The New York herald., 1862-08-20


stantially ended, except in South Carolina; and
TO General Butler, most likely, will be reserved
the task of restoring chat refractory State to law
and order, from his headquarters in Chaiiestoni
aud all the country will say amen
American Diplomacy at the french
Court.
Our latest advices from Europe leave the
question Of the recognition Of the Southern Gen.
tederacy trembling in the balance. Mason and
Slideil, we are told, made simultaneous do
mand that England and France should imme
diateiy grant the recognition Of the confeds-
rscy This demand was promptly and plumply
refused by England, as the recent speech Of the
Queen and the recent declarations Of Earl Rus
sell and Lord Palmerston naturally led US TO
expect France, at the date Of the news tele-
gram, had not yet replied" II is useless for
us to speculate as to what her reply will be.
for we do not anticipate that Napoleon will
reply at all at present. The plain truth Of the
matter Is, doubtless, that Napoleon has no fixed
policy in regard to Intervention in our affairs.
The statement that he admitted the oogency Of
Slidell's arguments, but replied that the
greatest barrier to the recognition of the South
had been the objections of England is pro-
badly not without foundation. The Emperor
Napoleon will wait, like Micawber, until
:. something turns up to remove those objec-
tons, or until he can End the means to move
in spite of them. When he acts at all ID will be
for his own interests, and for his interests alone.
ihe foreign policy Of the United States should.
I" objections of the English government, and
to convince Napoleon that j. is for his best in
teres's not TO recognize the South Meanwhile
the domestic policy Of the government should
be to press on the war with such yigor as to
remove ali chance Of intervention by speedily
subduing The rebellion.
We may safely entrast our domestic policy
70 the care Of General Ialeck and oar other
generals in the field, and by every new soldier
we enlist and every new iron-cad we build
the 'objectionsn Of England to interfere in our
affairs viii be increased. at the Court OF
France, however, this government needs more
active, energetic and diplomatic though it GER
taiuiy could not have more wiling ard
patriotic than Minister Dayton.
Tie objections of England ought not to be the
greatest barrier against French Intervention.
Our Minister at Paris should not have allowed
Mr.. Slidell thus to make The worse appear the
better reason. The fault is. nevertheless, not
thar OF Mr.. Dayton. but Of the administration
which keeps him at Paris. Mr.. Dayton is an
honest. upright, able man, worthy TO represent
this country in almost any capacity except that
Of Minister to France. There he is altogether
out Of his element, aud can do neitncr himself
nor his country credit. He is not diplomatst,
and is completely oyermatched by The oily,
artful, adroit. INSCRIPTIONS intriguing Slidell.
Above all, he cannot speak the French Ian
guage, which Slidell talks like Partisan, and,
therefore, all his communications with the
French Emperor or tie French Ministers have
TO be made through The awkward medium of an
interpreter. In Paris, also, many Of the most
momentous decisions Of the government are
affected by the social intrieues for which Sideii
is SO we'll fitted, but which Mr. Dayton is COM
PEELED 70 entirely ignore net less by bis ipno-
rance 81 the French language than by the hluT.
hearty, straightforward republican simplicity
and frankncss OF his character, habits aud de
pertinent
Thus tongue tied and thus altogether alien
to the gay salons Of the French capital. Mr.
Dayton is almost powegless against Slideli
who works as actively and ceasoiessly for lie
recognition of bis con.edosscy a. able men
enlisted in bad yause always work. During
peaceful times Mr. Dayton might do very well
a. our French Minister. though We are always
opposed 10 sending representative ignorant
Of the language Of the court 10 which tie is
sccredited, and especially OF the French Ian
eua2e. which is spoken al every Eurepean
court, and s, in fact, the language of s.nropesn
society and diplomacy. In such crisis as this,
however. we should have y Minister it Paris
who could fight tie devil with FIRE, out-slidcll
SldeI out, intrigue the Confederate agents,
convince Napoleon that il is for bis best in
teresis to keep out of our quarrel. and hus
prepare tue way for our victory al home, by
turning the rebel ambassadors o,n OF every
court Of Europe, dsgreced, defeated. broken
hearted. There are several such American di-
pouat- now in this country, and We think that
The Secretary OF State should aid the cause of
the Union, and relieve Mr. Dayton Of very
painful aud embarrassing position, by despatch
ing one of them to Paris at once as the Aiuiatcr
Pienipoten;isry Of the United States.
Otg RsBEfIJov ANp ECsoPElE REVOLUTIONS
In Egropa the real character of this rebellion
aud OF our efforts to crush it are very
truly appreciated Tho democracy OF Europe
sympsthize With the North. The aristocracy
OF Europe sympathizc with the rebels. AZ our
Revolutionary war stimulated the French
Revolution, so our success during this war has
afinntafed Gnrihaldi Inf iis renncn,ler alzn.