American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1851-1863, 1863-10-03

:. OF hostile relations soon existing beiweel
them God speed tbe auspieious day
Y Our RELATIONS WIN FRANCE.
1 Our Government ought at once 70 max,
2 preparations for a war with France. /
p would be foolish 10 say that such war Il
certain 10 come, but il would be danger
! Gus as well A. foolish to act as il it were
j impossible An precaulion. especially in
National affairs. rests upon The apprehen-
sion, the suspicion Of Gaming danger. II
We we're always 70 wait until the peril is
. upon US before making any preparations
to meet II, we should always be too late.
: Absolute certainty in regard to the hostile
movements and intentions Of lereign Pow
ers, 1t IS impossible to attain. We must
act upon indications and tendencies, and
The conlecturcs which they warrant. The
seaman guides his vessel by the barome.
ter, though be never expects to End it an
inIalllbIe prophet Of the coming storm.
While it is impossible to know the fact,
we have very little doubt that Louis Ma
poleon has secret treaty. either conclud-
ed or 10 progress, with Jefferson Davis,
by which the cession of Texas is to be
received as an equivalent for recognition
and for substantial aid to the rebel Con-
tederacy. The language of the European
press. the tone of the Emperor's organs,
the hints of the Moniteur. indicate clear
ly enough his purpose to intervene in our
affairs. No one supposes that he would
DO this without an object. He went to
war with Austria /" for an idea," but not
until he had bargained for the cesson of
Savoy as the price of establishing the in
dependence of Italy. His seizure of Mex
lco reveals bis purpose to plant the
French flag on this continent; and his
letter to Gen Forey declares that his ob-
Iect in doing SO is to check the advancing
power of the United States, and fix linn,
it to their progress southwark. The in
trlgues of two French Consuls in Texas
over year ago, to detach her from the
Conlederacy and re-establish nominally
her independence, prove that even then
he had designs of some kind upon that /
State; and the hostile action of the rebel
Government. by which those intrigues
were met, convinced him that it would be
easier to buy Texas and have the South :
and bm IN maintaining title, than to seize y
the State, with the assured hostility of /
both sections Of the Union. His hold on a
Mexico. moreover, will be insecure without. s
command of Texan port and of the r
frontier of the Rio Grande; while the !,
rich cotton lands of Texas and the access .
1t opens to the rich mineral provinces il
which are part of the prize he seeks to f
clutch, are formidable material arguments '
% the more general motives of State DO u
'cy by which bis action is governed. h
These considerations by no means '
prove that the French Emperor intends Ct
o seize Texas; but they are quite sufi. .
'ient to warrant our Government in act.
ng as if that were bis intention. We have
40 troops in Texas. That State is in full o.
possession of the rebel Confederacy, s.
which may very well assert the right to de
llspoSe OF II as its interests may require. -
ms condition Of affairs should be rene 70
ned at once. We ought to hold the da
mouth of the Rio Grande with sufici- III
mt fleet. and put 90, 600 troops along the sa
me OF that river, There are many rea, cI'
ons why this should be done without any %
eierence to the supposed designs of by
rance; but the possibility that she has Ut
UGH designs should prompt our Govern.
nent to take this step without an hours $ G,,
clay. W
we have no doubt that the English in.
llnlStry. or at least the Prime Minister, r. r.;
'vors this design. Lord Pamerston is to
thorough-golng supporter of Louis Ma. off
oeon. lie was on terms of intimacy
mn HIM during his exile; he was the first
nall his accession to the imperial throne
G went out of office because be accepted II
lie coup d etat, his intimate and conf, i
entail personal relations with the En- !,
error have continued without interrup.
on, and the whole tone and tenor of his di'
Obey has been one of almost abject sub. Il,
efVlence to bis views and wishes. Ex> "
ept In the single instance of the Suez al
anal, which comes into direct collision Z
ilh English interests. Palmerston has reg
'''o"ed the lead of Louis Napoleon on
very great question Of public policy since VIII
9 has welded the power and ruled the tin
esllnles of France, He will favor his du
pSInDc nv,