Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1863-02-11
Whole NUMBER 1853.
Fraace and America.


We make the following extracts from the address
Of the Emperor Napoleon, delivered on the 18th
January at the opening of the session Of the Senate
and Corps Legislatf:
The indirect revenues show continual increase from
the condition of the Empire would be fourishing II te
war n America had not dried up Of tae most fruitful
sources ofour industry Tie :agstses q ao, ha.
desres aU soetade, and grant s0l b. aseed from
gou for the support Of those oho With resignation sxJs to
st:p to- Nevertheless have made the attempt to send
beyond the Atlantic advices inspired by sincere sympa
thy but the great maritime Powers not having thoughtt
o6ed to postpone to sutrb opportunity tie cr Of
Neod asd o p,e;tnt e ssaan'ea Of eernty future
Of soh;eh cannot be looked upon NTH indi6srsncs"
The London Times of late date says:
he speech Of the Emperor anotber stepin thedirec
hen hdr&fed BY the despacl of his Foreign Ninster
Again the Americans told II ekct the xar which
result .t i Ssne II &c contest hs
evils of which felt widely than those of any other
Of present and that Europe cannot remain nder
more. There n0w hardly Js doubt hat tls Es,eh
Empe orwt take eoery OCCASION urge tie F1ts the
necsss Of bringing the par to close It is probable that
the United States Minister Mr. Dayton has already heard
all that be against the enterprise in which the
Federal Government is engaged TIE deliberate jungment
of Europe has been given by the mouth the French En-
reached Washington yet morally most earnest ntefe
renee has ken place The speech of Monday is but the
solemn reteraon Of those opinions which the Emperor
has never concealed from either begcrent. 1t is declar.
alton that the progress of the during the last two
months has but confirmed him the wisdom of bis former
policy and that the time is approaching when European
Sovereignty may fy nterpose to stop the slaughter.
AS politician and SOLDIER Napoleon may Be satisfied
with the accuracy of his judgment when he declared that
the South would not submit and could be subjected
Since Drouyn de Luys wrote his dispatch the fortune
Of war las more than inclined 70 the sides of the
Confederates In great battle they have defeated the
main army of their enemies and demonstrated that Vr
gnia and Richmond may be held indefinitely against oil
the hosts that President Lincoln send against them.
Such being the condition Of the war the French Emperor
may justly ask whether Europe sit still and make no
effort TO civilized and christian society from the
miseries that coming It. The exhaustion Of the
country and the bruiazng Of the people the only
suits which may be clearly foreseen if the lasts and
the Emperor will do good work If by any wise and tenn
Perue advances be persuade the Fedels to desst
from their hopeless enterprise" -
The London Observer of late date says:
"Reports have bee in 70 aton for some days past to
the effect that the Emperor vi the French had renewed his
proposal Of joint mediation between the contending PARTIES
in America We have to believe that offer of
the kind has been made 10 Her Majesys Government and
further that the Emperor has distinctly intmated to Mr.
Dayton, the American Minister Pari that his
intention to submit proposition for the settlement Of
the question in dispute between tho Northern and Southern
States"