Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1863-02-06
France and America,

We make the following extracts from the address
of the Emperor Napoleon, delivered on the 10Th
January at the opening of the session of the Senate
and Corps Legislatf:
"The indirect revenues show continual increase from
the simple fact of the general increase of prosper and
the condition of the Empire would be h0ursing if the
in America had not dried up one of the most fruitful
of industry. Tie forced sgnGtiOn of JOr has
caused III ndRy districts amount Of restitution 1ohick
deserves all socitud and grqat tuH be asked from
yOH for the support of those 'rho ,D resignation submit
the effects of rt,ne 0hich Is not o,rsr to put
etp to. Nevertheless have made The attempt send
beyond the Atlantic adgces inspired by sincere synpa-
thy but the great maritime Powers not having thought
advisable yet to act in concert with hire been
obged to postpone to suitable opportunity the offer Of
ndtdtton the object Of '0tich i0is 10 stop the SfSOn of
HOOD and 10 preUept the exhaustion of c6uRtr the future
of ,chich catnOt be looked upon Nth idifsrsacs'
The London Times of late date says:
The speech of the Emperor is another step in the drec-
ton indicated by the despatch of his Foreign Minister
Again the Americans arc Told in effect that the war which
the North is wagirg against the South will be without
result that the country is being exhausted in contest the
of the present. age gee ana ad fR a Ehf6s
ent the barbarty which shows day more aud
more. There nOO hardly be do1f That The French
Emperor rL take eccy occasion TO urge on the FsrILs the
necessity of bringing the to close. 1t is probable tha
the United States Minister Mr. Dayton has already heard
all that he against the enterprise in which the
Federal Government is engaged The deliberate ngment
of Europe been given by the mouth of the French En-
peror and though formal offer Of mediation has yet
reached Washington, yet morally most earnest ntere
has taken place speech OF monudS pub
solemn reeration of those opinions which the Emperor
has never concealed from either bellgcreut It's decar
alton that the progress of the during the last two
months has but confirmed him in the wisdom of his former
policy and that the time is approaching when European
Sovereignty may fifty mterpose 10 stop the slaughter
As politician and a soldier, Napoleon may be satisfied
with the accuracy of his judgment when he declared that
the South would not submit aud could not be subjected
Since NJ Drouyn de Huys wrote his dispatch the fortune
of war has more than inclined TO the sides Of the
Confederates. In great battle they have defeated the
main army of their enemies, and demonstrated that Fr-
ginia and Richmond may be held ndehoely against all
The hosts that President Lincoln send against them
Such being condition of the the French Emperor
may Justly whether Europe to sit still and make no
effort to civilized and christian society from the
miseries that coming 1t. The exhaustion OF the
country and the bruazng of the people are the only
suits which may be clearly oreseen if the war lasts and
the Emperor will do good work if by any wise and tent
perae advances he persuade the Federas to desst
from their hopeless enterprise"
The London Observer of a late date says:
"Reports have beeh in circulation for days past to
the effect the Emperor of the French had renewed his
proposal of Joint mediation between the contending parties
in America We have to believe that no offer OF
the kind has been made Her Majesys Government and
further that the Emperor has distinctly iutimated to Mr.
Dayton the American Minister Paris that it is not his
intention submit any proposition for the settlement OF
the question in dispute between the Northern aud Southern
States"