Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-10-02


Sir, W. shall never find The Democracy OF New
York following the bad example AID the bad al,
vice Of the Hartford Conyentonists or Of any
other body whose a!imen and object are sectional
feelings and auipahies, and sectional discold
and DIVISION not only in the Democratic party buI
in the whole Union"
From The Washington thion, Sept 2ett.
LATE RUPTURE WITH THE FRENCH MINIS
TER, AND STATE OF ouG FOREIGN KELA-
TiONS.
We copy the following view OF the canss OF
The late rupture with The French minister, AID Of
The present condition Of our foreign relations.
from letter wriIlen by one OF the Washington
correspondents OF The New York Herald, lead.
ing Taylor paper. The wriler evidently has ex.
lensive oppoluni!i,s for Obtaining correct inior-
nation, and seems TO be we'll advised in relation
to the subjects concerning which he t;cats.-
We omi'the private gossip with which the letter
commences:
W.sHsoros' Sept 2i, 1910
But the true sources of the difficulty lie far be-
yond. They may be traced 10 diplomatic con.
spiracy. The object OF which was 10 yctimze he
French minister, and 10 bring about nisunder'
standing between The republics OF France and The
United STATES; for what could teucr subserve The
purposes q the monaTchisls OF Europe and heif
agents al Washington, than quarrel between
The Two leading republics Of the tarlh2
On the declaration o. the French republic, Mr.
Rush. The American minister, promptly, ard with
out awaiting Instructions, acknowledged the new
order al things in The name OF the Uniled States.
But il is not 20 generally known thaIit was Mon
sieur Poussin who persuaded, ard finally car
ried oft, Mr.. Rush 10 maze this Acknowledge
upon The very heels Of the revolution.
The provisional government was doubtless ar-
| nj mi
ough republicansm of Mr. Poussin, in appoint.
ing him as the successor OF Mr.. Pareeol. The
French government, then, intended this appoint
mcnt as a special compliment 10 The United
States. Mr.. Poussin had served III our army;
he was almost regarded as an American, from
his residences and services in this country, and
from his republican opinions. The American
people, acquainted with these facts, hailed his
appointment as an evidence OF tie respeci, graf
iude. aid kindly dispositions OF France towards
The United States. And This was the very sense
in which ii was intended 10 he understood. Mr..
Poussin himself came with the most friendly
resolutions TO strengthen The amicabe relations
between The TWO countries; but his good inIen-
lions have been defeated by The successful strait
agems Of older heads in diplomacy-snch, for
instance, as those shrewd agents and laciicians
OF Russia and Spain al Washington.
The game was simply This: The agents OF
the monarchies Of Europe disrused and feared
The friendship between The United States and
France. Acting in concert, the two republics
might revolu,ionize The world, bu. divided they
would not only be harmless, bur might eventual
ly be made the instruments 10 the destruction Of
each other Despoiism seldom loses lis pres
ence OF mind. The clowRed heads OF EGIope
were driven heller skeller by he spreading fires
OF the French revolution; but Nicholas, locking
calmly on, soon recognized his scattered forces
and has re-esl abIisted their authority and iLiu
. cnce, al home and al Washington.
Things were all in a state Of fusion when NJ!
: Poussin come over as the minister from France
The friendly relations between the Two counlrie:
were most promising, but in good time an utdsI
standing or combination was formed ~ tfeaI
| hem up France al Washington, was Standing
hen, singe-handod against the hereditary pow
ers II Europe, when the administration o! Gener
al Taylor came into power.
} Al This poinr, the in,rgues against NJ Poussin
!. and against The good spirit existing between th
French and American governments, silently, bn
actively, commenced. The agents OF lhr mon
arches began 10 devise ways and means 70
creating a misunderstanding between The Ftenc
: sin IN a sas Secretary OF Slae. Europe va
extending its revolutions. Ii must be suppresse,
and not one single act anywhere could hav
=, greater moral effect in suppressing il than ii.
pule between The United States aad Franc,
That was The TASK, then, assigned 10 and take
!, up by the representatives OF monarchy al Wash
inslon, excepting, perhaps, the Blush niiniste
who was sufficiently immersed in his own affair:
or is, al this lime.
Tie cabinet OF General Taylor came in vi,
universal professions OF peace The diplomat
corps signalized the event with their consralu!s
lions NJ. Bodisco, IN behalf Of his "ausGst ma
lei" was particularly cordial and afectlonale.
D So far, so good. Bul he cabinet we're new hand
. a, the bellows. General Taylor was ccmpeiie
10 trust them. They had not shaped oul the
: foreign policy. They would lake hnes as The
!. cane AMI trust To luck. No positive course
( action was marked oui, but every thing appeare
. 10 be left 10 chance. The only position declare
was that Of neutrality and peace. Now mar
The results. Denmark protested against lie
States (war s,eamer) going 10 Germany unIe'
e under bonds 10 keep Inc peace. Bonds were {:
n acled. Russia and Austria would have proles'
l. al any interference in the affairs Of Hungary
y and Mr.. Clayton RETAINED from interfering, e:
cept in the most private or innocent forms
1, Spain, represented through her minister, thai
I. permit citizens ofthe United States To embark
: in a crusade against Cuba, would be 10 viola
our neutrality, and The navy was al once Gil!
is INFO service, and d.spach 10 arrest The expet
4 ton al Round Island, without proof that they h.
IS violated our neutrality, or intended 10 comp'omi
y the government. An obsolete law, suppressed
10 by the laws OF nations, was trnmped up As u
OF authority Tor the extreme proceedings in suppt
is OF Spanish misrule in Cuba. To his extent Il
Id monarches were abundanty satisfied. The c
a. bnet had carried out their pledges oil peace.
n Atlhe same time Ike main orJsci oil rup!u
p. between France anu The Unilcd States was IN
r fair way OF accomplishment, BY an ACT OF 5
81 cial exclusion OF a member Of his family We
s. natural disposition tor revenge had been EXCEED
The breast Of Mr. Poussin against the Secretary
Stale. The five hundred bales Of tobacco
I'd MIR Peri and The salvage asked by Captain Ca
n pcnder Tor saving French ship, afforded opp'
= unilies for retaliation Strange, therefore,
&c the irritation OF Mr. Poussin appears upon In n
nc kcd merits OF these cases, the key OF explanatio
nr makes it perfectly ma ural, and exactly what I
nj old diplomalisis al Washington anticipated.
OF But in the ultimate result they will be, perhaI
d. disappointed. There is no occasion Tor war vi
e, France. Biundering about in The dark the cal
OF net discovered that in adhering 10 their declar
al lions OF peace, they had wandered from that 7
slive track OF policy which il was their duty
c. follow. They inund out that they had be
e. conniying with The despots against our o.
s. institutions, and with the same hurry lh'
n were ready to reirace their steps. Hent
'le the warike bulletins in the North AmeIIc
b. and other newspapers against LOUIS Ndl
RS leon as The real instigaior OF the rupture WI
Pous,iu. II is suddenly discovered that Lou
10 Napoleon is the man. The publication OF Ften
70, correspondence, however, and The dismlssa
4 Poussin, settle The question. Nothing less col
lis be dom; nothing more, probably Will b. reQu
OF ed. Tie conn crcial treaty projected by Pot
N sin NAV be arrested for awhile. but the Cablr
IT, cannot expect their hasly interference in the 9
< ban business 10 be hid in the smoke Of Il
cr, with France although il is shlc they may
ne negotiate This punclilio (und-r The advice Of III
ilh sia and Span) INFO serious affair."
il Just now, however, mort tangible subJc
arrests the attention Of Mr. Clayton MT
lie. empty punctio-not mere question OF wor
ice and epi,hcts bandi ID about between two mt
10 but a question of substance and grcit mome
OF II is q leslion in which John Ball is par
aud he seldom rroubleS himself with mt
I'D quarrcls of etiquette. Where he Is par
an there is land and water, rivers and harbcrs,
issue. SO il is in this case. Fer many ye
. past Groat Britain has had an eye 10 the exc
s;va noa-aeaion nj a limo If cnmmunir : inn