New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-10-05
FROM PARIS.
The American Question Dedication OF nm
American Chspci-A New Steamer Tor
the Pirate Ssmmcs Reported - Il ne
Story Discredited.

PARIS, Friday Sept l6, 1861
The recrudescence of attention paid to Amer''
can affairs Of which spoke In my last. IS still more
notable this week. Military events studied now
with reference to their bearing the Presidential
campaicn The ncsrress Of the crisis nfensfe' the in
;sreet With which ca. ven md wisoers observe 'N'
interpret each in their guise, Its synptomaue h''
and political incidents However widely they disagree
in wishes and opinions in other respects th'y are
orally in accord On these points: mat Tie AHc''0"
Question is coming TO crisis tbat VIII cuiiiA'o "
snpdovn Noyenber2: That according as the Repubh
can or Democratic leader is triumphant IN the fles
dental campaign is the cause OF the Union OF VI ~
union triumphant. Our friends ana enemies are NV
ouite 50 unanimous on these two other points That
union means The speedy deSructlon OF the African
Slave system, disunion IFS indefinite prolongaon ano
for generation its seeming confrmatoni that ulio'
means the definite victory Of Repnblicanisn, OF nee
political institutions OF human rights in all KINDS ever!
where; disunion long defeat from which all oil these
win be slow TO rsc-the beginning OF snbdi'isions "ho
anarche dOWninlls and recOyoTies through military ues
potisus The agreement Of our friends and Of the pau
tisans Of the Southern Confedcracy here on these poN
though no novelty IL at this time wei worth the noting
On the first two points say, this agreement - alnos
unanimous; the partial dssension as to the last two
more apparent than real
If YOU look at your flies Of French journals dating
from the first Of this month TO this day, You VIII sec
that at hardly any time since the outbreak OF our ReYo
LUTON have they given more space to Inc treatment u
the American Question As has been the case ison
the beginning all the liberal Journals all the journals
Of the American Opposition" as they were once
STYLED by a government journalist writing in the Inter
est of C. S. 4 shpbuidor deputy Amman. treat It from
the same point Of view in principle THE TRIBUNE
other American liberal Journal holds while all Govern
ment ournas--as was rot the case at The beginning
when the d" Sadsis" counted bu. two among them as
their advocates bat has been the case ever since The
triparti;c Mexican Expedition resolved itself clearly
into an impure but simple HapocOnie Mexican E1pedi'
tonall Government journals say treat il most ten
derry ard lovingly for the southern ConedeTacjs sake
Not however. these last frankly from the clearly de-
fined Southern point Of view as he'd az Richmond
which contemptuou.ly oyerooks tgSldt and commands
n prospect Of white trash and black slaves but rather
evasi,cy from the hazy. asuch-opposedto slavery as
anybody 5n,.C hicayont0.w pontno point of view.
Seriously these last cannot seeing the sentiments OF
the French PEOPLE they address undertake the defense
Of Slavery seeing the interests Of the French master
thcy serve they cannot hut defend tie OF tie
Stakeholder Here and there you may find IN the a.,
four years pamphlceer who has been honest and bold
enough 70 attack TIE regros natural night 20 freedom
none by the way bod enough face the ridicule 81
Tie Trench readers by hostoriag biz Psychological Win
Biblical argument That distorted application % white
intellect 10 holy writ IS ont ofthe confines Of the C. :
A. TERRITORY TIE specially believe Of New'Engand
dyines The Government journalist. are wiser In Their
md az tusfffrlUg
human slavery from The ourso Of Noah THAI
tn sarcy 81 ehro;y from the condition o. the intori
Gated patriarch when be archol the curse over the
head Of guilty Ham on 70 irnoccn, Canaan and Die
unhappy defendants. 10. these. white eloqucnuy
preaching from modern. strained aud invented h.s'or
cal texts Of race and nationality and articles q TIE
American Constitution the right d The southern States
to sccelc not only assert carefully and constantly
their own horror Of slavery Lui pcrsscnly deny that
Slavery was or TIE Of our ard do II ai
skilfal weys try % eliminate ta black element from
eisso.os 4 ,.- Ar,e..e c-ssti"" 10 iu't g. sV'.
fcssed 70 our auc that tie elusive lsv" heiiaiing
perhapslsh, uns.atcsmarlkc. unmaRl! policy. pobcy
no policy Of the Administration for the first part ~ '
war IL unfoloaina out Of such efifmagFimme - II
finally got posted later date iis begging nay for
cling nogsocs To- fight foT tie aag q which they had
only hlt the stripes. ard dividing docl'asior
70 let tho Flag and uniform protect them, IL
pitiful hargng over dollar or two Of their earned
wages 10 be- paid at best IN deprecated cur
rency that Il vas manufacturing BY the ream IN
white speculative contractors Of IL value F must BE-
confessed 20 our shame that by these and SIMILAR
"meaftnos"-lucusures with DO bottom 10 them hoop
less hopeless wastefal Danaiics measures. holding
notli aud letting the nations garpcgcd profits Of pa
years aud sources Of hope for coming years-sol!d
gains and prospectisely profitable llauidltions-ran
through and out and on was,cfullyi-it uust be con
tessed 70 our shame that the defects and faults the sins
Of omission and commissoa % cur Republican Admins
,ra,ion have furnished roaoh Government Journalists
with their most effective arguments Of oficnse and
defense against % ard for tie South. And th'
woe oi woes here IS that whatever layo been the short
eomings the non arrivals the failures ~ connect
with the fatally advancing train o. historical events In
the fierce express movement Of revolution FOR IL,
nst three years for which the President. Cabinet con
due'ors Of our road and The rest lo blamed hcs,
men have been super Cmnclty representative mon
Never since the world began H. cgoaions there
so thoroughly popular representative government a
ours as been since 1851 II is greet pity that Nr Lin
coin was not born iedd,r. So IL TO us Il
is a greater Pity lhat the soisyl1d most intelligent
peope on earth and the rest Of H. should not BE- ab
10 get on faster without n eader-shoui have beer
able 20 Kick their passiyely representative man int
wiser, more energetic activity But let remember
when most impatienty disposed to him for not
being hero. that We only ready to lash our owl
unhcrosm over his broad back.
There is busy questioning this side the water abou
his opponent the candidate for place next Noycm
her The platform baseuie Of the Chicago Conycn
ton that nominated him. gives no clear answer. Eu
ropcans who know something Of our political machinery
when SET running for the Presidency expect nonc Mr.
Mnc.linn rnndc wiseIy " nYninllnp "a IN nnnnafinl