Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1864-10-05
A SOUTHERN MONARCHY PROPOSED
of the Louisville Jcurnal)
NEW YORK, March u, 1863

Correspondence of the Louisville Jcurnal)
NEw York, March 81, 1868
This will excuse itself
am native of Kentucky, and. when
this war broke out, my sympathics being
strongly in favor of "thc South | eft
America and repaired TO Paris, France,
whore, until within few weeks, | have re-
manned II calm but by no means disin.
terested spectator OF this unnatural war.
! was during my stay in Paris, the re-
cipient Of the hosptaltics OF friend q for
bear to mention names for obvious roasons)
who is intimately connected with the Court
OF France, and whose sympathies are also
with the Southern Confcderacy short
time since he made me the aslonished re
cipient OF the following private information,
which, were to consult my inclination, |
should keep u secret, but which duty to my
country impels me to publish
son the 2lst day of January last, said
he, "a letter was received at the Court of
France, dated Richmond, Va, Nov I'd 1862.
and signed by seventy-thrce' of the leading
men of the Southern Coniederacy, including
Jeif. Davis, Cabinet, and many Senator's, but
cas- we both remarked, with some SURPRISE
by only two Generals of their army viz .
Toombs and Wise, urging upon Napoleon y
speedy recognition of the Southern Confed
eracy, and as an inducemcnt offered the fol.
lowing reasons
list. That it was the intention of the
leaders Of the South (Which intention, how
ever, was to be kept secret until the war was
over,) SO soon as their independence was
declared, to establish nobility in the South
before their army was disbanded. That the
poor whites or nOn-slave owners. who would
help them fight and conquer their indepen-
dencv, -o1 rp7orr ,to q IIUDiiiUy II vst,nuisinu
and they are left free to act, will cmigratc
North and leave only the noble and his
slave, constituting the firmest nobility, be-
cause the peasant will be the property of the
noble, while the line Of demarcation between
them will be that of color and race. That
their ability SO to establish nobility cannot
be doubtful when it is well known that the
leaders Of the South had forced this war and
established the present Confederacy in op-
position to a majority Of every State
"2d That it is the duty of France as Of
other monarchies, to encourage nobility and
to discourage democracy.
"3d That, in accordance with the above
intention, they these seventy -three) design
ed TO secure Cor had secured, forget which,
remodelling of their conscript law, 50 as
to exempt and to preserve for their future
Confederacy as many slave owners or future
mobiles as possible
My opinion was then asked by my friend
rs to whether such scheme would be toll
Grated by even Il majority Of the slave own
ers? replied that did not think ii would,
especially in the Border States.
You will therefore, when you have read
this, agree with me, ! think, that ] commit
no unwarrantable breach of hospitality or
of confidence in publishing this, norwilmy
Southern friends, to whom this may ''come
greeting, fail, | am induced to hope to par
don me if can no longer sympathizc with
their struggle You will, OF course with
hold my name from the public, rcscrving
however, the right, which ] willingly ac-
cord, to publish il in future if it becomes
necessary to establish the truth OF the above
statements. Yours, &c,
ANTI-NOBLF