The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-01-20

possibility OF European Interfere
ence.
From the London Time, Dec. e.
A war at the present moment be.
tween France and the United States
would open such disastrous prospects 10
both countries that prudent men on
both sides will resort to every possible
means in order to avoid pushing mat
tiers to so calamitous an extremity.
Strong as is the power of France, aud
stable as may be the Emperors Govern
ment.the shock of a war with the United
States might prove q serious trial both
10 France herself and TO her institu-
tions. Even if she succeeded in carry
ing II to a successful conclusion, it
could only be at a rdinous charge, for
which no acquisitions in the thankless
soil Of Central America would offer any
ADEQUATE compensation. Nor, on the
other hand, could anything be more
unfortunate for the United States at
the present moment than a war with q
powerful foreign country. 1t is evil
dent from the lamentable accounts
which reach US from the Southern
States that nothing but complete rest
and a close attention to matters of do
mest;c policy can afford any chance of
recovery to the South, and the United
/ Ststes Is but half itself until that great
wound is at least in Il fair way of being
healed. They, too, might find that
a war with France on their southern
border would increase their domestic
I difficulties, and they are az little able
As France to afford to add another vast
| item to their national debt The inter
/ ests. therefore, of the two governments
are exactly identical. tits the interest
| of France to Withdraw as soon as possi-
bic from a perilous position, and it is
The interest of the United States to
render that withdrawal as far as posi-
bic spontaneous, instead of having to
enforce it. Whatever language the
Emperor may have Used in 1862, the
people of America may be sure that he
can have no intention OF sustaining an
Austrian Prince in Mexico by French
bayonets against the ViEh of the Next
cans. at the risk of serious embodiment
with the United States, and, it may be
added. In spite of the constant muir
murs of his own subjects. Every prob
ability indicates that he will peaceably
withdraw, sooner or later. Either the
/ Government of the Emperor Maximil-
ian will prove so welcome to the Mexi
cans as to need no foreign support, or
else II will demand an amount of sup
port which the Emperor will be unable
TO give. In either case the French can
not fail TO Withdraw, and it is the inter
est of the United States TO suffer the
difficulty to be thus solved by natural
means. The only course which would
tend to prevent this natural solution
would be the adoption of q bullying
tone on the part of the United States,
which would rouse the sensitiveness of
French honor. The Emperor could not
consent to retire from Mexico under a
threat. nor, if he we're disposed to do so,
would the French people allow it 1t
is. therefore, essential 70 American in
terests and TO the interests Of the world
that American statesmen should alb
stain at the present time from inconsid-
crate expressions of feeling on the sub
{ect Il would be voree than folly to
expend blood and treasure in the pur-
suit of an object which may be equally
obtained by fair words and Cancellation.
European interference in the affairs Of
America is impossible in the very ma
ture of things, and if the Americans
will but quiet for the while : lot I'M
natural gensiNveness, they will find all
their difficulties on this score disappear,
probably without the necessity of any
serious exertions.