The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-11-18
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Mayor of London with blockade-running
in an official way-letters showing In
detail the negotiations with parties in
London for ship. building, importing
contraband Of war, sc.
Two long and important letters from
Edwin Dselon, the rebel agent at Paris,
one 10 Bejamin the other 10 JEFF. Davis.
From the letter 10 Benjamin we extract
the following: "The greatest reasons for
MAson's Withdrawal have been his course
of complaining against Lord John Rus
sell personally. Russel's speech, apolo-
getic and vindicatory of his own course
is the reply 10 your challenge, and IL
proves that he will persist In his policy
to the bitter end, and 10 even ready to
overstep the law in order TO avert offence
to the Washington government The
delivery of his speech is too recent to
permit me 10 inform you of the English
sentiment in relation TO it.
"The commentary of the Times will
show that even the obsequious echo of
the Ministry does not accept and reiter-
ate Lord RusselPs views without protest,
and should he venture to carry into exc
cution the threats that he has made of
violating the law and asking for bill of
indemnity from Parliament, the expert
ment may cost him his place. The SYM
pathy of the Britishpeople for the Oonfed-
crate StAtef is growing stronger every
day, and in the same rate as their an
tipAthy for the Yankees. In order to
foster and increase these favorable dis
positions, have caused various publica-
tions TO be made in England on the top
les of cotton, slavery, the oath of allegi-
ance, Federal fabrioations, and kept up
a running fire through the English press
"The same letter dilates on our alleged
expectations of recruits for our armies
from Ireland. 1t says that, after the dis
posal of the Roebuck motion, the rapid
increase of Federal recruitments in Ire
land attracted much attention, and l
deemed it advisable to visit that country
to see if anything could be done to check
it. During three week rs residence, chief
" in Dublin, with q visit to Belfast, in
the north of Ireland, / succeeded in un-
masking and exposing the enemy's bat
terry, and enlisted the aid of some pow
erful auxilliaries in the press and the
| public TO stop this cruel and cowardly
crimping of recruits under pretence of
employment ON Northern railroads.
Many knew the real nature of the SER
vice required of them, but many more
were entrapped by promises of high
wages, their contracts containing clause
that they would take the preliminary
oath of remuneration on their arrival in
| America.
"This at once would make them sub
| ject to the draft. The number of actu-
al recruits thus obtained from Ireland
the past year up to August cannot have
exceeded two thousand able bodied men;
but we hope their nets will not hold.
| No step has been or will be taken by the
British Government TO stop this business.
from the difficulty Of proof of actual en-
| listment, and also because of the unwil-
lingness of Lord Russell to wound the
susceptibilities of Mr.. Seward, of whose
conduct he has no complaint to make.
"The press, the priests, and the public
opinion may supply the short comings of
the Government In this respect, at least
an attempt is being made. In France he
says the Polish question and the Next
can entirely obscure ours, in which
Frenchmen have really felt but little in
tsrat. The sympathy first felt for the
Federals has been forfeited by their bru-
tality and insolence; a kind of vague
admiration for the heroism of our people
has succeeded, but is not lively enough
to prompt any action nor give us rea :
sonsble hope of it.
1.-THE withdrawal, of Mr.. Mason from
London makes the Emperor more than
ever master of the situation. The only
riValry he feared being this withdrawal
he can amuse us with the Mexican ALI
ance in lieu of more practical interven-
ton, in the belief that we shall continue
to be very grateful for the very small
favors. Neither the British Parliament
nor the French Chambers will meet until
February next; until then the game is
entirely in his own hands.
Earl Russell's speech having relieved
his mind of any change in England's in
activity, l sincerely hope that the inten-
tions of the Emperor may be more prac-
teal, but ! con only judge by the lights
before me-"
The same person, in q long letter TO
JEFF. Davis himself, after complaining of
the unftness of the men who surround
Davis, and especially of those who man
age the diplomatic affairs of the rebellion.
goes on TO say: "The radical Demo.
cratic party, which levels down instead
| of raising up, seems almost as strong with
us as with the North, though not in such
repulsiye shapes and after the war ia
over we shall have to fight the same old
tna mill n II
| speak bitterly, but see on this side so
much pitifol self-seeking and worthless
greed in the swarm of spectators and
blockade breakers, in staggering shut
hers from danger who call themselves
Confederates, that my soul sickens as /
contemplate the future"
After some general statements about
English and French feeling concerning
them, he says am as distrustful of recog-
milton by France as by England. That
we may be made pawn in the Mexican
business, think very probable, but the
detected intrigues in Texas, Mr.. Benia-
minis denunciation, which, as INTERPRETED
aud published in the New York and
English papers, do not inspire conf denoe
in the very astute gentleman who is now
the arbiter of Southern and Mexican des.
TIMES.
Judge Rost, who is here now, entirely
concurs in my views and he adds further
that Mr.. Dayton declares he has never
had any complaint from Washington re-
garding French interventiAn in Mexico.
If Seward therefore acknowledges Max
imlllian's Empire, the ground on which
our action seems TO have been predicatsd
is cut away from under our feet; and
should Seward make a protest, for he
cannot mediate q wF with France, we