"THE WELFARE OF THE PEOPLE IS THE HIGHEST LAW."

LONDON:

SAMPSON LOW, SON, AND CO., 47, LUDGATE HILL.

1863.

[The right of translation is reserved.]

200. K. 134.

233. 156

THE AMERICAN QUESTION,

AND

HOW TO SETTLE IT.

CHAPTER I.

INTRODUCTORY.

ON the 30th October 1862, M. Drouyn de Lhuys, the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, addressed a despatch to the Ambassador of France at London, and at St. Petersburgh, proposing an Armistice between the Northern and Southern States of America, with a view to the mediation of the two great maritime neutral Powers.

The following are a few of the translated paragraphs from that State document :

Europe watches with a painful interest the struggle which has been raging for more than a year upon the American Continent. The hostilities have provoked sacrifices and efforts cer

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