The New York herald., 1861-12-28
No Anglo-Frcnch Alliance Against tho
United States.

Ipsris (nec 9) correspondence Of the london starl
The sensationiss here, in the absence of exciting
Subjects still continue TO harp upon the unhappy demon.
sratoDs Of public feeling Ia England opposed TO that part
OF tho American States now lighting against the terrific
French press that NJ Reuter- does not nsake familiar to the
British public, although ii represents the most generous, just
and reasonable minds here has been, since last Thursday
article which lately emanated from the pen Of NJ A. Cue
rout the affair OF the Trent The views put forward
by this very able writer have attracted considerable
number Of recruits who had hitherto held back from TAX
ing active part in this controversy upon which the in
terssts Of the human family so greatly depend They
strongly demonstrate the expediency and the morality or
France not BY either ndrdt or mi,aryor moral force aid
ing Great Bran in her quarrel unless be to revise tie
code Of International auy hch they pronounce 10 be more
strongly stamped ,cih the baroayy Of past ages than those
Of oar civ and 'aii'ary ones that are most out Of place
IN the ninetee,,th century
the channel about the Emperors tendencies while
not pretending to any Of the official enlightenment OF the
have near relations and intimate friends about court and
high In government that NJ Gusrou expresses the
general ideas Of Napoleon this subject and poric,
driy os Of Prince Napoleon his intimate friend pro
eor, whom tho laws on the press not modified by
the decree Of November, 1850. In any case NJ. Cue
the minds Of his most Intelligent contemporaries Yes.
srdny morning the Journal des Debdts in capital arti
Gle, signed by Provost Psradol; the co,suior'ael,
Of fully much talent and sound sense supported the
conclusions Of the gerdnt Of the Odxon H. Provost Pa
rado diverged from the necessity Of neutral policy
attack Of his countrymen who, like many of our
own see everything in false light on account c false
ambition which makes them pant after social position
rather than Individual excellence TO tho infinite disgust
only OF really educated minds but the individuals In
high life whom they tal down and worship. Those OF
Fronch politics and society doubtless because a
"the Prince u Darkness Is gentloman,' are severely
handled by him. when he speaks Of the light tone which
many rnitaors of the rrationalism and arstocracy
the Faubourg ST. German affect in discussing In the salons
the question Of negro slavery These gentlemen forget
ting the mockery Of the whole nation recently pro
iected creation or half q dozen which how
lightly regards aristocracy or aristocratic nstu
tons, are, as very justly remarks M. Paradsl, in
good sense and good feeling, to pass off as people
dune hauts noissanes dc ha1udes arisocroiqu "No
es in,isors Of a,iaoc,Gy IN Pars Man % not % BE- IN
lore ,ch slavery and nothing elegant than to ,ish for
s universal application But the unrrsal instc. of the
country does not adopt false iescs upon this question:
and should the French people be forced to give It's
opinion, its rejection of it would render Of singular
difficulty tho maintenance Of this alliance in favor OF
is the real tone of tho French press this great question
which the North is trying to solve in manner in har
and consistently represented by IT, For giving il at so
great length feel that apology is necessary having
for days past observed under the heading rhe
Opinions Of the French Press" and "Latest Foreign
News, }" tho English newspapers full Of quotations from
journals that more represent the ideas OF the French
the French government than the Morning Herald does
those OF tho British people. II would be hardly worth
the trouble OF contradicting hem, wore they ad
yanced in such manner they have been and therefore
likely to give the English false impression Of public
opinion here and to give rise to the squy false expectation
Of Anslo-French alliance in making against the
Tinted States.
The Scandal, Blasphemy and Contradtc-
tions of JEFF. Davis Message.
from the Paris Dcbats, Dec IL.
Notwithstanding the cagerness which President Davis
shows to proclaim that the States of the South have
need OF any foreign alliance, is uey evident that his
manifesto is rather addressed 10 Erope than 10 Arerica In
order to be inccd Of that it is only necessary
at the prominent place schch cotton holds in NE document
and at tho question OF slavery, of which tho assertion
may be made that 1t shines by its absence Although
the English papers have given such cordial welcome to
the message Of president Davis we do not think il ia Of
nature to eraIs and opulari,e the of tie South in
the eyes Of those an Europe who haze not beforehand to
determination on, the subject What has most struck
US in the document Is net the emphasis with which the
victories of the separats the federal troops are
therein enumerated, but the violence of tho rscrim
nations directed by the President Of tho new
confederation against the government and the
people Of the States who have remained faithful to the
Union. "Our people,, says President Davis "now look
With contemptuous astonshment on those with whom
they have been SO recently associated They shrink with
aversion from the bare idea OF renewing such connec
ton When they see President making without the
assent OF Congreswhen they behold judges threatened
because they maintain the writ Of habeas corpus 40
pied under the armed heel Of military authority and up
right men and innocent women dragged distant dun
geonswhenhsy find all this tolerated and appauded BY
people who had been In the full enjoyment Of freedom
but few months agothey believe that therc must be
some radical incompability between such people and
themselves And we also do not hesitate TO say that
the sanguinary struggle which Ii being carried on
between the two fractions Of the great Ameri-
can republic is a sad spectacle, and o subject Of
painful astonishment for Europe, and we have no
rigorous and barbarous proceeding with which Mr.. Davis
with more loss reason, reproaches the federal govern
ment particularly that relative TO the affair Of the Trent
BR tghat still astonishes and a6qic " Is to see The
President Of the confederation, the chief Of those
eight millions Of ,cho hdUs broken their bond gfh their
old government in order 70 defend slavery tnroke the great
principles Of right, justice and humanity, and name
Pyosdence support Of that dciestdble Liberty
says Mr. Davis in conclusion lis always where there
exists the uncomfortable will be free we have rea
SOD TO know the strength that Is given by conscious
rot only Of the magnitude but OF the righteousness
OF cause Those certainly m1on,fce words but
in The mouth Of President Davis, and applied 10 e cause
paish he represents and defends, they net only noY
stross contradiction and scandal, b'a blaghemy"
General scoft's DIessage from Napoleon.
Adsspa ch from London, Of the l1h iust Queenstown