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ma. sEwARD's DISPATCHES.

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Mr.. sEWARD's DISPATCHES.
From the London Times, February 81
Some day or other, when 3 Carlyle or a King
lake Of the time shall give the world . history
of the great American war, the dispatches
Of the Federal minister, which have rencent
~ been published, will constitute one Of the
most extraordinary chapters Of the story.
What reflections they will actually suggest 1t
is not for US to predict, but in Que sense or
smother Mr.. Seward viii undoubtedly be
presented to posteTity as g prodigy OF
Craftsmanship. Either be can clearly dis
Germ what nobody else can distinguish, OF be
is without the power of seeing what Is pat
ent to the whole world besides. If he is not
pretsrnaturally right. he is compensatory
wrong Taking his dispatches, as OF course we
must DO, for expressions Of sincere and genuine
Convictions on the subject of the war, we find it
almost impossible to imagine how opinions so
unique could have been formed out of materials
which are common to the whole world. Mr..
Seward knows no more, or at least states no
more than is known TO everybody IN Europe as
well as America, and yet, Ia the most decisive
and psrempt0rV tone, he announces conclusions
which nobody in Europe, and, as We believe,
few even in America, would think ef accepting.
kr. Seward repudistes the idea Of q confer
ence between q national government and an IN
surrent force. precisely as he might have done
before the first battle of Ball Run. He is much
Obliged to the French, but he will have none of
It. and nothing. indeed, but misconceptions OF
fact BASED on erroneous representations couid
have suggested the proposition. That Is the last
phase Of the American wsT az sketehed by Mr..
Seward. We must allow that this picture Of
sffsirs is cOusistent-consistent that is, with al
that Mr.. Seward has written frsm the begin
ming. 1t is the very story, without change or
omission, which we have had, backed with his
note of hand at " ninety days date, and re-
newed any number Of times during the last two
wears. It is consistent enough, so far, beyond a
doubt. Whether it has any consistency with
facts or truth, is a question which we hsd much
rather leave to be decided by events than argue
with Mr.. Seward at present.
From the London Morning Post, Feb. 81
It IS scarcely possible to treat this strange
! document seriously. It IS certainly impossible
TO test it either by arguments or facts. If a man
evers positively that black is white, or that two
and two make five, of course, If you are not as
GREAT a fool as himself, you will not attempt 20
reason him out of his strange delusiOn. In like
manner. we shall not attempt to prove that Mr.
Stewards letter is tissue Of decisions or false
hoods from beginning to end. If he says that
his government possesses credit, though it is
unable to raise a loan even among his own citl-
lVpuEs II ne SAYS kuhh TIC a. t1iCh VI huD NOLbA
have been victorious, although the very instant
he was writing the dispatch he well knew that
the greatest Of its armies was in process Of dis
memberment, after having undergone q c~ontinu.
ous series Of defeats If he calls the aggregate
area Of the Southern States a small territory in
| deiance of what biographies and aliases say 10
the contrary, why, we can only treat him as we
would q pervsrse man, who, for the mere sakt
Of obstinacy, winfully misstate facts. Bat 8.
Nj. Seward is not a lgnatic, and as we BELIEVE
him to be much too shrewd to suppose that any
one win be inclined TO believe his statements
we are naturally led to inquire what motiv,
could have induced him to write-so muel
what his eountrymen would CALI "bnnkum.'
Perhaps he expects to gain in Washington
among certain classes q little political capital
and in exchange for that, is indifferent about tn
contempt he must incur in Europe. Still, enc
mating, as this document does, from the Fedora
Cabinet, it is truly incredible that that bod,
sbould have sunk SO low as to indorse as it
own. in the face Of the world, so much aTrsn
fslsehood and absurd nonsense.
Paris correspondence Of the Morning Post, Feb. 26.l
There was q Cabinet council yesterday at the
Tuileries, the Emperor presiding. It is under
stood that NJ. Drouyn dc PHnys reported th
substance of dispatches very lately sent to Der
lin and ST. Petersburg, and that those forward
cd to Berlin were Of the character Of q turtle
remonstrance against what was declared to b
an Intervention on the part of Prussia in th
: domestic affairs of a ~neighbOring country.
/ am assured also that the majority of the Cab
net and the Emperor bimself are proceedin.
= with caution. The government Of France az
pears 70 act in strict accordance with tie GOV
: eminent Of England and I do not think til
. Emperor will allow himself to be pushed @
in advance. The Imperial Cabinet is pacific
{ and should the Prussisn King prove obstinat
and unregardful Of the representations {
: England and France, the most that is hkeI
/ to occur, as far IS I can learn, IS q supper
: sion of diplomatic relations. / believe the En-
I" peror has much influence with the Gear, an
. depend upon II, that influence will % employee
. in favor of Poland. Napoleon III has expresse
his sympathy on more than one occasion Of lat,
but what the Emperor wishes to avoid is that
leading the Poles to imagine that France wi
! draw the sWsrd aud plunge into 3 European wa
! for them. On the whole whatI gather is, tbs
Tie Imperial government viii aes with csuior
lOut of doors there are endless reports whie
: affect the bourse, however unfopndsd. Pr,
psrahons, Of course, are making for militar
demonstration on the Prassiap frontier ; Com
{ Walegski Is 10 be the future king Of Poland
a revolution hss broken cot at Berlin; 3 fAvo
: of a portion Of tie Russian army Such al
the sensation reports which just now aboun
among US.
Paris Correspondence Of tae Londsn Advsrsissrl
i The Freach government has forbidden Il
/. subscriptions for the Weunded Poles, The