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T li E COE N T Li Y M A N.
TliRN WOlid, GA., JUNE 7, 1804.
Double Dealing.
Something baa been going on be
tween Seward nnd the cold blooded,
bsb eyed Emperor of France, without
a doubt ' It will be remembered that
the Federal Ilousfe of Representatives,
not long since, passed a resolution de
cidedly opposing the establishment* of
an empire in Mexico. The Senate,how
ever, promptly rejected the'resolution.
That, of itself, looked like, juggling.
They nro playing a double game—
one calculated to satisfy the sticklers
for the Monroe doctrine at home, and
the French people also. Besides, a-
' Paris journal declares that an apolgy,
or explanation has been made concern
ing the action of the House of Rep
resentatives ; whereupon the lattei de
mands to know of its ryinistor wlieth-
ei this ho (me. Perhaps the House i
may be sincere, and is actually iguor- j
ant of the diplomatic maneuvers of ;
Mr. Seward,, but wo consider it much I
more likely that there is a full under
standing all round, and that the hos»
tile resolution was all for Buncombe.
But t’iere is further evidence of an 1
undeitrading between the United]
State , and Napoleon. An enquiry \
has been addressed to the French •
minister by the representative of)
the Federal goveromfent. concerning j
the building and atmkig of certain ves
sels in French yards, alleged to be for
the Confederate States At first;
the reply was that the said vessels i
were refiiescated, by the cootraotms, j
to be iaiended for tradeiu the east- j
era seas, that it was u*aat to arm sack |
vessels, that ?Le Ftench government j
had no right tv prohibit such arming, 1
and that tin; assertion of the agent |
for the vessels was sufficient evidence jj
on the point in question- 1 las v
clearly proper and just j but tier- ;
'.vasds the. French government reced
ed from its position.—or rather refused j
to sustain the first decision o( it& mm- j
isfer of ui&ritie, and concluded that ;
the agent'for the vessels must adduce !
other tenUaiouy besides his own word :
us f,o tlr- disrinatiou of the vessels. ;
Thus i; 1 ra«ij,s. ty this unlust are j
criminaiim:, iu. • cun'- vJ«eii- k is ,
: thought the Confederate government I say that we coifld not praise it too
j might be concerned, langed itself with j much, *
; England against us. It is evident, j Paper Generals;
l that ovavaid has either liignlaned oi J many, different ‘’lines” have
bought ever Bonis ISapoleon, and as j_editors and letter-writers kindly
j the former isnolat all probable,thelat j es t a blished for Generals Lee and
ter is doubtless true. . 1 he price is Johnston, afterwards basely aban
the occupation of the Mexican throne
by Maxlmlian, undisturbed by the
United States. At the same time the
cloning them, as untenable or not
not the right ones'! We often won
der if our great chieftains ever read
cunning old sinner, oowaid, is attempt- j an y 0 p these newspaper lucubrations,
ing to cheat the advocates for the
Monroe doctrine among his own peo
ple, by a show of opposition to the
Mexican empire—and he will suc
ceed.
The English judges have been hon
est enough to make a just decision in
the ease ■ of "the .Alexandra, but the
English government will not allow ns
to get our vessel. That government
has been, not bought, but intimidated,
by Seward. *
‘ ‘Gideon’s Water-Lappers”
On rising from the perusal of (ho
sermon with the above title, by Bish
op Elliott, we involuntarily exclaim
ed, “Would that every man, woman
and child in the Confederacy could
read it.” Many words of wisdom have
fallen from the Lips of our clergy sinee
that tell more ot their own hidden
thoughts aud plans than they know
themselves. If they ever find time
for such reading they must be highly
interested at the deep sagacity display
ed by gentlenren of the quill. *
Inconslste.nl,
The Northern people profess to be
fighting in order to liberate the negro,
and yet they wish the Southern w hite
man to make an. unconditional sur
render of all his rights of property
and person, to them, thus reducing
himself to a condition of the most ab j
solute and galling slavery. What n
commentary on human nature 1—or
rather yankee nature.
B. F. M.—-We send the paper as
directed. Enclose tire money by mail.
Be sure to send die articles you speak
ibis war began, but none that excel , w , . , > < .
® j of.—We have not yet bred our har-
t-uo.se spoken by Bishop Elliott on our
last day of fasting and prayer.
One of the chief merits of' this
sermon, os it is of most of the dis
courses of its author, is that it is not
too long; but never have we read aj.y
thing that more emphatically deserves
to he termed my hum m jhimo. Wc
Lave detected ouly one note that we
consider false, in the otherwise per
fect harmony, aud that is where the
Bishop-apeaks of that great bug-beai
and myth, existing only in urea’s heat
ed imaginations, or “hoarded provis
ions.'” We are convinced that the
prevailing opinion on this point is a
popular error.
We make no attempt to convey an
idea to out readersof the st yle and
matter oi the seimon, but content
ourselvA* with advising every one to
piocure and aead it. However, wc
must fry and publish '■ icf: c-a.tr ads
hem it, riud th-.n cur subscribers -’’il!
riers to the perfection we demo them
to reach, but will endeavor to supply
you with some, the first opportuni
ty-
The Last Two Weeks.—The
Richmond Sentinel,-of May 24th, says
“During the past two weeks the war
has raged with a fury unexampled in
all our previous campaigns. The
forces of the enemy have been direc
ted by a general whose one idea it is,
to burl them into battle. Reckless
alike of the lives of LB soldiers, and
the arts of strategy, be has trusted for
victory to the moiuemtuni of his at
tack, and the rapidity of his blows.
He has hoped to crush his enemy by
bis mere weight lie fights by “main
strength ana awkwardness,” combined,
'it ratal be confessed, with great in
dustry and pertinacity As h conse
quence, the operations which have en-'
sued flinr-e his crossing of the Rapid an,
pscceut a series of great battles and
severe skirmishes, not before equalled
m the war, accompanied with a sacri*
face of life- on the part if his soldiers.