New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-08-02

gendary question under its high protection. An old
v-ry old man, Adjutant-MayOr of village III
Lorraine, who was in the tine grenadier OF the
Guard, was uDesrthed was questioned, n leading
way, By Marshal McMahon, and testified, with sln'
Gulsr cearnees of memory, TO having heard Cam
boune twice distinctly cay, sic garde menrf 81
ne SC Yends pas Wbereupon this vivaciOus old
gentlemans verbal "reminiscences il soemnly
4" afiydavied and published in the soemny-ofhclai
Moniteur; and the old gentleman Of such opposite
and tenacious classic memory has received the cross
OF the Legion of Honor and sOme addition to the
pecunary comforting of lis old age, as an encour-
agement to good memory! a
Unwillingly leaving again literary themes, lei me
for instant to the early part OF my letter.
Over and above our late military reyertes, ana
roitico-econouical Legislation, and editorials, and
stump syeeches-so cleverly +" improved by our
opponents in Europe the preaching advocates OF L.
S. A. Recognition. must note. as another ein'hebt
fact, how these same opponents OF ours tne eioqueh,
advocates OF the e. S. A., make profitable capital
out OF the recently voted autback provision OF the
new Illinois Constitution. The Constitutional aid
La Patrie rerel, with sir Of triumph the sppeals,
to French human sympathy with the Northern,
essentially auti-Sayeiy cause-Wllh arguments
dawn from the very letter and spirit OF the provisions
OF our Northern State Law and Constitution. We,
they proudly say, are equally opposed TO the Starry
of black In the South aud TO their condition OF Pdrigs
in Il North. There Is TO historical proof to-day
that the Unonists occupy any hounder hamaHitarian
ground respecting TIE uldth UlAti ih'So
Than the Secessionsts AS matter Of fact, the blacks,
ust because they are black are not invited are not
permitted even So much TO help the North III It's
present hardly besiei estate; while although they
are black they are permitted and ordered TO help the
South And to pretend, III the face Of these facts,
that we are bound, us Christ an loveIs OF human
Justice and equality, to side with the Tree North
against the slaveholding South, When the North, at
very grips with the South, prefers sacrificing
tie lives OF it, own sons by tens of Thousands raihtr
than admit, even in theory, the principle OF black
auxiliary fighting for freedom! No! the Govern
men of the United States to-day II, 70 far as we
foreigners can see from its own acts aud ceclara-
tons bat i, has been the soempy constituted de,
fender Of human Slavery an institution essential
to the existence. to tho restoration OF tie Union.
We, PGtrie, ConsfitufioHHei and Company, pro-
test against human Slavery any way. But,
as between Southern frank defense OF II NJ
radically good thing, or as n transent neeecsity
and the Northern hylocritcal talk against ~, aud
practical support OF it, we prefer the honesty OF me
south. The final a,ohdon Of the system Is evidently
to come from neither Northern nor Southern
good will but from the faed course OF tbing-, winch
Heither power can resist. United they would reslst
il longer than IT tie resisted after separation
40 not say that this is sOund-thaI 1t n even ex'
cusably rational argument only report that u 10,
and ID getting 10 be accepted.