The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1861-12-24
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PAUs, N,,. -, 1881.
Heretofore, when in Europc. my hol.ht, si..
attention w,rc ataufhcg ~ or.c.s vhiap "a
fguud,d me. Hone except iu ~ comr, .ic rc-
EcinlrNc,'. Mss forFp.i'n. All 'Hfl1o.1 c irc.
sui lnli'i,b -pou,i 1ilit Nyefc ii,misacd ~
D" now. 4 Ru condition " our h.lUved oHt' q,
pr'ss. cons Antly aud heavily anon NV ut,li
l't the ut't tim, ia my Life iuy pl'Ys fail, w.
b,ing ruloav. Ou -hphoari lut hofu tho l'l.h s
rs-r woartly. hnd reelection n aggravated ~ tho
evidence ~hs'h meets NUu every where, thtt tht
public miud ~ Europe has bcon abu-c nni nor
Noiict, that tho UIuseS % tho war arc II her
wholly mi az, r,toot or triallv i.,norod.
have not vet Uact toroigu,g who iocs not, in
his convtrsa'iou, prus'nt the qucs'irn wrong eoo
iirit-Nho Zoos not twist and trsyostio every
thing. Tncy generally regard tho S,uth ~ ~
prcesel-tbo North "a the ~, ;ros,or snd OF
churso their ympa'hies arc with tho weaker
section.
These tnrcs warc sown while wo slcpt. And
the enemy has boon most dilireut. Long bs.
tore We could real 4, the Io,s, rilitv ot a civil
VA, treason wN' doing Ia wors hcrc. biose
than year a,J prominent southern mon were
IN Paris ropresyn ius tho wf,ngs Of tho South
a. 80 grevOus that they could not bo endured,
that the election Of an "Aboi'ion President" was
to he folio = ell nv violent emancipa iOn.
Tie secession Influences nin,t active AMI po-
tent leto come from that portion of our
country ccsod 80 VA la 1901 by France. They
rcpre,cnt ~ tho French people, and proI,bly
90 the Government Willingness tO bo re-
arnoSrd 10 France, If in tnat way only they
can he exempted from uorthern oppression;
and 80 ill.inlonncd nto paopln on this side OF
tho Atlantic, that this mou4trols dcusion par
yadc5 and datkcns tho putlic mini L'uisiana
wfuur-i and oppressed by tho F.dctal Gby'rn-
mcul Oh, how wicked aud pcr,usp! That
state has iu hu eminent dcgrnr, cui iyod favor
auu MN t.r o. D. ht,r "a
have been cv,t choi,hod. She has grown rich
ly means oi Government proter'Iuu--t prptec-
ton without which the sugars ~ ths Nr,. la
dies agd the BrrLil, wouli ha,. rcu4.rcd her
sul comp piraliyely yaluI ss. Louisiana lD,og
o slay,s, nor arc her r'guts or interests ia any
way affected by the North. On tho contrary,
she il Indebted to tho North fbr proc ton
agniust the SoGth--NlrginiH and SIu.h Cirolt.
ua having tor mary years boon a. hostile IN
thtlr policy, TO Louisiana, Rs to Nj MtsAarhus TIA.
Wln krance, and 81 some extent In En iliul,
The manufacturers believe that the Siuth not
| oily furnishes cotton, but il ALTO thcir b ~
Ga'ket iut silks, Sc s.. Thi' and othor dc
| lusiors must be dispcllcd. We mus iind soma
| mode oi Gclchins and c0uvertin, Op'nion.
In one ~ ~ ss-enuA clement uf war wa
snull soon be relieved The fact that tho South
| intandod war long before wa sunp,sod il p,S.
sblo, ard not only rihod northern arson,ls but
| procured largo suppios of arms from Europe,
lefl us to open the campaign ~ great disalv van
tage. This disadvantage has both delayed &c.
tion, ard exposed our troops 10 murderous lirs
before their Inferior arms became effective.
But this inequality will soon coa,e. Mr.. George
l.. Schuyler the Govenmen A gent, has COM
pleted his mission. lle has obtained from the
government arscnals In Austria and SIXony
over one hundred tn ousa1d rifles equal 20 any
in tho world. Those arms arc now on their
way TO America.
Mr.. Schuyler though for long time embar-
rSsseI and thwartod and al tho while encouu-
toring rivalries and com mplcations, fin lly over.
came them Sll, and goes home rewarded for his
efficiency and fidelity, by complete success.
The knowledge that our Government needed
aims has sharpened tho cupidity and wits OF all
who deal in them. The armorors of Europe are
at work now, night and day, in patching up old
muskets and in counterieiting now ones, in the
hope Of palmng them upon our government
Europe Gbounds with Inferior discarded mus.
kets, while new and reliable arms, in hand, ara
only obtained from Government Arsonnls, and
that, Of course, with great difficulty. 7. w.