Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-09-27
THE AMERIOAN QUESTION
IN FRAECE
The well known Paris correspondent Of tho
New York Times, g 'Ma!akatj, 7wTites tie fol-
lowins letter to that paper:

= The well known Paris correspondent Of th
q New York Times, " "Ma!akaf, ,7wTifes tie fol
; lowing letter to thst paper:
PAS, August 30, 1861.
/ Another pamphlet in fa7or OF the So,.,hsri
+ Confederacy has made It's appearance here. en-
, titled "tne Civil WARM America aud Slavery
, 6y !. C.' The anthOr, Of Hh1m wa have d
kEowieage, makes his de5;,i il ,as fellow L..
words:
"The object Of this pamphlet is to defend tLl
, so-eslled revolt the Southern States; it vii
/. demsnd for America that for witch we stTuE
! gle IL Europe, t0-Eit: !. Tae Sovereignty o.
the peoPe. A government based 90 th'
sovereignty or on the DatiUual will. 3. Thi
right Of nationality"
He then goes on 20 state that the North ia
setting ahyPocFiticai part in regard 20 slaveTvi
that however abomiDsbie an INSTITUTION Il may
be- u does not enter into the plans Of the AT
ministrsfi0B 70 abolish il; jas President makes
no mention OF slavery In his message: be caIlg
fer in enormous army aud enormous i0aHs, bur
avoids the important question. II Pre- .idcnt
Lincoln bad declared hls design to use these
men and this money for the abolition of slave
~, be would have had all Europe on his side
The autheF then adopts thee O. her heads for
the further consideration Gf the sabiec5:
J. The Constitutional right OF secession.
2. TIE muiives OF secession; a5d
/ question.
/ 0a the question 0S constitutional right, he
/ says that tne tbirtsca original States declared
! themselves in thu Dsclarstl lion Of Independence
/ free and independent of Great Britain, in sll
/ asses speaking OF themselves 10 tba plural; The
Deputies voted by Sales. and not By the p75
rata Of popuis tiOu; the first formal enga gemeat
I between the States declared that each tate
I sho0id RETArv its sovereignty. liberty na 10
I dependence, which word "Fesain" slgnif 4 N
/ existing right which each desired 90 p7sEsrva
/ Mr. Lincoln was voted FOR By States, not BY
the people Of ali the States directly. he cites be
case Of Texas, voluntarily saBexiHg herself,
after several years OF an Independent exist
ence; refers 10 the menace OF ssschHsesls 10
60 out Of the UHion 10 1914, s8d seems to think
he has an irresistible argument IN favor OF
States rights in late Proclamation Of Cav.
4 M7soilin, warning the two cOCtendiag sections
not 10 invade tbs SOL OF R6RtFal Kentucky
Under the head Of Motives cf Secession"
the author says hat "the North and the South
are ti0o distinct peoples, two nations, and conse
quently that the war between them ID gcar Of
nationality" And thea he makes use of the
stereotyped and admitted argument in favor cf
the rights Of nationaitiss, as shown in such ex-
smPis5 as Italy, Greece, Belgium, etc. H5
then gives his readers, (ShO, Of course, are
French, asf, ID rcfure, unable to control bis
facts,) ss an evidence OF tue uuanlmity Of the
popular sudrage ia favor Of secession, tie votes
cast on The question in the cities OF Nashville
and Mem his.
He gives a reason why the people OF the
North and South hate each other with such =
bitter hatred, the fact tbat, in ascending the 4
banks OF the Mississippi from New Orleans. (
all the rich pianteTB-tds flower Of American ,
socie'y-aTe Frenchmeu by birth OF blood
He even repeats the French names OF the towns
IN Louisiana as a reason, aEd then diverges
into puff Of tAe French general, Beaurcgari,
as an officer so distinguished IN the srfav Of
the United States that fUrmeriy wien he went
to Washington he was constantly invited
to sleep at tue White House. He gees on 10 .
shoT that The Gulf States are Inhabited br
warm bio0led race, drs IN fROm the Latin
stock Of Europe, and totally different from the
cold, PuTitanical, Aypocriricai Anglo Ssyons Of
the NoTtl. lie ihen iRduges In long eulOgv
on ths superior manners Of goutheTn gen lie
men, and compares him to the North 3msIi-
can, VINO, be says, 'is the EHgiIsbmaa Of
EaoPe, less bis qualities; his motive is self
interest his eg0tiSin equals bis aFGog sHce, Div
religion is the dollar. No great principle
causes bis heart OF 2 false Republican to beat,
fer slavery is simply contrary to the letter Of
hls Constitution; during he war 30 he Crimea
ne was Russian: he refused to l5ara 70 The
maritime principle OF The Congress o5 Paris Of
1906, and yet be carries on the slave trade un-
der the American flag, whfch ia not subject b.
visit. when the South menaced him wita
ie tsrs-of marqua, quick he declares himself
ready % accept he spuiations Of the treaty
of Paris; thus his policy is a policy Of exnedi-
ant', not ot principles. His journals, gn Gu
laFe under my eyes, d5BounCs ali EGscge ia
ne most ilseBsate manner, aad demand a {
declaration or war az5iust the whole oDti-
leut: since the grocer .boyR af Ne.s York have :
iaves,ied Themselves into Z5usves and Carl
aldiBi, the world ought TO tremble before tie
tsrs and stripes =
At tie period when I noticed three other
amPhiets which had just been published here
frenea on the American question, | had not
ead another one, entitled 4" H9mRe Oh SfnysD
e" Man OF GoEEey" " ( have since read hrs
and must confess that OF an these
eieHse5 OF the Slave C0Rtederscv, this ons to
~ t8e least OF lt, is the N, st bizarre The
UihoT signs bis name NJ. P0ussrelgne, Ey-
-ttache Of the FreBcb Legation at WaEhiBy-
N. he sets on with the text hat tke iskttr
ian Is 70 tie Segro shai tie HegT3 IL 10 fse
aTang 0HtGEg To explain himself more
eaIiy, be giTes the fol ol.o6ing Tssame Of bis
Diuions:
+" The negro belongs 10 tss human race. but
an inferior degree. II is Sc far from the
hiIe 20 TIE negTo-ss from the negro 20 the
lfsng' outang From the 0nTang-ontaPg we
sy descend By an nninterups.d cisin of ani
sted beings 10 the lowest creation, even 10
20 tioss VI tus tFec5. Any, -heU, should the
bite man, who has aTog6tea 10 himself. in a
IS quality Of klEg Of creation, the Ticht Of
tpioyIng FOR hts pleasure and his noUriah
enJ OIL animals and vegetables not have the
ghe OF demaniinE Of TIE nsEro, who ia his e
feTior by the will Of God. that he shouI4 Z
nder him domestic services Such IL D,y,
)s0iute conviction en- this saaiect, aRa I nsss
'W to the study Cf the scientific AMI meta
iysical reasons which demonstrate TIE svi-
nee Of this tbesisv
Tits writer then treats bis subject With
eat earning. and cOnciudes by dsmaBding
az a scientific commission be appointed to 90 z
t TO the Islands on be African coast. where Z
E onrahg-oatsBg approaches nearest the bu. l.
an race, and where the negro deaeends The
west IN the scale, sHd that they shah he ba
ought into intimate relation, in order Ia 81
eide once for aittbis ung-disDuted ggsssiop
/. Poassielgue does not hesitate to nrsdict =
at the temale cuTang -oujang viii breed from
e MelaBesisn negro, and that the rrodnct
~ FaTtake OF the chareeteTof the father, a. y
the case with the mule tribe.
When he arrives finally a. the poljficzI nbss.
tne question, be decides in favor Of the y
utheFn CoDfedsfacy, because the men Of the 4
utn sione comprehend the tTHe chronological
sltion OF the negro. in
lhe sook concludes with an sppeal in favor a. ~
the SOUTHERN CoHfedeFacy on tariff and f5l
grounds, says t6at these are the an,
u grounds OF the contest between lba North IN
TIE South, that tha negro is only the pre
Il, and hnaliy eXciaims; " Let as therefore
sl long life and success to the SJutberB
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