The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1849-10-25
TIE DIPLOMATIC kLAKE.lP.

call forth tn. prolific comments of the press.
Eve7 the mystery abnn, The part the " oman had
to play IN 1t, is beginning 10 be unrayeled, Us
witness the following extract Vi n letter in the
New York HrqM:
Soon after the Inauguration Of General Tay-
or II may be remembered that "A grand cn,,r.
lainmcnt was given to the foreign ministers res
idcn' IN Washington. H. getting up tins enter.
'alntaoni with proper attention 70 etiquette, scy.
crii members of the cabinet were called into
the councils Of the White House. 1t wa. pro-
posed, usual. that I'll the ministers with their
secretaries, including their ladies, should be- in.
,ted To that grand diplomatic fcie. with the cx-
. cepion Of the French ambassador Il appears
that VI and Madam fou>sin had both Previous
Is called on the I'r,-- lent, She minister prc-cu.
ting his lady 10 the family 81 The President. and
every thing passed OF lad -lkc. TIN, wa, a
prclmlfar, step IN social diplomatic etiquette
but for other reasons. II was proposed to give
az invitation to VI. poussin without including
Madame foussin a considerable debate took
place in the cabinet on this point, and Mr. Clay
ton was OF ,pinion that Nine poussin should
not, and could not, bc invited with the minister
The same rule Was observed with regard to VI
Marie and his lad, The reasons assigned for
the exclusion Of these ladies. were The position
which, according 10 rumor, they had occupied in
fnri- - the one had BEEN guNernes., aud the
other griscilr but iurbcaf 10 mention any
hing else.
"Dn VI pods-ln receiving his note Of invita-.
ton Ear the Presidential dinner at the White
House, wihou, including Madam poussin, he
felt yer,y indignant, but did no, seem TO know
wh. course To take. lie learned that Nr Clay.
ton was the person who brought about the cx.
clusion Of his lady, and BIZ feelings became en-
FILTERED TO nm extraordinary extent against him
q 4 4 a
which he might have dome from the President
and hi- cabinet, VI. pouSsn swallowed the cx.
clu,ion and the dinner, and very unwi-ey 5iow-
ed his feelings to escape IN n diplomatic cores.
poudencc with Mr. c.. ton on other aud more
important matters connected with the interests
Of the two countries. II i probable that all
these preliminary facts including the note oln-
yilation, viii come out in due time. The bad
temper and asccrbiy, originating in that note of
invitation, increased aud ranked throughout he
whole of the subsequent correspondence. which
is now before the country. Mr.. Clayton has
kept hi- temper better than VI Pou,sn, aud
both the American Secretary and the French
min >,cr, in their diplomatic Intercourse, deserve,
to a ccfian extent, the criticism pronounced
upon 1t by NJ d, Torqae,ille, the Minister for
Foreign Affairs in ,'er!s
IN the course of lender on the subject, the
Philadelphia Blll.tm, wing paper says;
" But while VI poussin deserves no mercy,
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D. IocqueslIe had stopped here he would
have been Wise, hnt in proceeding TO divide the
ccnsutc between Mr. Cmyion and VI. Pou~~in,
ht h., committed am offence against diplomats
cYiiHy Ne have already -aid that 'hcr" T.
some trn'l in h' remark, but It would have
been lar moie polite, net polite rot 10 have
asserted this Tor IN cen-rring Mr layton ne
implicitly crnNured onrGo,ernmr1'."h whereas the
Presidents compliant against W. F"us'.n was
aeaIn-; = mere envoy and did not involve th'
frrueh NATION. we see St'a' uhl'l'h't ~
tween tlc two things
" Nor can We praise the c"af''sF ~ VT
'tyiou- reply To VI. De "rquc'i"'' 'sr'-
cmIlf That portion oi u Nhc' lhI"tW' U,'
latter tf.ly that he wa~ no' invited 10 decide
~ an arbtcr nPon the mode IN winch me
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