Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1862-12-23
LAVE H5sTHEaA NEWS.
THE YATEhE TLONS WITH
F'RANGt.
MR. DAYTON ro ME. SEWARD.

Ma. DAYTON ro ME-. SEWARD.
PARIS, Nov. 4, 1867.
Sir:-The receipt oi your circular, No. %,
anu OF dispatch, M. 2331, are hereby ackn"w.
lctigcd.
have today had conscrycsaation uf some
length with NJ. Drouyn De Liinys in refer
cnce to our affairs. ] told hir, tha: clrouTn-
stances were such az tn indurs me 10 ask him
distinctly WHISTLER any action i~as in contem-
plaliun by Franco, or by France onjointiy
with other Powers, in reference /" The calidl-
ton Of things i'll our country. Tic SAID no;
that everything remained asst had dcnc for
some time past; that France, in common with
tho other Powers Of Europe, very much re-
GREETED the var and its continuance, hut the Y
mad no purpose to intervene 0T lmLci terc III
any way. | then said to him had seen it
stated that France, England and Russia were
cunfcrring upon the prupriciy Of Offering ms-
dintion. lie said that the wish lll.t the war
could be ended, or that something could be
done, with the asscntsof the bellIgrTcnt par
tics, had been spOk en- of and it was ret sp"
hen ,Gf,, but nothing had been resolved open.
in further conversation he SAID that Franco
reserved TO herself the right to express this
vi:s BILE to do sn, or that good would grow out
Of it. told him that this st once brought
Us back To the staI ting point: that the ry-
preston of such wish would be-, presumed,
but an Offer Of mediation in another forG7. He
said no. if the was any 80 d which
could exp: css less than III, d'HIlon," thai
such wo should be Used in its place.
To test the chagactGr of tblS utirr or ang-
gestion, which he reserved to himself tn"
right to make, said: "Supposc yonr offer
OF suggestion, il made, shall he Tefu',d, what
will be the consequences :" liz said moth
irrg;" that We would he friends as wr had hecn
before. told him that | had n>t srrn II
stated IN the English press that snlne s'Icn o.
fer q! mediation wa; &" b: male by the Lll'ec
Powers, and, in the event If our refusal to
accept IT, the independence Of lhr Sou vas
TO bc acknowledged. He said that was not
30 that no such Consequences wun!d follow
refusal upon our part; that things would
remain as before. told hlln that wc should
look upon an acknowledgment Of The South
Oh but Il form OF intervention. To this hra:-
sentrd, and said they did not think Of intrn,-
ing into our affairs in any way, OF intrrvcn-
ton III any form; that their intent would be
comprised in the expression "l Il u lsh to be
useful, if it could be done with the assent oi
both parties. told him that tho Emperor,
Mt an early day, had exprl sscd such with
and that hn had been willing 10 ACT the part
of friend betwC Ell the two. Ii they should
mutually request it. lie said that such WAS
Vet his disposition, and nothing more, cAcept
that the cslamilicS OF the crvil wsr had T..
creased and strengthened the wish on his
part.
may adj that | said to NJ. Drouyn de T.
IIuys. unofficially, however, na toe! hiiu.
that such an oitor, il il should even be lnaGr
would come TO nothing.
The above was the gist Of the cnnversa-
ton, although other matters were embraced
in it, Of which may wrtu you hnrcaltHr-
As whole. tho conversation Was very salts
| factory. and ] aend it t" you Il, once.
| aln, sir. your ubed'ent servant,
WM. l.. D.yTos.
His Eacellency, VIM. il. Seward, Secretary OF
State, &c., &c, Ec.