Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-12-21

"a ID 4 D.,
d second, when some o1,raordluary state Of tbip,
iepfougbt about BY tho crime Of The Cover
. t1ent. 9(Woolsey's Lnternationsl Law. D. FI
nfstpry Is full ofillustrations, running froI
, aIcieAt gseece;io nodern Italy, of those dot
: rines. bat neither Of these rules can be az
pned py Europe to this country. There CO
= never pe any application Of them 10 this low
sfnmene yhich is not in violation of our GOV
: eIe'gn rights upon this continent, and which.
I'VE neo 9ue power, we would not resist by ou
arme. Intervention comes armed, Il take
sides 'Ii has ambitious dssIeus. itisaesips
, our interest, tFaditiop, history, and feeIinV.-
pat mpdistior is ostendbly friendly and i6of
, , felsiVe, Welshould guard q geinst the mos
snken inyelglenent by France Or any olhe
Esscpesn Power; bus there Ia nothing appar
ent IT. the note OF Drouyn de L'Huye tenderint
mediation, which indicates any ambitioris Il
unkind intetmeddling. FlI - ~ :
In the note OF tue minister of Ootobcs 40
thefe 10 nothlDg which looks Ike a m adiat,oy
tor Q peace AZ the expense Of the Union; ANY
lpreasuro'. o'.upon us 10 xpeasly repudiated gnd
the mediation ie oply tepdered to e.aooth oh
s'acies, ip case OF Wish, on our part fov suct
mediation, In.he text OF Droryn dc L' Fioys't
Fnotes the Emperor bases bis overture on the
Pslniai interest with which Europe has raeard.
Gu Sur great calamity and prodigiouS cfasion
" ~ pi2oq ibis interest Eay be quick ened by
sne ioie looms OF Lyons and ihe lesseoed maj.
kes for French wines. The mission bronosad n
one which, as france feels and states. intarna.
uonal law assigns TO neusFals II ia onIv in.
TENDED 70 encourage public opinion to views
u oonciliation." Ia this tender, ecrupuloua
oehcacy is observed against offending our pa.
NonAt susceptibility against Intervention The
constant Tradition Of French policy toward tbjs
0OuRHy 10 appealed to with apparent sincefity.
We cannot be insensible to such an advance.
BUT specter stands In the Way to eonre ma
lrom It's conslderation-France in Mexico
sixty thousand ChasseuFs de Vincenpes. Vol.
tlguers de 10 Garde, and Chssseurs d d'Afrioue
What are they doing there? Has Bonaparte
-'ne author OF the coup etat-the emperor
Oh tnat nation which fought in the Crimea and
itsiy' become scguPulous of sheddipR blood Z
II so, why do his legiOns th,ong to1ald the
cspltai OF Mexico 20 regulate" hoatle peo.
PEI Gan humanity ilspife this project Of
mediation In our effi;-s7 -
prefer to think, knowing the difference be.
tween Mexico and this country, that hIs policy
Ia Mexico 10 not intended to be hostile to- us, ae
against tne South; for nothing can be Eore un-
tAsoraoie 20 The dreams of Davis and h:s con-
,eueia'eS tnan the establishment of European
dynasty on their, border. Besides, France has
ever been our ally. For great reasons cf state,
and as an essential element of the eouilibrium
OF the world, she helped US to establish inde
pendence. Her blood mingled with ours to 40.
quire 1t. Louieisna came from her hand to
enlarge our domain. No interest ia elk, Wines,
ana option, no design in Mexico ought TO enter
Into her plans Of mediation Residee, If abe
meditates, by mediation, the union Of these
STATES che may quadruple ber cnasseurs in
Mexico and her ensign may hoat from every
castle IN that III starred land; but our Union, II
restored, would exert lite fret energy In re-
establishing tho continental policy of Monroe,
and ail her plans In Mexico would fail. There
lore, from The text OF the French note, and iis
explanation since by the Secretary of the French
minister anc being conf med In the belief that,
under inc "armittIce, France would have lent
ner AID 10 o restoration of the Union" do not
augur Any present armed intervention or sinis-
Ter motives In her tender Of mediation. Still,
the best foresight mey fail Ia sounding the dc.
signs OF the wonderful man Who now occupies
q. cloud. Our safety from ell intervention
les NOE merely IL cur iron. clad navy, not In our
voiumineus aipsotnaoJ, but la ,nS dessrmino'
.lGn OF ine people to throw CT this load of re-
oeiion. II the capacity of our rulers, in the
conaucs OF onr affairs, Was shown to be equal
INC tssk OF regainlng the Federal supremacy
et nome, we should nos be menoced by Europe.
an patronage and meddling. II we are divided
by radical couns es, and II we ipcife the servile
race TO atIocious insurI ections, cur revenues
viii be wasted, our Government broken. and
england will laugh at our calaritlee, and Eu
tion. N's'"N
The friendly Offices Of France may, after our
arms shall have had more decisive success and
our elections permeated the southern mind
Win klndlier feeling, be Of great uss in for
warning the only true object of the war, which
10 peace and Union.
u 10 an insult to history to expect that war
al1ne VIII unite us. Force may subdue the re.
pe!hVn; OUT other means must reconcile the
people North and South. Interohsnge of com.
moolties sod mutual courtesiea will not do IL.
for separate nations, like France and Eaelsnd'
have these, and yet would forever remain dis
tnct and hcs.ils. Consequently alone will
not DO II. Many races, as the Gauls, Romans.
FRANKS, ana Bargundians constitute France.
ana nave become natlopRlized into one. with.
ous the ties Of kindred. Language alone will
nCt 40 IL; TOR Great Britain Is one, thonoh tb a
people sing with Lswellyn In Welth and Buros
In scotch, and Shakespeare In English. The
unity OF q State by the principle of nationality
results from the unforced and snontaneoua
union OF inclinations among q people. "And
hamor and Shechem his son, communed with
the men OF the city, saying, these men are
peaceable with us, therefore let them dwell in
the iand and trade therein, for the land. he.
noid IL is large enough for them; let us take
sneir daughters to US for wives, aud Let us give
shem our daughters; only herein will the men
consent unto US to dwell with us, to be ONE
PEOPLE"
movement looking to this ouuseptiur of
the affections, will restore the Uniou. The
eagle must use tbs dove. The sword mustsbe
ger.snoea with the olive The bsyonet alone,
said Mirabeau, will only establish the peace of
serror--the silence Of despotism. :
lido not believe that France means hoatilItv
TO us In her tender of mediation. From nv
observation believe that she is now, as she
was In the days Of Rochambeau and La FAY cite,
desiroos Of seeing our Union perfected She
loves England little. Waterloois nota myth,
nor has time bleaohed out its red menories,-
0ur. growing naval power is not pleasing tc
England; but Il Is not obnoxious to France
which has ever been Jealous and fearful O.
English supremacy on the sea. Englsnd re
fuses 60 Join In the tendss OF mediation for th,
very reason that she winked at the Alabsms
when she cleared the Mersey, and now permits
4 o thousand hammers to rivet the iron mail nm
] on score Of Confederate steamers. England
] whose philanthropy is ID cotton pod, refused
the tender Of France because sbo does not car,
to see this democratic Republic as q standinG
menace to aristocracy, and ever Eiyaling hel
upon the ocean. England doea not wish to me
i diate. for che fears that IL united We might b,
4 lees tolerant OF her bravado.g She now smile
With satisfaction over the transfer of conmerc;