Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-02-26

iJrou7u de ElAF5s ullhf tiih uttso VI h4o ~f- "
January. Ihave taken the Presidents instrae-
-iors and nov proceed to give you his ideas
nson the subject in question. Il has been con
siderod with seriousness, resulting from the re-
aecti5u that the people Of France are known 20
be faultIess sharsrs with the American nation IN
The n,isfortunes and calamihes OF our unhsppy
eva war. Nor do we on thls, any more than
on other occasions, forget the traditional friend
shin Of the two countries, which we unnesitas-
iugly believe has inspired the couuseis that "a
Drouyn derHuys has impaired De says Inc
Federal Government does not despair, We Know
of giving more active impulse to hostIhaes
and sgain he remarks Ihe prosraetlQ3Ai q l,se
struirgIe. in 8 word has not shaken the eoi4n-
deuce of the Federal government in the dennl-
tive success of its efforts" These passages
seem TO me 10 do uninenfional injustice to ine
lanrnsge. whether confidential or public, III
which the government has constantly SPOKEN
On tbe subject Of the war. It certainly mas
svowsd only one purpose-a determination 70
preserve the integrity of the country. 80 iaI
rom admitting any laxity Of effort OF pets@y
ing any despondeneyI the government mas on on
tbs contrary. horne itself cheerfully IN al
vieissitudes with unvarying confidence IN an
early end complete triumph OF the nauona.
esu,e. Now. when we are in manner invited
bv d friendly power to review the twenty-ons
n3orths' history of the conflict, we mud no
occasion to abste thst confidence through
whfah IN an Attenuation of victories and
defeats. as is the appointed incident OF war, the
isnd and naval forces of the United States have
steadily advanced, Teclsimiug from the tnSuT-
gents The ports. forts aud posts which they naa
treacherously seized before the strife had sctu-
sllv begun. and even before it WAS seriously
sn1rabendsd So many of the States and dis
tries which the insurgents included IN the held
of their projected exclusive slavehoding DO
mipion have already been re-estabished under
the Asy Of the Union, thst they now retain only
tbs states of Georgia, Alabama and Texas, with
balf of Virginis half of North Carolina, two
tbirss of Soutb Carolina half of Mississippi,
and o5e-third respectively of Arkansas and
Loufsisns. The national forces hold even this
sTnsll territory IN close blockade and siege This
government, if required, does not hesitate 10
submit lis achievements to the test of comparison,
sna it maintains that in no part Of the world,
and In no times, ancient OF modern, has ne''
tion, when rendered al nnrsady for combat by
the enioyments of eighty years of almost uu-
broken peace, so quickly awakened st the alarm
of selition, put forth energies S. vigorous aud
achieved successes so signal and effective ss
those which have marked the progress of this
contest on the part of the Union.
M Drouyn de Z rHuys, I fear, has taken other
light than the correspondence of this govern
nent for his guidance in aseertsining its temper
and finances BE has probably read of diTis-
ions Of sentiment among those who hold them
selves forth as organs of public opinion here,
and has given to them an undue Importance.
l. is to be remembered that this nstiOn of thirty
millions is civilly divided into forty States
and Territories, which cover an e1panss hardly
less thau Europe thst the peopls are peace de-
mosracy, exercising everywhere the utmost free
do-a of speech snd sufersgei that great crisis
necessarily produces vehement as well as pro
found debate with sharp collisions Of individu-
al local and sectional interests, sentiments aud
convictions, and that this heat of controversy
is increased BY the intervention Of Speculstons,
interests, prej judiees aud passion from every
other part Of the civilized world. IL ls how
evsr, through such debates thst the agreement
OIL the nation upon any subject Is habitually
attiiaed, its resolutions formed aud its policy
established; while there has been much differ
enee Of popular opinion aad favor concerning
the agents VINO sfsll carry on the war, the prin-
ciples on which it shall be wsgad and the means
With which it shall be prosecuted.
Ii Dfouyn ie rHuys has only 70 refer to the
statute books Of Congress and the executive or
diuauces to lea5n that the nstional activity has
hitherto been and yet is rs efficient as that OF
auy other nation, whatever its form Of govern
meut ever was, under circumstances of equally
grave import to its peace, safety and welfare
Not one voice has been raised anywhere out Of
the immediete fed of the insuueetion in favor
of foreign Intervention, or arbitration, or Of com
promise, With the relinqqjshment OF one acre ol
the national domain or the surrender of even
ono constitutional franchise At the same time
II is manifest to the world that our resources arr
YET abundant and our credit adequate to the ex-
! isting emergency.
What n Drouyn de rHuys suggests IS tina
this government shall appoint commits
sioners to meet on neutral ground, commission
/ ers of the insurgents He sHpposes that in th
/ conference to be thus held reciprocal complaints
! could be digeussed aud in place of the aecuss
/ iiols which the North and the South now mutu
all'F cast uDou each other, the conference Wonlc
/ be engaged with discussions of the intorest
which divide them. He assumes, further, thsI
/ the commissioners would seek by means OF vel
! ordered and profound deliberations, whether
these interests are defnitvely irrec0ncilsble
whether separation is an extrems that can no
( longer be avoided, or whether the memories OF
! common existence, the ties of every kind whici
haze made Of the North and the South one who'll
/ fsderative State. and have borne them on to s.
high a degree Of prosperity, are not more power
| ful than the causes which have placed arms N
the hands OF The two populations. The sugges
tOn is not an extraordinary one, and It may wel
have been thought by the Emperor OF to-
French, in the earneatness Of his benevolent de
sire for the restoration of peace a feasible one
Bat when N Drouyn de l'Huys shall comi
to review it in the light in which it must necos
saiily be examined in this country / think he
caa hardly fail to perceive that it amounts t
a proposition that, while this governmeu
/ is engaged is supprsssing an armed insurreeton
with the purpose of maintaining the constitu
ticnal nstioaal authority and preserving The II
telrrisy of the country II shall enter iuto diplo
/ matte discussions with the insurgents upol
/ the questions whether the authority shall no
| be renounced, and whether that country shal
not be delivered over to disunion, to be quickly
followed by ever increasing anarchy If It wer
pnssibie for the government Of the United State
/ to compromise the national authority so far a
fc enter into such debates, it is moi easy to pei
| ctivs what good results could be obtained b.
them The commissioners must agree in recon
/ neading either that the Union shall stand or ths
i il shall be voluntarily dissolved, or else the
must leave the vital question unsettled,
abide at lesst the fortunes Of war.
The government has not shut out Enowi0dg
of the present temper any more than Of u
present purposes Of the insurgents. There
rot tha least ground to suppose that the cor
ttolling actors would be persuaded, st this ml
uaant, by sny arguments which national con
missioner could ofr, to forego the ambitio
that has inpsaed them 70 the disloyal positio
they are occupying. Any commissions wh
should be appointed by those actors, or thrOug
, their diota6on OF influence, must enter the col
terencs imbusd with the spirit, and pledged
? The personal fortunes Of the iasurgent chief
The loyal people in the insurrectionary Sta'
would be anhearo. aud any offer of peace
ibis government on the condition Of the mai
tenanee of the Union must necessarily
elected.
On ths other hand, as I have already ini
mated, this government hssnot the least thong
: Of Telinquishing the truss which has been co
f}ed TO if by the nation under the most solem
of all political sanctions and if it had any su'
thought, there is still abundant reason to kno
that pescs, proposed st tho cost of dissolusio
would be immedialy, universally and indignaI
IL rejected by the American people Il is
great mistake that Europesn statesmen make
! they suppose this people are demoralizsd. tWh.
= ever, in case Of sn insuuession, the people
France. OF Great Britain, or Switzerland or {
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