Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-11-27
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vTTILEis IL ALLEGRE.
vrpyrSpAY MORNING, NOV. os, 1868
.O AID FROM FRANCE,

I'll AID Ito.n ElssA-NSH.
", haze aIwavs made light Of the hopes OF
:.-s;-n a,erycu;;o!i, or even recognition; ard
,,itay.rel to turn away the minds Of
or- nsar,e from spcsulations of this kind, TO
s,oai Concentrate them upon the only real
sa,4w We have-cur own steadfast and deter
-,.,,; resistance. Still we see in some news
,.s.-s urgent and irrefrasa5ls detnons;ra-
,,rs addressed to the conscience or 10 the In
,,,.,.. o: :,-eisn nations, especially France;
.l,.,lr .i,owirg TIA: Fraacc is bound by her
,G.r in Nci;cn. by her traditions, hopes,
r,,y,,;r,. Size holds dear, to recognize the
C.,t e: ard make alliance with it. The
inre.or. 50 ech on the opening of the Chan {:
=, J.: vas ,sed for with some hope, as likely
p.laiw ;onh this policy, so essential to him
81! 20 Us,.al 20 us.
Vii. Ee h,- spoken tie speech; and there
ispo:hp, ia i; at ali encouraging to ue. At>
=. som. remarks about .he prosperous condi"
t5a o.; the Empire, and arsor intimating that
.4~Hew M@xitan Empire is likely to be highs
l. im?,sraa. u France, he comes to the main
,ri. Q. lis haransue-ths unsettled condition
s:Eur,rs. and especially the insurreation and
..is,, Of Pu!aaj. De asserts that the trea-
sn IF 1915 ng longer exists. that Europe can
..rsma:n in a,nstao. citation abour Poland,
s,3J:inza up again his favorite project of
s.u--A European Congress, to settle. Europe
Of some permanent basis.
|: IS t:u' :lr2. the prominence given IN this
,!!ra,s - European topics, and the slight
nsn.ipn Of American affairs, by no means af-
ir! >a:, basis on which to conclude any
sa;n: rbog, h;s real purposes. He sometimes
a., lr 60 arises; when he thinks matters are
:pe &c: ac,ioa lie may proceed another stel
il l.nc determined policy, without prcvi2u'
no ~o.,aarion of his intentions. Still, the sl-
i.nc4 rl,soryci in this speech, and the LAT"
aHica q his government in seizing what are
eicl The Confederate rams, may serve to
-h2N US he. our cause is not yet thought to
Ic IN such condition that France feels com
pellel TO court our alliance for the PROF. stlon
Of her yiews in Mexico. We havesomething yet
Ndo h.rcG home: heavier blows yet to strike
&oar Yaakce invaders; we have Tennessee
acear af cnsmes, and perhaps another IN
7a'ian Of Pennsylvania to make, under better
.gspics., AID with mere signal succcss-ln
sao.., :he C"nfeleracy has its own work to
3G, through, and its own Independence to et-
tsIlj>h. nr,n theguins of the Yankee nation.
Y'' il uadue hopes of foreign friendship
ware always to be deprecated, undue dlsap;
Pln;mca: at their failure, or postponement,
Eould bc quite as mischievous, or worse
Ms. as before. our trust is in our own reso-
intjon an, the prowcss Of our own people
1.-THE Yankee nation is able to subJugate us,
Th? re will he suhjugated, aud oil the world
viii congratulate the corqccrors: If We DRIVE
them ba:k and crush their power of aSgres-
SION, II nc resis. manfully. until their hcf!'
tous prosperity and fraudulent unan'mlty
break u2, then we can 20 in and finish the
business in handsome style-and the same
whole world will felicitate us, and court cui
alliance. So wags the world.