The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-02-21

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ERENCH. MKDlATION.
m. SEWARD 10 m. DAYroE.
DIPARTxEHr OF STATE,
WARRINGTON, Feb. 6.
VIZ. L. DAYTON, Eeq, &C., &c.-Sir: The
intination given in your dispatch Of January 10
mo. 1861 Aat1 might expect spsoial visit
from n. MERCER has been realized. He called on
the Sd inst, and gave me copy of . despatch
which be had just received from NJ. Drouyn
de Lhuys, under date of the 9th of January.
have taken the President's instructions, and
now proceed TO give you his ideas upon the sub
jeot IN question. ~ T4 tffa
II has been considered with seriousness re.
sultipg from the reflection that the people OF
France are known to be faultless sharers with
the American nation il the misfortunes and ca
lamities Of our unhappy civil val. Nor we
o. this any more than on other occasions for.
got the traditional friendship Of the two coun.
tries, which We unhesitatingiy believe has In
spired the counsels that Nj. Drouyn Do Lhuys
has impaired. He says: "Ths Federal Gov.
eminent does not despair, We know, of giving o.
more active impulse to hostilities and sgain be
remarks, 1.-THE protrsction Of the struggle in .
word has not shaken the confidence Of the Fed
eral Government in the defnitive success Of ito
efforts" These passages seem TO me 70 do I'M
intentional Injustice to the language whether
confidential or public in which this Govern
nent has constantly spoken on the subject Of
the VA. II certainly has had and ayowed only
one purpose, . determination to preserve the in.
teGrity Of the country. So for from admitting
any laxity Of effort, or betraying any despou-
dency, the Government has, on the contrary,
borne itself cheerfully in al vicissitudes, with
unvarying confidence in an early and complete
triumph Of the national cause.
Nov whom We ere in manner invited BY .
friendly Power to rsvisw the 81 monthsIh istory
Of the conflict Ne find no occasion, 70 abate
that confidence through which in an alienation
of victories md defeats - h the appointed IN
cident of war, the land and naval forces of the
United States have steadily advanced, reclaim.
ing from the insurgents the ports, forts and
posts, which they bsve treacherously seized be-
fore the strife actually begun, and even before il
was seriously apprehended. So many of the
States and districts which the insurgents includ
ed in the field Of their projected exclusive slave.
holding dominion. have already been, reestab-
lished under the Gag Of the Union that they now
retain only the States Of Georgia, Alabama and
Texas, with half of Virginia, half of North
Mississippi, and one.third respectively of Arkan-
sas and Louisiana. The national forces hold
even this email territory in close blockade and
siege. i8. 10
This Government, if required, does not hes
itate to submit its achievements to the test of
comparison, and it maintains that in no part
of the world, and in no times, ancient or mo
derp, has nation, when rendered all unready
for combat by the epjoyments Of eighty years
of almost unbroken peace, 80 quickly ava
kened at the alarm of sedition, put forth ener
gies 90 vigorous and achieved successes 80
signal and effective as those which have mark
ed the progress of this contest on the part of
the Unicn. Mr.. Drouyn de Lhuys, fear, has
taken other light than the correspondence Of
this Government for his guidance in ascertain
ing it, temper and finances. He has probably
read Of divisions of sentiment among those who
hold themselves forth as organs of public
opinions here, and has given to them IN undue
II il to be remembered, that this is ! nation
ofthirty millions, cvilly divided into forty lone
States and Territories which cover an expanse
hardly less than Europe; that the people are 1
peace Democracy, exercising everywhere the
utmost freedom Of speech and suffrage; that {
great crisis necessarily produces vehement ..
veil % profound debate, with sharp collisions
Of individual, local and sectional interests,
sentiments and convictions, and that this hes,
Of controversy is increased BY the interven.
ton of speculations, interests, prejudices, from
every other part Of the civilized world. It 10,
however, through such debates that the agree.
hent Of the nation upon any subject is habit
ually attained, its resolutions formed, and ite
policy established.
While there has been much difference Of
popular opinion and favor concerning the
agents who shall carry Oh the war, the prln.
ciples on which it shall be vsged, and the
means with which it shall be prosecuted, Mr.
Drouyn de Lhuys has only to refer to the sta,
tutebook Of Congress and the Executive ordi.
nanoes to learn that the national activity hs,
hitherto been, and Jet 10, - efficient % thai
Of any other nation, whatever its form o,
government, ever was under circumstances Of
equsly grave import to ito peace, safety, and
welfare. Not one voice has been raised any.
where, out Of the immediate field of the insur.
reetion, in favor Of foreign Intervention, OF
mediation, or arbitration, or Of compromise
with the REIMBURSEMENT Of one acre Of the ma
ticnsl domain, or the surrender Of even on,
constitutional franchise. At the same time, il
i manifest to the world that our resource,
areyet abundant, and our credit adequate {,
the existing emergency 'alarST ssrzt Al
! What Mr.. Drouyn do Lhuys suggests is thai
this Government snail appoint Commissioner.
to meet On neutral grounds Commissioners o.
tie Insurgents. He supposes that in the con
fsfencss to be thus held reciprocal complaints
could be discussed, and in place Of the accu.
sstions which the North and the South nov
mutually cast upon each other, the conference
would b engaged with discussions Of the in.
tsrests which divide them. He assumes fur
ther .sthat the C6mmissionsrs would seek BY
usaps Of well.ordered and profound dsliber-
atoms whether these interssts are definitely
Observation-Disclosures separation is IN *.
trems that can no longer bs avoided, or whe-
Their The memory Of . common. existence, thl
ties Of every kind which have made Of the
North sud the South one whole federative
State, and have borne them on to so high Z
degree Of prosperity, ere not more powerful
than the causes which have placed arms in
the hands OF the two populations.
The suggestion 10 not an extraordinary one,
and may we'll have been thought BY the Bm-
peror Of the French, in the eaFnestness Of his
benevolent desire for the restoration Of peace,