New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-02-13

was yauloiousN Conceived, Dad IL mas produced
gratifying rec Ats.
IAN, Sir. your obedlsnt .ervant
~, WA. II. SEWARD.
WIN &. DArroS esq. &c, 60.
MIR, DAYTON TO MIR. SEWARD.
Extract No. 1851
PARIS, Jan. Is, 1868.
SIR: A dsyatch will shortly be sent by NJ. Drouyr
de Lhuys to M. Mercier, requesting him to suggest
TO Won, on a suitable occasion. the proprety OF ap
uoiutinp Commissioners to treat with the South fol
peace and for union If possible; il not possible. fol
such terms of separation as may be eventually
agreed upon. This communication was submitte.
by NJ. Drouyn dc Lhuys to the Emperor on the 81
lust, apd returned to him by tho Emperor yester
day. The dispatch answers what is supposed Womb
have been the objections to proposal for an arms
tics or mediation.
First: 1t proposes it says, no Interference of any
kind by foreign Power.
Second IT does not require, or ask for, any ces
sation OF hostilites pending the negot atoms; but
like the negotiations for peace ia 1873 between the
United States and Great Britain, permits everything
TO proceed es If no efforts for q settlement Were
being made.
am Sir, your ob.dient servant WM. T. DAYTON.
To his Exceency. WV. IL SEWARD, Sec. of STATE. &c.
NJ. DRoUYN DE- LHUYs TO NJ. MERCER.
pryAn asa1s1-' 90 posrras Arram, ,
PoLinckL DIVISION fAKrs. Jan, 1868.
SIR: In forming the purpose OF assisting by the
prefer OF good Offices to shorten the period OF
those hosilitios which desolatiug the American
Continent, we have not 10 DO guided beyond ell by
the friendship which actustes the Government o.
the Emperor in regard 10 the United States. The
little OF our oyorturcs might chill the interest
with which we follow the fluctuations OF this con-
testbut the sentiment to which we have yielded is
too sincere for Indifference TO find place In our
thought that we should cease TO be painfully affected
while the war continues 10 rage.
We cannot regard without profound regret this
.fa.,l
bic distractions Of tho ancient republics and whose
disasters multiply in proportion TO the aud
the yalor which each of the beligerent parties de-
yelop. The Government Of his Majesty have, there
fore, seriously examined the Objections which have
been made to as when we have suggested the idea
of friendly INC iation. and We have asked our.
selves whether they truly Of nature to set aside
az premature every tentative TO reconciliation. GA
one part has been opposed 70 Us the repncuaucs Of
the United States 10 admit the intervention ii for
oign influence in the dispute; on the other the hope,
which the Federal Government has not abandoned,
OF attaining its solution by force Of arms.
AssuTedly Sir, recO,irto 10 the good Offices OF one
or several neutral powers contains nothing incom-
patible with the pride so legitimate amid great ma.
bon, aud means purely international arc nol those
alone which flrns, eXampl e3 Of tho useia charac-
ter Of mediation We iiater ourselves besIdes, that
in proerng TO place Ourselves at the dspOs of the
begeropt parties, to facilitate between their nego.
;ia,ions, the basis OF which We abstain from pre-
judging, we have manifested to tie patriotism OF The
United ST lies all the consideration to which it i. CHI
titled now, perhaps still moro than ever after such
new proof vi moral force aud energy.
We are none the loss ready, amid the wilhes
which we form in favor Of peace 10 take into ac-
count all the susceptibilit,s OF national feeling and
we do not at all question the night OF the Federal
Government 10 decline tue cooperation (coacsRrsJ
Of TIE great maritime powers OF Europe. Blu; this
cooperation, is il nos the only means which offers
Itself TO the Cabinet Of Washington TO hasten the
close OF the war; aud If il believes tLat il ought 20
repel any foreign Intervention, could II not honor
ibly accept the idea OF direct (DourpGyiersJ in
formal conferences with the authority which may
represent the States OF the South The tedera
Government does not despair, VIZ know, Of giving
II more active impulse 10 hostiitise. It's sacfifcos
have not exhausted It's still le.s its per.
severance and is stcsdfastness.
The protracLion oil The struggle, in q word, has
not shaken its confidence in the nilve success Of
ito eforts but tho npsnng of informal conferences
between the bellgerent parties does not necessarily
imply the immediate cessation Of hos;ilities. Nego-
tallong about pesce are not always the conseq
Of O suspension OF warfare. They prcccde, on tho
more often the establishments OF a truce
How many times nave wo not seon PieIipo:antia- !
RES meet, exchange communications egree upon III
the essential provisions OF treaties-re5oive in fine
the question even OF peace or war-whle the lead. /
gre Of armies continued the STRIFE aud endeavored.
even 10 the latest moment, 10 modify 10y force OF
AVIS the conditions Of peace.
TO recall only ole memory drawn from the his /
tory Of the United States, the negotiations which |
lneir Independence we're commenced |
Ong before hostili!es had ceased IN the Ne World
and the srmisice was not established until the net
u the 30th November, 1872, which under the name
4 provisional articles, embraced in advance the
principal clause OF tho treaty Of 1883. Nothing,
therefore, would hinder tho Government of chs
United states, without reD9uncing the advantage
which IL believes IL attain by the continuation
# the war; from entering upon Informal conferences
With tho Confederate " the South liz case they
hould show themselves disposed thereto.
Representatives or Commissioners Of the two mar.
les could assemble o. such point IA IL should DO
cemed proper TO designate, aud which could for II
DIS purpose be declared neutral. Reciprocal CON.
laiDts would be examined into at this meeting Ia
lace Of the accusations when North and South ma-
ially cast upon each other, at tins time would b.,
INSTITUTED argumeniative discussion Of the oter-
BIS winch divide them. They would seek out by {
.eans OF well ordered and profound deliberations ,
iheher these interests are dtnitycS irreconciIa-
le whether separation ID All extreme which can no
,ngcr be avoided, or whether the memories Of ,
1ulinon existence, whether the ties OF ANY kind i
Inch have madc Of the North and Of The South ono
de aud whole tsderatiye state aud have borne 4
ZEN on TO 30 high degree OF prosperity are not T
loro powerful than ihe causes which have placed
rms III The hauGo Of tho two populations A nego. [
alton, the object oi which would be thus deter q
lilItivo, would not involve a0y OF the objection /
lised against the diplomatic intervention OF EuIope
nd, wntout giving ortn 10 the same hopes ia tie h
Immediate conc lu,i9a oil nTDislicc, would oxer. n
lse happy influence on the march Of events |
Why, therefore, should not Il combination which p
poets all the relations Of tho United States obtain =
be APPRECIATION OF tho Federal Government.
Persuaded, on our part, that IL Is IN conformity
Vith thor true intereets, we do not hesitate TO rec
mmend II to their attention, and 10, hiviny sonybt y
the project Of mediation Of the maritime mower.
/ Europe any vain dlspsy Of inillence, wo would =
ppaud with entire freedom from al sIscep;ibililies
eelf.es!eem, tho opening Of negotiation which =
'oud invite the two populations to discuss, without
le cooperation OF Europe, the solution ol their dill
,Iences. :