Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-02-20
FRIDAY MOANING, FfBNthEh 20, 1873.
A aREAT CAMS.

rha-e Is something ezc,ssing!- r@'isuai ID
the 5ioloma.:o proceedings End tthcisi notes
which re have lsieiy published, eT1 which
t:,s ,,.sssd between ahs Ministers Of France
snl the United States. IN :Ae arst place,
Coun. Mc:cier, tic French Minister, has been
e.Yensihe lie direct by the Secretary CT stsfe
&c Washington. ID MERCER hid rSfounsss'
for lie information of his own GoyHlnnent'
: TIA. 20 lad gons to Ei:hmo1d 10 coaacGnv.os
81 : suggestion given by Mr. Seward . I'm
in o p-irate communication, Tho French
Go-srrms4t publishes Inc lstter oi M;Eeiss
ar...ss other documents connected %:sa
American affairs; and thcSeufon Ms. saV-
AID, fadiDg himself c3nPrc1iissd ny me
.eYs:ation that he had ct ths period oi d
Ne-cisr's visi. actually betrayed somo AK
;e,y 10 know the mind e oar Ghv3.'"rs1t,
Ast,y, aul with an insulting brutality, cs-::D
the whole story. lie does nos czpla!:. GwsJ.
1oS iwist about tie hush, tus Gays simply
t...s: Cau2t Ms7c;sr hes told ale. Nezs We
hsre the letter from Il. Dt2cyl &c L h'i-!s
pseuosiog that tho fe3sc2i Gevarnzi,Sii:
should entss int "iafarmsi eonEeccnces' 's.!a
tbs oonfsdsrsies; and the rrdscioas sepiy Of
Seward, false and irsels1t Efcrs hssirnp'g 70
ea5, il published ila. a5ia.eiJ Il auw foT&
5.E5~a it is communicated ~ :.hs Fre1cs sioy-
srDment thcocsh Mr. Dayton. Tbs IS nDu-
.ral. ard seems 60 in:iicsts IA d.I,os:a.: i1:sa-
IT,, ~ tAe psrr OF cao Go7sr2Ec::s CO s-c
o.tsr, OF o. both, % ai;as to 81 eli ,--a;sz
diplomatic zcIasicns. ILcFs is p ccsG sa&ie
"a. Sswsrd is aarios pia!&E; hnz Louis
Napoleon elso is 10 Io7ios-aaa iao Esiui.
mill DE wcrta II atoting, e-en 81 uD;2leE3::ed
s;e::ators; stlii moro b. US WAC, paTa*f:
lave certain stake.
as to the question u yo:a:itJ Sos~eea
Ar. Seward aud any other gertlsns2 what
s,c7sras to WIZ: pass ed in private 2olTetss-
TICS, all mankind, no plesrm:, II i'll sccn7t liz
b.iist 10 The other gentleman. Mr.. S!w,!d
himself would re:y evidently hE"c I TE-y
.resp opinion Of the ;ntei:ec: CT a2y Ole a'hoo
beCu!6 believe his story. H. aosa- aPeaE5
and mover w.;tes to bo beiaTcd, but 1::cia
Is hing which i! 10 necessary tat i'a2P:s
s.nu:d pretend to believe fo7 tue tirle bs;.g.
81 knows well that every humsa being &c
l!eYss Mercie.; tut hs is American Scccets-y
% S a.s, rnd has q policy, Ind hi; po.;oy
ns,d5 tlst certain positions should co as.
saTsd, and certain words written .:d spoken
vuish he expects his own c.l-:sgG:a IA
zakcJellre shat they believe. Ant; ley O.
81; md sosps&: their Secretary tho n9re
that knows wnas to say. If tkey could
:h;nk hin guilty Of teilirs ths nilnp!o ruth,
10 would lose their coSGSnrics fsrcycr as .
su4o:t rnsn. ii. Mazeicr, therefore viii De &C.
,;ovei, wh:le hs is hoote cut u tas country
81 9 liar. lie can never ssai;: h:lG ofa:;"i in
ssrcorSse, Or sly o.!oz i,l.orcou.st, WITH :he
Stuart Secretary, and las p<osai:s - LIZ
t.ae demanded ii, passports.
On ice sane principle, when Seward *'T9ts
mis- letter in rep,y to tee proposal for : oc-s-
ie.sace T;tE lie Ccnfedesats5-andi IA HAT
Letter gavo al sccara: Of he pTcg-ssa " a.o1
Ills scverpmenI is iriua ph-nriy making il
ths suppression Of that IirsC,rec:icr0:!T
party which ne faJ 6 he has sc1ewScre u
his dcninicns, adjsc.n: Il the Gu.f ci Mt=s:-
GO, he Cid rot expect ar; ons to bel!sTe one
word he rnid, least OF Eli t:-e Eo2aEar Nj
Polaon. Il was merely rs 1uve On lis
hes-d IN response 20 ihs Bm?e:cr's IoTa
with bic pesce conference. Tic Enpsrn'
pytpo.ss ptate conference, E1ou;ng :Aos IL
is tmp:ssibie. Seward gives him lo-e r.r-
rstir&, EnoTjng sha! &c viii osi:sTo nc rnGs
OF il. Nov sle uiove Is sgsin wiz 81; .as..
jssty.
I. ia evident, However, flat Mr. ssNsSd
has sort {: consciousness cf havirS uc::
lis master; he las . PSeEeat:ps-i {: cI.scE-
mair; ard his unusual procedure, IL Putl.sh-
Ing befoieba-G n New York hia ON =s..2-c-
isains master piece Ct imprdcnce, uuet be
INTENDED stnsitw to retrieve tie gau,e.-
ucw? Seine imagine thc: 10 .7ishe- &c
r:oTess sle EnpsIor to Trc3gn;zs lhis
Conkderaey by bpse::, and 80 eepg-
Issc I'm Gcn England m that ersst;la.-
H. s:ei;sd cu'r.sc 20 Cen. M=scis--tis
ircaaediate communication to cid o,,n public
6 ire let:eI in reply tc pIonvn Go Z auJ-
:ae c!.isant ,r:T.caiion 10 Franc cr3 de-
oeno'es;on Ct Franco, appearing G. late in .iIs
ADMINISTRATORS -ave,e, ave soron so.S Z.
coior 80 sa-s iaea. sswsr':, E,-bsas, g=sa
tias the Emperor IS lealirs cp 10 his e!u, u
tniEs and s1med ip.,TccH:i:a. IL viii 10.
wait fer tic dsveloa,-srs Ct III ;.srcr;s!
plan, but tiles to intrcdu:e ccn2iics.:.a in
fnc Ewes &C the bead: None kaaEs a:t:o:
saaa Mr. Seward, tie jnsenea sEi; Gpapar:to
hatred existing between Fssucs and Eea;a,d.
Snd the profound hcl;c.naEa Of th:is eat:a,ts
e.raia9a. He knows that upon tais Er.arican
9ues-Sn, as on evsiy o:hc-, thu: two Pn'snre
s:c watching eaci1 csSe- with unsies2i1E
visilsnca-eseh IA hope that lao c.ter will
ms-AS one rash step. AMI he knowS thas sse
F.c0ch expedition to MEXICO is looked up7r
il England with IS much j.slo,sT ca in tae
United States. And 10 hcpcs, hy 1suntwe
ana goadiaS Franco to speedy recognition Of
the Oonfederacy to dstach EDgland-sc give
E:gland tho chance he knows BIO is seekins
Ito tffer her the Yankee Alliance; theo, to
suddenly snpihilate The French Fleet IN the
Cuff; crush France out of Mexico, and the
Conteoe1a.es out Of these Ssstes, ard tiea d.
vi the spoi-an iupoEi.l spoil indesa-the
whole Continent, from tho Issanus 90 Hu6-
sons Bay,
Perhaps, we say, such "a thu esme On the
bsatd, snd such ase thS raoves, snd suoh tho
stakes. For ours:lves, We play a simple
game. We stand On cur own soil, ds:aaainc
our own homes, and rosolute to ,asir .ain cpr
sovereignty and our freedom. L.. France