Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-09-01
NEW INTERPRETATIONS OF NApO-
LEONIC POLICY.
frGFis c6ar$ss,od.Ese Of The i.oadoa Tirc,

Nothing certain has yet tran>prcd ~ to tic
result Of the Cabinet Council at St. Cloud
but, judging principally from negative cyi
acncc, have strong opinion that NJ re>"lu.
ton has been taken tending t" Immediate
war | observe that the journals, acting lin.
dor the orders of minister who mag very
POSSIBLY lie en- the exc Of dismissal. seek. Ii
.no, to dis ,,use, at least to cxtcnuatc Ihn i'm
pur'ancc Of the emergency which has un.
! lnubtcGly occurred between Paris and LEN
don in the conduct Of tho negotiations. They
admit that France proposed an identical mote
which England would not agree t.: hul
after al! they say the difference is hut
:! ,aaltrr ui lorn, and, indeed when they
come 81 think nr it England is per maps I'll,
mast logical, bccpusc Prince Gortchako:i wr:'c
differently wu:dcd dispatches 10 eIch Of tie
that they should SEND him separate answers
| They assure their rcn,:crS-and most falsely
; assure thcm-tnat tie three powers, in send,
ing separate notes, are animated by Just Is
much urarmi:y a. if they had concurrcd III q
Joining one. 30 doubt, ~ these Journal,
say, il would be very possible that tho object
should be the same, although t." terms
in which it WIS., @"ush. were IiIercmt.--
But although this mighs have been 81, ii
is not the fact. Francc-:;nd that is Just
| what these journalists arc Tor the momrut
instructed 10 conccal-did prcpcsc an ult!-
nat,im, and England aud Austria would not
asrcn to it. That is the great fact Of the Inst
| few days. What is going to happen now: |
have no pretensions TO say with certainty
! but, a. Il straw to show which way the WIND
b!nws. think it worth while to nu.ic" m ar
! tcle in this evenings ''Na'ion," which chimes
in with the rumors prevalent at the Bu'rae that
the Emperor Napoleon was trying - max" an
Intimate alliance with the Emperor OF Russia.
! and that with that view the Duke d. MUrDy.
whose wife is n Russian ladv of rank. would
either hn made Minister Of Foreign Affairs
or despatched TO St. Petersburg ou Il special
mission. This would he startling news, hu:
however impossible it may seem, you. will
find by tho following extracts from the '&a-
ton journal supposed 10 be uHdar tie
influence Of the Duke de MoTny--tha: TIE
Ideals n0t too strange to be circulated in print
here in Paris, where false news-whcn I'M
pleasingto authority-is punished as acrimc.
The Nation" begins by saying that France
was frsT pr8soEad to take notice Of the Polish
question by England. und by the promise of
Inc Times that France should have the
Rhine. Thereuron the Emperor, Just by way
Of playing u game, us the "Nation now in
sinuatcs, said, sob, yes The Polish ques-
tioa is {; just and holy one. France lasa ira
litional sympathy for it: but the question is
essentially IL European one: let us see what
Europe can Do, and les Us essay common ac-
zion y England" says the NATION did
not dare say no, and fell into the snare Lot
us make n passing note here that French
Journal boasts of Snare having been set
for England by France. Austria, says the
same authority, being appealed toin the name
Of her newly proIrsscl liberalism, .ioi"cd
in the diplomatic campaign, but I'M. hall-hcart-
I'D way. And now, says the "Nation," what
did the three united powers demand? Why,
the six points, which sin reality amounted Ia
nothing" A to the armistice. it was n thing
asked for ly England "on second thoughts
supported "fcehly" by France, and vaguely
hy Austria. The "Nation" then proceeds to
commend Prince Gortsrhakof's despatch as
being, though misunderstood, illogical and
sensiblc;" and it opincs with much chucklinS
that the only TWO governments which have
acted "cleverly" throughout the whole bust
ness are those OF Franco and Russia. 1t adj
mts CONTRARY TO the sophisms Of the Con
s;itutionnel" and "Pays'') that there ere m
this moment reel and profound differ
enccs" on the question between France on one
side and England and Austria On the other.
After claiming for F.ance the merit Of the
Initiative" in an attempt 10 settle the Qucs
tion by diplomatic understanding with the
two other powers. it assumes that understand
ins to be now broken. and concludes that the
course TO be taken by France is to%''addrcss
herself directly to Russia" ",o draw nearer
to her" with the view of obtaining credit and
power which is not to be had by IN assoc;a-
ton with England, land so TO act that Poland,
whieh has been verysn near causing quarrel
between Russia and France, MAJ now be the
means of uniting them in an intimate which
will be check to England and pcrh.pa
sbMa.iuemsnt to Austria"