New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-02-17
oUR PAaRs CORRESPONDENCE

of NJ. Drouyn dc Lhuys 70 NJ. MERCER, containing
the last French proposition FOR closirg the American
war The text Of it his already reached America,
and the purr,ort ct least ID already hn0wn 20 the
| American public. "Deba;e thy cause with Thy
reiglbor binsef" The word, whether in n! ser -
y spoken O. not, is fof courteous elegance Of o-n
ike "aypes Of gold in pictures ofsilver" TIE proPo-
stiou, though the latest, reelhy arded
if rejected, as positively BE las. IL full purpor
can only DO seen by oo'..ug before and after. The
golden apples presented with silvern complimentary
rpecch are within fall Of tie dns, snd ashep # nv.
initiation. They ere pills in fine, eilde1 and sugar
coated indeed aud advertised rather than hdIniu't-
tered The doctor is admirably cousiierate Of The
ratienr. irritable state instead Of prouounciDs 'gaps
and swallow 20 dandy sympathstcally smiles:
" had you not better, now"
The fret plain meaning Of tie letter Of the 9,b Of
Januaryi is THE: "The French Government earn
es,ly ,ecc mmends the United States Government "
open, in come way other, negotiations with the
representative authority OF the Confederate States
for settling, in WY other, what more light
ing never viii settle, the quarrel between tile Two
! psr'ies. Or else - spb1NdilHr.'
The letter Of the 9th Is but ssIueut chapter TO
| the famous Circular Of Oct. 80, which was tut n
ecqueut chapter other letters vou nav read IN 30
much as the Trer oh Cove rDment ha seen ht 10 pnb
| lish in the Yellow BOOK, Of the diplomatic cor
responcence relating 20 American sf.irs-sh beng
de achod hu- eougrEOur IaT,s Of the whole WORK oil
/ Imperial policy respecting Ainerca--a work OF
which Napoleon il by means he role nu,lor--a
very cxtensive work Oh the fraBoo.AnericRn Stu
alton for tue satisfactory eoin, cton OF which. IN
view OF the supembunGsuce Of material and press
ing need Of being dove with HID editorial powers are
:aN ed 10 their utmost.
I This letter. sc the Circular 20 the Maritime
Powers, proposing combined rec"ninendaiV lou Oh
an srmistice, il act Of moral intervention, ana
Ike IT, ~ practically favorable 70 the south. The
difference between the propositions and tie tone Of
he mis-ves ia TO he referred - their diincnoe Of
address rather than 20 teir difference OF essential
pnrport. 4 connected Icrltll OF the French ft!-
! low Books ard the volumes az diplomatic cor
re, pondence published NJ Warrington In tue pasl
{ Two years, with parallel readings OF French gov
eminent newspapbo, ana observation OF pertiuent
events IN French aTi America current bsiofy for
that period, VAL, think, persuade any reaacr VI
thif.
We NAV digput, the Emperor RICH. TO inter-
,cae even morally in Cur Affairs We ca1nCt pre-
vent his exercise OF it. We then should keen IN
mind hov. r7ave-y situation affects that OF trIce
fof which nc nsE,s himself responsible, ard on
whose Property his dyEhslic hopes rett. iiIs IN
leTesf 10 our Affairs is inicns- ard persongl.
Whether be wants 10 eco separated or reuui.ed J.
q Gteff;On viii nos touch " Gay. 1aat be- wants
90 sea the war ended IL past qGestIon. Thai he
vents 10 Te1aIu the best OF terms with The whoe
country II N0 remain whole With eithor pat /. we
divide, ~ Ilrin PAST need u argument. Int ~
log ago wa apV IOaciIBR q coLclns9n 20 Which he
arlyed MOI. hs hlnrs ia ~ the extreme improbnbi-
i.y Of our ever cOYqueTly DO South ty purely nil.
i.ary rsa1s, irncy tho Continuous waich'ui
reader u docruentary and acted ,lgus OF the times
uoove referred to, Goes nos don5t Nithont stopping
TO dirrusa tic reasonable meas ~ iuis conClnson,
fiIler rost or two, showing tbs roeds by Which lie
war guided 10 il, Ray be- noted: 10 begin WITH 10
was is.iA j, guosrl, better Informed - 70 the
roal s,hte Of opi3iol IN the south lnos 70 say ~
ths North, than our Government, Tor be has had
Id DO. Cihc.al reporters on The r4ile Stationed
there; consequently made small account Of that c,i'
ebr-led Union sentiment or Union party n those
,-siJus: 10 70 oG vita, he rtudied typographical
ch4r,s o. those r. ions with nlil,ry cyo and saw
t,at atneoriy united cop % lew million coni
defend them Indefinitely ngaln't hny merely
uiA.rfy force thai coao 10 brought against i"eri,
va then -----.--; iud ttcse ufo bot me
end Of LIS usfe'y uiii.eIy y.sous and provisions.
% look n)@ 80 T. u, - pot Or TAO Ga the riGs 81
lie I,.tc., w.Yg: Tie reports Of sb1 fprcr Jou-
iri- 10 Am'lca FIR TO past two yc,Ia MI 10 III
t,.lc,t. leading % 10 fl,urc historian 81 tn-
&C.. 20. N1I make sote rt!esl Oi u. "a ihC8e ..
-. 1oninoloa At Ne"-J1lt rave been from ierd
Fi-au's book lIo'neI N tie t0ie ia th,s core
~ aspoel. ray no'lirC Of those of (Ousll
J cerE as New-OglsgIa, w.Uso Wiig'L Cowry is Tor
va hrr MA part, am tod ia.e, Va L.- lat
i.,q ole tLOGaaHu more or Ices, ldfe and ldghge
siayfs b. rcacor lrady f"le rod 10 Will reto.iect
boa raIcr feemeo ~ be anticipated ast June ~ ~
friendly anu impartial bUrogcau Observers pot has
Mi csty iu which category yCn vi G-cl Oh oar CIu-
nici RON Inc coming autumn tiecUDrs "a ttc North
orn States, rnl viii Iec0llcc, how mach WIS made
{. them v hen their resnit waa kncNn ~ EuTope.
Enroyeeus, a. every lAMeric.nj body knows,
'canuot understand our inrlitatOrs '-ttqt, ~
nay be, "a thegoaeon why they regarded tie
election by universal suffrage oi Governor
Of Inc Empire Northern State ty0wcdiy hostile
70 the Federal Adm nistr,tion and 10 It's WAYS,
Ielns, and purposes OF conducting tho War,
~ phtent proof hat even tho Northern side o.
the -Ouse was oigIted ssalst hstu, hId mus IL
The end lnll PROSTATE 5efcso tbc United Slave Sts!es
power. "Bat The Democratic party dcciafes rsot
A. Thoroughly lOr tho Union ~ the Administration
rariy,' says one. " Gov. Sey nOurH inaugural
shows ttat--ttough, TO DO sure, Il could not have
reached Europe by tue Oh JaEuaIy" taye another.
TO one hnd another Of his sort Of muocens, lei
nc IarcntneIcal!y indicate three orders oil acts:
l. All tie las, Summer European iaudatOis 81 the
tc-caled Democratic party were hostile % It's Union
s1d counted ils tIiumphs ~ tier irinmphs. T. The
patriotic Union decQrdtoGs ~ this party Hre looked
ON either contemporary Gs IroOf ~ intellectual
thorsigbtedness on tie part Of the declatn or IN
diligently an mere verbal b0s1 deal, out by the
managers 10 meet the purely temporary aud local
requirements OF tho mlslet, vulgar patriotic mob.
g. Wba,eycr is es entail Ia Gov. SsymouTs III
angu-l ,os known il Paris cay 10 his Trend SLID,
before il WAS uttered to the nebes at Albany: For
oLserve that Union as Mr.. Seymour would re.have
il. il nearly identical with Ufion ~ Mr.. Sidell
would rc-haye it, z. Sli-and Sew dell and Monr
restoration OF the, happily irrevoesble, shameful
Onion OF right with wrong, Freedom with Slavery.
Whatever may 10 the sincerity Of your Governor
and his supporIers-Snd l do not presume TO ques-
lion this inaugural /. the justification of the dis.
patch of January ., and wss anticipated BY the
author Of that exquistely graceful composition.
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