The New York herald., 1865-01-08


igntens them with ray OF wisdom and good sense "
La France is sad 1t had s'hoped better from M.
Lincoln" he might have paciled the passions OF
the people instead OF exciting them. But no
does not he prefers desperate war which he will not
until there is nothing left to destroy.
And La France closes its article by trembling at this
fatal resolution and protesting in the name of reason
justice and humanity.
The Purie says that the II reads the Message the
is convinced of the inuty OF the bloody war; of
which this document is a cold panegyrc. Nothing re
suits from II prove that the North will triumph II Is
war, bloody 'sThe must continue" cries Mr.
Lincoln, ''and In truth it that this almost savage
cry escapes him like the cry Of the man. who feeling him
self lost wished all around to fall with him An Amer
said 70 yesterday In terms Of picturesque energy
This smells Of the coffin =
laugh at the phrase which represents Mexico as the
theatre Of civil war Mr. Lincoln is pleased TO ignore
triumphs OF the French army In short time he scU
learn thsnn The Patrie closes it's comments thus =
says too little 70 he mind blinded BY chmerc con
denoe In the re establishment OF the Union 1t too
much the adversaes Of the North for TO repeat again
the words Of American, 1t 5 notlncaton o. the
death Of the American Union.'''
The contented itself when the Message
first appeared here with making an aiusion intended 70
be sarcastic the Presidents ignorance in regard W the
Termination of the civil war in Mexico, which according
Maxmilisns proclamation, had taken place and iol
lOWd " up tOuay with v0fy nttiDoy uolOssn6
perspective continuance Of civil war; but otherwise OF
particular importance.
The Monsteav published the message in full on the
rs day OF s arrival here when the other journals only
synopses and merey called attention to the fact
In their bulletins
Le Temps has the following remarks The President;
the end Of his message takes To announce that he
will depart from the clauses OF his famous military
proclamation of the LIST September 1862 He IS neither
firm less explicit the question oil negotiations
TO DO opened with the South he simply declares thtn 10
be impossible and useless and confines himself To in
dcang the paths by which the secess0sts may return
the Union The will therefore he continued until
the complete submission OF the separast States. In
the navy of the Union has become most formidable On
the LIST Of December 1864 1t reckoned no less tan SIX
hundred and seventy vessels of war either at sea or
the stocks, carrying four Thousand six hundred ana
heavy guns and measuring 5O 96 tons The resources
in for the armies more abundant than ever,
while the South shows that respect signs of
exhaustion The principal dark shadow in the picture is
the state of the American finances We cannot enter into
the detail OF the figures which Mr. Lincoln has given on
this subject, that would occupy too much time
and space Suffice II for us TO say That at the END o the
last financial yearthat is TO say, the list OF Juiyhe
federal debt amounted TO ST. 40 900 aud that II hos
tities continue for another year that large total wi %
increased by additional $500 900 600 Upwards OF
eleven mards of francs Of debt in ve years "arwhat
an enormous expense. What heavy burden for the
future The fact must not however be forgotten that
fifty years ago England bore without much difficulty and
now bears more lightly than ever the weight of the
twenty miars which twenty years of coalition against
the French Revolution had cost her The United States
may not vet POSSESS conrbutive power equal 10 that of
England In the present day. but they certainly superior
In riches TO what that country was III 1915 In order TO
meet the immense expenses OF the Treasury MT Lincoln
recommends Congress fresh increase of the taxes
and suggests different destined to facilitate
the Of loans and their subscription by the petty
capitalists of tho Union
The Journals upon our side, or generally tisrs--the
Opinion Ndfonole the Steele and the Pressepublish
editorial Of the Message of favorable character
seeing principally In II continued determination on the
part of the President to bring about the abolition Of
slavery.
article the pen OF Provost Purado which, after
most favorable review Of the tone and contents Of the
Message closes with ailusion to statement in the
London Times that this most uncomfortable
document for Americans, by saying, "We can imagine
one much uncomfortable TO the American people
than this-0ne which announced 10 the people oi the
United States that had ceased 10 be great nation and
that rival republic had been created its frontier
Il would be natural that such message should be
reproach neighbors for it, but Frencman will per
haps be pardned IL he hoped never to have the pain OF
reading IT,"
Such the comments Of the leading Parsian journals
upon Mr. Lincolns Message.
Among people Of various classes with whom have
conversed In relation TO it there seems TO be but one
feeling and that s Of that the Message In
stead offering prospect Of peace offers only
of continued Most and nations are TO Q certain
extent at least guided by their interests and even "a
gsGnds nation not exempt from this human falty The
interests Of France In general suffering greatly from the
war; and the Parsian shopkeepers with tears IN their
eyes complain Of the absence Of their dear American
throw francs They wish, Of course, the war were
finished any terms, and whenever they catch stray
American imploringy beseech him to tell them when
the happy day Is to come
The No.iter has already published the announcement
that the reception Of the diplomatic corps will take
Il also adds that the receptions Of Senators members Of
the Corps Legislatf Marshals Of France, repre-
sentatves OF the municipal government, &c,
which usually occurred on tho day following, will be
dispensed with. This s tribute of respect to the
memory OF H. MocQuard The Court cannot, OF course,
20 into mourning for him. and the Emperor who feels
his loss deeply takes this method OF tesng his regard
for the memory Of valuabe and faithful old servant
II IL believed although II has not yet bcen officially
announced that Mocquard's In the intimate
relations which he held with the Emperor will be NJ
Couti 0 Counsellor OF State and Corsican
generally believed that ut the diplomatic reception
the Emperor In his remarks to the of the
different nations will conne himself to the meTest COM
monplaces rescrvng his thunderbos II he has any, to
scatter his speech at opening Of the Senate and
Corps egsat which was supposed would take place
the 18th Of January but which has been postponed
until February Our rebel friends in Paris make no
claim this year they have during the past three that
his Majesty intends saying anything gniyng either d
recy indirectly, his intention OF recognizing them.
In fact they have arrived al the conclusion that events
OF too mighty character just now In progress in
country 70 be decided by the nod will Of king
kaiser
The usual preparations are now being made for the
Christmas and New Years holidays The shop windows
fairly gisen with wonders in the way of tonbens and
toys Tomorrow the erection or the line Of wooden
booths which annually spring up, extending from the
Msdeane 10 the Baste will be commenced and in the
early Of next week all sorts Of curious will be
exposed for sale In them Among the Christmas items
OF this year may be mentioned the decoration Of the
American chapel with evergreens