Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1863-10-14
VOL. lO---NO. IS.

useful to us only if the North and South
part company definitively; and for these
reasons
l. The Confederate States will be our
allies, and will guarantee us against attack
by the North.
2. Mexico, developed by our efforts,
and sheltered from attacks of the North,
will reward all our hopes
3. Our factories will be ensured the
supplies which they absolutely require.
Were the American war to end other
wise, all the adventurers whom peace
would let loose would simply fling them
selves into Mexico. and all that we have
SO far to secure would be gathered in by
the men of the North
"
The American question is not one of
! those which can he deferred for solution
/ to more convenient season.
1t has been put TO us point blank: 1t
must be settled pcremptorily.
! Every one now admits that Europe can
live in peace under q perpetual imminence
/ OF questions
! Eastern, Roman, Ducal-Holstein, and
| others-because no one can see TO any
! definite solution Of those great interna-
! tional problems
/ Moreover the interests disturbed by
/ those questions are either religious or po-
iitcal they are not commercial and
. they can be discussed Now, IN politics
! whatever can be discussed need not be
peremptoriIy dealt with. Time is the
great aIayer of political and religious
! emotions
/ The American question, we repeat, has
been percmptoriiy put, and it will be CON-
/ p!etely answered. Now, there is no pos
sible peace in the reconstruction of the
! Union. The two clements have olsen
/ gagged themselves and cannot be recon-
/ bined.
The North, whether in the Domain Of
arms, of IDEAS. or OF production, cannot
and will not absorb the South.
! We see, then, that neither peace nor
absorption nor conquest is possible
There is nothing left but secession at the
end Of the war.
While the Americans Of the North
could make Europe believe they were
fighting against rebels il was the duty Of
Europe to let them 90 on, despite the
sufferings TO which Europe was exposed
by the contest but the States of the
South have SET forth, their policy, their
purposes, their rights: they desire sepa-
ration; they refuse to enrich the North
they are tired of always giving and never
receiving they have determined TO live
their own life The North American ex-
Il
! borne its fruits, and the South proposes
to reconstitutc It's nationa! system with an
eye TO its own interests. Now since those
| interests confirm 10 those of France, since
the cause of the South is not only Just.
but logical, France does not hesitate TO
declare her sympathies, and her first act
of sympathy naturally must Be the re-
cognition OF the Confederate States
Recognised by France, the strength Of
those States is quintupled at once, and
their adyersaries loose all that they gain.
For other States are waiting to follow the
example OF France; among the CONNER
cial powers of the second rank many de-
sire the establishment of Confederate
republic as n means of the decentraliza-
tion of the Union. These powers, hith-
crto kept aloof by the phantom of slavery,
will follow France, because the whole
world knows that France lends her aid
only to works OF social progress
Those powers will naturally be juinoi
by Spain, which possesses Havana Aus
tria, which will be more directly involved
in the affairs Of the new world If she ac-
cepts the Mexican throne of Maximi!ian,
must likewise recognise the Confederate
States.
And England viii then do what we
have done. She vii! recognize the South.
The Northern States will no longer per
severe in q strife Observation-Disclosures hope
; less.
The navy Of France is an argument
which, in case Of necessity, would sup,
! port her diplomaIic action