The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-01-15
NO. 227.


The Loyal National League Of New
York addcessed letter Of thanks 20 cur
friends in France, selecting as their
/ proper representatives the four most dis
/ tinguished uph0lders of cur cause beflrs
EurOps-Messrs. Agenor de Gssparin,
/ Augusiin Cochin, EdOuard Labouiays.
and Henri Martin; and these excellent
gentlemen have sent = cordial and elab-
crate reply, signed by al four, 80 the
representatives Of shat great unity Of
sentim ent" in regard to the preseu
struggle, which now manifests itself in
/ France, in spite of political and reli-
/ gious differences" They first ofIer some
explanations of the sympathy which the
/ great rebellion found at first in Europe.
/ The chief reason is the doubt felt wheth-
eT slavery was the Gauss and would BE-
the victim Of the war. They speak aDol-
ogeticslly and esndidly Of Mr.. Lincolns
conscientious hesitaticns and delays.
| They deprecsge the pretended Aboh
tiOnism" which still defsmes the North
on the ground that slavery is still al
lowed to exist in the Border States.
They deny ell claims of the South to BE-
considered nation, or in any sense
separate people. There is no such doe
trine exisnt as ",he rig ht of secession"
They express their full belief that We
shall crush the revolt, as we have already
so well begun, and restore the Union,
with the extinction of slavery, leaving
the nation stronger, more free, and
more worthy Of the noble destiny 10
which God summons It." They say
1T has been demonstrated to US, 10 is
true, that the re-estabishment Of the
Union was impOSsible; bat was it not
also demonstrated to US, aud by irrefutable
argument, that you would be always aad
OF necessity defeated; that you would
never know how TO handle q musket; that
recruiting would become imprasticable;
that your finances would be exhausted;
thai our loans would not be taken; that
you would become bankrupt; that riots
would raVsge your cities, that your Gov
ernment would be overthrow? You have
given 70 all these oracles the simplest
and best answer. You will reply 10 the
same manner to these who assert that
the establishment Of the Union is inn
possible.
"What seems really impossible is nol
to restore the Union. Where draw ths
line between North and South? How
maintain between them q state Of psace,
OF even Of truce? How shall slavery
and liberty live side by side? How,
moreover, restrain the South from Euro
pean prOtectorates, and by what means
arrest the frightful consequences Of such
protectOFates! Geographically, morally,
politically, separation would create an
and hazardous, where each would live,
arms in hand, waiting for the hour OF
conflict.
''We have full faith, gentlemen, that
such trial will be spared to you. IL is
not that We overlook the difficulties which
still remain for you to overcome; they
are great, greater perhaps than we imag-
inc. War has il Vicissitudes, and you
may perhaps be yet called upon 10 pass
through periods Of ill-fortune. Yet enc
fact always remains, and shows on which
side the final triumph wall be found, sup
posing that there be no foreign intsrYon-
ZION. The flag Of the Ulion has now,
for two years, never paused in its ad
vance. 1t floats to-day over the soil of
every rsTolted State without exception.
The South has had its victories; 10 has q
never gained sn inch Of grOuGd The
North has had its defeats; it has never
fallen back. Master to-day Of the en-
tire course Of the Mississippi, master of
the Border States and OF Louisians, al
that remains is to stilo tie revolt 10 tie
narrow territory where it frat burst forth
and back to which it has been driven.
We believe that you will succeed in this;
for EurOpe, the only hope Of the South,
seems now little disposed 10 give her aid
The representative character Of this
letter is one Of its historical features
Count AgenOr de Gasparin, author Of
" The Uprising Of q Great People," is q
leader among Evangelical Protestants
Augustin Cochin, author Of The Ab0'i-
tiOn Of Slavery" is Liberal Protestant
clergyman Henri Martin, the great his
tOriAn, is 4 Catholic Of liberal views, aud
arepublican. Edouard Laboulaye, mem
Der Of the Institute of France, Is also
Catholic, and a faithful advocate Of free
dom, and is engaged in writing = History
Of the United States. Their words are
the voices Of the friends Of freedom Ou
the continent Of Europe. They say,
" There must be no longer any question
Of slavery; :" and then, What remains
% you may be stated il three words,
Moderation, Generosity, Liberty :" and final
ly, "Sueng then your cause daily, By
daily making it more just, and fear not;
there is a God above" And thus they
conclude:
"We love TO contemplate in hope tho
noble future which seems 81 stretch its.lf
before you. The day you emerge At last
from the anguish Of civil war, and you
will surely come out, freed from e. G obi
Gus Institution which corrupted your
public manners, aud degraded your do
nestle a. well ss your foreign policy
that day your whole country, South -
well as North, and the South perhaps
more fully than the North, viii enter
upon a wholly new prosperity. EaTo-
peEn emigration will hasten toward your
ports, and will learn the road 10 those
whom until now it hiss feared 20 sp-
proach. Cultivation, now abandoned,
will renew its yield. Liberty--for these
are her miracles-Will regIyify BY her
touch the sgil which slavery had render
ed barren.
Then there will be born unto you
greatness D DJbler and more stable than the
I'D. Tor in his greatness taere will be
10 sacrifice Of justice.
AGesOg DE- GAsPARry,
AUGUSTUS CoCms,
ED.UAED LABOULAYE,
Member OF the Institate oi France.
HEEEI MAETIg.
Paris, Oct 81 1903
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