Year: 1861

Tn whatever light the dispatch from the Rus'
sion Government to the Government at Wash.
ipeton-published elsewhere--may be regarded,
the acknowledgment of the Secretary Of State to
NJ. de Stoech is dgnifed and proper. If the
intention of the Emperor was merely to offer to
the United States assurances of his continued
friendship, notwithstanding the difficulties which
beset us through the dislOyalty OF portion OF
our own people, it was proper gratefully to
acknowledge such assurances; and if his Majesty
was moved by his advisers to offer counsel which
was not pertinent inasmuch as it is based upon
a misspprehensiOn of the circumstances of the
case, the Secretary of State assumes dignifed
position in ignoring tho advice, and accepting
simply the assurances of distinguished oonsdera-
tion But the country is under no such OBJ
legation, sad is at liberty TO see aud
consider the fact that the Emperor does
not at all comprehend the position Of affairs
among us, at the Same time that it will not doubt
his cordial friendship.


Were il proper at all for his Majesty to ad-
dress himself to the Rebels in arms against the
Government of the United States, the advice con-
veyed by this dispatch would be eminently just
and timely. 1t would be very proper to remind
them that sooner or later they must come to
settlement, and that they would give evidence OF
political wisdom by seeking such a settlement be-
fore useless efIusiOn Of blood squunderiOg
of strength and riches and possible ruin Of
commercial and political power To men whose
purpose it is 10 subvert just Government, 10
the vain hope of raising upon its ruins one OF q
totally different character, it would be most
kindly act to extend an exbortation to pause
before pursuing policy which could oniy
end in their own ruin, whatever disaster
they may in their madness bring upon their
country. But such cOunsels addressed to
Government engaged in defending its own exist
ence aud in asserting the supremacy of its own
laws, are singularly out of place, however kindly
meant if the real facts of the case are appre
hended. They come with an i'll grace from q
sovereign whose reign is made illustrious by al
act of benefcenco to an oppressed class, when
addressed to a Government whose very existence
is threatened by revolutionary attempt TO rem
| der similar despotiSm to that which he has
abolished the supreme power in the State. While
| tuo EmPtIOI VI husoio 10 SuSabou III tho OihnuSA-
patton of the serls Of his own empire he advises
us badly if he could mean to counsel us to sub.
NIT TO an gnoble peace with rebels who have
taken up arms as the holders of slaves for the
purpose Of securing supreme power in their own
hands, aud subjectDg fieemen to their WILL


That such however, is the meaning Of his
Majesty we are unwilling to believe. A better
understanding Of the real position Of affairs 10
this country would, no doubt, have so qualified
the dispatch that none who sought for it could
find in it any word of sOace for the Rebels aud
their friends, whie the assurances of "cordial
"sympathy iu every event" which the dispatch
gives, would have been ss unqualified in terms
as, we will not doubt, it is meant to be in fact