Daily Nashville union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1862, 1862-06-03
HOTEL D'YNGLATERRA, MADRID,
March %, 1862.

Mafcn ~, 1907.
" Hon. Wm. L. Rancey, Richmond
MY Dear Sir-Trusting that you have,
ere this, reached the new field Of your lsb1rs.
avail myself of the departure OF the Cadiz
steamer to let you hear from us and our
doings.
"For some time after Mr.. slidel's arrival
in Paris the weather was extremely cold,
and my wife being IN feeble health, delay.
ed my departure until the 18th February.
stopped on my way at Bordeaux, at the re-
quest OF Capt. Huse, to see about getting
some of his freight on board Of a steamer
loading in that port, and then went into the
neighborhood to see one OF my sisters, who
had been seriously al. There my wife fell
sick, and, after few days, / parted from
her on my way to Marseilles, where / took
the French steamer OF the 9th OF March for
Valentia. Mr.. Fearn met me on the way.
arrived here on the Sth, and was well
received unoffieially, but, as far as / can as
certain, there is truth in what was told me
at the Spanish Legation Ia Paris, and also
by M. Thouvenel, that Spain would not act
alone on the American question. When you
left, we did not expect that our government
would be recognized but we had we'll
founded hope that the blockads would be
set aside. You WILL no doubt, have seen
that the declaration of Earl Russell, that il
could not be considered ineffective, had been
| sustained in Parliament, and that a similar
declaration Of the French minister had also
been carried in the Chamber of Deputies by
a large majority. This destroys the last
/ hope we had that those governments would
do justice between the belligerents.
" 1t must now be manifest to every one
that we have to rely exclusively upon our
| selves and our internal resources 70 establish
our independence. After we succeed we
will owe the European governments nc
| thanks, aud a war duty on imports sufficient
to pay the interest of the debt, which their
course forces us to iucuF, and create q
sinking fund, must be levied.
Occupied with the declaration that the
blockade was not ineffective, Earl Russell
made the statement unsupported by aoy
reason, that he trusted that by the first Of
June, or even before, the civil war would be
ended After reading in the Presidents in
augural that the war would probably con
tinue a series OF years, am forced TO con
clude that the Earl gives faith to
the assurance of Mr.. Seward, thai
three months alter tho people of the
Confederate States bad become convinced
that they had nothing to hope for from
England or France the rebellion would
end
The last news Of our reverses, exaggera.
ted as they have been by the northern press,
has done great injury to our cause When
people hear Of fifteen thousand men strong
ly fortified, routed and made prisoners by an
equal number OF assailaints, they begin to
doubt the bravery OF Southern troops and
their ultimate success. Can you not,
through Mr. Helm, or by some other chan.
nel, send US reliable Southern papers ex.
posing the falsehoods of the northern press
Remember me TO Gen. Sparrow, Messrs.
Semmes, Conrad, Perkins, Kenner and Mar
sbal, and believe ne, truly your friend,
p. A. RosT
p. S.-Present my respects to the Presi
dent'