The New York herald., 1864-09-12

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We pub,ished On Thursday last curious let
ten from Silver Spring Blair to Edward Everett
offering him = special secnet mission TO Europe.
This letter was doubtless found among the
documents captured by he rebels at Bair's
house during Disadvantages reoent raid upon
Washington. Il = conericuously printed ia she
Richmond Whig from which We copied T. The
main point OF the letter is the fact that Blair
proposed aud arsed upon the President TO
'oiier u Louis Napoleon II q treaty vi som-
merce. advantages TO tue staple productions Of
Franoe--in a treaty (secreti If necessary new
securities 10 his dynasty-a one offensive and
defensive against our own and France neredi-
tary enemy AID ri7al--an ailiano. more stable
than Eng lands epie7tfs c1rdiqls. which wouia
keep him out u tue plot against car govern
ment9V n Napoleon would not accept teiese'
treaties theF wete TO be offered to Russia at
is clear" adds tae veteran Blair, "that We
Should attempt in some way to delea. the
scheme of England against as. which has for
its Immediate object the separation OF the
States, and 70 place the States, where repubti-
can principles prevail, between European de-
penden&les North and South.
What became OF his scheme We 10 not know
fartaer than this: TINT ii was in some way de
feated Perhaps the President paid more at
tcntion to Secretary Seward's statements that
/" England was ali right; Lord Lyons vas our
friend abroad" than to Silver Spring Biairs
shrewder suggestions. Perhaps Seward ia
sisted upon making our diplomacy monopo-
I,.o - S,g o@t -
dents interest ia i, md set Mr.. Weed, who is
identified with hinseis over ID as . general
! superintendent os or diplomacy il Europe
AT any rate. Thurlow Weed was sent TO Europe
and Edward Everett stayed at home; no al
lance was made with France and a sort OF in
formal. sympathetic alliance was patched mp
with Russia; and thus Blar's practical idea yas
altogether ignored. Had it been adopted the
ADMINISTRATION would have discovered that
Louis Napoleon not Gnglan was tde master
spirit OF the plot against our government,'
and that we were in more danger from France
tbau from /" our own hereditary enemy and
rival, - perfdioIs Albion. This much She offer
might have revealed even il Napoleon had re-
fused It; and then dfiercn. policy in regard
to Mexico might have checked the schemes
with which the successor OF Cyrus. Alexander,
Cesar, Charlemagne and Napoleon the First
now threatens this continent.
The plan of armed Intervention was aban-
doned in consequence Of the immense display
OF force on the part of this government and
the splendid victories of General Graas, who
proved himself greater general than any
whom France or England could send against
us. But the same reasons which led to the
abandonment of the plan Of armed interven-
ton still more deeply convinced the European
aristocracy Of the necessity of breaking up so
powerful a republic as this. 1t was then that
Lonis Napcleo conceived the scheme OF inter
fering in our politics, and so weakening us by
Internal divisions that We would be an easy
prey to our foreign oes. In pursuance Of this
scheme the rumors about foreign recognition
Of the rebels were allowed to die out gradu-
ally. Fnst, England renewed her frotesta-
tioDs Of neutrality. Then tho rebel rams were
seized. Finally, Napoleon himself is reported
to have said that he would not Intervene.
All these concessions and professions we're sim
ply blinds to deceive rs. Europe gave up the
idea of Intervention in order to conceal Napo-
Icons new idea of tam pering with our political
parties. 1t is the same strategy that a general
uses w>en he withdraws from an eNemy's front
in order to attack by flank movement.
Evidently tue rebels have no possible oojec-
ton 70 French empire in place Of this re-
public At the begianiDg Of the war Bull RunF
Russell reported that they we're in (avor Of an
English prince if one could be sent TO them.
Their tastes are al aristocratic, and they have
always had the sympathies of aristocrats. Be-
sides his the prospects OF Southern con-
fedeTacy are hopeless, and have been considered
hopeless for long while past by all the able
men at the Solts. Tie rebel leaders, then, had
no hesitation N choosing between TIE two al
ternatiyes OF = foreign empire, with the same
snare in TIE h0nors Gs Santa Anna aud Other
native leaders have in Naximilians empire or.
the other hand, an ultimate submission to
Northern rnle. with hanging or banshmelt FOR
their share OF the profits. That they have made
their choice, and that it is for the empire the
recent condolences between Napoleon and Sill
deli, the caiaf rebel agent abroad, very evi-
denay show. Then the next move in the game
was 10 divide the North through the peace de-
mocracy and the Chicago Convention For
this purpose Clay Thompson, Holcombe and
Sanders-al agents or Slidell-were sent to
Niagara Falls. These men gave out that their
object was to negotiate for peace, and they
secured Greeley, through Jewett, and Lincoln,
through Greeley, in order to give a color to
this pretence.
All the while that these mock negotia-
lions were going on the rebel agents were
working upon the democratic leaders and
tee delegates to Chicsgo. vallandigham, now
on this dde the line, and the Woods, with
their reasonable paper published in our very