, 1862-12-10
INTERESTING FROM PARIS,
An Insight into the Motive for the
Ercnchf Mediation Propositio0-The
Measure one for Internal kHcct-
SucGRksE8.


Correspondent N. Z. Times.1
PARIS, Tuesday, Nov. Is, 1862.
we begin to sec more clearly into the mo- |
tive Of the French proposition for an armis- !
tice. The evidence is overwhelming III favor
Of the surposition that it is 4 nleasuru Of i'll t
ternal policy, conceived and elaborated with |
tic view Of conciiiatiug the snffcring classes
cf France. When the poor Of France suffer
they have been taught 10 look to the Govern
Government has put itself into position
which enables it to say: "1on see that |
Lave done all could; your surplus Of suffer
ing arises from the arrest Of the trade with |
America and the blockade Of the cotton ports; |
| have asked for the cessation Of hostilities
and the opening Of the blockaded ports, but
| have not succeeded; the perldious English.
while appearing to desire this measure, have
| i'll fact refused to aid mc''
| In my lust letter took it for granted that
during the proposed six months armistice
| the contending parties in America were to bc
consulted as to whether the b1oekadea ports
were to be opened to trade or not: now
learn that the French Government intended,
on the contrary, that the opening Of the ports
and the resumption Of trade should be one Of
the fixed conditions Of the armistice. This
ofitsclf proves that the document vas writ
ten for home consumption, for we will not do
pose that lie thought the government and
| ;,cople Of the United States-rot even the
Democratic party, upon whom our foreign
enemies now SO confidently couDt-Eould
accept 50 gross an absurdity as that. But L
demand for the opening Of the ports catches
, the eye Of the French people, anl that is the
: principal thing.
Nevertheless. the French government was
anxious that It's proposition should be accept
cd, and there is reason to heliare is irritated
at It's rejection By En@!taand. The French GOV
eminent. # TIL. correctly informed, cares
little how lie war terminates in America; it
+ WILL admit Il reconstruction Of the Union or
: its disintcgration with about equal indiffer-
: ence- and i. under the proposed arnistice. a
l reconstruction would have Ec-cstahlished
:, trade the soonest, it would have thrown Ill
= its weight in favor Of reconstruction
7 It was 4 knowledge Of this fact which i'll
= = duced England to refuse to enter the alliance
= OF all armistice, for it is settled policy Of
country will not engage itself in any alliance
which may force it to become party to q re-
construction of the Union. Moreover, the
= English cabinet have no confidence in Aapo.
t leon, and hesitate long while before signing
/, any paper on which his name appears as
J. joint operator in the negotiation. Thus OF
e the surface the English are playing the bsah
: role i'll the affair, while in reality their designs
y towards the United States are not SO friendly
! rs those Of France and it is quite probable
If that if France had proposed some mcasrlr'
$ less innocent than an armistiec, Englani
s would have given it more serious considera
. tinn.
t. The French and English papers are givin!
. 1he public the Impression that France will no
- stop where she is in her efforts toward paci
o. ticaiion Of the belligercnts in thu Unitct
n States. learn, on The contr;1r. th:tt there i
l. no thought for the present OF pushing matter
u ,thrr, and that the Government will wait 1
le see what turn affairs may take in the Unitc
It. States this winter. One Of the friendly pa
n. prrs, however, is much alarmed ut the att
H. tu1e Of the French Government. and seems +
C. think that the only salvation Of the Unite
&C, States lies in the continued neutrality Of Eng
be land. And in this connection it cNcllims
us it so strange that the sons Of Lori Mort
OF OF and Of Cornwallis should now be forced t
- stand between tho American Republic and Il
K, nation Which gave birth to Lafayette an
Sc, I have every reason to believe, howeyc
It. flat such explanation hive been sent by II
Of French Government to Washington rs nj
~ ~ relieve our Government OF any lilleaSints=
70 ~ to the motives Of tho French Government
m proposing an aFml:tice. or :lS TO their gener
It sentiment toward The United States.
or The papers in tic interest Of the Frca<
to Government, and even the J{tnit'nr, appe:
tses' IT, to deem it necessary to defend the Cover
E ment from the af1iont it LAS received i'll Il
of rejection IF its propositions hy England ar
NJ. Russia. Their principal argument is base
thr III OIL tie SUCCESS Of the Democrats, in Nc
er-.i York, tnews Of which arrived two days ago
the for this party. according TO these Journal
-: will DC Willing to accept the arm1stfee Oher'
,n;- by France The difficulty as to tue .ue=tlt
,sc Of opportunity raised by England aud Russ
is therefore done away with, and they see
any reason why those Two countries should Il
or now comc into the arrangement and propo
'rth tho armistice tn the Americans.
nS snS It is Of tie first Importance that the De
;or ;or oeratic party should know the odious =
aer they are being made to play, and the absolr
en,- treas on to Witch the are lending them:cly
srr, il is to be hoped jncontinently. The {aFy
ner the paper which has thus far shown itself
81 hest informed on the movements Of the n
,,iis nis, Minister Of Foreign Affairs, and which
Or probably his organ, says that the pa!
bro which has just Succeeded in New York Il
ign Dcmocrats) is the party to Witch
oye, Empcror's armistice circular was addressed
the Thus, although the ar1nistice circular II
ro95f mostly or even wholly provoked by domes
Iu anl cvigcncies, it would have been without Sc
TX. hlance Of excuse. even to Frencll,ncn. if |
Ola conduct of the Democratic party in Amer
'ner lad not been such as to invite this attempt
sub Intervention. The Democratic party is the
snce fore in part responsible for this attitude
:, ~ foreign POWERS and il owes sit to itself and
fl;es ~ country TO call pabtic meeting to solemn
dor deny. iii the face OF Europe, the treason
mel which foreign nation: suppose it to be gull
G or Anything less than this will leave that ia
GENT Gent in j most diEgraecful position Oh thu page
'aG LET history