Daily national Republican., 1863-08-21

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.1mperor's proposals In consideration of French
recognition and subsequent assistance against
the9um.VBN1lySf 7SUss SstWssdfss1
8mPapog Napoases and the United States, BY
ahishs sks lsdsf aequired the Louisiana colony,
IrngsoiA ahta,Hns rsaHryea " ~ sseneA -
dents; and 1t is rumored in high !cireles, .tpAt
|the rights In question are 10 he regarded ~
,usti6cs alton by che Emperor for listening to
tAe complaints Of tho Creole population, aud In
.ss.a,inx the Confederate armies in driving ishs
Federals ont Of New Orleans. and LouiA!nna.
j .sThe only eventuality which Il 10 tilought ]
can upset this pca,cyof the Emperor, is ono
that former and preseht events DO not render
probable. If the North were to obtain control
Of the MiAsiaaippl river, which no ono here re-
garis be psoSable, and were Immediately to
'ovtrrun Texas vish its armies, holding the line
Of Ae Rio Grandc and occupying tho city of
0alveston ind o,hcr ports Ii hcccuntry, the
schcnc wculd be rendered abortlvc., This, at
icast, would require an army Of 5o.O0 mon,
which ,hc States OF tho North certainly cannot
spars; aud rapidity Of decisive action which
tho Government Of President Lincoln has never
yet shown i,self capable OF. b-t.,si aTr .apuH7l
."whasthc attitude Of Great britain iu face.
Of this policy. viii be no Que hero pressmcs To-
stnts, the ,rulationsi of tho I two' aovern@sats
not hsvtRg ofiIste been en- friendly on AmcriI
lean siYairs Ssfofme,ly. Hopes arc entertained,
nevcrthclsss, !, ihat lhe Cabinet OF her MajeAty,
Lilo Queen Victoria, will otter M very, great
| opposition to a scheme which Win ssttlf the
American difieulty without compromising
Great Britain In sny msnncr; andit h eertaiut
thas the manufacturers. .es t,ie kingdom in mi
con with the merchants win oply be too glad
20 ses a stop pui 10 this inicrminAbls Amcricsn
civil war. 1I llsfs .r' TO if '''I7l 1'H
"Ycu WIN ask, whht, interest does Ffance
propose % herself in all this Well, glory H.
the richest inheritance. Of Erenchmcn, aud per-
haps, when affairs become consolidated you
may ana the Cbde Napoleon, snprsmo in the
Golden Sonora, aud tho ,Tri-eolor National ay-
| ing triumphantly from the ccntrS of the West
srn Continent TO the great Pacific" q" ".',
Forewarned is forearmed. whsther tbislet-
Ter be q mere concatenasion Of the "Sapo,.
Y .
leonist i.less" now prevailing at the French
capital, Or, as II may eventually prove the FORE
shadouisg OF . policy shortly 20 be carried out
sctively, We are alike lmpelied 70 prepare, or.
selves for shss whseh may be, although mot yet,
threatening us In tho form Of probability
Texas given up to the occupstion Of freneh-
men, monsrel Mericans, snd eur own rcboss,
would not merely prolong the present war g
an unknown extent, but also seriously threaten
our territories lying between that State and tho
PaciAc. Common prudence viii therefore advise
that . large force lie immediatelyt thrown intothe
threatened region, more especially as by 30 doing
we enhance our chances Of closing the rebellion
sssn carly date Our couquests on the Mississip,
ri and the opening Of that stream from ts sosree
70 the outlet has divided the socalled Copfed-
eracy In two, but II must not b forgotten that
our authority . not yet rscogpzed In the trans-
Nisslssippi region, and that We have to light.
there to establish our supremacy, 10 ve are nov
doing eastward ofthe river, Hitherto we have,
conteuded against the rebels with q vast irons
tier ieit open, frontier across which they have
communicates with the outer world without
hindrance on our part. BY occupying Texas,
I We shut off the Confsderacy from ~ approschj J
stop inme diateiy the expectation Of cotton aud
the receipt ofsupplies sdd greatly to our own
resources, and afford assistance to tho many
known UnIsr men in restoring the State to the
4 Federal authority. . u 700 - 7r'.
i What, for the present, may be the fate Of
Mexico spd her people, is Of small importance.
Monarcbies and Empires on this Continent do
not accIimafize readily, aud revelations seem
Inherent in the MeNicaps. Tokcep them down,
large standing armies and a ''.'strong go crn-
ment," in tne tyrannicsl European sense, will
be necessary; and the MeSicans will thereby
learn TO appreciate the value of democratic lib
ertyi and, may be- in the not far-off future,
seek to possess II under the agis of our author.
ity and laws. -T...r ..a ....... r, I| -a
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p IL i. reported that the rebel force around Cub
y peper has been reduced In A. 2. Hills com
mand, while Longstreel and Eweil have moved
southwark, probably to Fredericksburg. W.
have a large cavalry force operating on The
neck south Of tho OccOIuan. Pr.
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Naval fairs.
A Board NJ Naval Surgeons, for the eXamin