New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-11-23

them can be Of precious little value. To say that
they adopted "a system fashioned on the misers-
bic, hsckneyed aristocracies Of benighted Europe,
IS % utter reckless nonsense. What were the
errors and prejudice, Of Monarchy and Arstocrs-
cy adopted by FRAsKLIS, JEFFERsoS and JAY,
We csunO, imsgine-por can the Herald. Il Is
gttering the wildes, gable without really mean
ing anything.
Bu, by-snd-by We have clue 70 tie Editors
drift. He means, Give our diplomstists higher
salaries, Hear him
We would have the later grade abolished altogether
a. II exists AZ present and would have three species Of
Diplomatic Agency ins-tgted-,ne Ambassador, or
Minister Penipotenaary. speeisi or.ce 70 De h..sd
whenever the settlement Of grave questions ssLlres
an Extraordinary Mission tie Resident N.rister per.
usnent position % De substituted 10 every where
there are present fall missions and COLsgis General
reside wherever fuL mission q unnecessary. The
salary Of ArossssdOI Mould D. al .sss; els co.. Of
Minister Resident no snc Of Consul Gel.-rsl
$500 Tnus, there should be Bat tHO permanent
missions. that Of the Mnisse, Resident and Of the
Consul General The present ssiars, Of our Diploma
tic Agents are too small No can s-orc - sccept
mission any " the larger siss q Europe who -
not sufficiently wealthy 70 spend - east double re
amount u ns salary IN Pans and London, esrecis.y
Ministers are COMPELLED 70 Insntsin lsvisn e1-
yenditgre. u "a Oo bad that for the sake q lev
thousand dollars the dignity Of this Nation should D.
lowered abroad and that The Representative Of every
small State In Europe s5OUd be enabled 70 take Prece
dsDce Of our Ministefs
Now the present pay Of an Embssssdor or En-
voy Of the first c4ss il seoo0 per snnum. with
g 900 outfit and s4.5OO inft-msking s22,5o0 for
a single years service or less. We believe this
the most extrsvsgsnt salary paid by our Govern
nnent-higber in proportion than that Of President.
II the outfit were cut down % 1880. the sslary
might not be too high though Ne deny the ne
cessity Of lavish expenditure Expenditure
Tor what Mainly for dining and wining our
plsasgre-seeking citizens abroad, who are or ought
10 be able b. provide Tor themselves It q shame
fil abuse 70 take the hsrd-esrned money Of the
whole people and devote Il 10 such purpose
We heartily concur with the Herald On one
point-tbe improperly Of commissioning an En-
yoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
except On especial and important occasions We
habitusliy keep such an Envoy AZ the Courts Of
Prussia Spain, Brazil. s.. where there = no
need Of Minister Of tbs grade. Charge would
answer every purpose Resident Minister at
81 900 year and 20 900 outfit would be extrays.
CANT. Yet ENJOYS Extraordinary are hsbituslly
appointed for one single purpose-to give some
needy partisan stronger pull at the Treasury.
W. hope this abuse has not gone beyond the
reach Of correction
Is 1t not melancholy TO hear protesting Repub
hcan talk Of our country being sacrificed byre
strcting our ambassadors 10 $4,000 year
Dignity, indeed Ben Franklin doubtless spent
inside Of $4,000 year when Embsssador 70
France during our Revolution. yet nobody then
suspected that our National interest. suieredirom
his want Of dignity VIM. Tel Poussin the
present Envoy Of the French Republic receives
salary greatly below that Of his Royals; Prede
cessor. yet who that knows anything OF has cha
racter and history fears that France will suffer at
hi. hands Is the fact that Manhood zoe. for some
thing in our day as well as Money, entirely beyond
the comprehension OF the Herald