The daily clarion. [volume] (Meridian, Miss.) 1863-1866, 1865-03-28
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st.,.' rSI'sF PARIS. February II, 1861;
sa Tho news on The Peace Conference jr,.
duced here profound sensation, but this
sepsa tion was OF short duration, for the
steamer which brought the news Of the
failure Of the conference arrived less
than day after the one which brought
the news that such conference had met.
Many things occurred, however, in this
short space of time which are@well worth
notice. Our Southern friends talked
loud about joining forces and wiping out
Msximilian. This was the cover under
which they beat n retreat. The secession
press recorded the grave intelligence"
in the gravest Of terms and without VEN
turing 10 commit to paper any comments
of their own. The telegraph did not
pretend, in fact, TO give the terms upon
which the parties were likely to come to
an un derstanding, for, OF course, the tel
egraph did not know; :hut SO much had
been said lately about the North.and
South joining on the basis of the Monroe
doctrine, and 80 much of this talk orig
mated in the South and among seces.
sionists here. that the journals, of all
colors, regarded the news as too grave 10
be commentator before knowing more
about the situation.
But the most remarkable thing that
occurred in the interval between the
arrival OF the two steamers relates TO the
delivery of the Emperor's speech at the
opening of the Chambers. the dispatch
announ ncing the meeting OF the confer.
ence was seen blythe Emperor an hour or
Two before his speech to the Legislative
bodies was delivered. The dispatch was
published in all the morning and evening
papers, along with tke speech from tho
throne, with the exception of the Mon
iteur. In this paper the dispatch, con.
trary to custom, was omitted, both in tho
evening and morning editions. 1ha- object
being TO make it appear that the Empe-
ror announced the Withdrawal Of: the
troops from Mexico before il was known
that the North und the South were going
to unite, and, perhaps, enforce together
the Monroe doctrine. The Monitcur, as
the official organ OF the government, is
the paper which is preserved in libraries
for historical purposes. and the Emperor
wished it TO go 70 history that he was
not driven out of Mexico by lear of the
Americans.
Now, whether the declaration of the
speech in regard II the withdrawal Of
tho troops from Mexico was due TO tho
news of the anticipated peace in America
or not, tis certain that the way the affair
was manipulated by the Official journal
has put the idea very generally into the
peoples heads. The TACT, too, that not
one word was pronounced in. this sperch
about America, or the situation in Mexico,
confirms the belief that tho news of the
peace conference ut Fortress Monroe WAS
read before the Imperial speech was de-
| livercd, and that it was the cause Of the
remark about the Withdrawal OF the
troops and the silence on all other 1opics
il is 7oG worth While to notice the ru-
mors publish ed, especially in Richmond,
to tins effect, that tire Emperor onsem'
plates n speedy recognition Of the South;
he has never at any. epoch Of the war
been as far from any such eveut As at the
present moment. Not only does he in
tend not to interfere. but he inrends TO
remove all pretext for our interven lion in
Mexico l may atase also, that within. n
very few days His Majesty has declared
that there was no longer a ny hope for this
rebellion-that TO an imp Ar tial locker on
il must soon succumb.
OF course universal regrets are express
ed in the press that the Peace Conference
broke up without an! result, the secea-
sionist papers regrGtting that Mr.. Lint
coin would not agr6.s~ro the separation,
and the friendly papers regretlIng that
the South should still pretend to demand
I've Luuepenuonce. - - .f.s --'.
1t is evident that the Prince Napoleon
| me nIu son'SOing to do with the Empe-
ror's better disposition Toward the Upited
Statos. AS | have already told YOU; tho
two cousins have within a few weeks. be.
come more intimate than they have been
ut any time for some years; and the
Prince is now exercising a large aud most
happy influence in the direction of the
affairs of the Empire. The prince. is in.
ilexlbly pledged TO the success OF the
Union cause III America; he believes IL
tO be the interest Of france 10 back up
that cause, and we look for some declara.
tion in one or the other oil the lep,sln.
tive bodies from the Minister of State to
that elect. 1t is worthy Of remark in
this connection. that al the grand ball
giyen by the Prince Napoleon the other
night, the first which hAs been given in
the palnis Royal for nine years, and which
was the event of the fashio nHLle season.
the Prince refused every demand for an
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