Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1863-02-07
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0Oi,rse " bicn has now JcaCuCu tue Point
Of i.voriug tho recognition OF the South
ern Confederacy. Yesterdays Tribune
reptile. owe, the signature Of I'll. =, 10
q very long article, the sun and The SUB
stance OF which are complete plea Of
guilty TO the chsrges preferred. After
CRYING Mr. Weed ie~ characteristic
personal dabs Mr.. Greeley says 10 re-
piy 10 .,he old story that he vas IN favor
), le,tng the Cotton States go IN the
alrler of s6o-6l il they really desired
il"
I~ss not only then wiling tha, the
Iaion should in good iath make them
the ,tTsI, but nor deeply regret that
Il vas no, made and scted on.
Coming down 20 the accusations OF
intriguing with Mereier and Nallaudig
ham for French intervention, Greedy ad-
mits. with a shsbby show Of presar'cs'
lion. tlaihe has bctn n corrsPondtacf
wih both geatjemen OF tbe seged
Mr.. Weed proceeds 10 assert that the
y. y. Times recently accused me OF
seeking through NJ. Me cler, the French
Minister, Foreign lntereent.on, aud
hat thus is ",ntusly admitted by the
7riJane. / certainly DID not under
stand that the 1su.es msde such
charge; nor, il It did, could have sup
posed 1t worth cortia leunn. he
Tires did say that Lad eeen IL. Mer-
cier. and that had written I. or received
from Lin letter-dit,o Is to Mr. Va ian
dirLam-w Which ! i q not see x 10 con
,radci Mr.. !'dfiaadtyAdna once rTote
ne q ofl PIRATE setitr, 10 'chtch re
TUNED a etgil reply, and tat ended the
correspondence. As 10 vi. MERCER, |
ueard that some one had tod him or
sfitisn han that thought 80 o. so about
mediation, or wished something done or
.ald sbou, II and teroie han forthlrih
10 say that no one had right 10 speak
Tor tie d the premises, and tina, had
10 coanse. 10 si.e 10 the Emperor
Napoleon or hls representative. and that
-laieser an che might say at variance
~lth this position was unwarrsnted NJ.
MERCER politely sck sow lodged the re-
ceipt Of nv note, and TIA: Is ell OF that
e0rfcspondenee.
That NAV lie all of chat corr spon-
den =" bu, the charge OF an Interview,
which is far more important. is aeknovl-
edged correct. The esasions 10 the ac-
sedgment are stronger than posi-
tive evidence "a to the character and re.
.ult OF the Interview
And now II any one on earth can i'm
agine that the Enperor Napoleon is rep
resented in this country by person who
cutters INTO negotiations with private IN
dnidusls respecting our national stfairs,
and especially so delicate matter as
intervention, nil not contradict linn
Anything VIII be believed of an Editor
by his enemies, but au Embassador il
supposed not TO be an idiot. onae
met NJ. MERCER, and, beng kindly re-
celyej by HIM, did venture to ask him
Some qnesttonS touehiag Tie disposition
81 tic Emperor touard HiS cowntry lis
unity, it's greatness, ard It's power. The
answers received were rank and SAILS.
FAcroRY AMI that is all can say On
that subject.
When we call to mind Mr.. Greeley,
deliberately expressed desire that unless
the rebellion is put down in less thar
ninety dsys-and no one is nov sill,
enough to anticipate such result--w
should "call upon the Great Powcrs o
Europe to interfere oqdi,ast TIE conttnt
ahce ofhe struqgle dsJruitlesS, ,costcfa
batchery, and urge settlement IN the IN
tersst Of Humanity and Commerce." il ,
very easy to imagine the answers OF n
MERCER that were "satisfaetory'
Finally Greedy concludes ty rei.era
ing LIS belief that Peace will follow til
Impending conflicts at Vicksburg, POI
hudson and on the Atlsntic coast, n
matter which side wins, and he say
substantially, as Ly man Tr.m,in raid j
his Tweddle Hall speech after "pre
nounciug against the war-"if tina, b
treason, make the most Of it -
Others may have faith in mex. year
fish,ing; | believe that the Union is t
be lost or saved in the conflicts now i'm
pending, ana that they should be pre-
pared Tor and fought wiih clear under
standing OF this fact Ii there be trea-
sou in this, am ready for Fort Laiay
cite, and shall, in no event, invoke tn
Intervention Of Governor Seymour.
The Albany Journal Of the I'd inst
writes Greeley down as a traitor. Quo
ting his recent utterance it says:
II o6ering 'did and comfort 10 III
POcDluo as treason Nis ran he ,,ofLin,