The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1849-09-20

France and the United states.
The telegraph startled us yesterday with the an
nouncement that the President had intimated to Mr.
Poussin that his passports were ready for him at any
time. The reason assigned for the course Of the Adj
miRistraton is a note written by the French Minis
YER o MI. Clayton; and subsequent rumor relates
that Che offensive note was IN regard TO the cor
respondenee Of MIR Walsh, American Consul At
PWR. lf the lattefrepOrt Be- true, it must have
been tile manner ather than the matter OF MT
Fonssin' expds,Hlatiot with OiF Government which
led TO The request for the Minister'S recall The
French Minister certainly had right to complain
that Mr., Walsh was retained in Office at Paris II
he wrote letters offensive to the French Severn
ment Even the Taylor Administration, il we
may trust to the outgivings Of It's peculiar organ
the Washington Republic, has not been very weh
pleased. with Mr.. Waslt's letters. Arecehi article
in the Republic gave every one to understand that
the Cons,l at Paris was no longer agreeable to the
authorities in Washington, and that NE might at
any time find himself displaced by a successor of
more liberal sentiments and republican synpathes
Il is strange, them that the ADMINISTRATION should
| at the same time, refuse diplomatic intercourse
with Mr.. Ponssin because he found lanlt with
Mr.. Walshs letters, and yet dismiss the Consul at
Paris for writing the very correspondence Of which
the French Minister complained,
With our present knowledge Of facts il is i'm
possible for is to decide On the conduct the Pres-
dent has seen fit to pursue. An questions so nice
as those which are usually discussed in diplo-
matte correspondence, the meagre facts Of tels-
graphic reporters scarcely furnish the basis for
an opinion. L is said. however, that the Presi-
dent Of the United States requested the President
of the French Repablie to recall Mr.. Ponssin.
Now whether Mr. Poussin had or had not been
guilty Of Improper diplomatic cOnduct-whether
he had or had not given the American Secretary of
State just cause for complaint blythe note at which
offence was taken-it is clear that the French Cow
eminent should have COMPLIED with the request Of
the American President. It matters not whether
The governme'le 10 which a Minister is accredited
be justly indignant or only suspectingly rritated
AZ tue conduct Of the foreign agents it Is sufficient
that MS presence near the offended government is
displeasing IN order for the rower by whom he is
accredited to be called on to remove the Minister
and send anothe4 in his place. The government
which receives the diplomatic agent is the proper
judge Of whether his presence is agreeable or dis
agreeable, and mere intimatien Of d wish for his
removal should be eerdlally compiled with by a
friendly and courteous government
As we have said, the facts under our coanizance
do not Justify us in determining whether Gen.
Taylor was right or wrong in demanding the recall
OF Mr. Poussin; but certainly if the request was
properly made and no answer returned, the Admin
istration u flly justified in ceasing diplomatic in
tercoarsee with the French Minister What the
course Of The present French Government may be
it is hard for us to foresee The strange and incon-
sistsnt measures which have marked the admins
tFation Of French affairs for the last six or seven
months leave us in some doubt as to what the
principles Of Louis NapOleOns foreign policy are.
They seem, however, TO be strongly inclined to-
wards friendship for absolutism and enmity to all
republican states and movements. He and his
ministers seem t9sprefer the Austrian and Russian
alliance before any others they might form with
the nations of central and southern Europe. It is
possible that as matters now stand in France, the
friendship Of the United States may be regarded as
light and worthless thing. If so, something ser-
GUS may grow out of this affair at Washington.
a.--'- -yeea af France the American
ana the deepest sympathy. The gratitude We feel
Tor Lafayette and his generous followers makes us
cherish amcable relations with all his countrvmen
But towards the present French Government, we
must admit that the feelings of our citizens are any
thug butfriendly. The cruel and fratricida policy
which crushed Roman liberty and forced the re-
publican government to yield to the allies of the
Pope, called forth burst of Indignation in the
United States which viii be some time subsiding.
Hardly had France peFpetrated the outrage on the
Roman Republic before she increased The re-
Proaehes addressed her by all generous men, and
her cold and careless treatment Of Hungary in
formed the world that struggling patriots had
nothing to hope fot from the nephew of Napoleon
In the state Of feeling existing in the United States
Americans are not disposed to be indulgent towards
the misconduct of any portion of the French Gov
ernment-least of all are they in mood for put
ting up with any insult offered to themselves or
their government.