Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-05-22
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vol. XVI.
LQAtN WILA VI
French Iuiervsaliol


The Paris correspondent Of the N. Y
Times, In his last letter says
You wiz be RAturslly astonished 70 SO,
IN The EurOpean journals Of this week, And
especially infhosa.Of Paris, and Brussels
s revival of The discussion on 81 interven.
ton In American Affairs. II is quite Ger,
tain that there issnOt the least foundation
for this AoW diseuasion on an obsolete
question, aud / repeat that We are unable
10 6nd in Official quarters here the slightest
foundation f0Et this giatsnent ana ell the
circumstances, on the contrary, 60 10 show
that there Is no design on the part Of the
French or English Government to Interfere
The Washington correspondence Of the
Tribune says:
The euestionI o. French intervention
/ In Amerioan Affairs is still faVoFite TO-
pic with the diplomatic corps at Washing
ton end with several membeFsOf Congress.
Conjeotures Of al kinds are constantly
ahOat, and imaginative minds rack them
selves 10 know the nature and magnitude
Of the impendins dahger believe the
whole Of these laboriOus efforts to be pre-
mstuFe,' 4 net OsGBeless q 4 rlnSF from
good authority that the Frendh 9osSknmenl
has not yet arrived ct any decisive resolu
ton cooperating our domestic troubles ;und
althcueh Eshould not like, as many Of the
New York papsrs have done, to assert that
FlaHee will not inteyfereg know, that fot
/ the present, ct least she has no thoughts OF
the kihi. The dangarWith that country is
rather prospective than aotual. II rests on the
decision the French Emperor will take aftef
he hss read the Official report Of Mr. Mer-
ei6rs visit to Richmond, and has heard Mr..
Geofroy's relation in regard TO it. Mr
Geohroy, as yO1 know was the first Secre.
tary of the French Legation at Washington
Hei was viii Mr.. Hetoiei ct Richmond, and
went 10 Europe about two weeks ago, BY
the Persia, I believe. You may rest assured
that no resolution in regard to the matter
Emperor OF the French. az
And even after that and on the supposi.
ton that Mr.. Geohcoy's report is that the
South never viii submit to the North, and
that the civil war in which the United States
are involved Is an endless War-eVen then
doubts nav ba entertained &c to Louis Ma
poleon's decision At all events that decil
sion viii be subordinate to that Of the Eng
1sh government without Which he will NOT
act. It is " Unknown fact in the diplol
matte circles Of Europe that, Ehen- lhezHat
broke out in this eoRntFYi spFivste note was
sent to Lord John Russell containing the foil
lowing sentence: 'tYou have the greatest
amounts Of interests at stake in American az
fairs; ours are but secondary; hence take
,te leHdan We win follow you" u believe
this sentence contains an exact statement oil
the position Of the French Cabinet at the
present moment; and unless changed by thd
course Of events or modified by AessFs Meri
cier's and Geofroy's reports, it is not likely
to be essentially changed. Whatever the
English papers may say about it, and notl
withstanding their efforts to cover their own
desires under French cloak, it is not likely
lhat France viii move ct all in the mated
without the cooperation Of England. II