The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-02-06
The Rumored Recognition OF tho South
4 by France.

The Rumored Recognition OF tho South
by France.
The rebel papers of this city have been for
some tins endeavoring to delude their readers
with the idea that Louis Napoleon was about to
recognize the so-called Southern confederacy,
and they have fixed the date for this new
French policy on or about the 4th of March.
Now there never was anything so absurd as
this. The expectation held out by these jour
mails - not even endorsed by the most hopeful
rebel papers Of Richmond. It is almost con-
coded there that every chance Of foreign recog-
milton, direct or indirect is gone long ago. It
sakes the rebel papers Of New York to discover
That France Is going to acknowledge Mr.. Lin
coin as President only Of the States that voted
sor him In November, which would mean, Of
course, . recognition Of the South. The latest
intelligence from our correspondents in Paris
and London, shows that at no previous time
were the people and governments Of Europe
more positive In their conviction that the Soon
federacy" was collapsed bubble. It Is re-
garded in France, says our Paris correspondent
70 consist "of just such stuff as dreams are
made Of" Neither the people, the press nor
the government have any idea that there is any
power In the South to recognize. Our London
correspondent describes the suggestion Of re-
scognition by any European Powers as being
met "with jeers and ridicule" at all hands.
With the fall Of Fort Fisher, he says blockade
running is all up, and rebel scrip is being sold
rs low as two pence on the pound sterling.
Under such condition of public sentiment
In Europe, and with such facts before us, how
ridiculous 1t is to speculate upon the prospects
of recognition Of the Southern confederacy
by France. Louis Napoleon is too wise to un-
dertake policy so manifestly disastrous
Even admitting that he acknowledged the inde-
pendence of the Southern States, what would it |
amount to? It would be mere bra.t,.n tal,nen,
unless he followed up his declaration of recog-
milton by assuming the championship Of their
cause, and sending them material assistance in
the shape OF an army of auxiliaries Suppose
mat ne were to send force of twenty or thirty |
thousand men-which is all that his naval
ability for transportation admits of-what them |
de has already sent that number to Mexico to !
carry out an idea far dearer to him than war !
with the United States, namely-the possession
OF gold raising country, whose resources may |
serve to strengthen the shaky finances Of the
French empire. The present navy Of the United |
States quadruples that of France, and II the
Emperor were to send an army here to aid the |
South in its rebellion, not a man nor q ship
of that expedition would ever touch the shores
of France again.
The end Of the rebellion is close at hand. It's |
strength Is exhausted. Its armies are in the
last embrace Of death It's adherents are pining |
for peace. It is but question Of time-proba-
bly, not six months-the final settlement of this |
war; and then the reunited States will demand
he withdrawal of the French troops from Next |
90, and it may probably be the release Of Cuba
from Spanish dominion. If Napoleon, in such
an event, were to deviate from his usual saga
cious course, a. exempliAed in the Crimean and |
italian campaigns, and attempt to enforce his !
Mexican policy, the inevitable result would be
chat his troops would be driven out of Mexico |
by the united armies of the North and South, |
fighting under the banner of the Stars and |
Stripes.
So much for the assumed future policy Of |
France. Louis Napoleon, we may be assured, |
win undertake no hazardous enterprise. As
for England, the government Of that country
has been behaving itself so well of late and its
colonial government in Canada especially so,
that we may leave their affairs to settle them
solves in thar own good time.
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