Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1863-01-07
FOREIGN MEn1aT1OS.
A Prop position for an Armistice
to be Made by Tho French
Government 70 the
President.


WAsnINGIoS, Dec. 30.
The an,icipations expressed in my
last letter as to the probable course OF the
French Government with regard to me-
dia,lon, TEEN to be confined by the
news received from Europe during the
las, two weeks, stated, II you re-
member, that II was not in the tradition
d French diplomacy, and still less ID
The character Of Louis Napoleon, TO
abandon pol cy before having tried al
Inc combinations calculated u secure it,
,ucces., and tia. We might prepare to
see the mediation scheme ? Az part IN
our politics. All that ! have seen or
earned since corroboIa,es that sent
ment and dcvclopes the idea contained
n germ in Drouyn de I'lluy's letter.
II / am correctly informed, the French
Government has decided 10 act alone III
the matter, and to ofier 10 the Presl-
dent Of the United States the same pro-
position which has been made TO Eng
land and Russia, trusting to his Juog-
ment to pronounce upon It's merits aud
lts practicablll,ty. Tbat document viii
be accompanied by letter from pfouyn
dc Hugs, stating IN substance that the
Elm pefor believes the proposition OF an
armi ,ice AZ act in no way injurious to
tho interest and honor OF the United
states. but, on the contrary. eninentls
useful thar it 10 not his intention to
pres, 1t upon the Federal Government,
v hlch alone can determine the time
when the friendly office OF France can
10 accepted but that the President
mus, be aware that any protracted re-
rossl Of her offers would necessitatc the
Emperor to listen to the southern repre-.
seDlauves whose propositions tor recog-
milton have Hitherto been rejected, be.
cause he has AWAY. entertained the
hope OF seeing our difficulties amicably
settled, and the Union restored.
The official communication will con.
cludc hy stating that the French govern
ment expect. that Mr.. Lincoln will
maturely consider the peculiar situation
ia which it SPACED, aud also take INTO
the uses and customs es
tabished in the cases referred to IN his
by writer's on international
Jaw.
Such, arm informed, ia the sense Of
The letter to be forwarded to Washing
ton in the course OF a month or 50, to-
gether with the proposition for media
non already presented 10 Englrnd and
Russia. am disposed to credit the IN
format on, ::ipasmuch rs several Chamber
oil Commerce in France have expressed
IN their address to the Emperor: the
hope that "the noble and humane pro-
jaol OF mediation" in American affairs
would not be abandoned. On the other
hand, the wants and restitution Of the
French NO king class have become so
pressing that they cannot fail to have
an influence upon the mind OF the En-
peror aud confirm HIM in his project.
Besides, the idea OF seeing the Emperor
pers.vere, alone and without co.opera
ton Of other nations, in becomin. the
arb,er in our difficulties, has something
IN i, which flatters the vanity OF the
French peope and Louis Napoleon IL
100 adrolt to mss the opportunity OF ad-
ding 10 his popularity by step which,
IN his estimation and that Of his friends.
does no, fix his policy, nor compromise
n the least his relations with the Uni.
ted Suites.
1t ia rumored here in social circles
where the Influence Of diplomacy is felt,
that the way in W ich the communica-
non OF the Emperor will be received By
our government depends in some man
: err upon the course he will hereafter
pursue towards the South. 1t is not be-
lievcd, however, that he will allude to
this matter on the first OF the year, but
that he will carry his plan through the
usual channels OF diplomacy, and wah
the same urbanity and apparent friend
ship which hs. marked his relations With
us since the beginning of our struggle.