The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-12-25
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WEDNESDAY, MORNING.. .DEU. Is, issl
A FRENCH YIEw.-Ths New Orleans Bee
has obtained copy Of the Paris Conssisu-
tionel, Of the 9th Of November, containing an
article upon the war in Amsriea, written BY
II. Gaillardet, formerly editor and proprietor
Of the Corner des Etats Uais, New York.
and well known to the American public q
one of the most brilliant writers that journal
ever had. Although NJ. g. lived sometime in
New Orleans, he has never had the courage.
since his return to Paris. to face the so-callsd
liberal opinions of Europe upon the subject Of
African slavery. At the commencement Of
the present crisis in American affairs. hs
wrote for the Presse, several articles favora.
ble to the North, and remarkable for their
strong abolition tendency. Even now, though
somewhat enlightened by events, he thinks it
necessary to pander to the susceptibility Of
his readers by saying that, to be consistent,
Lincoln should have proclaimed the emanci-
patton Of the slaves contsmporaneously with
the annunciation of war! That is to say, N.
q. thinks the interest of progress and even Of
civilization ought to be sacrificed to an abstract
principle, and the well-bsing of twenty four
millions be rendered certainly impossible, IN
order that the good of four millions, confes.
sedly OF an inferior caste, may possibly bs
promoted NJ Gaillardet is man of talents !;
but the Bee is right when it AYERS thst
Eutopia never reasons"
Apart from the concessions which he makes
to popular prejudices in Europe, NJ. G.
treats the American question sensibly enough,
when he considers it III constitutional point
Of view. We give such portions of the arti-
Gle as we find from the French side of the
Bee:
1.-The war which the Northern portion Of
the American Union is waging against the
southern appears to as profoundly deplora-
bic; because we believe success to be ex.
tremely difficult, if not absolutely im possible:
because the right is doubtful on both sides:
and because the mischief eccasioned by the
lratric'dai struggle to the three great inter-
este OF humanity, commerce, and freedom, Is
not counter balanced by single benefit, social
or philosophical. We can understand that a
nation cannot perceive itself on the verge of
m.
should struggle with all her power to avert
such misfortune. In doing So she but obeys
an instinct of nature. A people, after all. Ia
but man, and bodies Of men are subject to
individuals. We were among the first 10 q.
precate the overthrow Of an edif1ce which
France contributed so much to found, and
we depiored the inertness of Mr.. Buchanan
| when the nag Of secession had yet been
hoisted only by South Carolina It might
then have been easily brought down, and
had IL been so the m ovement might have been
| justly regarded, even by the other Southern
states, as the factious proceeding OF q mi.
| nority. But the question assumed a new
| character the moment Lincoln's obstinacy
not less cnlpable than Buchanan s inaction
| causen eieveh Soutnern States out OF fifteen
| TO rally, one after the other, to the side ol
| south Carolina, to proclaim their independ
| ence, AMI to organize regular Government
1t was no longer mere insurrection; it was
| a solemn act, the result Of mature delhi
| GRAFTON. The insurrection had become q rev.
| olution.
| When one Of these fatal crises in the his
tory OF nations arises, it is idle any longer to
discuss the rIgnt or the wrong Of the case
We stand in presence OF a fact, which II III
| longer susceptible of solution except by facts
We regard 1t waste Of time to enter into an
examination OF what has heen written and
| said for and against the right of secession :
| which the subject is surveyed. The thing il
| condemned or approved less upon general
| principles than from particular circumstance,
| and individual sentiment. Thus, Greco,
and Belgium separated from Turkey and
| Holland, with the applause Of the liberal
| portion of Europe which would likewise b all
the separation of Hungary from Austria =
| The washington Government itself wa.
| heretofore always prompt to recognize, and
| often to encourage. instructions made in the
| name OF popular sovereignty. Thus it wal
the hrst to recognize the independence OF the
Soutn American Republics, and that Of Texas
/ which latter II iS a THE a A<s,, :
l because she designs 70 use with respect 70
the United States that very right which she
| formerly exercised with regard to Mexico
And yet the individual sovereignty OF the
| States We're never so clearly defined in the
Mexican Republic as they are in the Ameri.
can Union. The first were formed as IL were
out Of solid block; the latter were compos.
nrovincaa ss IN neis nsuf composed OF dstins'
| tioual agreement, In which only cerrain spe.
cific and well defined pow were delegated
to the Federal Government, while in every
| other respect their Independence was to re-.
main perfect. The Consultation OF the Uni.
ted States is contract of partnership, not q
/ national charter.
"Have not certain clauses Of that contrac
beep violsted by the North! The fact stand,
several Northern States to prevent the rendi
tion Of fugitive slaves, in spite Of the forma
sdpulations Of the Constitu ton, and In Ger
tain laws OF Congress which forbid the
slaves upon certain pcr.ions of tho public
domain, belonging equally to all citizens O.
| the United States. These are. it Is trus
| causes Of complaint which are calculated tt
/ tnjIre, rather than serve the cause of thu
| South in Europe, where the quek ion Is con
| sidered ia its moral, not In its constitutions a
aspect. hat to decide between two parties K
| accuse, we must consider it from the stand
point Of the law which governs il, leayinl
| ont Of the question the Intrinsic defects o
that law The Judge is neither q legislator
| nor a moral philosopher. For this reason
the Supreme Court decided against the North
| "Besides, there are abundant causes of dis
| agreement between the two sections Of ths
l Union, apart from the Institution OF slavery
The antipathy Of their characters is not lesl
| profound, than the opposition OF their in ter.
! ests. The one is almost exclusively agricuI
turaf; the other almost exclusively manufac
turing. The tariffs which protect tho latter
| weighs heavily on the former. Right Oh
| wrong. they believe themselves Imposed
upon, and the Federal compact has become
In their view, nothing better than a boontnl
1 partnership. As long ago as 1854, South Oar.
oiinR, the same State that gave the signal fo1
separation in the present war, wished &c
break the contract. on account Of the heavy
duties imposed upon foreign merchandise
In popular convention, elected with thai
view, she resolved, on the 18th March, thnd
she wou1d withdraw from the Union. il by
the tariff, which she had recommend.
ed In concert with other Southern states
were not effected. Her 0ovsrnor called on
| the militia, and stood prepared to repel forcs
BY force, when compromises, concerted he
| tween Meesn. Clay and Calhoun. was adont
ed by the Federal Congress and the Legis
latnEe OF South Carolina.