The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-01-30
EUROPEAN ITEMS.
sRAScn oPIx1oS OF AnBaIcAr ayy.r,.
From tho Paris Seicle, Ian ~.

EUROPEAN ITEMS.
1hASoh offNroS OF AnBaIcAx AyrAr,.
l Iron the Paris Ssicle. Jan.Il
We de not Aatter ourselves With ~.
l thas 1867 Will bring Ne the solution OF ~
American crisis. Unionists and separn tis,. AZ
fodoralo and Oonfederates. aboI itionIsts = ~
partisans Of slavery. at the commencsmsnn1, n1
Of struggle which has given rise to all thoss
baroarous nsoloeisms, cannot ali at once Law
down their arms. But what will war effect
Why make the gulf between them wider and
poRlbier Are the respective pretensions OF
the North and II the south of such a nature
that they cannot be bsneficially examined by
the eminent men Of the different states OF
BY impartial mediators? Mediation, which
certain journals have rejected as Wis.
fonary, we still regard as the sole
means, not only Of putting an end to
the internal discords Of he great Amer
can Republic but also Of preventing
. war between Epgiand and the uni.
ted States, which number among their
citizens so many OF her sons. We are aw are
that at London and Washington at Liver
pool and New York, the act of violence com
mitted in the Bahama Channel has csuse
TN ehsrvescence which has not yet subsided
Propara tiOns are being made on both sides,
AT warlike de1ances exchanged; but all the
journals agree, in spite OF the dispatches re.
ceived, in considering as premature the MOI.
posswmms of the American Government. &C.
curat6 calculations show that the last com /.
munications OF the British Cover, men t could
not reach Washington till the 2sd uIt W.
therefore still hope for . peaceful issse, and re-.
double oor efforts 10 promote friendly settle.
1nentof this grave difference, skicA FTsneA ai.
p!oHacy Aas jNdSea wih s9ch c0iansss and dignity.
TIN FEDERALs UNABLE TO HlsHr.
The London Chronicle says:
"If the Federal States were now In a posi-.
tion to fight us, we have not the least doubt
they would do SO; nor do we doubt that tn q
Trent affair, even should 1t be peaca oily set
tied, will direct the attention Of the Govern.
dition from first to last. 1t may even he pos
sible that the votes OF Congress indicate an
intention which may take Immediate effect.
THE PEAcs FEELINs IN PARIS -5L
The Paris correspondence OF the London
Post, of January 2, says:
"Those who have hoped and believed that
hostintles between England and America
the minority; but find that we are gaining
partizans ana friends daily. The tone Of so.
ciety and the Bourse is peaceful to-day.
The Paris correspondence of the London
Herald. Of January 10. says:
Touching this American question. In the
new mum Der of the Rerne des Deur Moades. pu b.
lished to-day, M. FORBADE exhibits to what
lameDtaDle extent man Of real talent and
ability can lower himself when he writes
under the influence Of party spirit and igno-
rance. He sets out by stating that the de-
mand OF tngland is In strict conformity
with egahty and justice, but asks if a q eat
nation should be guided by the mere rules OF
law, IKE some pit tifogslng a attorney? He then
Warminowith his subject, proceeds to state
that unless England modifies her demands, 1t
Is clear tnat she m ust be actuated by motives
OF The most sOrdid interest, &c. He also
fancies England deeply enamored of the
SOutherners, eat all times the most hi tier
enemies OF England and takes an opportu.
itvvt m aaor n 10
can only end by a reconstruction of the Union
and his conviction that the Sc cessionist ca uss
must suddenly collapse. In short, instead
OF the calm, mpsrate. and iudicio as reason :
ing we nave been accustomed to read in the
Repne des DeuI Aordes, NJ. Forcades's remarks
might be embodied into a leader in any of
The sensation papers in New York.
WHAT X. roRcADE SAYS ON THE SUBJECT.
From the Revue des Deux Mondes, Of Paris, for
January.l
We cannot contemplate with Indifference
crisis which threatens with disso !u ton tbe
more vital portion of America The cool.
ness with which the south seems to wish to
connect its cause forever with that OF sIa.
very, and the great principle of free labor ON
which tho prosperity Of the North rests, do
not allow OF generous feelings hesitating be.
tween the two parties. The most pres sing
interests must make us desire the prompt
conclusion OF this crisis, to W hich foreign
war would give duration and proportions
more dangerous by augmentiug the suffer-
tngs under which England, France and all
Europe are indirectly lab0ring. Now, the
American crisis cannot terminate but BY he
re establishment of the Union The Seces-
sionist doctrine, were it ratified by success,
would be for the States of North America
for those OF the North as for those of the
South-a permanent cause of dissolution 1t
would again appear everywhere and on every
pretext. State would separate from State
county from county district from district
a H~lt In
into an anarchy, with changing dictatorships:
raised up and overthrown by violence, as tho
only remedy.
II the presant civil war be prolonged, or IL
1t be aggravated bF forei gn war. the North
will be obliged to have recourse to the i'm.
medinte and radical abolition of slavery. to
servile war. to those extreme measures which
will not repair the mischief, but which will
complete the ruin Of the South We have
already seen by the last message Of tue Presi. !.
dent, and especially by the propositions pre-.
sented and discussed in Congress, how diff
cult it is ~ the North 10 defend itself again
the tendency which leads TO these desperate
extremes. We may observe in passing, tha
since the beginning Of this struggle, people
in Europe have not been Just enough 10.
wards Mr. Lincoln and his friends They have
not had sufficient con. idera ton for the re-
serve these have exE ibited ON the uuesttOn
of slavery. So far as it depended upon them.
Mr.. Lincoln and his friends have not de.
sired to resolve 1t in u summary mann er
Of cruel uncertainty and incaiculabIe evil
They have sought to take away from yio.
lsnce the solution of problem so formida BILE.
They have tried to confine the quarrel be-
tween them and the aecessionists within
purely political xrcunds--on the question OF
ascertaining whether the most respec Ia ble
OF all contracts, that on which depends the
existence Of constituted State, can be
broken ut the pleasure OF one OF the CON tract.
ing parties. Their moderation will perhaps b
vain, but 1t Is OF importance that it should be
admitted In order to free their respOnsi bill "
from the terrible consequ~lcss which the
necessities Occasioned to the United States
by the complications Of foreign policy may
have for humanity. The incident of q war
with England would be all the more de-
plorable. as az the present moment q grea,
military event which would b. frvora
BILE to the cause OF the North might lead
moro rapidly than is believed In Europe
to tho re.establishment Of the Union. -
It must OF be forgotten that the United States
are In one Of those revolu tionary 6ss when
the moral effect Is all powerful, when an &c,
cident sufiices to change the course OF idea,
and OF facts. II the North had TIA reysn~ =,
for the defeat at Bulls an. IL time be no
given to the Govern Ment Of the Son err
Confederation to take root in the min,is O
the ino6ensive masses, il, after having bro
ken the material force on which IL rests 10,
support, or having disturbed il In the opinior
Of men Of order by Offering serious Euara ntes,
In their interest, It IL ossible that the seces
siontst ediflce may fall to pieces Ike one o
those frail constructions which American
l genius pleases itself with raising In a sipsIe
L daY II In nArhera at IN a m N m err s,h.n n =