The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1863-02-27
Foreign kedistion,

propositions to our gevernmen. for a meet
ing OF Com,nssioners from the North and
South TO eDdeavor to nsks q se:tsmen. Of
our difficulties, Gao 40 longer Be doubted,
~ will be seen from the following reply
which Mr.. SEWARD make, TO the French
government, through our Minister st Paris.
As this document il. the opinion of the gov
erumsnt at Washington against I'd tia,ion,
a. the present time, it cannot but COM
mand tho attention Of the people, whether
its sentiments be ri ght or wrong:
DEPARTMENT OF STATE,
Washington, Feb 6, 1868.
YIN. L. Dayton, Esq, DC, &C.:
SIk-Ihe io,imation given in your des-
patch of Jan. Is, (No $3.50, that | nigh,
expect special visi. from NJ. MERCER has
been realized. he called on tho Sd inst
and gave me copy Of despatch he had
JUS. received from NJ. Drouyn de Lhuys,
under the date Of the 8 h Of January. |
have taken the Presidents instructions,
aud now proceed to give you his ideas
upon the subject in question 1t has been
considered with seriousness resulting from
the reflection that the people Of France are
known to be faultless sharers with the
American nation in the nisfortunes and
cala'niEies Of our unhappy civil war.
Nor do we on this, any more than on
other occasions, forget the traditional
friendships of ths two countries. which va
unhesitatinglv believe has inspired the
counse.s that NJ. Drouvn De Lhuys has i'm
parted. lie SAYS: -. Tie Federal govern
ment does not despair We know, of giving
more active impulse to hostlilties - and
again he remarks -" The protraction of
the struggle, in word has not shaken the
confidence Of the Federal government in
the definite success Of it's efi;orts' These
passage. seem to me 20 do uniu.entoual
isjustice to the language. whether conf
DENTAL or public, in which this government
has constantly spoken Oh The >uhiec, of the
war. 1t certainly has bad and avowsl on
ly one pHr2ose-a determination 10 pre-
serve the integrity of the country.
So far from admitting any Iaxi.v Of ef-
for, or tetraying any dependency, the
| government has, on .he contrary borne it
self cteerfully in all vicissitudes with unvs
rylng confidence in An early and co .nple,e
triumph Of the national cause. Now.
when we are in manner invited bv a
| friendly power 10 review the twenty-one
months history Of the contl;c; we find no
occasion to ahata tha, confidence through
which, in ar alienation of victories and
defeats, as is the appointed incident of war
the land and naval forces Of tho United
States have steadily advanced, retaining
from the insurgents the ports, forts. and
pos,. which they had treacherou.Iy seized
before the strife actually began, and even
before it was seriously Supplemented. So
many Of the States AID districts which the
insurgents included III the field Of their
projected exclusive s!aveholdinc dominion
h ave already been re established ,raar tbo
flag O. the Union :. lat tho -
- o.. NOW retain on
= --'-- o. Georgia Alabama and Tex
"a. with hs': OF Virginia, half of North Car
DINA, two>thirds of South Carolina half Of
Mississippi, and one third respectively of
Arkansas and Louisiana Tie national
forces hold even this small territory in cIosa
blockade and siege This government. il
required, does not hesitate 10 submit its
achievements to tia test of co,npar;son.
and 1t maintains that in no part Of the
world, and IN no times, ancient or modern
has nation, when rendered all unreadv
for combat by the enjovments Of EIGHT.
years Of almost unbrohen peace. put forth
energies so vigorous, and achieved success
es so signal and effective, As those which
have marked the progress of this con,ss,
on the pat Of the Union.
NJ. Dronyn de Lhuys, fear. baa taken
other light than the correspondence ofthis
government for his guidance il a.certa;n-
ing rs temper and finances He has prob
ably read q divisions Of sentiment. a;,onc
those who held themselves forth AZ Dreams
OF public opinion here, and has given TO
them an undue Importance. Il ia to be
remembered that this nation of thirty mil
hons IS cl'ilIy divided into forty>ore states
and territories, which cover an expansa
hardly less than Europe that the whole
are peace democracy. exercising eye,v-
where the utmost freedom of speech and
suffrage; that a great crisis NECESSARILY
produces vehement as well a. profound de-
bate, with sharp divisions Of Individual. 10
cal and sectional interests, sentiments and
convictions, and tia, this heat of conIro-
versy Is Increased by the Intervention Of
speculations, interests, prtjudices and nas
sions from every other part Of the civilized
world. 1t is, however, through srch de,
bates that the agreement of tie nation IN
on any subject IS habituaIIv attained, it's
resolutions formed and It's policy establish
ed; while there has been much difference
Of popular opinion and tavo, concerning
the agents who will carry on the war. the
principles on which it shall be wsgeG, and
the means by which it shall be prosecuted
NJ. Drouyn de Lhuys has onIv to ref.,
to the statute books Of Congress aud the
Executive ordinances to learn that the ma
uonal activity has hitherto been and vet is
as eifioien. as that Of any other nation.
whatever Its form Of government, ever
Was, under circumstances Of equally grave
import to It's pcsce, safety and welfare
Not one voice has been raised anywhere
| out of the immediate field Of the insurrec
! ton IN favor Of foreign intervention. or me
diaiion, or arbitration, or Of cornpr ornise.