The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1863-02-13

iVqvSs youi cu, w Bv0 t0B eo0uYono0 W - eOsscs
dictated BY most sincere nleres In tho prosperity OF the
usls.1 ssasss. vow are moreover, .usaerssd NJ :;
eewasd expsessos tho wish, 70 leave with him copy
1soS.' he assurance q my slsa ssr e :s%
70 Nh Nnnn, Minister Of France at washington
m. sHwARD TO Nh. DAyTor.
3uAsrsnr o. STATE,
ltsM a wAssiS,sIoss Feb. =, 1893
WV. L. DAYTON, ESQ 30, &c.;-
srR-he in,,n'ation given in your despatch Of
ciai visit from Mr. hercier, has been realized He
called. on the Sd instant and gave mo copy
OF despatch he had lost received from Mr. Drouyn do
Ihuys, usder the date Of tho 9th OF January. have
taken tho Presidents nsruct,ons and proceed 10
give you ne IDEAS upon eho saoo. in question has
been eoaedersd with serousness resulting from the re-
nccton that she people Of france KIN 70 be fault
ess shurcfs with tho American nation IL the maortunes
this any than other occ,sons forget tho trndi
tAp srsndship Of ,hs two countries, which unhse
atipey believe has INSPIRED tho that Mr. Drouyn
Dc Enoys has impaired. He ssys:-"rhe federal gov.
erAIpeps does not despair, No know or giving more
sssse in PAL 70 nss,'ies and asa,s no re.
wsM ms not shaken the confidence Of the federal
government in tho dehnittys success Of It's efforts.
% The Aneuage whether confidential or public. IN which
ths government has constany spoken the sbect Of
pssa dstsrmins,ion % prsssrvs The integrity Of the
county, 60 sar from admitting any isxi.y q snSrt o.
upyarynS eogedseee IN an early and oenp,sss riunPs
ss sss. X S.,s,s : : "a a ss:ss T:
sSsss hat oanassass - which. in an alienation Of
yctores and defeats, appointed incident Of var,
STATE. have 81 ss.sS sAvssesd, restraining rem rem
the Insurgents TIE peete, fsrts and posts whfn
Sesun - ana svss SsSrs was Seriously spUrehondsd
many O the at - districts which the Insurgents
incluted In the 6sid q their projected exclusive slave
sSs o The Unisa sSss 80 now owl retain only The States
u Georgia, Aabsma ed 1sxas with half Of Virginia,
o. nnS on. Of
aud louisiana The national brccs hold even ths small
territory close blokads ~ siege This government,
the Of comps.son I main taus that in part
Of the world, sod y no !A snc,sut OF modern has
mss n Ss n. s the
quickly awakened a. the aarn ~ sediop put forth en-.
ssss 50 vigorous and achieved Successes 50 signal and
contest on the par. u the unial, \. ~ -.
Mr. Drooyn 10 Lhuys, lear ken other light than
ascsrtaines - temper and finances. He has probably
tsaa o. DIVISIONS OF sentiment among those who bold
sye" them an II q Be
bercd that this nation u thirty millions IL lily divided
into forts one States and Territories which
panse hndIy efs than Europe, that the people arc
peace democracy exercising everywhere the Utmost free
dom speech and sorage that great crisis ncccssary
produces vehement as well No profound debate. with
sharp collisions OF individual local and sectional utc
rests. sentiments and ctons and thse this hsat Of
controversy h Increased by the intervention Of spoca
TONS ntefcs prejudice and passions from every other
paSt " The civilized world u Isl however, through such
dtass shas ne Agreement q ,hc nation upon any sub
policy estabehed while there has been much difference
Of popular opinion and favor concerning tho agents who
shall carry the the principles on which II shall be
waged and the with which II shall DO prosecuted
Mr.. Drouyn DC Lnuys has only 20 roer 70 the statute
that the national activity has hitherto bsen and yet
Is .as efficient rs that Of any other nsaon, what.
ever It's form Of yovernmsns eve. vas, under
safety and welfare Not one voice has been raised any
where out Of the Immediate field Of the insurrscton 10
favor OF foreign intervention mediation arbitration,
Of compromise with the renqnshmcnt Of one Of
the national domain the surrender Of even che coDstit
HoDal franchise At the time II n manifest 10 The
world that our resources are yet abundant and our credit
adequate 70 ihs exiAiing emergency
what Mr. Droayn Dc Lhuy. susgests isa. This govern;
ground commissioners Of the insurgents He snpposes
that the conferences to be thus hsd reciprocal com
plants could be discussed aud IN place q the accusatons
otisr the Se nov masaaily cas. npoa each
Of the interests which divide them Hs assumes irtSsr
THAT tho commissioners would seek, BY Of well
ordered aud profound deliberations whether ths.s
rests are dennhvey irreconcisbie whether separation
u extreme that no longer be avoided whether
the memories Of commonsristence, the ties Of every
kind which have made OF the North and the south
whole iederatvc state, and have borne them W
high adeee OF Prosperity, are not more powerful than
the causes which haze placed In the hands " the
two popaatonsv The suggestion not extraordinary
one, aud may weli have been thought by the Emperor
81 the FRENCH IN theoa npE OF his benevolent desire
ior the restoration Of peace, feasible one
But when Mr.. Nouyn de Lhuys shall come o. review
II IN the light in which must necessarily be examined in
this country think he can hardly fat 20 perceive thai
amounts 10 nothing less than proposition that while this
government engaged in supprcssing armed nsnr
Tecton with the purpose Of the cons tutona
naoua authority and preserving the integrity OF the
country, shall enter into diplomatic discussion with the
insurgents mon tbe questions whether that authority
hail not be renowned and whether the country shall not
be delivered over 70 disnnon. TO be quickly followed BY
ever increasing anarchy II were POSSIBLE for the go
vcrnment OF the United States TO Abe national
authority 50 far A. TO enter into such dsbstes not
easy 70 perceive what cd results ccud be obtained BY
elmer that the rncn shall sa2d or that shall be-
tary dissolved else they mist issve the vital question
uDset'led 70 ABIDE at ess. the fortunes Of the
The government has shut knowcSgs 81 the
sent temper any more than Of tbe pss purpose ~ HE
insurgents. There 10 not the least ground to suppose
that the controlling actors wori be porruaded Vt this
momert, by any arguments which q nation-l commits
could oc 80 gorevo thu ambition that has D. "a
them 70 the dsiosa po ,lon they are occupying Any
commissioning who should be appointed BY thoss actors
orthroagh their dolaon influence, tHasi enter tbs
conferences imouod with tbs spirit and pledged 10 tho
ole the nsurrectIonary states would b. unhesrd, and
any oer VI peace by this the condition Of
the rsinsenance q tho Union must necessarily be re.ct
on the other hand az have ,lready minated tbs
government has not the least ihogh of telnqusbns
trust winch has bean coanfsd 70 Il by the Dslon urder
The most solemn " all political ssncions and H had
any such tbcnghi, would hare st bundsri 20
know that pcsCe, proposed II tho u dissolution worf
be Immediately, universally and Indignantly rejected
by the American pecre. ha great mistake iha, Furo
re.n statesmen mste " they snpposs this people do
noraizcd Whatever, IN lnsurfectoD, the pco.
pie II France, or Great Britain Switzerland 81 Of the
Se'herlsnd-. would A. 10 their natobzi existence no
matter how tho strife nigh, BE- regarded ny alect
foreign natous, Just much and Certainly lcss tie
people u The United state gil do, " uocsssary u cave
Tor TIE eoninon tcpcgt the Which + bounded by
lbe Pac ac AID Atlantic coats and BY the sorea ~ the
Guis q ~ lawrence and Mexico, together with the free
aud oJnn'on mas sinL u the RIO srande, Missouri, Ar
kansas Mississippi. Olio, ~. I@~reDce HgisoA, p.xAs
Potomac ard other naCDs highway. by which this Ani
heh 10 them 70 al onse lsnd OF inheritance sad lana
u eror.sc, In opened aud altered.
Even the agents II the people thus sssrcis
ing their power, should, through tear faction fall b.
low this height ~ national virtue tcy would he speedily
yet rspseed by others u s,ernsr char
sc'er and psiriofsn.
7 nrst be allowed 20 say also, that Mr. Drcayu is
I4uys errt 10 nh descrpifn ~ the paris % the present
confct We have bore, N pctcsi eenso no sorih ~
Souit--ro Northern, no Southern states We have an
usarrsc onary party within located upon, and chiefly
adjacent io the shores q the GlN of Nerico, aud w
hove, on the other nand, loyal pcple, who constitute
not only Northern states, ba Bsstsrn Middle wctiern
ana -outnern States have "a many occAs,us ha,,o
Tore Submitted " Tie French government tho Pred~ts
views ~ the interests And which Ne the bolt "a