Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-04-02
A Southern Monarchy Proposed.

Correspondence Of the Louisville Journal
NEw YORK, March q.
This will excuse ITSELF
lam q native of Kentucky, and, when
this war broke out, my sympathies being
strongly in favor Of " the South" left
America and repaired to Paris, France,
where, until with few weeks, have re-
mained a calm but by ne means a disin-
terested spectator of this unnatural war.
1 was, during my stay in Paris, the re-
cipient Of the hospitalities Of friend Il
forbesr to mention names for obvious rea-
sons) who is intimately connected with the
Court of France, and whose sympathies
are also with the Southern Confederscy.
A short time since, he made me the aston
ished recipient of the following private in
formation, which, were to consult my in
clination, 1 should keep q secret, but
which duty 10 my country impels me to
publish:
"On the 21st day Of January last"
said he, "a letter was received at the
Court of France, dated Richmond, Va,
Nov I'd, 1852, and signed by seVeHty-thTes
of the leading men Of the Southern Con-
federacy, including JEFF Davis, Cabinet,
and many Senators, but las we both re-
marked, with some surprisel by only tIDo
Generals of their army, viz Toombs and
Wise, urging upon Napoleon a speedy rec
| ognition of the Southern ConfederaoY, and
as an indueement offered the following
reasons
"1st. That it was the intention Of the
leaders of the South (which intention, how
ever, was to be kept secret until the war
\ aa ahaiys ind q
was declared, to establish a nobility in the
South, before their army was disbanded.
That the poor 0hites, or noR-slave owners
who would help them fight and conquer
their independence, so soon as nobility
is established and they are left free to act,
will emigrate North and leave only the
noble and his slave, constituting the firm
est nobility, because the. peasant will be
the property of the noble, while the line OF
| demarcation between them will be that Of
color and race. That their ability so to
establish nobility cannot be doubtful
when it is well known that the leaders Of
the South had forced this war and estab-
lished the present COnfederacy in opposi-
ton to a majority Of every State.
"2d. That it is the duty of France, as Of
other monarchies, to encourage mobility and
to discourage democracy.
"3d. That, in accordance with the above
intention, they (these ssVsnty-thres) de-
signed to secure (or had secured, 1 forget
Which) remodelling Of their conscript
law, so as to exempt and to preserve foI
their future Confederacy as many slave
owners or future mobiles as possible.
"My opinion was then asked by my
friend as to whether such scheme would
be tolerated by even majority Of the slave
owners? replied that I did think it
would, especially in the Border States.
"You will therefore, when you have
read this, agree with me, 1 think, that
commit no unWdrrdntabls breach of hospi-
tality OF of confidence in publishing this,
nor will my Southern friends TO whom
this may come greeting" fail, am in
duced to hope, to pardon me if 1 can no
longer sympsthize with their struggled You
will, of course, withhold my name from the
public, reserving, however, the right,
which willingly accord, to publish it in
future if it becomes necessary to establish
the truth Of the above statements.
Yours, ETC., ANTI-NOBLE.'