The New York herald., 1862-01-21
OPINION IN FRANCE.
The Peace Feeling I'm Paris.

OPINION In FRANCE.
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The Peace Feeling I'm Paris.
Paris (Jan 2) correspondence OF London Post.
Those who have hoped and believed that hostlites
between England and America would not take place are
certainly amongst tho minority but find that We are
gaining partisans and friends daily The Of society
and the Bourse peaceful to-day The three
have advanced 49, closing at 67 Soc We have nothing
to record from the Northern the Southern States.
We still clieue in peace The evening Parisian journals
say that from the little material found for spccula
ton most people believe in ''an arrangement between
the governments Of st. James and Washington.
paris (Jan 10Y correspondence VI the London Herald
Touching this American question, In the new number
OF the Rerue des Denr Mondes published to-day NJ For
cade exhibits to what lamentabe extent man Of real
talent and ability can lower himself when he writes
der the influence OF party spirit and ignorance. He sets
out by stating that the demand OF England Is In strict
conformity with legality and justice, but asks great
nation should be guided by the rules OF law, like
some pettogging Attorney lie them warming with his
subject proceeds to state that unless England modnes
her demands, It is clear that sho must bc actuatcd by
motives Of the mos. sordd interest," &c. He fanccs
England deeply enamored OF the southerners at all
times the most bitter enemies OF England and takes
opportunity to assert his opinion that the civil
only end by reconstruction Of the Union, and his
vction that tho secessonst cause must suddenly col
lapse In short instead OF the calm, temperate and u-
dcious reasoning we have been accustomed to read In
the Re,ie es Deux Nondcs, NJ Forcsdes remarks might
be embodied into leader in Of the sonsat ION papers
in New York.
What NJ. FORBADE Says on the Subject.
IL
We cannot contemplate with indifference crisis which
threatens with dissolution the more vital portion Gf
America. The cool'sess oita chich the South sch
connect its toreper rh that Of dey and lie great
principle free labor ighch the prosperity Of the Mouth
rests do allow OF generous feelings hosi;atng between
the two parties. The press ing interests make
desire the prompt coIclus Of this crisis, which
foreign war would give duration and proportions
dangerous by ausnenting the suffernss under which
Fng.Dnd France and oil Europe indirectly lahnriug.
No,o the american crisis co,aaot terminate bit by
establishment Of the Cnisn. The So4s1 dcc1fs.
by success 'rod be for ne States Of North Amer
norent # dissolution II would again appear every
whore and every preext State worid separate from
State, county from county district from district Thcy
would al fall South America into anarchy. with
changing Relationships raised up and ovcrthrcwn by
violence as tho only remedy the present civil war be
prolonged or IL it be aggravated by foreign war; the
North will be obliged 10 have recourse TO the immediate
and radical abolition Of slavery to scrvc war those
extreme which will not repair the mischief but
which will complete the ruin Of the Sauth. We have
already by the las: message Of the President and
especially BY the propositions presented amt dscssed in
Congress how difficult is for the North TO defend itself
against the tendency which leads to these desperate
tremes We may observe, in passing tha, since the be-
ginning of this struggle PEOPLE in Europe have been
Just enough towards Mr. Lincoln and his friends They
have not had sufficient consideration for the these
have exhibited on the question OF slavery So To. i.
depended upon thom, Mr.. Lrcon and his fricn5s
not desired to resoye 1t in summary manner, amid tho
fire Of civil war and At the cost OF cruel uncertainty and
incacuabe evil. They have sought 10 take away from
violence the solution Of problem formidable They
have tried TO contne the quarrel between them and the
secsssionss within purely political groundon the ques
ton Of ascertanpg whether the most able of all
contracts, that hch depends the existence con-
sttuted State be broken At the of ths
contracting parties Their moderation will perhaps be
vain but II is OF importance that 1t should bo admitted
in order to free their responsibility from the terrible
consequences which the necessities occasone to tho
United States by the complications OF forcisn policy may
have for humanity. The incident OF a with England
would be all the more dcporabe, as OF the Taesnt
greet military ere,t Uh c!d be fdpnrGJe 10 The
# the North might iead rapidly tGa Is Leiersl il
Europe, 10 tie re-estoblssmeH OF tie Union. 1t
be forgotten that the United States in OF those
revolutionary fits when the moral effect is all powerful,
when accident suces to change the of ideas
and OF facts. II the ;orth had its revenge for the
defeat at Bulls run. f be given TO the gov
erpment Of the Southern confederation to take
in the minds OF the nof1nsiye masses, ii, after
having broken the material force on which II rests
for support, having disturbed II IN the opinion o.
OF order by Offering serious guarantees in their interests
1t Is possible that the edicc may fall to pec
like OF those frail constructions which American
genus pelsos Itself with raising in q single day. IL is
perhaps at the moment when effective blow is the
point OF being struck that the Americans will be surprised
by the fa;a! diversion OF foreign war We know, in
fact, that the capital Of the Union is nothing but
CAMP and that military preparations become
tho only thought the Northern States After their first
iollics the Americans have TO understand that a
great is not organized like Presidents secton. The
Americans share this charsctorof tho English
ally slow in preparation the issue will show whether
they have also inherited British Otherwise
from the in which IL Is raised aud orga lied from
ITS composition and LIS spirit, the present army OF the
United states resembles nothing known TO Europe The
democratic and mercantile spirit, by curious phenome
has produced combinations which, in eyes, be-
long tho ieudpl times and the old We there.
in the old mil tary organization Franco companies
for the occasion and species OF coonc propra-
tors. To introduce d.cplne they have had TO struggle
against the influence OF the manners and habits Of
the United States against the system of the election
officers by the volunteers and against the jealous auho
rity { Governors Of States interfering between the
troops and the central government II ID, indeed,
strange army of which II cannot be said whether be
army OF mcrccnaries, or national army, army
OF volunteers. They mercenaries the Souherners
call them inasnuch as they take to the profession OF
arms livelihood, and speculate on high pay. But
then how they be called mcrcenaries as they arc
not foreigners The soldiers whom the non has got to-
gsther by hundreds of thousands represent quite well
an army Of conscrips all tho classes which compose
the nation and reflect its spirit. True, they count in
their ranks 90 900 90 900 Europeans and this ony
fair proportion accorded 10 the immigrants, who estlb
lshed for timo in the United states already make
part OF the nation and begin to play important part
in all its affairs. The American soldier has the inexpe
ricnce and the impaence under discipline that charac
teze the volunteer but he has less enthusiasm than the
latter He is said however to be integ.n and Injured
10 fatigue These strange elements with which Gen
Mcclellan with the aid OF tho officers and soldiers Of the
old regulars trained in the praries, composcs army
which may become formidable and which seems destined
TO exercise on the destines of the reconstructed United
States serious influence though still hidden In the mys
terious uncertainty OF the future.
from the Paris seicle, Jan. IL
We do not atter ourselves with the hope that 1862 will
bring US the solution OF the American crisis. UDionists
and separats fedoras and Confedorates, abotonists
and partisans Of slavery, at tho commencement Of
struggle which has given rise TO all these barbarous no
ologsms cannot all at once lay down their arms But
what will war enectY Why mako the gulf between them
wider and wider2 Is return to peaceful discussion pos
sbe Are the respective preensions OF tho North and
OF the South of such that they cannot b. bene
cially examined by the eminent men Of the different
States or by impartial medators? Mediation,
which certain journals have rejected os visionary,
we still regard as the sole means, not only Of
putting end to tho internal dscords Of the
great American republi, but also OF preventing a
between England and the United States, which num-
Der among their ctizens many Of her sons We are
that at London and Washington, at Liverpool and
New York the act Of violence committed in the Bahama
Channel has caused cnervescence which has yet
subsidized Preparations arc being made both sides,
und warke defances exchanged but all the journals
agree in spite Of the dispatches received in considering
premature the possumuS OF the American govern
ment Accurate calculations show that tine last commu
ncatons Of the British government could not reach
Washington Till the 23d u We therefore still hope for
peaceful issue and redouble efforts to promote
friendly settlement Of this grave difference, ,c,h French
Diplomacy has Judged with sWh calmn@ and disntty