The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1873-02-05

ionS INES oI .qHiVePlng lamps maTked
the poPaalo'nfs' f'tt1,wlvInn,t.;is9 town. o,ii .9a;a
''* SEWARD J; Il 4. AND ,l As!AIPoIzEloSliaa
An Dnwritten Chapter of TIE CoSfsder-
~ % ia';i 2 "ate War. hha tt1sa
yaim3W : .snRsl- -iehisaa sntsh'
The deaths ofitheaEx -EmperofJ "a
.lpoleon recalls anhinciden9of the great
Southern ,,ce,Pe ,T,cee,PPeeIliqn Ebiclh.n ha1dnot
hitherto been - made public. It is,well
known. that the tlate Emppe2for of.,the
J, ,Frenchmwas am dctivsda6d seafnest
.(sympathizer3.withathe South taahat
more than once seriously yneditated
material Intervention jim, itsI)behalf;
that the invasion Of Mexico and the;
enthres meit Of MaXiihiliahh IN II the
seat,ofahe Montezumas #as APART of
a deliberate pilot ,toiibneakedpsah
American pniop. snBat .-tg smhat
lengths he proceede edwhfew. fe,yw. ressogll5pftely 81
faetermincd ne Was 70 carry Pls feil
deslgn!into . 'executlon@hasn bsen s,,,
eial circlss The story oflhis parpose
4 is short ibat suggges.Iyssq and swasstQld
Thy MI. Seward ITO q fey, personal
1friends at D. dinner party, among
whom was'the #fiter6P dthfs artfcie.
ENotione whajwasppeseDt will ever
forget The, intense. eaaap estncsssahd
Elimination Of the great. statesman as
1he. related the mpmeltols, incident.
Fhe eexatt words, so pregnant with
1leIoquerto 1n,eaniBg g--s6i solemn aid
impassionedT weeean oncthda sevety
instance repEQdnoea bBt1theogeasEal
import is given below; at, bce soit
@It @as, said Mr. Seward, Tin the
darkestidays ofethe feBelioh. Disas-
ter pponeadisaster haaDoBsallsn 0 tie
Union armies. Treason was aaotiue
and az beldl7Ttfppnrftteqiat,oW ppnrftte ashingten, in
lthe North, and 10 the; West, Rebel
femissarics aid theit allies were plot
'ting against dshover hthe Canadian
borders 'J0Gr fbreign9Yelatitns nsrwefe
most .,Gritical;t Rebel ierpiaers wsre
being fitted 9gt in British PORTS bud
Sent. to prey upop our commerce;
Germahy Was coldly Neutral the
Smaller Euroliean 'States were fndiffer'
(enSspeeaators ~ the connict hussia
vas the ooplyitrlend we hadEamong
the powers OF tbbee earth. ajt 6saaqd3
"ln this desperate emergency !
received an autograph letter from the
Emperor Of the1'Ffench. 1T was
marked .priyate.and confdential.h'tlt
began with: expressions hof; personal
regard for myself, and pain atotbe
spectacle Of the great repnb!llc, ,HnhtlN, IT, the,
throes of'dissolu1ion. fersognally,
SAID Napoleon h'eould wlstftne cause
ot me mon TO- ispceeea. ibuc'the
welfare OF france aT and the force OF
popular opinion are paramount p'npi to IN
dlvlduai sympathles. Our CONNER
cal G interests are seriously sunering
from the prolonsatlon OF your war.
NY SUBJECTS appeal 10 me TO ar'est the
bloody conflict must OBEY the'
voice OF France OF any cost, You,
can not put down the rebellion EN-.
brace the earliest opportunity to-
make terms with the ;South.H : IT you
fail to do this, shall feel compelled, I
in the interests of my country, in the,
interests Of civilization, to intervene
with all the power at my COM
mand' 2fot2j Ht'i"-'in'5'. -
81 answered rNapoleon's 9insqlting 6
letter Immediately. / said: This ISL
a family quarrel. We propose. to- set;n
tie It in ohr own way and in our own
time. aWedotnot wish the assistance
of outsiders;iwe will'not brook inter!
ference, Tho American Union us to.
be preserved. IT, shall be presery ed, 4
if it takes twenty years to dojtjt,,
The war is hardly commenced yet;
the people arc Just beginning to warm
to the work. Ave wish to Be good
terms with our neigh bors,,-- W 0 wish,
especially to be ON good. terms with
France, our ancient friend and ally..
But YOU must keep hands off. Ifyou
presume to interfere, We will show
you what a FREQ people battling for
national 3existence- ate,gcapable' Of
Hitherto we have conducted tho war
ihamancly, in accordance witt, ,tbe
codes4that govern the most Christian
States: al'iterterenee ''on your part