, 1862-11-29

Tic Emperor Of the French has achieved |
the hateful emineacc Of taking the lead |
among European potcntates IN me:dling
with the affairs Of the Uni!cd States. To
do this, he has chosen the precise point Of |
time whc1 slavery seems likely to be cx-
tinglishcl if tie war Shall continue. Not
only 50, hut lie makes this fact a principal
point in Ills argument in f.yo1 OF media
tion. That he Who cares nothing for tile |
perpetual insurrcc1iou Of masters against |
the rights Of the slaves, to say nothing of !
the iDsuIrcczion Of the same class against |
their Government, saouli find his W: nar-
Iowcd up by the prospect Of servi1e in
su1rect;cn, three thousand miles from his
own ceo1, is hardly probable, When a man
is proven to hayc committed high way rob
berry and n'urder, it is easy 10 believe hin
capable Of sLlndcr and trespass. Napoleon
I'LL having been guilty Of the most
awful ferju1y, accompanied by b1oodsaed,
uEsursticn, and the category Of crimes
which marked the I'd December, may be
charged with hypocrisy without exciting
serious discussion in any part OF Chr1stcn-
dom. So, too, When We find him sending
powerful aTmanients to iuyade Mexico
without The selnllanca Of decent proyoca-
ton, re may intcr that lie is not restrained
by any moral principle from active intcr-
Tention in American aHlirs.
The French Minister'S dispatch, Inviting
interference Of III great powers Of Europe
in the war in the United States, can be re-
Sa7ded only as q piece cf extreme inpcrli-
ncncc, thrust forward in the midst Of cir
culns:anccs which rob it Of any moral col
oring OF Humanitarian tendency. The
American republic is in the midst Of 4 CON
rulsloa, great convulsicn, burn and bred
of slavery, which is to result in The cradi-
cation ofthe disease or death ofthe Nation.
Among all sufferers nc are the greatest
sude1er-so much the greatest that no
comparison can be Instituted bctEeen US
and any other people. Where France
loses one doliaC we lose hundreds. Where
France lcels single heart-ache, ne are
IlVen With thousands, Shall NC nov heap
q teW ashes On the flame, knowing that 1t
must shortly burst torth again with re.
doubled intensity, rather than extiacris.,
1t forever BY another vigorous and deter
mined effort: The purpose Of the people
Is nnaNcrcdi the courage Of the army is
ye' u:saaonted, and its strength un1mp air.
cd; the deerecs Of the Almighty arc vet
unsaushed-the Emperor Of the F.enc,,
may mouth or be mey strike, he nav ret
many or lew to join his unhappy enter
prise, but We will not abato one iota frou,
the war In America, either in peint Of t,,e
time it shall continue or the space it shall
cover. He may make it greater, but he
cannot make it less. Hc has already one
; too many fingers in the domestic affairs ot
this continent, and if he desire.
to be put out Of Mexico more
cxpcdi,iously than he came into tia,
enoHending country he can accomplish
such result by persevering in his media
ton schemes. The shareholders rebellion
is to be put down, and when it shall b.
finally and utterly exhnguished there vii
be an American army half a millio1
strong, Who Will be prepared, both in poin
Of efficiency and zeal, to clear out Of thi
hemisphere any European despot VIII
shau have presumed to NEEDLE with on
afaia in the interest Of JEFF Davis. M
poleon III is repnted TO be an astute mon
arch, Jet depending much upon the sue
CESS Of his arms abroad tor ;l.t coa:inu2nc