New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-04-07
THE STATE OF EUROPE.

and we publish, in addition 10 our Paris and Turin
correspondence, copious extracts from the English
press containing the comments Of the leading daily
and weekly journals on the Presidents Message.
From Our Own Correspondent.
PARIS, March 81, 1862.
We received yesterday telegramc report Of Mr..
Iincolps proposition for beginning to approach
the fermentation question. Though it would seem
from the imperfect teegamatic report to be only q
tentstory step most gingerly taken, II is already
lacked mon here "as the most significant act OF MIR.
Jjncons Administration" President Lincoln, says
the Moneur to-day "seems decided to try 10 arrive
al, n settlement of the conflict between North sud
South by openly approaching the question OF aoosn'
inc Slavery by indemnify" The mere fact that the
chief of our Government has presented to Congress
any proposition for Emancipation in any way " Of
more aid aud comfort TO cause and TO its irends
in Europe than all the series OF our late victories
"Tbe chief end Of the revolution now going GU 10 the
United States would be lby the proposition as nope
fully interpreted from imperfect telegram thus
clearly set FORTH and all uncertainty as TO the real
intentions of Government would cease" Doubtless,
as another Contemporary says, the Lincoln proposition
is chiefly important for what it may herald not ior
what it Isl" but certainly no SigE OF such nopeiui
auaury for the reuniting Of the Statebas been gwen
since the iirst uprisng "after SUMTER by TINS
sign we conquer. The news, but twenty-four hours
old is already better worth to us here than news OF
Memphis fallen or Richmond taken. If you think
me extravagant ia this estimate Of ITS Importance
compare it with articles you will find IN your
next weeks European files, Of hostile as well
of friendly journals Compare it rather with
the articles OF European journals treating OF American
affairs yer since the beginning OF our troubles; Win
the concerted acton of the French and English Gov
ernments toward u.s. with Parliamentary debates,
and with friendly and hostile speeches out OF Pariia-
ment. ON American affairs. In all Of which, it IS
clearly TO be seeu-in none more clearly than where
il was fatty denied or cunningly confused and
dsrkened-that the real American question, 10 all
Europeau minds, is the slave question:; that the
hopes Of orr enemies the fears 1T OR irieDds, and
the prudenily.ealcua;ed temporzng of neutral Gov
ernments were alike based on the more or lees prob
able hypothesis Of our mad persistence in restoring
he Union with Slavery Us il was. Now that our
President with the approval OF course, OF hls har'
monious Cabinet councillors and counselors, has
officially, though mildly, renewed the fanatcal
agitation OF the Slavery question, the fears and hopes
are changing partners; and European Governments
that have never put muca faith in. never having
had clear sign, of the Union party in the South, will
keep OH recognizing the Union and turn the coolest
of shoulders TO The condemned faction of conspTing
slave advocates.
An octave volume has just been published here en-.
titled De rEsoiarage dams ses RaPports arec FUe,oH
.D,oica,ne Slavery IN il Relations to the American
Unony. The author, II. Auguse earlier, studied hi:
theme in the United S;ates North and Souih-con.
scientousy ,iudying manners and customs, as wei
- docuuenis official and unofficial, bearing upon IT,
Tue chieicst worth Of The book lies in It's abundance
OF authenticated, welIaranged facts rather than il
the authors conclusions from them, though some Of
there last worth the noting, especially by come
Of The Northern folks who are gstniiousy ready to
thank God that We are not rs those Southern slave
holJers are. To the foreign eye Of NJ. earlier nee
essarily mcapabe of understanding our institutions
the Northern white prejudice hat denies the niger
claim TO evil, soeid, human rghs-our Northern
prejudice OF race almost stronger above than il is be-
low Mason and Dixon line, look. like merely an
other form OF the frankly avowed Southern doctrine
and practice OF denying their claim to wages and
sclf-ownershp-the same kind Of race-sntagonisrn
worhiog in different practical degree. NJ. Carrier
H. we shall all agree at the North Justly severe upon
that Legislation of slave-State Virginia which secures
to tie first families resident in at favored portion OF
the Old Nck's Dominion brilliant profits from their
human breeding studs; he is (heaven and geo.
graphical patriotism forbid that should add ustly
now severe on the TO him equally Ubiquitous and
more inquitousIy cautng legislation OF Free.Sate
Illinois, which depriyes whole class of its subjects
of ciLenshp-of civil life. Tie treatment and NAL
treatment OF black and psr-colored men by white
freemen in Northern Legislatures steamboats, hotels,
a-csrs. grogshops, brothes, and churches unfit 10
70 to dinner or up town, to heaven or the other
place, in company with great free democratic
Jarhetc and Shemic race ththerward. strikes ~
earlier uniuteligent Of our insttutons-ust AS it
does ueahy all subjects Of the eete European des-
potisms-as a lagr,nt, foutng contradiction of the
giiti..iug gencrslldes OF the Declaration OF indie
rendencc and OF the New Testament. But the fact
existing, aud being approved, our statute books,
and newspaper articles, aud rail cara, and social
manners and customs, constantly demonstrate; NJ.
Carrier concludes Enormously of course, but not
logically that the Slave question with us is at boz.
tom question Of race, respecting which-if we
could only fairly look at ii and at our own sentiments
and conducive of the North stand really OH the
same eide with the Southern Shareholders Other
conclusions-s the rest one for the solution, by
territorial and political separation on treaty eondi-
tons guaranteed by the great European Powers, for
the gradual emancipation of the slaves, Of our actual
American conllict-M. earlier arrives at, which
will no, touch upon. Notable, however, aud as
said, noteworthy for liz facts, ~ his just-publsbed
octave, furnishing as it does needed information Ia