Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1862-12-01
IMPORTANT FROM EUROPE.
FRANCE PROPOSES MEDIATION IN AMER.
ICAN
ENGLAND AND RUSSIA REPLY UNFAv0RABLY
TO The PROPOSITION.

lOAN
ENGLAND N RUSSIA REPLY UNFAvoRABLY
TO THE PROPOSITION.
Through the courtesy of oap'Aia oa.hmsysr, We re.
os'ved, last night, . copy Of the Nov York Herald Of
the 9th ull containing the oloWing highly important
correspondence relating to
TIE YaIScH PROPOSALS or MEDIATION II yoRIIsI
Affairs.
The folio wing Is the despatch Of the F!enoh Minister
Of Foreign An,irs, addressed to the ambassadors ef
Franco at London and St Petersburg:
PARIS, October 80, 1852.
Europe watches with painful interest the struggle
which Ia, been raging more than . year upon The
American continent. The hos lilies have provoked sac
rihces and Efforts certainly Of q nature to inspire the
highest idea Of The perseverance, and energy Of the two
populations. But this spectacle, which docs 60 muoh
honor 10 th,it courage, Is only given at the pfc, OF
uumber,ess calamities and q prodigious ehusion oil blood.
To these results Of civil war, which, from the very hrst,
assumed vas. proportions, there IL still TO be added the
apprehension of servle war, which would be thu culmt
"a ing point Of so many irreplrablc diias ers. Tae suf
fering OF = nation towards which va have always pro-
fe.sed a siucere friendship woald have suff red to excite
the sincere solciIuie Of the Emperor, even had We our
solves not srh red b. the counter blow Of these events.
Under tn, inhisucs Of intm i.e rIll ions which eI.eL-
-iys intercourse has ~nultipliei between the various re
eions of the gloor, Europe itself has stfiad from tie
cons. q iencss of the crisis which has dried up oue Of the
most fruitful sources OF pu1lo wealth, aud which has
become, Tor the great ceatres OF hoor, = CAUSE OF mos
sad trials.
Az Won are aware, when the corfict commenced, We
held il our duty to observe the most siric. neutrality In
concert with other maritime Powers, and the Washing.
ton Cabinet has Re psatedly acknowledge the 10 lorabie
manner with which ve adhered to that hfe OF cen
dust. The sentiments dictated 10 us have underg me
nd change but OF q benevolent character. That neu-
trs1ty, instead OF impolins upon the Powers tho At
lind which might ressnSle ind firehce, ought IA hef
"a make them oil SET co TO the two "a t,s BY hs,piag
th,D, ont of a D si!i0x pA ieh seems 10 havJ ~ ts,us
P,om the comm iucemsat Of the war au armsd force
,,s set on foot by the belligerents, which, siace
then, has been almos. corsandy K p: up Alter 80
mucl ~bloodshed th are noS, 10 tbaE respect. nearly
in the sam, poIi:ion, nothing authonztg the pre-
sumption tha; more decisive military operations will
shorty occur, according 10 the last newt received 10
Europe. The two armies, on the contrary, were in a con
di,ioa .ha. would not ALLOW either party TO hope with n
a brief dSay for any decided advantage 10 turn the bal
ancs and accelerate tho conc usion Of . peace. All tbs,
c rcumstsnces, taken together, point to the ofp wiIniiy
nj an am sties, TO which, moreover, under the presen!
g rcumstsucss, no ~strAtegieL objection can be made
The favorable dispositions towards peace which are be
ginning to manifest themselves in the Nor:h a. veil "a
the South might, on tho other hand, second steps tba.
m Eht be made to recommend the idea Of truce. The
4 nparor has, therefore, thought that the occasion has
p~ressnted | SILT OF Offering TO the benigerents tbs sup
Dor. # he good Mes of he maritime Peers, aud us
h-iesIy has charged me 10 make tue Proposltion oil tns
government. 10 her Britannia hsj % y, IS WILL ~ 10 the
court OF Russia. The three Cabinets would tKsr: their
influence at Washington, as we'll a. I'll b he Uonfeie
rates, 10 obtain 40 armisuoe forstK moath', during siioh
sysry act Of war, direct or indir, G., should Professionally
celse, on ses a. rell ~ on land, aud Il might Be, II me-
C ,saary, ulterioraliy prolonged.
Toe ~ovir.ures, I need not sly, cir, would not imply,
on our part, aad jad sment on the origin or issue OF t 10
s:ragsle, no: any pressure upon the negoiItio1s Which
might, II 10 to be hoped, emu, in favor OF ~ Armistice.
Our task would s1nsistlag solIy In smoothing down OBJ
staclss. and ia Interfering oolI Ia . measure determined
mon by tue two parties We should not, in fact, bs
ueye ourselves called upon 70 decide, but 10 prepare lae
solution Of difficulties which hitherto bsvo onnos d TT
cancellation tween the be ligsrent parties. Would no.,
r,r,eyer. An agreement between the three Courts rec
pond s~vfkc!suty to their intent one Would IL no: give
10 thci. sep tn ch.raoler Of evdcut imprdslityf Ac..
i,y in concert, they you'd c5mbino the conditions hest
,uiled to Inspire conhdence-tha g%overnmsnt oil tina
Enp ,ror. by h, CONSTANT tradition OF leach policy
To Yards the Uaiged SAtes-E glnd, By the comnu.
nh, of racs-Rasda, By the max, of fren hhip she has
r.,er ceasod to skoT 10 tins Washington OabinsI-
Should IN, event not Jdsif, the hope Of the thrs
Powers, aud should the rior OF tho struggle override
the vi.i IN Of tbsir %oouncs. ths attempt would not BE-
tho lees honorable for lheu They would have ~ Oiled
q duty Of human ~, moro especially indicitod IN . var
which has srci.od passions v lich render oil direct ct
tenants Al neg citation more dIt1;ui.. l. 10 the m ssiol
which International lav assigns neu:ralS At the saae
time that 10 p-eecrib q to them q siroi inn t' lty, aud
the, could n Jvsr m \, q nosl-r ue OF thsir iIhu ns BY
Q .daveriug TO Iu; an end to a struggle Which causes 90
much sufsrinf and comp onises such great insress
throughout the shole world.
FINALLY. eveu vithou; IL nsdiAts reri O these cv:P.
lures would not be entirely useless; ios shey might o.
courage public opinion to vs-s Of ooncii,tion, and thas
contribute 70 hasten tie moment shen sue return 0!
peace might become possible.
Irequs.t you, sir, In the nims Of hs n siy, to sub.
nit these consid rstioni to Lord Russell or to Prnss
Gortrhakoh. begging him to state the view CT the Z W
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