The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-02-27
The French Mediation Project.
IMPORTANT DISPATCHES.
Napoleon Persists I'm Urging Peace

OAb Il AN DhSfA 4OR1NSs
Napoleon Persists I'm Urging Peace
In compliance with q request OF the
Senate the President has laid before that
body series of dispatches, correspon'
dence between the Secretary of State, oul
Minister at Paris, and the French Minister
of Foreign Affairs. 1t appears in these
papers that the Emperor NAPOLEON, hay
ing once offered mediation, does not mean
to be put off, but like an importunate beg
gar, comes again, after the most positive
rebuff, and this time throws a faint suspi-
cion of threat into his requests. To this
he is evidently emboldened by the atti-
tude of the anti-war party in the free
states; making the very serious mistake to
believe that that party has strength, even
if it had the will, to humble the country
into accepting foreign dictation.
MIR. DAYTON TO n. DRoUYN DE L'HUYs.
November 10th, Mr.. DAYTON gave NJ.
DRoUYN DE LHUYs a full account of the
progress made by the Union armies and
the losses of the rebels during the past
year, and also showed ably the superior
resources of the United States, and tho
danger of exhaustion which beset the reb-
els. To this communication NJ. DRoUYN
DE L'HUYs replied on the 23d, expressing
indirectly determination, right or wrong,
to go on offering mediation.
Mr.. SEWARD TO MP. DAYTON.
November S0th, Mr.. SEWARD writes to
Mr.. DAYTON concerning the French media
ton project, which had just failed by the
refusal of England and Russia to concur
in it:
can inconclusive conference concerning
the United States has been held between
these Powers, all Of whom avow them
selves as friends of the United States, and
yet the Uunited States were carefully ex-
cluded from the conference. Neither party
in the conference proposed any combina-
ton to coerce the will or control the policy
of the United States Under these cir
cumstances, the United States are not
called upon to say what they would have
done if the proposition Of France, which
was declined by Russia and Great Britain,
had been adopted and carried into effect. -
January 18th, Mr. DAYTON gives notice
to Mr. SEWARD that
ga despatch will shortly be sent by NJ.
Drouyn De L'Huys to M. MERCER, request
ing him to suggest to you, on suitable
occasion, the propriety of appointing COM
missioners to treat with the South for
peace and for union, if possible; if not
possible, for such terms of separation as
may be eventually agreed upon. This
communication was submitted by NJ.
Drouyn De L'Huys to the Emperor on the
9th instant, and returned to him by the
Emperor yesterday. The despatch ans
wers what is supposed would have been
the objections to proposal for an ar,nis-
tice or mediation"
MIR. SCENARIOS REPLY.
The despatch alluded to was presented
to Mr.. SEWARD by NJ. MERo1EE, and to
this Mr.. SEWARD replied under date of
February 6, in despatch to Mr.. DAYTON,
in which, after pointing out that certain
passages in the despatch of NJ. De L'HUYs
edo unintentional injustice to the Ian
guage, whether confidential or public, in
which this government has constantly
spoken on the subject of the war;" he
goes on to review the history of the war.
He says:
eve find no occasion to abate that con-
fdence through which in an alienation
of victories and defeats, as is the appointed
incident of war, the land and naval forces
of the United States have steadily adj
vanced, reclaiming from the insurgents
the ports, forts and posts which they had
treacherously seized before the strife actu-
ally began, and even before it was seri-
ously apprehended. So many of the
States and districts which the insurgents
included in the field of their projected ex-
elusive slaveholding dominion, have al
ready been re-established under the flag
of the Union that they now retain only
the States of Georgia, Alabama and Texas,
with half of Virginia, twO-thirds of South
Carolina, half of Nj sissippi, and One-third
respectively of Arkansas and Louisiana.
The national forces hold even this small
territory in close blockade and siege.
"This government, if required, does not
hesitate to submit its achievements to the
test of comparison, and it maintains that
in no part of the world, and in no times,
ancient or modern, has nation, when rem
dered all unready for combat by the en-
joyment of eighty years of almost unbro-
ken peace, so quickly awakened at the
alarm of sedition, put forth energies SO
vigorously, and achieved success so signal
and effective as those which have marked
the progress of this contest on the part OF
the Union. NJ. Drouyn De L'Huys, fear,
has taken other light than the correspon-
dence of this government for his guidance
in ascertaining its temper and finances. He
has probably read of divisions of sentiment
among those who hold themselves forth as
organs of public opinions here, and has
given to them an undue Importance.
1t is to be remembered that this is Q
nation OF thirty millions, civilly divided
into forty-one states and territories, which
cover an eXDanSa hardly loo, A., Errnpo