New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-12-25

Cabinet. The French condemn the act of Capt.
Wilkes and tie nam er of it, in perfect consistency
with their ,spd, until last month"; onl) secular protest
Against the night Of searcb. AZ judges in matters OF
courtesy, they d3&rproye the manner bot as deeply
interested part re- they condemn the act ana mol NE
procedure sp eVislly wbch England, reservlns all
her old clam of right ss much contested by tRe
French a. by Us baees her "ul1natum." The
Debdts, Of dis mornipg-aId you will expect other
papeys b follow soon its consistent c0uTse-while
Offering cut faint apology for the San Jacinto
aihI SO hitherto reported to Us, most ilaty denies
ale right or power logic Of England in declaring
(, that only point of form, end not apoint ct net,
Only question Of procedure, not a question OF sub
stantiye law, are the point and question, ind that
ALT discussion of points ana questions outside OF these
J 10 closed.
That, If we utterly elstsin CAPT. WILKES, we are
utterly wrong before French pubic opinion as well
as a. the bar of English popular feeling is certain
That if We will sacrifice vanity to save our honor,
we may easily set ourselves Fight with French public
opinion, and with the very large body Of Engheh
people who would be our friends, and With another
very large body of English commercial folks and
generally sensible folks who are the rational ireEds
of their own interests, Is evident Brt il we wot
If our vanity gets the better OF Cur pride, il We
yersst in pay ing into the hands Of our "Southern
Bruthren;" if, having spent tx months IL defend
ing six mouths in cooperative defence Of their peculiar
domestic institution, we viii persist in fuIthering
their foreign diplomatic purposesl
Why then we email have Angl)-Aueriosn war.
Abd them peaceful mediation being rejected, whether
offered by tie Emperor of France or he Gar Of
Russia what 81 al The Emperor Of The French 90 I
He WILL at the outset OF least take The position Of
neutral-armea, guess. Not very eager to join
with Us Of the North guesf, having very little via
ibe material or political interest in such junction.
He will wait, having fine, wise quality of waiting.
for the course of events to guide him. European
complications will not be rolled out smooth by an
Auglo-American war. That war will not diminish
the iDpor ance 10 him Of the English alliance, while,
under the vail Of tue alliance, it will cimnsh The
real oounterworklng by bic English ally OF Lis own
schemng European and Eastern poliis.
There is smll reason, On tie whole, for ne 70 ex-
pect French ad in war with England There is
great reaeon for suppcsing that, if wal must come
Fralce will wisely stand one side ard eat tho chest
nrts that England draws from the fire.
! Tie pop lar within that France will join america
in any war with England, Ia a marked case Q: popu-
lar delusion. The other popular whim that al En-
glishmen hate all Americans Excepting, now, the
eight millions Southern Ameiicans) is smother and
sadder error Tie mass Of the English people to-day
ere much Ike their blood relations, the msss Of the
American People Ignorant, passionate prejadiced,
and ropulsry-seeking fools ere mischicyousy
abundant in The mob--the mob of high and low vul-
Z - \ III. L.,
hope, there is store Of good whore ast years
notions Of Christianity end civilization are held to lie
still eound and store of other whose notions of
patent material interests have not been quite swept
away by passionate indulgence in feeling against
Judgment, which both psrliee--a year sgo--woud
have thought worthy only OF blinded favsgery.
ave already referred to the letter fgned 10y Gan.
/ Scott and pu6i.sh.G first in the Conditional,
Transferred thence to ali Paris papers. You may
think Il worth The while TO publish the English form
of it, as it appeared in the oo'amns of Gdlgnani
yesterday morning The speciel reason for the pub
cation Of tie frat part of this letter, the wide
circulation here and il England of q rumor, grown
cut Of misapprcheIsion OF Tie Generals socially
spoken remark 10 tie effect that he had been aware
before leaving America Of the approval in advance
By the Washington Cabinet Of the action Of Com
msLder Wilkes, which circulated rLmor the General
c0rrecs in his rs sentence For the rest &C. the let
ter and il sgnilcance-haviug oil the whole de-
cidedIy, though not strongly favorable effect on
public opinion bere-it is well enough to state that
at the time OF it's writing, Messrs. Tnurow Weed
Dayton Sanford, and other Official and non-oficia
Americans were in town, and were probably not
unaware Of It's contents.
Don't look, in any case, for sudden recognition
by France Of the independence Of a rebenous State
where cornerstone il Slavery. BE that il is LOT
yet quite 100 late by one sweeping proclaim alton Of
human freedom throughout our boundaries 20 keep
those boundaries intact from foreign foe aud re-
cover something Of the respect have lost w 18th
pbantbropsts, ratesmen, military men and diplo-
mats. Let take he ed TO the logic OF before
it is quite too late 10 profit BY it. 1t is not yet too
late by courageous declaration Of principle, 10 Sc
cure side 80 large party in France and En-
land will render The recognition by either Govern
ment Of purely s.aychod.pg Government impossi-
bic. j. Davis may be ns well aware Of this patent
fact as We ANA Il he lie what lie seems Thorough"
bloody bold and resOiue if he really have what il
30 lamenably wanting la ordinary able statesmen,
the courage Of his opinions, he only need to declare
emancipation Of the blacks 10 take the wind cut of
our sas, bring the world on bis side, and be the
President Of triumphant rebellious State!
have not left myself space to treat as in calmer
times they woald deserye several topics Of the day.
The Senatus COnsvitam, now in discussion, ia tine
most important of them. Anything like real disarina-
ment must not be looked for now, among the eco
uomical schemes Of the new Finance Minister, Il.
Fould. What economy may be made in the army