New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-09-30
FRANCE.
Pom ON Own Corresponden,

rom Ou OWN Correspondent 80,
PARIS, Sept. G, 1861.
A letter is before me dated yesterday, to DC
sent TO America to-day, from which have toe
privilege Of making extracts. Whether the
privilege is worth exercising, you viii Judge l
should say in advance that the writer u
Thoroughly American, but not al " emineu''
not even a rich citizen, and does not ENJOY
any peculiar advantages for forming an opinion'
owing To- his "loug residence in Paris"
when men are cast down, then thou fhait sdy'
There il hitting up; and he shall save the hufnols,
ouoth Jobs com orter Whose view Of satan SWSs
on that worthy turns ont "a be the sound one, tue
latter ond Of job being moro blessed man ane
BEGINNING No, in onr very eating down Is TUG ".s.
hoge of hnnl triumph We needed 70 nase i V
loaetfn folly beaen out Of sand wisdom beaten ihl9
u.s. Il ha- been beaten into MS behind me uIui'
entrance way Of primary lessons, al bg ne.t.oi
and Bull RIM, and Springfrld thnA ny lli' III
we are az the beginning, at least, Of Wisguih' II
facts that the South s not 10 he starved 10 Ita'D
Ibgt IL i. no: much distracted by a numerous latent
Uuon PARTY; that its soldiers will not Away run
from ours thai in spite OF our OyeTwh,lm * eul.
,iory in credit, money, and men, " urinS l.,o 80
field whenever We are beaten-accoIuihE " ~
own account-twice or thrice the hunters We W
posa 10 Them; thai if il he uUclv'llzrd, SO SF'
m policy. A., materially weak, then oivihIi'iou'
son, pohcy boundlers power, are either uot SUI
n nor pOyyer or not oursthese ana other hiCn
p.,ent here % impartial spectators, mns' oesp 70
he ,slt.ut 10 on at home. Bu' ] sus ect thai you
sriIi need auuihcr defeat or two, 20 strain N.,i'
y misunderstanding To look The sltuailon IAN!
in the fcc If YOU are cast down, 40 much the pet
fer position 10 look up from. Ovrrrailng ohrtnG''
nrdrrraring the NV, hH. been our Oane' ii me
Sonth undertook tie war Ike ln'dmcn, we acCeP'e'
II in the rlirii If wauton children. They have ~
least shown method in their madness lei alone ihit
tn.duea. Ia In lself terrific for Lei ne p'eie ms
remark rron Your eloquent condemnation o. llavl-
IL igu al Terror 20 direct yOqr menoy aud rene eloh
10 lis great historical name,ake the French Reign OF
Terror which was more efficient lcTlihe "nfk u bau
IN hpnd than most Governments we know OF,
which With one hand rushed hydIa-headed d0mesn,
euemis and with the other held all o. Europe ~
BAY until IL had rred out lis perfect revolutionary
work. lo1 ricturize on the burning Of itsmpoh
yilloyc II Is rather admired here, and Io-lcaky.
Fr-pctreu sav ttat probably The southern General
knog HI i"eesi8 quito well IA Northern soltorsi
and that II IL was for bic interest thai Hampton
should be burned, be would have been an ass nos 20
burn it, IL one Of fifty excellent, elderly feeble rer-
snYs, and an elderly ureing-house suffered oy We
transiiIJn that s u lamaUtible utterly unimporiant
detail T.tfe ether l. Or IL not war going on be-
tween the United aud the Confederate States. The
South aud all the rest Of the world, have made mp
the mind, that there l.. The Uuiied states do not
seem 10 have flly made up th-ir minds. j should
say that late events must drive lhrm up from behind,
ard therefore | Horrowfully rejoice IN them. II we
IN ,t be brayed IN a mortar, let Ms be ayed-any'
thing 10 stop our bTggaTt baying and bring IA 10
grim silent effort.
What have already wlitteni- hardly more my own
than common French opinion. Had you asked rDe
few months ago, should have answered that the
general, almost universal Fmuch sympathy was
with tie North. French folk then believed that
the moral III h. and the power sud VIII tooniorcel,
were or the the ,ide uf the North. They then be-
Gcvel thst the confess was 20 be a oOrte,t between
Freedom and slavery, aud tier sympathies and con
fdencc In The rcsnlt were with Us. Without prefer
ring A chargr Of hcklrrcss, Tor which there u no
soand fornds ion against French public opluion,
must tell YOU that il ouds tow9rd, that II has al
ready undergone, q considerable change Aud Tor
tia we have no one 10 blame, or credit, but our
selyes. think can show zone Of the causes OF IT,
But I should preface what | bsve 10 say on that
bead by reuArkIug that have speaking acquaint-
suoe, iet alone intimate personal relations, with
bus an nfri'e,imsl proportion ~ the 81 N0,Op ex-
taut French folk; only m the iast ten yearf, and
specially within the lss' fOur months, have read
with ZONE attention the newspapefs, higher lerodi
Gals and pamphlets IN French prut, 80 far az they
r,lare 90 American Affairs. / should ALEC rreiiiorily
state NV absOlute calm conv ion, resulting from
cop,eieou, observation that II there colld be to-
dav mass meeting Of the wiscst and beet ten'h-
men, ishere vote Of tympatly and opinion on
American ar,ifs could be taken, that the cause ~
the United States would receive large affirmative
vote. But wise and good Frenchmcn, need rot
ssy are ike wise and good kGgllsh or American
men, IN y minority. This Is enough for preface.
"The United States Government has lot declared
itself agains. Slavery hence a dimnuuou % Gus
moral ~ mpa'bile. IL has oecliued 10 corry on the
war as war that j., 10 do ito u,nost 10 Withdraw
from the eueuBy and 10 bring on 20 its own eide four
millions o! Africans whom II might have mad II DOt
Il. allies the most dangerous and dsrsciing enemies
Of the insurgents, but VINO remain iheir enloloni
-. .FtIr
tempt Of French military men and ,iste,Inon. The
apparent mind that do no: presume TO say real no.
trinity OF purpose and fabbIness OF administering
Of our Government, compared WITH the Practically
Garnet. firm, energetic action OF the Suth hs han
its natural influence on Frcnoblninds-no very fnll-
Ear aud sill ess impressed with subtle o. sound IN
tsrpTrtaiious OF the l.. 5. Constitution. But, per-
haps more efficient and certainly more natural IN
is effect upon The opinions Of tho high ana low
vulysr il The fact that In the only two Fenoonlres De-
tween Northern and Southern troops h!ch Europe
an, dignity with tue title o. bstlee, the Northern
trnops have been beaten. And al the explanations "a
e.is set forth bv eloquent Northern editors
safisfactofv a. they may b. 10 home subse1bsrs
donoi essentially qualify their significance 10 iofegn
observers. Mind eth, AN 10. oeieh1inB nc
views Of tic l.ttsr. l am simply statiog them. u
lie statement II difsRreeable, don't fnlpd ", o.
cou.se; II II true, though .onr minis.er
here IN Paris does bis duty 70 the best OF M aDihy
gratifying cont rast b bis scared predecessor ana
perfectly sound on the EOpSe ~" va t'' 90
Gued American Eagie. Hi social influence, Ike
thnt OF mos, North-AIaeTicans, Is A". Ihs same
might be said of tho Southern Commissioner PEI 81
bus they have the advantage, apart from pereonsi
activity, Of doing per alum American French Gre
oles speaking the French language inteliigbiy, en-
tering into French Society hy vitae Of their man
ners, wealth, and psronlage, are seriously innn-
epcinR IL, and through II outside puohc opinion.
They have done much 70 cOnhrm and cTpf0f an
already sufficiently prevalent French notion with
il, sciuent natural French sympathyl that the Sc
cesion States are mainly peopled by the descendants
OF the French and Spanish, by the Latin Races,
whore opposition TO the North soslmaies iIs'a, 70