The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1863-10-06

ling of light. Not Q ray there. The context
affords 90 material for cropping ones way
out Of the labyrinth. There are quotation
marks covering preceding sentence. which
reads:-"Slavery. says the programme. is i'm
possible within the exclusive jurisdiction OF the
national government" But the quotation
marks end with that sentence, and 10 Is 'oi-
lowed by something which can have reference
to none but the speaker i,i:ns,H as, Tor in-
stance:- ''For many years hasc had THIS
convictions. and have constantly ma'ntaneu
il. am glad n believe that il 10 impossible.
If not expressed in the Chicago platform
The exact meaning of this latter sentence "
not very palpabic In fact it is rathers mud
de- bat we cannot possibly set il right Then
comes this:-" Mr.. Chase among our pabtlc
men is known 10 accept it sincerely. Thus
slavery in the Territories is unconstitutional
And so on 10 the end OF our 6rst ext'ac''
The personal pronoun "f' has no. reference,
from anything we can dnd in the context. to
anybody but Mr.. Blair himself; aud we must
therefore. in equal saeprise and sadness. con-
TESS that the Postmaster General, who starts
out the most cautious Of conservatives. Winds
up the most absurd enthusiast Of abolitionism
We can only account for this on the theory
that Mr.. Blair has belonged 10 90 many parties,
has 40 thoroughly Initiated st. Paul Ia being
"all things to all men," that before he came to
the end Of bis long speech he became be-
wildered and ''fustrifed," and, not knowing
exactly which side Of tho question he was on,
burst out a fullblown Garrisonian. So much
for the frailty Of poor human nature, even
when moulded into the person of a. Cabinet
officer. This only proves that Mr.. Lincoln
should not have. entrusted the championship OF
the conservative cause to such fraii vessel a.
Montgomery Blair, but should have rather
selected the willy, able, artful and passab'y
consistent Secretary Of State for that duty.
Even Mr.. Usher would have been q much bet
ter selection.
But for all that, and batting this remarkable
incongruty near the close OF the speech, which
may be, after ALL only blunder on the part OF
the speaker, the reporter or the copyist, we
commend this conservative manifesto to pub
lie attention; and we demand Of the Tribune
that, as it has published the promncianaiento of
the radicals on the Presidential election, it will
have the fairness also to publish the response
of the conservatives. The war Of the Cabinet
is intensely interesting, and the public is on
titled to full accounts of all tho battles sieges
aud skirmishes.
I'm postant from Europe-Aiieged AL
iiance Between France ana tho South.
In another part Of this journal we publish
letter from our Paris correspondent giving the
details Of reported alliance between France
and the Davis government 1t will be seen
that the rebels in Paris assert that Prince Maxi
milan makes it Q condition of his accepting
the Mexican throne that the Southern govern
ment shall renounce the Monroe doctrine and
recognize the new Mexican empire, according
to it the old boundaries Of Mexico, including
New Mexico, California and Arizona; also that
the Davis government shall guarantee the
new Mexican empire against all American in
reference. The rebels in Paris assert that
Slidell agreed to these conditions, and that, as
a consequence, France entered into an alliance
with Davis, and that after certain delay she
will lend him armed force, march an army
of Mexicans one hundred thousand strong to
the Rio Grsnde, break all our blockades, and
land French troops in New Orleans and Balti-
more.
lit is quite unnecessary for us to add that
/ Ne place no reliance upon the fulGlment of
any Of these promises said to have been made
by Napoleon. On tho contrary, We deem
It much more than likely that these assertions
are made by the rebels in Europe with the
intention of stirring up bad feelings between
the people Of our loyal States and France, and
with the hope Of entangling Napoleon in some
way in his relations with this government, 50
that he will be forced to turn to the South
| That Prince Macmillan should have made any
such conditions as regards his acceptance
| of the new throne offered to him we dc
| not believe, as we cannot for one moment sup
| pose that he or any man 10 bis senses would
place any reliance upon the assistance Of re-
bellious governments now so near its end. II
must be apparent to oil Europe that the North
will ere long compel the seeded States to a
reconstruction Of the Union, and that tbe next
step TO be taken by the government OF the
United States will be the complete vndicatou
of the Monroe doctrine.
| The ambitious, overweenng schemes attri
buted to the Emperor Of the French by his
would.be allies are too absurd to gain credence
with us. We are aware that his position on
this continent ia difficult in the extreme and
that as he undertook his invasion Of Mexico
against the feelings Of his people, he must Ell
deavor to get out of it with as little loss as pos
sible; but we cannot imagine for moment
that he would agree to snch measures as are
attributed to him by the rebels in Paris
France, as well as all other European Powers
must know that complications nearer home de.
mand her attention. eef
Russia has boldly thrown down the gauntlet
and France must look to it that she does no,
lose her prestige in Europe. The Russian
squadrons now in our port will be considered
4 h. NannIaan a "a, him n ova f;ractlv