Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-12-13
LAMARs RkBEILIoS RKCeILEC.
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A correspondent Of the Neg York
/ Tines, writing from Washington, says:
A paragraph toss originated with toe
savannah yeses, and shicn sss son-
4 trIb1ied 20 that Newspaper By an snony :
raOus cosrespon5sut, las recently f0ood
I IL way into the colamns Of some North
err j5arHals. and vss fes days ago
copied By the Tss4<s. IL related that
/ ne Hoo l. q. &. Lamar. nov sscrs-
4 csry Of the Inferior, retained from Ea-
rup- 10 1854 bearinR ASSURANCES from
/ L5rd Pslgserssou and the Emperor Ma
Z polsou ths. II the Confederate Govern
pent would abolish slavery It's recoeri-
ton b. Eaeiard and France would be
pos=isie. lie story, as told TO the Sa-
yspuan ys-ss, asserted that Mr.. Lam AZ
diligently sought 81 In press upon the
members Of toe Cabinet Of the Coufed-
crate States the Importance OF such a
step- Is vas intImatsd taat be hac
probably urged Mr.. DAVIS to take steps
/ 10 the matter by asking the Confederate
| Congress TO pass an act fer the gradual
| abolition Of slavery.
This paragraph has been read By many
I oers5ns with u1cA interest, and Ii being
| believed that Mr.. Lamar could tell
! something of interest se0ut Is and give
a correct aceoont Of the facts xhicn led
/ 70 the publication of tAs statements
concerning him, bis attention vas d.
reeted TO II today. He read IL over
carefully, and then said Well. there
! IA something IN the story, bat as told it
/ il y-rv erroreoas. lt brings up some
teresiiug "reminiscences of my stay IN
Europe as the foreign agent of the Con-
fede.ats Government. While / was
abroad / say the Emperor repeatedly,
ba, | mad NO conversation WITH him.
Napoleon mads 10 suggestion as to what
The coarse of the Co1federacy should be.
He was xith the South In sympathy,
however. Ss was PersIgny. and so was
de Morny, the Prims Minister. The
Coant de Moray xas the man who IS
really responsible originally for the sp-
pearance of this story about the sbol-
ition OF slavery By the Southern Goa
federacy.
DE Aorny," says Mr.. Lamar, twas a
bright man. and ne understood France,
the sentiments of mobiles and common
-eopIe, and the disposition toward the
Confederscy of all political classes in
the Empire. He told me that the
n0bIesse Emperor, Princes, the Guizot
faction, Imperialists and Bourbous
alike-were for Us. II the desire of
thess classes-the wealthy, aristocratic
and poverfol-vas alone to De consult
ed. they would declare for the Confed-
eracy at once. But the peasants
reselarage-vere against the Confed-
sracy. 10 them the idea that a cause
was TO be espoosed thai was not favor
able to liberty was intoIerable, and rot
to be harbored for q moment. IL the
Confederaey, seeking Independence not
alone on the ground that Its cause was
one of resistance to oppression, could
also appeal to common Francs for its
support 10 an effort to enlarge human
liberty, then the Emperor. who had
great regard for rsselas1gs as well as
the uosiss, could extend assistance With
the as u 4nce that ne vsnid be uphsld.
persiahy was of the same opinion, and
80 w7r- osners about the Emperor with
sht m conversed. De Morny was con
iil-ut that the pop0lace of the French
T. npife were more intensely oppo ed to
d, than the people Of England, and
suas their repugnance was to be attribu
| \ q TO the fact tnAt We were oontendIng
for the maintenance of slavery.
while WAS In Eazlsnd," says Mr..
Lamar, did not meet Lord Palmerston
TO talk with him on the subject of re-
cognItiop of tbs Confederacy. Dick
ems, Thackeray, Carlisle, we're all with
o.. Of that am fully certain Dlsra-
eli might have been With as IL it had
not been for an unluoky mistake made
| bv Mr.. Mason, who was then with me
| We were both Invited to dinner at the
same house, the house of Colonel Gre
vile, where many Soa bern men gath.
cred, and were to meet number OF
prominent men Of the time, Among
then Mr.. Disraeli, AZ he was called
then. Mr.. Mason was a good deal of q
| Vireiuisn in his nosious of social Ell
auette, and il appears did not know
that it vas enough for two or three
gentlemen to be invited to dinner by al
En9Iishm man to remove all bars to con
yersation between them. An iptrodue
ton was not necessary aDder sach cir
camstances: Wien dinner was servet
it 80 happened that as the ladies' ane
gentlemen paired and passed into thi
dining room DIR. Disraei and Mr.
Mason we're thrown together for tn,
first time. Mr.. Disraeli was all prac,
and susvity. He bowed to Mr.. Masou
Have YOU heard from Vicksbsrg re
oentIyT be asked. Mr. Mason drew
back and fixed his great black eve
wonderinRiy on Mr.. DIsraeii. Th,
American and yirginisn could not no
derstand how so great a liberty coal,
be taken by one gentleman With an
other gentlemen when there had beeI
no introduction. They got along yer,
badly, lever speaking in fact, and !
was Impossible after that TO attempt 4
approach Disraeli on recognition.
1T does not at present seen to mi
that | had any further talk about tn
proposal to abolish slavery BY the Con
federacy. In 1864. on my way home
the blockade runner on which | ha,
sailed made an effort to pass the Unite.
States ships at Wilmington. Th
steamer was attacked and sunk, and
got of in boat With my officers. Bu'
as fate would have il, in attempting Z
90 ashore, the boat was also sunk, an
my diary, keps daring my entire sta
abroad, fioated of upon the waters.
have never heard that it got ashor,
The water where We upset was eul
about five feet deep, and the boat
company vaded to the dry land.
Did | speak to any body in the matte
: about the abolition proposition? Yes,
did. l Was younger then than | al
SOY. WAS more enthusiastic. and I va
full Of the force of De Norny's suepes
ton. spoke to Mr.. Judah p. Bsnis
miB, TO Mr.. Menniuser, 20 Mr. CLAW an
to oshers, but never to Mr.. Davis.
knew that it would be useless. SLAYER
was the thing for which We were cor
tending. and knew that to propose .
Mr.. Davis To secure foreign succor b
abolishiag the Institution ucuid resal
adversely. Nothing ever came of it /
the way Of legislation or attempt a
legislation. SO the honor of hayiu
proposed that the Soath shoaid sooiis
slavery IN order that the Confederate
might iive does nos belong 20 me. VIVA,
ever Of credit there is in the suggestion
belones to De Morny, whose advice va
Rot followed"
Mr.. Mason vas admired greatl
Will in Lsrdon, and beth be aud Nj
Lamar had abundance of good soeis
-. Mr.. Mason pfeposseross IsysIt
to proSIncisiisn constantly expose,
'tem to remark. Ons day, havip,
used word after the virginia stvls
bis Vronounci ttion vas challenged b
one of eirele be happsned to b. 10
send for dictionary.H said Mr.. Ma
sn- Tbe book vas produced asd Mr.
Mason vas found to b. riehs. "Ba
yea SAY 'oblesRe' for 'ohlige,'- ".
s12gestad. e Yes. do. and IL - righ,