The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-12-20
Announeements of CandIdates.
rnPonTANr FOHEIGN NE Ws.
NapoieoR,s Letser TO Queen Veto
ria.


'Madam, Ny Sister: In face of the
events which daily arise and press them
selves on attention, deem it iDdispsl =
sible to import my whole thought to the
sovereigns TO whom the destiny of ns-
tions is c0nfded.
"On sll occasions when great convul-
sions have shaken the foundations aud
d, ranged the limits of States, solemn
compacts have followed to reduce 10 Or
der the new elements, aRd to recognize,
while revising them, the changes that
have been affected. -
Such was the object of the treaty Of
Westphalia, in the seventeeth century,
and of the Negotiations of Vienna, in
1916. 1t is on this last foundation that
The political edifice of Europe now rests;
aud, nevertheless, your Majesty is not
ignorant, it is crumblDg to pieces on all
sides.
'lf one considers attentively the situ-
alton Of the different countries, it is i'm
possible not to admit that on almost all
points the treaties Of Vienna are de-
stroyed, modified, disregarded or mem
rule, rights without title, pretensions
without Iestraint-s peril the more for
midable since the improvements produced
by civilization, which has united peo-
Plies together by an identity of material
interests, would render war still more
destructive.
"This is a matter for serious reAec-
ton. Let US not delay taking decis-
ision until sudden and irresistible events
disturb our judgment and draw us, in
spite of ourselves, in opposite directions.
| now, therefore, propose to your Msjes
ty TO regulate the present aud secure the
future by means Of Congress.
Summoned to the throne by PrOVi-
dence and the will Of the French people,
but brought up In the school Of adversely,
it is perhaps less allowable for me than
for others to ignore the rights Of sovs
reigns and the Legitimate aspirations of
people. Thus l am ready, without any
preconceived system, to bring to an in
transitional council spirit of moderation
and justice, the ordinary POrtiOa Of those
who have undergone so many different
trials
"If take the initiative in such an
overture, do not yield to an impulse of
vanity, but because | am the sovereign
to whom ambitious projects have mostly
been attributed, have it at heart to
prove, by this frank and loyal overture,
that my sole object is to arrive, without
convulsion, at the pacifcstiOn of Europe
If this proposal be agreed to, | beg your
Majesty to accept Paris as the place OF
meeting.
"If the princes, allies and friends of
France, should think ht to enhance by
their pre- the authority OF the de-
liberations, / shall be proud to offer them
cordial hospitality. Europe will, per-
haps. see some advantage in the cspital
whence the signal Of confusion has SO
often arisen becoming the seat Of confer
ences destined to lay the basis Of gem
ersl paciGcation.
II take this opportunity Of renewing
10 you the assurances Of the high esteem
and inviolAble friendship with which !
am, madam, my sister, your Msjssty's
good brother. NAPOLEON.
'PARIs, November f."
ENeLAED's REFUSAL TO AocEDE TO THE
FRENCH PROPOSITION OF Az EURoPEAE
CONGRESS.
On the 11th Of November, Earl Russell
apprised tie French Court, through Lord
COwley, that the EmperOr's proposition
would be considered as speedily IS pos
sible in Cabinet Council and on the 18th
. dispatch was forwarded TO Paris, in
which Earl Russell reviewed the reasons
given by Napoleon for calling the Con-
gress, aad rejected the assumption that
the treaties OF 1916 had ceased to be ef-
fective. The following is the most i'm
portant passage:
at is the conviction Of Her Msjesty'a
government that the main provisions Of
the treaty of 1915 are in full force that
the greater number OF those provisions
have not been in any way disturbed;
and that on those foundations rests the
balance Of power in Europe"
On the 23d Nov. NJ. Drouyn de LHuys
met the objections Of Earl Russell, de-
claring that it was not the intention Of
the Emperor TO apologize for or criticise
the treaties Of Yiesna, insisting upon the
necessity Of Congress 10 settle disputed
questions in order 10 avert the dire cal
smities, aud debating the following
points as those which should be examin-
ed and decided.
"a deploTabls struggle is bathing Po-
land in blood, is sgitalihg the neighb0r-
ing States, and threatening the world
with the most serious disturbances.
Three powers, With s view Of pattiDg
stop to it invoke in vain The treaties Of
Vienns, which supply he two sides with
contradictory arguments. Is this sirug-
gle TO last foFeyerg
PrstensioDs opposed 70 enc another
are exciting quarrel between Dsnmsrk
and Germsny. The pressrysiion Of peace
In the Eorth l. al ths mercy Of "a 40