New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-02-13

MIR. SEWARD TO MR.. DAYTON.
DxrAprxEsr OF srArn:.
WARRINGTON, Nov. 2S I0e2
WV. L. DAYTON, esq, &c, &c.--Sr: Your as
patch of Nov. TO- No. 223 has been received only ~
this late dsv. I have now only TO cay that tn'
views presented by me in my Dispatch Of Oct. 20
are the deliberate and settled convictions of the
Government, always to be expressed, W len ia your
Judgment any expression whatever Or the subject of
the action OF foreign Powers So .d DO either necos
sary or expedient. In reply % suggestion IN your
dispatch, it ia proper fcr HE to say that neither NJ
Mcrcier nor any othe person has had the least war
rant from any az ,hority of tho United states Tor
representing to MS Government that the President
would bs disposed to entertain any Propostion In
regard TO tbc action OF this Government In the con-
duct OF 0pr domestic affairs from any foreign quarter
whateyer. The exact contrary ID In elect al that
has ever passed between al the Ministers residing
here and this Department. You will jndge. whether
it isanpotant TO clear up this point q, Paris.
1 81" '"' your '''''''' 's WM. IT, SEWARD.
| MIR. SEWARD TO sR. DAYTON.
iExtract 81
WAsnISGros Nov 30. 1867.
VIZ. L. DAYTON. esq. &c, &c.0Sir; Your s %
erai dispatches OF Nov. 18th, No. &24, Nov. 10, No.
225, Nov IL, No. go. have been received. have
also, py aid Of tho telegraph, tho substance oil the
invitation which was addressed by the Emperor OF
France to the Emperor of Russia and the Queen oil
GREAT 10 JON III
in our civil war; together with the answer OF those
two sovereigns declining that invitation In regard
10 the came subject my instructions VIII be very
simple and short. An incorclusive conference con-
earning The United States has been bed between
these powers, all OF whom avow themselves IA
friends of the United States, and yet the United
States were carefully excluded from the conference
Neither party in the conference proposed any com.
bnation TO coerce the Will control the policy OF
the United States.
Under these circumstances. the United States are
not called upon 10 say what they would have done
If the proportion OF France, which was declined
by kussIa and Great Britain, had been adopted and
carried into effect. Nor are We called upon to dis
euss the propriety OF the propositions and proceed
ngs respectively OF the several parties III the confer
ence Such debate upon subject which has already
lost It's practical character, which, TO speak
accurately, has not attained such character US
might produce irritations and jealouses which the
President desires to avoid. Acting on these pripei
ples, shall ask no explanations nor shall we in
any manner common. upon the explanations which
shall b. voluntarily made. A Government which
is conducting great nation through "a civil war
must deal continually with new events they
arise, not with those which have already gone intO
history. Tie United States hGs Continually said 10
ell Earope that they know thai the saving OF
the American Union depends on TIE American peo-
pie, and not at all GA the policies Of foreign States
severally or combined.
Such States may, as they have heretofore, prolong
and astate our unnatural and lamented strife By
exciting or maintaining the hopes Of our disloyGl
citizens. But they cannot change our purpose GO
maintain the integrity Of the Union, or defeat It's
accomplishment. Tnis Government will, in all
cases, reasonably foreign powers OF the Iniu.
nous effect OF any apprebended interference on their
part. Aud having done this, il will measure its
means OF selfdeteuse by the magnitude OF the dan
gers with winch the country Is threatened.
Foreign natious need scarcely 10 be reminded that
g. NJ ahnrf turafinr,.
the very scandal which they bring operates as sn
incentive to reconciliation. Much more does the
unavoidable apprehension Of foreign Intervention
work in that direction. The emissaries OF treason
who now remain 10 the European capitals, will very
soon disappear, aud the whole American people will
forever afterward DO asking who among the foreign
nations were the most just and most forbesrng TO
their country in It's hour Of tIia IL is the Presi.
dents policy so to cOoduct national aiares, that
all who have heretofore been our friends may abide
in that relation. II any of them shall DO lost, our
regret will be modified by the reflection that the be-
reavement resulted from our misfortune, and not our
fault. an, sir, your obedient servant,
VIII II. SEWARD.
SIR. SEWARD TO MR.. DAYTON.
Extract 5--No. COS
DEPARTMENT OF SrATK. WAsHisGros, Dec. s, 1862.
SIR: Your Dispatch of Nov. 49, No. 227, has been
received. Having already indicated the course
which the President has decided TO adopt concerning
tue late proceedings Of the French Government, il
is not necessary now for me TO review the notes
written TO NJ. Drouyn de Lhuys
lam your 06ed'ens servant ..
TowirIiAx L. DAYTON; ESQ; &C. - N''
MR.. SEWARD TO MR.. DAYTON.
- DHPAsTASST or STARE, WAsHNGroS, Dec. H. 1857
Sir; Your dispatch Of November 25 No 1}I. has
been received together with the note which Al.
Drouyni &c Lhuys addressed TO you on the Oh Of
November, by way o. answer 10 your comD,nnica /
uon 10 HIM OF the I'm OF that month. From my
previous dispatches you viii probably have inferred
that the President did not expect you 10 open cor
respondenee with M. Drouyn de Lhuys upon the
subject OF the proposition concerning American
affairs, which the Emperor has recently submitted
70 the Emperor OF Russia and the Queen of Great
Britain. lnsomuch as you have done 50 without
consulting thli Government, and have thus drawn
forth from the Imperial Government frank End
friendly answer. 1t s only proper that you should
now INFORM Al. DrouyD de Lhuys that his note has
beea submitted 10 the President and that he ia graft
Ged with the explanations 1t gives of the presen,
policy of the Emperor regard 10 the United Stea
You are authorized also to inform NJ. Drawn a.
Lhuys that this Government desires no less ,lncere
ly than las always DONE 10 retain aud iottiiy ia
trad liolgl relations with France; and that eyer,
proceeding which Il shsl have occasion TO lake in
tue conduct OF international Affairs, shall nantes,
that spirit. and no other. lou authorized fur.
theI " say 10 III. Drouyn dc Lbuys that this Gov.
erumeLt appreciate the ASSURANCES which the En-.
peror hss given US OF bus Willingness At a future
lime, if invited by IL. to render his good Offices to-
ward forwarding termination Of tho civil war In
which We are too unhrppiy engaged; and that this
assurance Is received US d fresl demonstration of
tie sauo good will and cordial friendship toward our
country, upon which the Government and tue Amer
lean people have 20 constantly relied
/ an, &C.. WM. IL SEWARD
To WV. L. D1sroy. esq. &C., &C.. &c. ''''D'
Mr. DAYTON TO SIR. SEWARD.
lEXtract-No 2t6
Pans, Dec %, 1907
SIR: Your dispatch Of Dec. 5, No. 26j, If re-
,eived. You simply acknowledge the receipt Of my
dispatch of Nov. IS No. 227 and say that, having