The French Press On Disunion

Frunce ounnot btí otherwise than pi oud ti'fiud lier protection claimed or hor allegiance sought by all fppressed nutionalities, and t is her interest and her fUiry not te fail in any of tho obli g.itu'ns ihal her high position imposos ii pon her. But in ttie present case, (that ot ho protfered alliance of ihe Cjoutbein S;ates,) thu qiifStiou of independence is ctin)!icated by a question [ uï slavery, aud the oue Ü:ugs an uihaupy bhadow over the other. Fr. nuej wtio abolislied hlaver, canhi)t evuii itjem tó [jroteut it in Other e(.)lllltl■e. Such UB idea oven, vvouid do her u serious injury. The Arntricaiis f Solllh Oarolma must, theu, be pcL-uuded that il thcy everobtuin froin j the Freuch Govennient the moral sup port that thoy deiniua, it will noi, bo as proprietor-s, bnt in .spite of their benig propi -iüiorn of laves, and in virtuu ot the principie ai-.knowledged tur thirty yoar.--, that all Govermnents de Jacto, hall be recognized by the (J-overninents of Europe and America. Theru u only one of thö divisions oí the Uniou in regard to whicn Franc can have, in ceriuin events, any more exteuded ri'gtlts and dutie. It is Louiftiana, as it geographically existed vviien tt wan ceded by us to ttio United títutes iu L8Ü3. The treaty of' ccssion uaraiiteed to the Pranch colonista and lieir d-jnutíiidains thd enjóyinent of huir properiy and df their civil und reigious ngiits. The vast and rioh teritoiy i Louisiana has lurinad siuee Ik-ii, besidiis tho Otaip, itst;U of Loiiisnnit, the States ot iVlu-i.-muri, A-rkaiisas, .owu, purts ot AlubuiDU and VViicunrtit), jud tlie temiorios of iMiuuesota, Nüjra.ku and Kansas. Evcry tirae tb ut ne of tlie.se had tu be orgiinized or idinitttíd tu the Confederaiion, the slave pi'oprietor.s have invoked theii' iyjlits gu.uanttítíd to Üiam by thetiaaiy ;t lbffii. Tne riglit ui Aikanbas, ounded on this Hryuinent, was rtcugïized by John Quiucy Adams hiinself ti 1837. The ü-i'Vernor of Nebra.-ka nvoked the saine argument in vetoing the bill to piohibit the introduution of alavés ínto the territory, and Uie doctrine is also to be fou'nd in the decisi n if the Siipreme Court of the United Siates, reuuered in thu oase of Dred áeott. 'i'heso are historical andjudiuial precedents, which wil! not be without vulue in case of any serioua atlack is made apom the civil, polnical and religious nghts ot the ancient ter.itory of Louii-iuna. But the institution oi slavery - WMN it a portion of these right forever guaranteed ? And theso lights, aro they reully ignored ? These are que.süons that D'ranoe can neithcrr raise or solve, and which sho cunnot be called upon to examine, except at the request oí tho Louisiana authorities At present this Stuto huppilv, seems to take no part in the di.suiiiun movement. Thuie is, undoubtedly, an esiroine party, which in recruited chiefly Irom the country planters, whoso principal weukh is in slavü pruperty, ind uho.su nTeuue lies in the pruduoe oí' thu suil. But by strenge contrast, while Southern agncu'tuiis s are the most dei'itniined in favor oí slavery, the most lanatical Abulitionisiá are to be found araong the agrioulturists of the North The sea-coast towns, on tho contrary, are strongly conservative. New York gave twenty-five thoasand niajority against Lincoln, New Orleans voted fir ]íelia,rii Chuileston, Savannah, und ;ill other tíonthern porta have, to a certain estent, opposed the idea oí tsehisrn proclaiined at Augusta and Colinnbia. The reason is, that the muTitime towns umlerstand better than all others that tho prosperiry of the Union depends upon unión, and that. in rupturu the bitsis o íts tsnccess is destroyed. Cotn meicial instinct risis in thcm to the iieiijht of political intution, and inerchanls and tradera are at this time the trueat patriota. France has in the United States tho eame interest that these large towns have, and ought to fo.low the name line oí coüduot. The rupture ot' the Union will entiiil inoro risks thun bench'ts; íor vvhile ihe coinrnerce of England and the whole oí' Europa will be admitted vith our own, to the íree porta of the Confederaron, the Nortbern Confedera ion will irnmediately seek, in an exulu-ive alliauce with England, a coiinterluiBo to tho Southern agruement witb iYanee. War will inevitably flow f rom his .ntagonisin. Having as allies lave proprietors, we will be foreed, jy the nature oi things, to deiend their riWitutiont, und to tolérate thcir plan of' annexing Mexico and thu Island of Cuba, whieh tho North up to this time alone preventod. Franco will never lay lersöjl open to such a course. She )ugi.t not t. allow the Southern States .o deceive thotnselves in this matter. Slie e'üöfiot even lend su-h oonsent as sik nee may afford ; her duty is to la)or with all her power to prevent a diss'iluiion. Tliore ought not u be for us, on tha other side of the Atlantic, oither Southern Americaris or North America s, bilt States whoso Union is mpoitant to the uquilibriuui ot the winlcl Thu Arnwicau marine is not es necehnary to Fi'ance tlian the Russi.in, Spanjijh, and Itaünn navies, to prevent a single Power fro:n s'eizing tho ;ii]jiire of tl.e fea. Fnixi' was the first aily of tho Unücd .State; we hope that tsho will nou be ihuir counsellor, and expoe the abyss into uhich they are huTryiu'g - an ibyss in whicii will be buried torever u past n.ost glorious and a fi.t;:raino.st hopeful. For thu America" Union, bepaiation is suicide ; it i muider of u gie.it nation and u great principlu. Fi anee cannoi, lend a hand to this suicido and this murder. She han helped to niake this peoplo ; he will nuver help to desuoy them. tiuch ure, we re ci.-nvincfid, the seatiniüDU cf oür Government. tLF A new mcduof oollectmg a bad debt was nxst oü'eclively tried a lev.' I wee los ugo n the Rade de la Seinu, D l'aris, bvf;ro tlio lodging oí' a somewluit dwsiputüd student. A man wus cibsui'ved walkiug up and down bef'ore tJio bou), Imving upon liis back a I urge [ilaunrd, with the words, " Mdusicur C - ;- owea me fór tlnrty bottlea oí vin rugue; 1 an wailing until he puys tor them." He did not wuit very long. ,.. LYry Every man te a worse nian in pfoportioD as hu is uufit íor tüo marriecl ájate, I