The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-06-06
VOL. II.
[from our Special Cosrespondent1
PARIs. NAV II. 1864

The celebrated. republican oratos. m.
Jsles Fayre, il csc of HE sesan4 speDehes
in the Chamber, referred 10 Aexican af-
fairs and to Americas opinion respecting
them, 10 . manner which deserves to be
more particularly noticed. After point
ing ous that the nsw Emperor Nsximilan
was 10 rselisy nothing moro than : Lieu
tenant ef France, that the lsxieas Em-
rire was : mere rouance, that the Nsxi-
can Government had undertakes to make
payments which il never could 81 16y
possibility sccouplisA, that its lon. ~
only bols,sred up By Preach credit. snd
that France must really sustsia the Em-
pirs By sn army Of 26, ,000 men main
tsined in Mexico for m indefinite period.
N. jules Favrs Baid that il Vas impoesi-
BILE for him to paes over in silence the late
declaration Of the Congress OF the Uoitsd
States. He knew that that declaration
vas not 70 be regarded - N official or
diploma 10 act Of the Government Of
Washing ton; but still it must Be regard.
ed - 'sasoitsstssioo of psb;ie opision
which commanded astsatios and respsss." !"
He then procscjed to read : dispatch
from the American Secretary Of State 10
Hon. Mr.. Dayton. ssd communicated by
the latter to the French 4,nistef Of FJr-
eigu Affairs.
In this dispatch, after expressions ef
great conrtety 70 Franco, Mr.. Seward ssys
that he never ,herless deems it right that
his government should strictly slste ahd
declare to the govsrsmeat OF France, that
,be real public opinion Of Mexico is in
favor Of domestic and republican institu-
,ions. in preference to any monarchial
Institutions imposed on then bv 1 ioreika
power. This real opisioa of Mexico, the
American Minister goes on to say, 10
chiefly duo to the iuAnence Of popular
opinion in bis own country, whose bril-
liant future destinies he considers to be
intimately connected with the mainten-
ancs Of free republican insti,utions,
throughout the whole American Cont.
nent. This opinion had been already
communicated to the Emperor Napoleon;
and. says Mr.. Seward. with voice of
d,gni6ed warning, ''if, after mature re-
lection, France persists in . policy op-
posed to these seoiimests aud opiLions,
such policy will find germ Of jealous.
iee, which cannot fsil. ultimately, 10 de-
velop itself into : coBfl;ct between France
and The United Stases.'
Subsequently, to the intimaticn from
France that prompt recognition of The
Mexican Empire would Be agreeable. Mr..
Seward desires Mr.. Day ton to reply that
his Government has always considered
the establishment of Aoparchi.l Gov
ernment 10 Mexico to be undesirable. and
had not changed it's opinion; and. more
over; that it regarded the Ke Kepublicao
Government 10 Mexico Is still existing,
and entertained towards it the most friend.
ly feelings. "rhus." said VI. Jules Favre,
commenting on these dispatches, "have
the gerIns Of defiance and hossil,ty been
sown betseen two counties whose union
is SO necessary to the grandeur and pros
perity OF esch other.
The above dispatches are probably a.
ready known 10 America; but their re-
production in the French Chamber, the
attention they excited thsre, and the sym.
pathies manifested towards them by she
Liberal aud Republicao party 10 this
country, seem to NE to be matters Of suffi-
cient importance to warrant me ia draw
ing your attention afresh to this portion
of the debate 3
At the present moment more peaceful
influences seem to me 70 be in the ascend
ant The language Of Ministers in the
Chamber, coupled with that II NJ. dc Per-
signy out issso.. see taken 40 indications
that ths pvv~rnmr Mt is really desirous of
peace. here Is report, too, that n. de
Persigny 10 TO return to Office to support
the views held out in his speech. Some
hores are even eutsrtaioeJ thst. after all,
the cau.erencs may be able to efeet some-
thing. Altogether, therefore, there ex-
lists rather more confidence in the public
mind wish respect 10 the preservstion Of
tranquility thau when last wrote.
n strange ssery.
Naturalists ars delighted to read. that II
last Moa has i,sen seen in New z .aland.
The Noa u walking. not fyin. bird,
supposed, from the numerous skeletons,
Which have been found Of il, TO grow from
eight to nine feet high 1t has hitherto
'beeu supposed 10 be extinct, though it
was known that within the memory OF
men COW iiving on the Island il has be en-
killed and eaten BY the natives. It vas
always hoptd that 10 the unexplored parts
Of the Island some lost speeinen OF this
nearly extinct race might ee found alive;
and now it sesms that = gctl miner, Sit
ting BY his camp Gre, saw one peeriBg at
him fron the edge Of ncar hill. He
took it at frs, 10 be man, but present. j
saw it gravelv stsst OF. The track Of
footrpriat Of this. great bird showed .Vhree
claws, and about foot behind the mark
of pad, and behind that sgsis cf spsr. =
A rs~Md q treaty, ,6ss hYpdsed .dsaIars
has been cfered for the bird alive OF
desd; and II the misefT told the tsbth
se NAY yet $50 ; living -Mos--s wsmbes
81 the tribs once sufficiently sdneio oss ia
New Zealand tpbs sessce rsf dssad =
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