New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1862-04-08

Russian sympathy for Lineolnissn.
IFrora ths Baton Rosss Advocate


1t matters little what European Governments
say about us and our contest with the Northern
people. Being officially told that we have no
friends in Europe, all thought Of help from that
our leagned States Is rnassed and organized, and
when 1t shall be displayed In war and proved ade.
quate TO the maintenance Of our independence,
GEARS, kings, queens. suftans and prime ministers
will extend q recognition to our Republic. n
1t ID, as matter of curiosity chiefly that Re
translate the snbjeined DISPATCH concerning me
surrender of Mason sand Slidell from the bead Q.
The State Department Of the Russian Mins
ter at Washington. Il shows the cgfsn. . q aaso
cratic wishes and the s aopss5
se Tsdsral sSys5Dsn Rs niss seTsd
the different phases Of nat inoiaens
lately held the anxious Of the Two WORDS
Ill Majesty hss not prssqWmsa too
i'm n rest;ns Convinced that II would consult m
this grave oaiy ~ ssnMlen.s -
Of Elm gI.h lie most profound satisfaction tina
| IA ImperM Majesty has seen his 1anticipatlons
1confrnaeds by the determination which the Fed
erai Government has taken. al s.ags.s
Although it has. come to our knowledge only by
way of tho Journals, our august master has not
wished to be slow in transmitting to the President
he sentiments with which His Imperial Majesty
all the more meritorious from being rendered more
dificnlt by national compile lions.
i; need not add, sir, that in resting faithful to.
the political principles which she has always
defended, even when those principles were turned
against herself, and in abstaining from the nvoea
ton in her own behalf Of the benefit of doctrines
which she has always repudiatsd, the American
nation has given proof Of political probity which
viii gain for her an incontestble title to the
esteem and gratitude of all goVernme nts interested
ID seeing the peace of the seas maintained ana the
principle Of right prevail over forge ~ mtel
i national relations, for the Tepose Of the world
the progress Of civilization and the good Of hui
mhnty. III " s'stAs sss w.
Els Majesty the Emperor is pleased to hope that
the same wisdom and the same moderation which
have dictated to the Federal GOVERNMENTS late
resolutions, Will equally guide its cause in the in
ternal difficulties with which it is now engaged.
| "a The late event should prove TO- it how much
pifations founded on d dininuton Of the power Of
1.-The United States and how much therefore it is its
interestto end them at the earliest day. assss
The Emperor il persuaded that statesmen who
pe es e
sker country, will equally know howto place their
internal above popular passions ss@ f4ss%5
Il Sir, please express TO the Federal Government
thes assurance Of the satisfaction with which His
lImperiai Maiestywfil sea- the American Union re-
Essta blished by those measures of clllation
Which may regulate re present without transmit
teHfer upon those conditions Of strength and pros
perity which We desire for it, not only Of
the cordial sympathy which unites the two coun-
tries, bnt also because the maintenance of its
power interests in the highest degree the general
political equilibrium. Receive, ETC.. IL.
The especial pains taken by the ssrvanb Of bis
Sstaugust master = to express bic marked, and de
fcided sympathy with the Lincolnites Is significant
The known Jealousy against Great Britain ana hel
commerce that the Gear has long entertained here
has q affirmation "a strong, as the cautious and
restricted forms Of diplomacy permit. Guarded
reticent and non. eOmnittaIH as the Emperor
and his veteran adviser are known to be, he must
have been deeply in earnest to volunteer thus d
declaration of his Wishes. It is even possible that
the Emperor has gone still further and plainly
limited to the Cabinet that in the event Of an inter
ference by European power in behalf Of the
Confederaey, he would lend to the Federal Govern
ment material aid. The Autocrat will forget neis
| ther Moscow nor Sebastopol f.