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

LONDON:

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

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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