The Memphis union appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1862-1862, 1862-07-03

ernment t0onrs. The French ambassador in
Lendon has received no Instructions from bis
gcesrnn eat "a the snhject. and there cor
tai1s 3 has been DO con1knun ion on the part
OF Her Maiestys goEernment 10 she French
government. Without giving any 0slnion as
tothe proptiety some time or other of offering
the good Offices of Her Maj ssts goSernmant.
70 mediate ia the matter, ceftalnlt should
dNsm the present most inepportuae lime sor
such attempt at mediation Ne good eassld
come Of Is st sll in the preseat state of the
war; and ia the embittered state of feeling on
| both sides such an offer would be unattended
With good result now and nigh. prevent it
rom being subsequently, obtained la case it
should De deemed desirable to attempt such
nediation.- Hear, hear. There was esrtain-
| " no intention On the part of Her MaiestYs
goyeEnuenk 70 intsrfsre 1t the present 1nofneif.
THE PROCLAMATION IN THE HOUSE tF ran
Mons
In the House oE Commons, on the I3th iiSst.
Sir j. Walsh, in rising toscali the attention Of
the House TO The reseat order issued By Gen.
Butter rnenacsng The women Of New Usleans
I WITH the most degrading Treatment, and BY
/ which ahil lA1y Of that CITY, wbo, by word o.
1 gesture, 81. movement shows contempt for i
ssidisr Of the United States. Was to he held
liable 70 be treated as a woman Of the town
plying her asocnti0rl, said hat ~hen be first
/ saw the proclamation il did appear to him
ebselutely ineredible that q general Offices
Eliing so high 1 position in the United States
army IS Gen. Butter should have issued an
order which must iisfset 10 much obloquy and
disgrace upon his naEne; but it had been siace
coDfrmed, and had a Appeared from tile New
York correspondent st the papers, boen SO
general Il topic Of cQny ersat:on il thai city
and excited SO spach s leation that incredulsfv
had given way ts assonishment and disgust
HezTegfetfed 10 See aissls that up to th6tlnie
Fhen the last MAILS left. America there was no
report of any formal repadiation Of tho proc-
2IanALicn by the Usised States authorities, nor
nf rensures and cssilessnnHtion Of is aathor.
[ Altlso0gh, howeTes, NJ such repudiatien had
besIl signihe9, he could not but hope that the
/ honorable gentleman, the under Secretary for
/ foreign affairs. would remove that deep and
indlgnaEt feeling that hadr eeen created among
ksal classes OF Englishmep by the publication
I 81 y pr<scIssuaticn which was utterly repag-
fnaiis 10 the spiritsef tne nineteenth century
Eand tbs WA0ie oI sEs usages Of civilized war;
fare In the few observations etlfch DE
wished - make in introducing tha5qaastioD
be shsuId carefully ahstain from raising any
question rs "a the merit o. that great contest
which VAS raging On the other sidesof sha at
lantic- We had ltitheito maintained ssn isn-s
partial and strict ileaarAiatys and No had also
maintained 3 wise snd pradent rssstva, bat
while retaining froaa saying 4 word upoH
the merits of the civil war, be s0llla iiot help
observing that il appeared from Che test tI,giaay
of al travellers, confirmed By both ofiicsal anE
ssmi-officiaI reports, that wherever the nosth-s
ern army had Penetrated zinto the SaEth, itz
had been universally received rs an army Of
in nvaders. OF foreign foss, and there had not
baesg tlIa eyp4pness 81 fhe existencs & e
any party, indeed by scarcely any individual,
who did not LOOK aposs the soldiers sefs the
Northern States with tAe nsoA sietsrmifsed
! hostility That would appear to De The univer
1 sal feeliug throughout the South, aud shs
men, rightsgssor wEsngsy, identified their
eause with tbs sacsed names Of independence,
/ liberty and love Of country Was ii, ther6-
! tons IN the South were cehfeIed ether, lie.
i women should paftake Of The feelings OF their
husbai5d ds, their brothers, their SONS and thait
4 loyels2 1t is, indeed, inevitable, not only
that they should partake Of these feelings, but
i that they should express them with vehemence
and excitabilty, which vas part Of their na-
ture Such feelings were not only natural,
bns most praiseworthy; and we, who looked
upon the progress of this struggle with less
bitterness than those actually engaged in il,
! and could afford to award merit to both sides
where it was due, must feel that our sympa-
/ thies were with those women who identified
! themselves with those who, nearest and dear
est to them, were daily risking their lives in
Ithat great struggles and IN what they 4eonsid-
4 cred 4 most sacred cause. He should have
j hoped that in civilized county, officers and
& soldiers should have proved themselves men
Of henor and would hase entertained those
sentiments of galantry which distinguished
Y their profession. He should have hoped that
for them 10 insult woman was impossi ble--
shove all, when they considered those women
we're their own country women. What was
the state of the circumstsnees7 New Orleans
bad been conquered, and the arTnssof the
= Northern States had been successful iri estah.
s Iishing & military occupation of that great
city. 1t was to be anticipated that that c0a.
z guest would lead 20 a feeling Of bitter animosi-
y 81 against their successful conquerors. Such j
Il feeling being inevitable, cne woul1 hare ex
pected the conquerors to have exercised q
xenerous forbearzncs, instead of wllieh they
had issued this most monstFoas pfoclaEas
81 tion, which would disgrace forever The name
l.of the officer who had issued it, and would dis
! grace the government of the United State
!. 6 twas not immsiiately repudiated.
ENGLAND WILL SUSTAIN FRANCE.
/ / From he Manchester Guardiaaa.
That the northern government, BY the pal
t pable extravaganza of It's offsnses against for
t eign nations, may overtask the extrsnne for
= bearanee with which It has hitherto heen treat
Q sd, is the best hope that remains lGr both sec
1 lions Of America, and for those extensive di.
. triels Of the world which suffer By their con
: Gention. We say this without changing on
1 opinion that the time for England % interfer
i, has not yet come, II indped It ever will, an
without attaching importance to the ssatamen
e of French newspaper that negotiations for
q Joint uledilaory proposal are about to beopene
j. IN London. lie Is nseless to disguise from onl
z selves that mediation now can be nothin
e but euphemistic phrase for interposition I
is prevent the Federal zoverninenk from paFsl
% ing plan of conquest equally nnjnstifabl
% aud hopeless. W. de not think that i necei
j sity for such action, out ef regard either
> humanity cr car own material interests, b,
] yet arisen. There as many objectl8as to Il
,e scheme Of the ioias mediation which appea
ir as those of the French gevernmenf whose r