Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1863-07-31
TRC MISSION OF Mr.. STEPHENS.
Pr Propositioaa en- a. Davis
Spain.

Washington Correspondence Of the N. Y. News
Since the return OF Vice. President
Stephens, several facts have been brough,
to light calculated TO make people think
that his mission was not SIMPLY coniin :
ed to the topics confined in jeff. DAVIS
instructions, but had far more import
ant object IN view.
A gentleman connected with the State
Department tells me to-day that, indie
pendentiv Of his public aud osicnsiblc
mission. Mr.. Stephens had been cntrust-
ed by the President of the Confederacy
with secret one-tbat the first was
only a cloak TO conceal the second, and
that revelations OF the greatest import
ance were at the bottom Of the dlplo-
matte transactions intrusted TO bis care.
This, il appears, has been discovered
since the return of Mr.. Stephens to
Richmond, where his arrival was mime
dlately followed by Cabinet council,
and by the sending of a bearer OF dis
patches 10 London and Paris, by Mr..
BEN amln, the Secretary OF Foreign At
iatrs.
The bearer Of dispatches carries with
him, am ID, a proposition OF alliance
10 Lonls Napoleon, IN which the Confed-
crate government proposes TO the En-
peror Of the French to acknow edge
forever the right of France to pro,ec-
torate npon Mexico and upon the Re
public Of Central Amepca, and the Of
fer Of tree trade with the South for the
term OF twenty-five years.
AT the same time, JEFF Davis, in com
piance with the well-known spirit OF
.ntsgonlsm existing in Enrope on the
qnes ilon OF slavery, proposes TO modify
that institution In manner consisten,
with the requirements OF civilization aud
humanity.
In exchange, the President of the
Gonfeder te Government demands the
recognition Of the South, and the rails
tng Of the blockade, aud should this
measure cause war between the North
ern States and France, all that the Con-
federAte government requires in such 4
case - the co operation Of her navy
Neither man nor a musket is needed
ON Europe, but simply vessels Of war
and few iron.clad ships.
Mr.. Slidell. TO whom these communi.
cations have been transmitted, is au.
thor zed 10 offer the same Inducements
to every nation that may feel inclined
to comply with the wishes of the South,
and artculariy to SPAN, to which the
possession of Cuba and the southern
part OF Cuba would be guaranteed for
ever, should she decide to lend her as
siftanee to tho permanent foundation oil
the Southern Con ederacy.
am also told that Mr.. Slidell is in
vited to take advice Of Louis Napoleon
n everything belonging to the lnsti,u-
lions 10 be hereafter framed by. the
Southern Conlederacy, TO solicit his
Opinions as regards the best means to be
employed for the foundation south OF
Mason and Dixons line, of strong con.
solidatcd government, and even to prom.
lsc hun a protectorate upon Texas,
should lie deem the Independence Of hat
State necessary to his designs upon
Mexico.
In tact the propos'ioe Of jeff. Davis /
TO Louis Napoleon is that of an ohen-
sise and defensive alliance, attended with |
as large concessions as government
can make 20 another without losing It's
freedom OF action or dignity Of charac.
ter.
But before making these propositions
to the Emperor Of France and sacrifi.- T
lug the Institution Of slavery, jeff. Da-
Wis sent Mr.. Stephens with secret mes.
sage to Mr. Lincoln to advise him of the 7
resolutions taken by his Cabinet, and
TO ask hun whether he would not consen,
before APPLYING to Europe for protection
aud support, and thereby to run the
risk Of 'rjurlng the democratic insttu.
tons IN TINS country, to an armjstce and
a convention OF al the States for the
settlement Of the pending difficulties.
Tho mission OF Mr.. Stephens was
then looking, as YOU will see, to the
preservation Of the free democratic in
sti,ntlons Of the South, and was oppos-
cd TO any cncroaehmenis hy foreign
power upon that country. The refusal
IT Mr.. Lincoln to see him has bafled
the PROJECT OF Mr.. Davis, and has spps-
renils forced the SoEth TO place itsef
under the empires aud monarcLies of
Lnrope-an event which may threa,cn
the integrity Of our own liberties 10 the
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