Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1865-05-18
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for four years been the apOlcglst, il not the
organ OF tho rebellion, states, upon the al
thUrity f its French cnrreSp, ndent, that 4
secret treaty was eulete into, some time
last year, betw en- Louis Napl,e and JEFF.
terson Davis. This information, the Neus
", tas given three months ago Il T ug ITS
,lumns, and has been I, iierated fiom time
TO time since. The precise nature aud b.
] CTS Of tbs treaty are MT known; but hey
are believed TO r,ter 10 a cessi at Texas o
FIauce rs a colony, q ID 10 a mutual quar- 'l-
tee Uf support and desperation betw' en- o
"high contracting parties" But the ,r>a :
was conditional, aud va, 10 take effect
upon the happening OF an unknown con-
tingency. IL may have been e evacuation
OF Richmond, aud cue consequent despair Uf
the COhfederAtes OF beng aDle to mai tain
their indepen deLce. his, loNe,er, is
our own co jeciuIe; while the NeioS as
sumes that he cont ngency has lappen-
ed, and tai the SO. FEEDER. tes' viii
I make 4 stauG IN Texas, where the forces OF
Napoleon will come 10 their aid. The re-
! cent Information from Texas that the towns
I of Galveston ana Houston have res lived to
| hold out, aud that Kirby Smith, the COM
mander Vf the rebel forces west OF the Mis-
| sissippi, has refused 10 surrender on any
! terms, would seem to We countenance TO
this idea. II is believed, also, that Davis
| WAS eudeavUring 10 make his way into Texas;
| although he seems not To nave taken the di-
| rect road TO that State. If he could have
gotten on board of any foreign vessel any
where on our coast, he would have been
| safe from pursuit, on the principle decided
| ia the Trent case; so that his capture In
| Southern Georgia is not inconsistent with
the theory that his destination was TeXas.-
The Netcs remarks, in reference to the de-
Signs OF the French Emperor, as follows:
ssthe sncien territories Of the House of Savoy
! fell into hi hands, under h ere on f no
! I.aian kingdom, so also, II appears, has his war
! Tor an ideA" IN Neyico mIoe nm mast o. the
| fVs or SIX NJ xiran States con c minOus y ith
! Ia iforoia and Texas The Emperor of the
| French has allowed that ex osure of his designs
| 10 come be ore the word but the scheme OF
wb CHI IL constitutes in all Xix ihoOd but p RI,
! had been stl further exposed by an accident
| A 80 l" de .patch, OF about three years ago, re-
ve1ied the lac that his Imperial Majesty, while
eng .ged In preparation Of his desi n against
Mexico. extended its .ope so as TO include part
| of he territory of the IN Cohfedsr te st ties.
French diplomacy was detected at thai time ~
\ a design for akng the war Letween the Nst h
anu the nth VI aGs lur The acquisition by
Fr4nce Of the st t. OF Texas,
IDENTIFY. TAR ,eyond the establishment Of a rickety
thrpne in the palace of MeXi o A sple did de-
slcn of French sggraniZement CONT tuted its
special ,, iect-a desi IN t9at extended to the
erecti n into o Preach dependency OF he sta;ea
OF NcrhsrE 81, SicJ aug The equally r-- n State
Of sxas,
There Is nothing more probabl, than that
the bafied consprators, after losing all hope
of setting up Con;ederacy embracing the
greater part of the South, would willingly
consent, for the qualification Of the spi5it OF
revenge, Gnd 80 save their necks from The
hslier, TO become the subjects the French
Emperor; and nothing short of absolute me-
cessity would probably bring them 20 assent
10 the arrangement, since the idea would
he extremely repugnant 10 the !eatasS OF
the Sorthern peGRla. n become French
dependency, therefore, was TO be the der
nirr resort; and it may ha been the con-
tinpency, upon the happening Of wbic /,
the treaty was o go into effect. Bat Il
Is not probable that either party, and par
ticularly Napoleon, anticipated, a. part OF
the contingency, the WHO esle surrender Ot
rebel armies which have tskeu place. If the
.tcoutingencyi was the evacuation Of Rich
mnnd, il was assumed, doubtless, that the
rehsl forces won be able - keep tte feel
and tha' they vugd fall back etore the ad.
vance uf the Union armies aud, by unit
ing. be able to retreat scrus' The Missisi 'pi.
But, If such was the pr ogramme, 1t has been
sadly MARI, d w the surrender Of Lee, john
ston, aud Duck ayl r; and it may he doubt
ed wi ether Nsppl on will b. will e to uni
his rtunes wi b the remnant of the rebel.
lion west OF the M,s,ssippl. Tho following
remarks of the NsleS are In p"iut
The contingency on ioh es cret treaty Of
France with the C0nisdera restCd may be isirl
held 10 ari short OF the SURRENDER of the Con.
Edsrate oops holding 7 xas Mango the oil.
car, of the oufs. crate army We gone TO that
state Mr., Davis is III to Il ave declared, In
snes h 10 de lately aouth ar9iGa that he
US on hi, way 10 sustain the t,g OF the Can.
fs6e aey " Texas, OIhs eports bis langu &c
ON the occasion confirm thus, aud state fuIth r
that he declared he would soon have larger
arrny man he ever hau before TO- the defence OF
tho n use of the Soutl beyond the Mississippi
G. 'upllnx Nap leon desig ~ u on leXas with
IN LANGUAGE JefesOn PAWS we CO -pcf
avo d the coaoirslOG, loss We ~ Ia TIE ! ce
of ID, re. sonable pr 81 Dpt on OF the sience
Of that compact, that the secret Ire 'ty OF the
q .ntederate President with the Empeor OF
France CO T. n lated. ON the part OF his Imperial
MGl-s.y the settlement Of the Monroe doctFine
md : the CO operation Of Confederate oayone's
- Texas,
1t is probable that prudence will re-
strain Louis Napoleon from attempting the
execution Of a scheme like this, Uut there
is nothing in his daring aud INSCRIPTIONS
career that ahould cause US TO YithRpld Ss-
sent from 1t. his porVersion OF the objects
of the intervention in Mexico, as sole nnly
declared and sworn to in the Convention
with Great Britain and Spain, to say nothing
of the coup d'etat by which he became Ea-
peror, are instances of Punlc faith which
should prepare us for anything. Toe Gov
eminent and people Of the United States
will, therefore, take nothing for granted
where the ambition of Louis Napoleon is
involved.