Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-09-06
Proof Of NapoIoOn'. Design. in Mexico.

The declaration of Lord Paimarston, sever;
I times repeated, that neither an offer of medi;
ton or recognition of the South could be COZ
! sldered by the United States as a hostile &C
has st length advanced the discussion of ihi
question to new ground. This point ADMITTED
and the two governments are brought up to th
important questions: What are we to gam by
reeognition-and can we recognize the CJr
tederscy without a guarantee for the abolition O
. slavery
Il would seem as if these two questions ough
to have preceded ths other ss If thew had heel
deciAed in the negative, as they certainly will be
the discussion of the other question, which ha
only had the effect of wounding the sensioilit,
OF friendly power, would not nave been neces
sary- In regard to the question: What is &
be- gained by recognition il is only necessar7
to propose it in order to resolve it, and alreadj
IN England the fact is beginn ng to grow apD4
rent, that they have been crying after a phantom
To make it anything else than 2 phantom i'm
plies war and war to get cotton, will max,
Gotten too dear. So, too, if they do not sec the
question in this light in France, they soon will
and this brings US to the other part Of the propo
sicon, the obligation to abolish slavery in the
South before taking the step of recognition.
This is, indeed, for both France and BuglaDd
a serious question, and neither country can ever
recognize the South before obtaining some sort
of promise that it is not to be a slave confals-
racy. To act otherwise would be to stqlGfy
themselves and to 60 back to their own history ;
and this brings me to the discussion and the ru-
mors Of the moment on this subject.
! Last week informed you thai ona Of the lead
| ing Liberal editors, after a long conversation
with Cabinet minister, on the subject of re-
ccgnition of the South, published an article in
which he developed at length the doctrine thai.
any act Of recognition must be preceded bv g
t;rrsn- frr ha c-1.
those who knew the circumstances Of this pub
Gcation, it was regarded as speaking the senti-
ments Of the French Cabinet
Since then we have had new proofs in sun
port of this view of the case. The new i5urnsl
jus. founded by the Viscount De Ia Gueronuiers
pamphleteer in ordinary TO his majesty, and
former chief of the bureau which has chsrra of
the press at tho Ministry Of the Interior, con
tains an article running through three numbers
on the American question, in which as wss to
be expected, it takes sides against the North
but IN which, also, the doctrine is broadly Pro-
mulgated, that France cannot recognise a slave
cOntederacy. After trying to show that "slavery
IS but PreteXt which the psrtisans Of the North
make use OF to excite the generous sentiments
OF EuroPsan PhilAn thTopi3ts against the secos-
slonlsis, and to give the change 10 public opinion
on the true character of the present struggle
tho journal of n. de la Gusronniere proceeds
thus:
But whatever may be the object of this de-
Porabs conflict, it is evident that the occasional
question of slavery, with which it was origi
uslly complicated, has given birth in the public
mind to an uneasiness and y prepossessiou
which 1t is important 10 dissipste Regarded as
an energetic demand for Independence, the
cause OF the South is respectable and sacred
Regarded in tho point Of view Of slavery, it
must always excite universal repulsion. And
When the Confederation of the South makes an
appeal to the great powers of Europe, when
she addresses herself to France especially, there
must not bo on this important point tho slight
est misunderstanding. Francs is everywhere
IN the moderd world tho guide Of civilization,
the powerful initistor CT liberty and of right.
the indefatigsbls missionary of the God Of Jus.
tlcs IN the work Of universal progress; and does
not only occupy herself with the material iute-
rest of any enterprise, but especially aad before
all with the end to be obtained. Il has been
said, with reason, that France is the only nation
which fights for an idea, and history shows the
glorious sacrifices she has made every time the |
sacred cause of humsgity was at stake There |
fore when the aid and support of this great and |
generous nation are einvoked the nation demand |
ing this aid and support must first place herself
at the hight to which France has attained the |
principles which good conScsnces reprove and |
which the moral law has long ago condemned |
must be renounced. The Southern Confederacy /
asserts with, as we believe an inconlestible yer
ity, that she did not take up arms to maintain |
slavery, but to protect her mensced indepen- |
dence. Let her, therefore, have the courage to |
prove by a striking act the sincerity of this as
sertion. Let her cisSs the mouth Of her dctractors
By heroic resolution; She forms to-day an or
ganized State, with a constitution, q supreme
head, and national representation. Let these
several powers, or, if need be, her people entire
solemnly declare that slavery is only the pre-
text, not the object of division, and in spirit of
civilization ana Of wise statesnanship, decree in
principle the progressive abolition Of slavery
When under the vlvifying breath of liberty aud
right the chains of the slaves shall have fallen
when free labor everywhere, still grand and gle
rious, notwithstanding the inevitable sufferings
of the lower classes, shall have replaced heathen
slavery, is it possible that society organized,
20 powerful, so intelligent as American society,
shall not arrive at solution of the question of
When autocraGc Russia efTaces
rom her regenerated soil the last vestiges of ser
7ility is it possible that the America OF Frank
in and Washington, the country of antique lib
,rty, bends still under the yOEe of human be-
ngs, and regards as vile merchandise tie free
creatures ofGod No, this fatal misunderstood
ng ought to cease, and Immediately an immense
,laudit will burst from the world and the cause
If the South, il future disengaged from the pre-
udice which slavery excites against her, viii
lase gained universal sympathy, and will be
.ble to escape from the perilous ground of alarm
ID morality to place herself on that Of practi-
al policy !"
The article closes thus
"In any case prejudice, if we may thus
all it, but an invincible prejudice, raises itself
lp between civilized Europe and the Confeder-
lie Statesi it is doubtful whether they succeed in
obtaining the recognition of their independence ,
nd their rights so long as the great preparatory :
ct shall not have dissipated, on this subject the
,rejudices of public opinion. Their moral dig :
ity cOunselS them to such en- act their inter- {
st imposes it; for when the American question
hall be concentrated into the limits of interests !
political, the justice of the cause of ;
be South will appear palpable in the eyes of the /
most prejudieed" ,
Now is this really programme of the govern.
nent or Is 1t only piece of superb hypocrisy, {
aid for certsin number of bales of cotton IN q
rospectivel Is it not worth while to attempt to
ombst these arguments; We are obliged; in fact,
0 read every day so much of this ignorance and 7
ollow abuse of the Union cause, that our SEN /
Utilities have become blunted, especially as we 8
now the invisible power which for the most t
art sets thse biindly jealous pens in motion.
3u9 have, been told that whatever other cause
nay influence the sympathies of the new jour {
al LA France for the South, that the above {
'sragrsphs relating to slavery and the recogni {
ion OF the South, are, in fact, an Official pro-
,rsmme of the Cabinet, and it is in this quality {
hat have brought the subject to your atten-
ion You know that one of the young Princes
'ohgnac was ON the staff of General Bsauregsrd i
i'll the evacuation of Corinth--a young gentle t
pan, by the way, whom l heard talking Al Paris
n favor of the Union as late as the secession Of
that he then returned to Earope.
Jow l am told that the Prince POignac has
ust again left for Richmond, on mission from t
dr. Slidell to JEFF Davis, which mission is no !