The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-03-01

States including the lately rebelious The rebel
exchiefains health continues good and at times he
converses freely and in entertaining all
kinds of subjects The surveillance OF vessels arriving
In Hampton Roads is still continued, TO prevent any
chance for JEFF q release by his friends. tt..
The Recent Events mt Washington and
Our Relations With England and
| France. nf1 IS
The recent extraordinary events at Wash
ington will doubtless create European SEN
| sation in reference to American affairs. In
England and France, especially, we may be
sure that the aristocratic party and the imperial
party will make the most of the rupture be.
tween President johnson and the ruling radi-
cal faction of Congress- to prove the instability
aud incurable discord and decentralization Of
the sgreat republic" r
The conflict between. our Executive and
Congress In reference to Southern restoration,
we may expect, will be ventilated by our ene-
mics abroad in every way calculated to pre-.
judics our political system and our national
credit We shall, probably, have soon enough
from the London Times and its co-laborers
their old predictions revived, that the Ameri-
can Union has escaped the whirlpool Of great
rebellion only to be shivered against the rock
Of reconstruction; that the sympathizing ele-
ments of the Northern democracy, which were
powerless to assist the South during the war,
will now, snan- nf administrations
elected by the Union war party, prove sufa-
ciently strong to break that party into pieces;
TO restore the peace democracy TO power,
and, with the aid of the South, thus reinstated
in Congress, powerful and prompt to repu-
diate the national war debt as peace
offering to the South, and equally ready
TO establish the Southern black race
under a system of State regulations, reviving
everything of the old system Of slavery but the
nlme. From England and France we may
reasonably look for this reading Of our horo-
scope from the late startling events in WASH
ington; or that the Union war party, broken
up, will open the way to such conflict of par
| ties, factions and sections as can only end in
| Northern instruction, and In the division of
the Union, not into two, but into half a dozen
wrangling confederacies of the South American
type.
| We cannot regard such European misrepre-
sensations as improbable, when they have al
ready been suggested by the debates in Con-
gress. Nor can We hope that they will pass OF
without prejudice to US, considering the mis-
chievous consequences Of such misrepresenta-
tions Of our national cause and prospects dur
ing the war. What satisfactory explanation
of the present deadlock between the legisla-
tive and executive departments at Washington
/ he 10 hx-c lie hav, thar
Is no prospect Of compromise? Why may not
Lord Clarendon accept this state OF things as
| giving him an indefinite term Of grace touch
| ing settlement Of those claims arising against
| England from the depredatons upon our COM
merce Of Anglo-rebel pirates or privateerss
Why may not Louis Napoleon say 1t is the fight
| of the Girondists and Jacobins In America,
| quietly instruct his Minister Of Foreign Affairs
| TO notify the government Of the United States
| that the Emperor has changed his mind, and
that the French troops, instead Of being with
| drawn from Mexico, would be reinforced for
tde protection Of those interests which France
cannot relinquishi
From our latest European sdvices 10 appears
that Marshal Forey (the original commander
Of the French Mexican expedition had stated
in the Imperial Senate "that the return Of the
French troops from Mexico could not take
place so speedily as appeared 10 be desired In
France, and he even advised that fresh rein
forcements should be sent ont" To this N.
Rouher responded shat Marshal Forey had
expressed In his speech merely private OPT
Mon, the views Of the government upon this
subject being those contained In the speech
| from The throne and the drafts nom the adj
Dress" Now, the Emperor has no doubt been
playing of these two members Of bis Senate
against each other; for be has bis prestige 70
sustain al home and his promises 10 remember
towards the United States II is only the re-
petition Of his donble-dealing policy between
Italy and the Pope, in reference to the with
drawal Of the French troops from Rene. We
shall not be surprised, however, II few
weeks hence Napoleon shall define his position
TO be that Of Marshal Forey, under the idea
that pending our existing troubles at Washing
ton there will be nothing 10 spprehend from
| Mr.. Stewards remonstrances. Acting under the