Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1864-01-28
Diplomatic View or the United
States.

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The extracts from the diplomatic. cor
respondcnce submitted to eorryrrs.,,rhich
have just been published, gave the pub
lie reliable inside view of the state Of at.
fairs between the United States Govern
ment and foreign nations. Mr.. Seward
has been eminently successful in main
tanning friendly relations with all the pow
ers of Eurapc, during the progress Of tho
Rebellion, and avoiding conflicts upon
vcxed and perplexed questions which tho
Vaccinations of the Rebels at home and
their emissaries abroad have so persis-
tently cndeavored to put in the way Of
the peaceful relations of our Government.
All the nations, both great and. small,
through their regular diploma tic chan
nels, furnish official evidences of their cor
dial feelings and expressions Of; hope that
our Government shall succeed lin putting
down the Rebellion. i.,J, 'T%,;.
There is not single dissenting voice
throughout the whole diplomatic circle,
and the verdict of the nations is .unani-
nous in favor of the United States Gov
eminent. In England and France. where
the Rebel hopes were so strongly cchtred.
the diplamacy of Mr.. Seward and his ablo
Ministers abroad has ,signaliy defeated
them. If the Rebels had supposed that
recognition, and with it Intervention in
their favor, would not have followed Sc
cession, they would not, in all probability
have commenced the war at all. Their
defeat in this vital question of.rec%nition,
with Intervention, is one of the heaviest
blows which the "Confedcracy" has yet
received. Mr.. Seward and ,bis diplomat
ic corps have completely out-gencraled
the Rebels; proving. in this eminent in
stance, that the pen is at least as mighty
as the sword.
Having failed in the diplomatic line.
jeff. Davis thought he would try the re-
ligious role but there the willy traitor also
failed, and instead of recognitish. for his
bogus Confederacy, he received most ex-
cellent advice from the Pope toSstop tho
Rebellion. Among the documents is ono
dated April 4th, 1868, in which Minister
Blatchford says to Mr.. Seward His
Holiness, as well as the Cardinal Secre-
tary, are decided friends of the Union,
and ardently desire that its integrity may
be preserved. The latter was strong in
his hopes that the North would speedily
subdue the Rebellion.
The tone of the correspondence Of Eng
land and France is eminently cordial as
to the acknowledgment Of the justice Of
the Union cause, and their refusal to rec
ognisc the 'Confederacy." There arc
however, some mootcd points still under
consideration concerning the building and
equipping of Rebel vessels, which will
have to be, and no doubt will successfully
settled by Mr.. Seward. He has put himself
right on the record on one important point
in this matter. as appears by the follow
ing correspondence. Mr.. Seward, in .
letter to Mr.. Adams, says, "the United
States do insist, and must continue 10
''insist, that the British Government is
Justly responsible for the depredations
committed by the Alabama, that vessel
Having been built and fitted out in Brit
''ish waters" In regard to the French
embroglio in Mexico he counsels non-in-
tervention in their affairs; our own coun-
try at present requiring all our energies
and attention.
If this correspondence could be all pub
lshed broadcast throughout the South, IL
would have most damaging effect upon
any lingering hopes which the Rebels still
entertain for European Intervention. and
would hasten their final collapse. Tho
great body of Rebels are kept in the dark
by their leaders on this subject, and they
are still hopeing for saccor from England
or France; but this diplomatic correspon-
would disabuse their minds of this delu-
sion. In no war which has been waged
in modern times has the unanimity of the
nations. of the earth been 50 entire and 30
cordial, as that manifested in favor Of tho
United States Government in suppressing
the Rebellion.-Phl. Lnq. e-