phiilirs, and Col. Cocbrale. JEFF Daviss Nes
sage is reprinted here ia tie daily journals, 10 the
al valtage Of him and bis S5rewd ones note
that JEFF. says nothing OF slaves and Slayory-a'
! they have noted similar silence III lie Official docu
neDts, spokcn and written, of his opponents. kC
official act Of tie UDi,ed States Go, o,ernment pub
liehed rp 10 The last American dates. elbows the
part of that Government even the shght 81 diver
uence .iom the views aud aims of the rebels in Ie-
spect 10 the Slavery question. Noie the tad ac'
when noting tie lsmentable lack Of European cyl
patby Tor our caufe. When shall We have what lie
French call &" tho courage Of our opinion" are
Col. Cochrsne's "views -slplauied mere since the
last mGil-are these only sonld viows TO DO swag'
ge red about and let pass dissoly.ng viewsl A
proclaIaation of universal human liberty Issued three
months ago by our Government, would have secured
all friends aud slienced aH ices. Issued to-day
even, ii would strengthen all friends and banjo an
foes Bot always 20 hesitate nsver 10 dArei to 1'ik
Freedom and do Slsyeryi not 10 dare nov, even
now, 10 strike Ire enemy where they are weak but
rather by ali means co:f9it and aia then 10 defend
exactly wre: the enemy defends, Gnd drve neutrAls
into as alliance!
| God forgive me, If forgiveness 10 needed, for in
dulging Il protest against " there unpst'iotc .enii-
mento y in this painfully truthful report OF French
views of things, &c. Am,eas FiGtO, aa,cus o0cTa-
tes, sed mdgis 0mioa Uer,tGs.
Should wal ensue between G eat Britain and the
Uaiiei Slaios, France would Legin With being neu-
Tai--d.-cu ntuI-dlI "IL itduHtrn iOi HSuiHiiOh'
. How long France would or could iouain neuiral;
how soon European complications woul. nlncls With
the elements oi ler AngiO-ADerican neutrality, and
quite transform its quality, any American observer
OF tie actual tang led situation Of Europe guefs
as well as your co respondent
! 1t requires no prophetic vision to see, meantime,
that only one thing can prevent the recognition by
! England and France of the independence of the
G. S. Alto wit, our proving, not by verbal blaher
skyte, but by facts, that the G. ). A. is depend
cnt OH us. The frank reDuuciation o. our imposs.-
Die policy Of attacking and defending tho peculiar
ins;itu,ion-of crushing ont rebellion" without
SO much rs squeezing rebel in bis fortune even
would strengthen the weakened faith in our success
-ip our right to SUCCESS entertained by European
| friends.
Jef. Daviss Presidential Message is republishei
in full in the Partisan journals Of the day. IL is
recognized "an able State paper" II bas not the
word slave or slavery in it. That absence is re-
marked upon here. VIII our President have the
courage 10 use those dread wordsl When shall we
come to have the courage of our opinions" a. the
French sayf