Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-11-13
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| James Gordon Bennett Esq
| SIR: piece Of intelligence Of most ne
saenssss character, as concerns its bearing upoa
| the future Of the United States, hss just come
into ny possession.
PlsRs have for several months been maturing
| for EGroPesn alliance, which is to have for its
siHa the ceniTsl Of tao desthies of the American
| eostBent.
A strictly confidential" correspondence was
| esHAmsaoed as early as last Kay, 1t the instance
Of 81 ina1sRtial though net powerful Western
sovereign, between most of the Cabinets with
respect 10 the feasibility of the measure bat tho
| Pelish question assumed so grave fsrm-oces.
! siosiRg new and unforeseen complieations-thst
&c considerable progress was made toward the
eensumms.i0n OF tAs scheme. Then came the
terrible TsvsTses Of the rebels which, until within
the last fortnight, endangered the probability Of
| ths SUCCESS Of such 81 undertaking without an
| imHsdists declaration of war, inssmGch as it
Was feared that after al secessis aieht be
| aemrued in, aHd resistance TO the UaioR siasd
Bat ths b0ldiDg Gus Of Charleston and the
more recsnt disastrous dsfsss Of ROseersns-so-
g5iheT with other rebel tTiumphs ia Louisiana
Texas and elseS Shege-Lsve caused negotiations
to bs TsRswed; and they srs now going oa wiki
tho uizost activity, and with every prospect Of
En early completion.
You will ses in the short speech of MsximiI-
ian to ths "Msxiesn dsputatien" a delicate aliu-
sion to the Proje tsd alliance. He took occa-
sion TO rsmsTk; Il must make my sceept1ncs
Of the throne dependent uROn q pieBiscite Of the
Whole eOuEtry. On the other hand, it would be
my duty TO ask for guarantees which are indis-
pesssbls to secure Mexico against the dangers
which threaten her integrity and independence" D."
3aximilisR has been well advised His saga
sioas iaiher-R-lsw--King Leopold the NestOr
Of sovsTeigns-has bean his faithful mentor.
The parties 90 the contract at first, if it shall
be perfected, viii be Rene (as the head ct the
Latin ehurch,) Austria, Spain, France and
Great Britsin. Ilaly hesitates, but there ars in-
faensss at work which, it is believed, viii cause
Victor Emmanuel TO yield his sssent; aas it is
supposed that PrUssis, unwilling to isolate her.
self still farther from the three powers mentioned,
may even so far break with Russia as to give in
her adhesion.
Il is understood that the Richmond Govern
ReAt has indicated its readiness 70 enter into 9
treaty, ofsnsive and defensive, with this embryo
alliance against TIE United States, apen the coz
diton that the durable Independence OF the thir-
tesR States y hich sre represented in the Cen
gTess Of the C0ntedeTacy shall be guarant tsed,
and that MsTylsnd, in which the District Of Ce
lambda, as It is part sf her soil, is to be in
cluded-shsll, ss one Of the coaditions of peace
between the present beliEeTents, be allowed to
dispose Of heTssll-to 60 North or 90 South, as
her own 0ption-sfter ali ths Federal trosps
have been Withdrawn from Der limits, in order
ssBt ne SHdze inh5encs may be brought to bear
upon her EBal choics.
The Confederate States, on their part, sFe to
expressly stipuls.e that they will never attempt
to annex any portion Of hexico Cuba or Porto
Rico, and that they viii contribute all IN their
power TO resist the annexation Of any porticn of
tie British pssssgEions in America TO the United
States, as well As 10 aid il rspslliRg any t4oed
intervention of tAs United States in Mexico ad-
verss to the doctrine of the " Latin race" or in
ths Spanish West Indin colonies. isis is
brief statement, in outline, of the project