Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-01-06
Correspondence Of the n. Y. Tribune.
FRENCH MEDIATION.
a Proposition for AN Armistice 90 be
made by the French Government tn
tIae President.
WNsnlNnroN necehhsr 20

" AtftAV 'ib VNs
The antioipations expressed in my last letter,
ms to the probable course of the French Govern
ment with regafd to mediation. seems to be con
firmcd by the news received from Europe during
the last two weeks. stated. IL you remember,
that il was not in the tradition OF French diplo
macy. and still less in the character Of Louis
Napoleon. To abandon n policy before having
tried all the combinations calculated 10 secure its
success. aud that We might prepare to see the
mediation scheme play a part IN our politics. An
that have seen CT learned since, cOrrObOrates
that sentiment and DEVELOPS the idea contained
IN geim IN Drouyn de lHuy letter.
VI IN correctly informed, the French Gov
eminent decided to act alone Ia the matter. aud
TO offer the President OF the United States the
same proposition which has been made 90 Eng
land AMI Russia. Trusting 90 his judgment - pro
uounce upon it, merits and is pricticahilty.
That document will be accompanied by a letter
from Drou,n lie l'Hu,s. stating In substance that
the Emperor believes the proposition Ut an ar.
mi-tce an act Ia tao way Injurious Ia the inter.
ests and honor of the Unitcd States, but. on the
contrary. umiuchtly useful. that IA u not ha la
teullon to rtess II upon the Federal Government.
which alone can determine tho time when the
friendly Office ct France can be accepted. buttilt
the President must bc aware that anj ptoiriclrl
refusal ut lief OILERS would hctessitttu lhe tm.
pcfur Go listen 90 the Southern representatives.
whose propositions Iot recognition have hitherto
been rejected, because he hia ALWAYS entertained
the hope ct sueing our diiliCultius nmitahlS settled
and the Union restored The olhoiil communal
cation will conclude hy stlliuR that the French
u%oscfnmehl expects lhnt Nj Lincoln will mh
tutoly eunaldef the peculiar siluitiun in which
u Ia placed, aud also take into confederation
tho urea and customs established lh The eases
referred 10 In hs proposition by Writers un iu
irinalleuhl lhw
such, am %inturmei, is he sense Vt The letter
~ be- forwarded a. " rhilalnn N the ennrne N
a month or 20. together with The proposition Toe
mediation altetiy presented 10 Euglaud and
Russia hm Disposed 10 credit this lhlptmn
ton, inasmnph a. several thtmbefs at Com
merce in France have suppressed la their aditpss
~ the Emperor The hope that uihu mobile aud
humane ptuieet ~ mediation la American aiiairs
would not be abandoned Ga the other hand,
The wants aud deaiitutlun ~ the Wrench Wufkinp
class have become ~ mosslnH that the, cannot
fail ta have ~ Influence upon thr mind ~ tho
Emperor nul touhlm him ii his project We
sidea, the idea uf seeing tho Emperor narse,etu,
ilune and Without the UU upefatun ~ uihef "a
tons, IA becoming ihe ifhitrt iu unr dllleullles,
has snmolhma la " Nhiei, itttefa the want, ct
the llpnph nennlp, and inuH Napoleon il too
titoit 10 miss the onpot tunite ~ adiinH ~ hhs
popularity u, u siup Nllch, in ns estimation and
that vi hs ifienUa, dues not IA ha polo, nor
compromise N the lelst ha relations With the
United States,
Il li funofti Ia social elfolss where ihe lntiu
enre " dipiomae, is fpll, that tho ~, "a Nhith
thr communication ut the Emperor vii hp 10
eetei p, auf uptetnmeut depends iu some man.
ner npon the enuCe he Nil hereafter puisue
iuwsrl tho South Il, L not believed, h%owe,pf,
that he gill Ailnie ~ this matter uh The hfst ~
the ,par, bat that he all eait} bic plan through
The usual channels ol diplomacy, and With lhe
same utbanits and apparent friendship which
have marked al ha relations With We since tho
beginning VI nur struggle