Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-07-14


r mincing Of matters If +" mediation be !
" fused, she will declare her acknowledgment
a. the Southern ConfedeTacy, aud the next st,
lie will be breaking the blockade at all points,
g the ground of its being paper blockade. E1
T. land stands ready to back her in all her prop
d sails and demands, aud to show how perfectly Il
IS two governments are acting in concert the ver
70 morning that the article to which l have allude
it appeared in the Constitutional at Paris it appea
l. ed in the Times in London. Lords Russell an
s Palmerston, in commenting ON the proposed il
$ reference on the part of France, said that Eng
d land for the present would not meddle wit
American affairs, as any offer of hers would b
a viewed with distrust by the Federal government
q and might subject her to insult That it wa
g more becoming that France should take the lea,
Q in mediation, as she was on more friendly re
2 lations with the Federal government, bat that
at a future time, England might deem it oppor
tune to assume more direct attitude.
} Whatever may be the language of diplomacy
l reiterate again, what have asserted in my pre-
vious letters, that England and France are
leagued together, and viii work together in thi:
American question, and 1T may be that they may
call in the assistance Of third power, Russia
who, it is well known, advocates the South be-
ing admitted to the "sisterhood of nations"
much fear now that the complication Oi
your domestic difficulties will be farther increas-
ed by European interference Should Mr. Lin
coin rejec. the offer of mediation on the part
of France, as it is thought be will here, he viii
assuredly in the end have European war upon
his hands. First viii come, as / have just OBJ
served, the acknow ledgment Of the Southern
| COnfederscy on the grounds that she has shown,
| for fourteen months, with the most fearful odds
| against her, all the cOnsistence of a national
| government, making and executing laws; levy
ing and supporting armies resisting invasion;
providing by financial system for al govern
ment contingencies and performing all the other
requirements Of de jlTs national government
Then will follow the breaking of the blockade
al oil ports OF entry, and then European war.
l hope Mr. Lincoln Will embracs the offer of
mediation on the part of France 1 hope he
vii not be influenced by some rabid advisers,
who would cause him abruptly to reject her Of
fer. 1t were dangerous TO do so. 1t were far
better to consider how an amicsble adjustment
might be effected l feel satisfied that could an
armstice of sixty days be determined upon, SO
as to give time for the volcanic fires of passion
to die out and reason to resume her empire over
the mind, the North and South could easily ar
rive at some method of adjustment The offer
of France, If accepted, would necessarily pro-
duce this srmistice. 1t would cause a cessation
OF the bloody struggle; and the combatants, as
excitement becomes allayed, will shudder at the
remembrance of the CORY battle-felds, and will
curse the hour that arrsyed them as enmeies
against each other They will see that they
have magnified each others faults--haVe been
kind to each others merits. They will see in
the past scarcely q pretext for a quarrel, and
wonder why they have been engaged in mortal
arbitTament against each other. When these
feelings come Ger them, and come they viii, |
then some basis will be determined upon to
make peace.
Throughout the whole of this unfortunate |
difficulty, the mass Of the American people in |
the North and South have wholly misunderstood |
each other; and, by way of illustration, could |
score of the inhabitants of Louisiana and New |
York be examined as to the constitutional opin- |
ion on the subject of slavery (Which was the |
origin OF the war). there would be found almost |
a coincidence of ideas. A few fanatical sbOli- |
tionistS, who loved the nigger better than their
country and their white brethren. and few am
bitiOus designing politicians on both sides, who,
to promote their selfish and ambitious ends,
would, like Plate, sacrifice the finest blood IN |
the universe, have produced that unhappy state
Of affairs in America which has made her the
wonder and derision Of the world But the hour
Of reckoning viii soon come. The veil will soon
be uphfted from the csnting clan and unpEinei-
pied leaders, aud show them in all their de-
ormity. Then let these Mokanna deceivers
beware of the dupes they have misled
Missouri, from her very meridian is not sec
iOnal. The rock and the whirlpool were not
within her limits that wrecked the fortunes of
he Union, and if an ermistice will be decided
lpon, when Francs offers her " mediation" IS |
leieve it WILL then it would become her to take
he initiative in suggesting some basis on which
'eaceable oYertures could be proposed and
ecepted. Let her raise her voice for peace, and
her sister States to take for their
MOTTO that wise maxim, There never was a
Ood war, or a bad peace" Let an armistice be
etermined upon, and the last struggle of the
emon of civil war is DER. Peace will come in
ONE snaps, and he is a traitor to his God and
uman brotherhood that does not wish it. !
The Great Exhibition is now in full blast; and !
ow that all is perfected, it is indeed worthy of
eing called q Worlds Fair"
All that art, science wealth can produces is |
ere; all the treasures of the past all the prodi-
al creations of modern times have been gar !
cred and culled from, to adOrn this occasion. 7
Il people under the sun have here representa-
ons of their type, sld have their productions d
I countries, the most remote, are thus brought
juxtaposition; and even the Antipodes are on \
lie same side Of " mother earth,' staring curl Z
lsly at each other.
The shilling days have now commenced and :
ay after day the Great Exhibition is thronged G
here is now on an average Of $4,000 visitors .
lilly in the building. II
1t were folly to attempt descriptionin in detail
the chief articles on exhibition. Il would re-
aire year Of industrious writing, and more
ian a moiety would not be described. Of all Il
le foreign countries, the French court is the 4
rgest and the most superb in richness and ele- Il
ance but all of the foreign countries Of any II
1te make fine displays-all but America She a
ss but few arlictss, but those are attracting q
,nsiderable attention. Her sewing machines :.
q creating quite q sensation among the fairer -
,rtion of creation, and the various stands are .
DIVIDED Howe, Singer, Wheeler x Wilson, !:
ID Wilcox & Gibbs all exhibit. The last u
imed make the largest and the most magnif- y !.
mt display, and the machine though compare y
7ely new before the public, is received with u
arked favor. l see the Mccormick reaper and :.
over from Chicago on exhibition, and one or y
70 other agricultural instruments, which, with ie
new preparation of Indian corn, termed Mai
popular here-nske up the chief
ticles on exhibition from the United States. 81
ere the whole space draped in mourning it q
Ould be an appropriate souvenir of that land, 10
ISOLATED with civil war and stained with her "
IN blood II
Some of the great jewelers. of France and g
ngland have displays worth almost as much "
a small kingdom. There are towers Of gold, 1t
ID diamonds as large as pigeon-eggs, in profu. IL
IN. Some exhibitors have spent small fortunes OF
their display The great Honey soap and ct
rfumery manufacturer the largest in the m
Hgdom-F. S Clesver, makes a most elegant L
ID imposing display He has taken the pre- Of
iums at the three preceding " Worlds Fairs" hi
ID does business of $3, ,000, 900 or $4,000 900 al
r snnum. He has branch houses of his firm o.
London at Paris and New York. d
1t is well for England that her Great E1hibi- " y
IN takes place this year, for the suffering of q
hos f,,1 ]
is still on the increase, and millions of opera 1II
res have to be subsidized by public and pri- ,,
te charity Day by day, this staryation-for I, :,
has come to that-becomes more distressing, ~
ID there is no remedy but in supply Of cotton. = =
10 must have cotton, and that shortly, and she a.
n only get it from America. The foreign cap
i introduced into London during this exhibit =