New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-08-09
FROM FRANCE.
The American Qsestion-The Trioune's
Pcninsniar Correspondents Abroad
Parisisn Gossip.
r,onn Our Own CoTTesp0ndent


From Our Own Correspondent
PARIS, July 25, 1862.
Lord Palmerstons speech, in the Parliamentary
debate a week ago tonight, on the American ques
ton. has excited much attention here. Government
journals all interpret it decidedly favorable to the
doctrine and to the future practice Of recognition and
mediation. The Liberal journals interpret it as de-
cidedly unfavorable TO BOTH You have the speech
before you and may think that neither interpreta-
ton is an impartial one. The very object OF the
speaker was to refrain himself and ask Parliament
to refrain from deciding and from urging decision
as to the doctrine and practice Of recognition and
mediation. The Ministry have all along deprecated
Parliamentary discussion Of the American question;
and it rs worth noting that the great Parhamen'ary
leaders of the Oppose ion seem to be IN accord WIN
Ministers on this point. The tone OF Lord Palmers-
toms epeech is worth noting, well as its subject
matter The noble Lord, like one OF our eminent
Republican statesmen, has two quite dsflnct man
neTs Of orstorcal art: the fppant ford and the
grave chaste. The prevalence of the latter manner
in his last Fridays discourse bas been much re-
marked aragraph from the Monite1r Is worth
quoting here: 5000,
The grave .erou Of Lord Pslmer,tous speech
sgsnst Mr. Lindsay: motion has gwen ns, n to mi,
Ame1eanj question. might be to jn.sit,,
by the nations the recognition Of the southern States
tie public opinion that the dangers and Inconvenience "
such policy outweigh the advantages that might evenu
silly from It. 1t tnst recoenon would no' o.
s open the cotton porte and the nation not disposed Tor
rcco rntion followed by alliance ih the
aud with the UniOni't' 1t confidently leave. TO me
Cabinet Therefore the business Of watching events ana Oh
turning them TO the best advantage" a.,
The above paragraph IS taken from s1e 90
called "London correspondence of the Official Nom.
tcur. 1t IL not ofci,l any more than the socalled
(" New.York correspondence Of the same olnciai
sheet. Under this last heading several descriptive
articles or letters on our civil war, have a"fsc'ed
considerable attenon-not more from tneir ih'r,nsc
qualities than from their publication in the boafeur
Able they certainly are i am hereto enough to
think that their author intends to tell and mainly
does tell the truth. Whether he resides IN New
York or in Paris whether he is American or French
man. do not know. i guess that be is Parisisn
resident Frenchmsn, with Southern sympathies and
in relation with Southern "sources Of information,
but with intelligence enough TO do bis own
editing of information gathered from al!
quarters, and TO know that extravagant
ialsifcation can, IN tue long run ne,P 10 PaIH.
Consequently, while giving involuntsriy ooloring
that sccords with his sympathies to the events OF be
war; he observes certain conmeDdabe Harness
in bis statement Of them quite ignored by the semi
Official Government Journalistic. thus IN Dis last
" letter from New-York," treating OF the week OF
battles on the Peninsula, if he indulges III some
Qht persfage, addressed lees to Nc Clelan than to
the foosbly extravagant Northern lsudstion OF the
American strategic Fabius-Napoeon, be states as
fact that our 5000 fought against 2VO,oV0 and
fought
stances, admirably controlled by their General.
" A lEo days march, after two days fighting,
through woods and marshes, when You drag along
with YOU q numerous artillery prodIglous quantity
of wagons and ambulances, and when the enemy Is
constantly barrnssng you all aides, is truly 81
osptjc undertaking. Une enterprise rteilmenf
gtgastesque.l Mcclellan has coursseously achieved
it,"
Should there ever come in my corTespondential
life, spare week utterly devoid Of news worth re-
stpn Dar1a
devote it to the composition Of letter explanatory,
40 far ss may be, OF the well-nigh mex licable
prsdated sgni6caDces Of editorials, correspondence
bulletins notes comtnuH1ques, ana almost INFINITE
other varieties of nonoicia sub semi, aud deni sem
direct and abusive teDtatory provocative recognlz-
able unrecogpized unrecogn Fable eiceterisque,
latursd, printed, Journalistic matter which
the Imperial responsible editor chief OF all French
newspapers sends or ets 60 TO PRINT Having no such
freedom this week reporter goes on 10 say that
the socalled semi-otical journals are, if possible,
more yiruent than in their advocacy OF recogni
ton and mediation Need still report their constant
reply TO our nobyconstant friends Pretense that the
Union cause is the cause Of human liberty "l1e
United 81 ates Government as government, ofnclaliy
declares itself not to be the enemy Of human slav-
cry; the PEOPLE of the Northern States protest by
formal votes by peresteDt conventional babits ana
customs, against human equality; this cutaDeouS
disease Of injustice is epidemic In Illinois as IN
South Carolina, in Pennsylvania as In Georgia III
New.York NJ IN New-Orleans; the gigantic system
of Slavery in America has existed and prOsIered by
completely Of the Northern United States. IL was
the United States that annexed Ie1asand threatened
Cuba and what il left Of free Mexico; the votes Of
the Northern States helped rase one OF the sisners
of the Ostend Manifesto TO the Presidential chair OF
all the United States. A Cuban slave landing at
Cadiz becomes "a free mana South CaTohnlan
slave landing at Boston IL still slave; Fremont
and Hunter in their simplicity as military men utter
encouragemeDts TO willing auxilaries, and the ut
terance 10 checked with telegrapbic promptitude;
Hslleck, who can't tell where Beanregard has gone
to, and can't tell Except IN waste Official paper
reporl where the mysterious Ten Thousand prison
ers Of that mysteriously refreshing army have gone
to- in bis wisdOm as q poiico-u itary man, pro.
hioits white exporting and black importing Of news
from and 10 bis camps And now, in face OF all
these Official facts" say Patrie, Constutionne, and
com pany, the liberal press you ask us to intermit
on the ground that II is opposed to Slavery No!
The only hopeful chance for The extinction OF the
infamous system Of American Slavery is TO separate
it from its constant protector defender, propagator
and apologst for the last thirty years-the Govern
ment Of the United States"
In respect of official offer Of mediation, have
come 10 lull. Public opinion and popular senti-
ment are permitted 10 be steadily and cumulatIvey
worked upon by the semofb cial press all the fame.
There is no need Of pointing out the patent rela-
ton Of all this to the French Mexican Expedition
Let us hope in the interest Of American Intelligence
that the time will speedily come when our people
shall zee through the thick cloud OF their preudices
that it 10 the English Government which holds in
check the French Government on its actual drift of
DediatiDg proclivity.
Louis Napoleon is vexed. Disguised, and emf.
nenuy bothered with this Mexican business, into
which be now sees he has been misled by Almonte
and Company. Marquee Almonte, and the rest are
now sunk to their proper place, 10 the lowest rtage
of French contempt. Regret, doubtless, mingles
with contempt. Archduke Macmillan has abdi.
Gated bis Mexican throne. The Jeckeresque specu-
aton has become apparent III al Its bald rascallty
Gen. Lorence9 is in a patiently bad box. But the
flag and its honor, right or wrong, must be sus-