Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-07-14
LETTER FROM LoNDoN.


eT- news. There is no leading editorial in jon
in nal, magazine or review that will effectual
ct, command public attention, unless it be concern
ut, ing American affairs. The magnitude of Ii
civil warts unparalleled fierceness-the d.
mon-like hate existing between the combe
ants-the prodgal expenditure of treasure an
w blood to sustain it-aud the immense resource
Of both North and Soulh-pTesent picture 6
)y full and complete IN terrible features, that
,e- staItles and occupies wholly the public minC
Its hue is that Of blood, and the subject, brother
engaged IN mortal combat The very horror
IN of the scene have invested it with strange an
he terrible fascination
Recently events have rolled upon us like
te food. First, all were startled by the Telegram
rs announcing the fall of New Orleans. From tht
r advces received of the strength Of its forts, th
c gunbost fleet it was known to possess, and th'
u length of time the ConfedeTates had to render
i the Crescent City Unspproschsbe, made al
u doubt the first information and when it became
$ fully confirmed by later and more authentic
q Intelligence, an opinion commenced to prevail
s that the South had lost the chivalrv, and by the
/ fall of New Orleans had received blow from
e which it could not recover and to use the phrase
: | Its back bone was broken" The two leading
y Journals Of London, the Times and Telegraph,
j which had always evinced a hostility to the
/ North and advocated the cause of the South
y notwithstanding the peculiar institution" be-
3 gan to grow respondent Of Confederate success;
: and then when Yorktown was abandoned, and
it was announced that in forty-eight hours Rich
q mend would be in possession of the Federal
forces, believing that success was about to crown
the Federal arms, they began 70 remember the
I magnanlmity OF the North in taking the recent
initiation for the suppression of the slave trade
and advocating, in decided manner, the foster
ing of the friendly relations that were evidently
springing up between England and the Federal
government, and would blend them in complete
alliance
Colossal as is the power and influence Of
those journals, they have that weakness so iu-
sepaTabe from humanity, of "foTsaking their
friends in the hour of their adversity" Within
the last few days the aspect Of things has much
changed, and they are again for the South
They keep before them the classic aph,rism,
= TsmPoTe mmaHtur ct nos mutamar aJ Ills
and practice it to perfection.
There is no mistakiDg one fact, however, and
which must be apparent to every American here,
that the sympathy of the English people is
more for the South than the North This was
evipced on the arrival of the news that the Fed
ersl gunboat fleet had met q determined resist |
ance, and disgraceful repulse in It's effort TO !
ascend James river TO Richmond Also when |
| Gen. P0pe's division was driven back by Beau |
regard before be evacuated COrinth Also at
the check given by the Confederates to Gen. |
/
town. Also at the victory of the Confederate |
Gen. Jackson over Gen. Banks in the valley of |
| Shenandoah, and his pTecipitate flight into /
| Maryland; and also, last evening there was as /
much enthusiasm evinced, as Euglishmen are |
capable Of, when the telegram came that the
Contederates had attacked the Federals before
Richmond. They prOphesy that no additional
IauTels will gather on the brow of the young
Napoleon, and that Richmond viii prove his
Waterloo.
Mentioning the name of Napoleon, the atti-
tude recently taken by France flashes upon my
mind that Louis Napoleon has, for some time,
been anxious TO intervene in the struggle taking
place in America, there is not shadow of doubt
France has suffered almost 8s much as England
has done for want of cotton, and also from being
excluded by the blockade from the most prodi-
gal consumer Of her goods, the Southern States.
Facts have recently leaked out that it had
been agreed by France and England to an
nOUnce publicly their intention Of acknowledge
ing the Southern COnfedeTacy at the first ami
versary Of its existence, but that this intention
vas frustrated by the continual success of the
Federal arms in Missouri, Kentucky and Ten
nessee, and on the Gulf and Atlantic coasts. II
Everything tOrebOde the snnihilation of the Con-
federate government, and the two great powers
thought it polite to remain passive, as in few
weeks there would be a conquest of the South
aud cotton would sgsin be supplied to their fam :
ishing and pauperised districts and give TO them
the abundance aud prosperity they enjoyed I
before the American difficulty. The French en- B
perOr, however, who had become tired of the re- t
pested assurance of tho Federal plenipotentary ?
at Paris, that " the rebellion would be crushed q
in few weeks" sent dispatch to NJ. Mercier e
the French minister at Washington, telling him n
to visit the Confederate capital, and Immediately G
y inform him Of the result of his observations d
/, Such delicate mission could not have been 4
nusted to Gbler hands than NJ Merciers His s.
success is the result Of the most subtle diplo- h
macy. With charming frsnkness of manner
be went to Mr.. Seward and asked his permission | n
to visit Richmond, that he might from personal b
observation satisfy his imperial master of the
hopeless ness Of the Confederate cause and in n
that event France would at once communicate e
to Jefferson Davis government its disapproba- n
lion Of his continuing so fruitless struggle and a
signify TO him that he mustconsent to the medi ii
alton she was about to Offer viz: that the two al
governments should be again consolidated as be- in
ore, the Constitution being somewhat amended th
70 as to suit the exigency of the times, and oI
general amnesty granted for all political Of
enses 4;
Mr.. Seward was anxious for the quick sub. I
mission Of the South. The visit of Nj Mercier d.
le thought, would hasten it, as the polite French
ambassador had assured him in their eplstolary Of
of his regard and friendship" a
lie would see everything in an aspect favorable tn
% the Federal cause; and with the approval of th
If Mr. Lincoln, NJ. Mercier visited Richmond. la
How anxious Mr. Lincoln and his renier g
we're TO see NJ Mercier on his return from Rich NJ
nond, is evinced by the fact that they did not hf
lwait his arrival, hut hastened TO meet him and CO
here is every probability that the oily tOngued ar
diplomat gave them every assurance that his pc
visit perfectly satisfactory and to rest as- CT
'ured of his regard and friendship" The re- al
Iult of that visit is now apparent After the nt
arrival of dispatches which were sent to the ce
French emperor by his minister on his return u'
rom Richmond, it was determined by Louis Ma m
ooleon that mediation, or rather Intervention, m
should be no longer postponed. 1t had been {"
agreed before that France and England should a
Ict in cencert, and Immediately message was re
ent to Lord Pslmerston summoning him in hast ar
md privately TO Paris. The noble Lord was w
by the night train to the French Cap w
in it during the following day, de
yhen, no doubt, the programme which was to ov
,overn the conduct of France and England re-
,arding the American question was determined III
lpOn. The Constitutional, the government organ as
# France, in q leading article headed Media al
ion" two days after the return of Lord Pal sl(
nsrston from his mysterious visit to Paris said on
hat the time had now arrived when European pc
'olicy and the cause of humanity demanded an a
interference with the Federal and Confederate an
governments of America. nj
The article (if the premises be correct) is an o. o.
bic one. 1. assumes the ground, that though r
be North is the most powerful, superior in all ~
and may defeat the South in every
stte, still it could never subjugate (bring un TIC
er the yoke) it. Though she might overrun it, be
he could not occupy it. 1t considers the sepa- 1t
alton Of the North and the South as wn fat ac ti5
OmPli Gan admitted fact and that 1t is better va
0 cOnsecrate by treaty, separation already II
ccomplished. The winding up of the article an
lluded to ia the Constitutional is as follows, 81
literally translated:) " Mediation on the con ca
rary, by terminating fratrcidal struggle, and its