The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-10-19

non-lntervenon acts that ever were passed, and In
violation of the law of nations even, we do not
how we could avoid being mixed up in
struggle of the nature of this. The United States
would be obliged TO assist in following up the
movement against Russia, and join England and
France in favor of Turkey. ltwould be curious II
the two great nations who hold controlling
power IN the movements of nations and people
should come in contact. Those two nations are
the United States and Russia, and their principles
are as hostile asn the nature of things they could
be. They are both young, both growing, and both
powerful for the fnture-each on an opposite
continent, and each acting on opposite principles,
as regards their internal affairs and foreign policy
Discovery OF MARES NEsT.-The Washington
correspondent of the Tribune (sald to be of
the list OF leter-writers under pay by the cabneD
has discovered mares nest IN the Washington
correspondence Of the Herald, and cackles over it
prodgiously. He has found out the identical man,
"a locofoco in Disguise who communicated the
facts connected with the Poussn affair, publish
ed in the Herald and other papers, several weeks
ago. He refers especially to letter in the Herah
from one OF our Washington correspondents, with
out specify ing which of the dozen the same
subject
Ii appears that our mischie.maker Is ~ kulk-
ing ocofoco in disguise probably in an old
white coat, Fourier hat ana boos-and was pre-
sented to the Secretary of State as an " inti-
mate friend" of Joseph l.. White that he was de-
temned, by fair means or foul, to make money
out of the administration; that he did humbug
them out of their state secrets, but that his
is known to the President and Secretary of State,
and may hereafter be published. 1t appears, also,
that this disguised renegade of the Herald gave
cut that if he could secure reconciliation with
the French Minister, it would be worth draft Of
ten thousand dollars on Mr.. Poussin-equal to a
third of the investment of Mr.. Clayton In the
North American To all this, we have to say, that
we can easily relieve the Tribune man of his per-
! pexities He does not know the first letter of our
correspondents name. 1t is quite probable that
come waggish locofoco may have humbugged the
cabinet (as that sort of thing easy enough), and,
subsequently,, the Tribune man, in claiming credit
for what he knew nothing about. But the Tribune
man is on the wrong scent. Everything which has
appeared in the Herald correspondence and edi-
! torials-upon this Poussin affair, is clear of any
| contract, or conference, or COLLISION with the
| French Minister Mr.. Poussln had nothing to do
with it, nor his friends.
AS regards the secret agency OF the Epening Post
In this business, the Tribune need not go far tor
explanation. The Rev Mr.. Griswold, literary
contributor to the Iy1buae we presume, knows all
| about it, He offered us a contribution on the sub
iect; but as his premises and conclusions did not
conform TO our views of the case we declined the
] article Our opinions of Mr. Clayton have been
! and are simply these-Iie was made, TO some
! extent, the instrument of these old royal d.
pomatls,s at Washington, whose object 1t is to
| cite a rupture between France and the United
| States. lie has the misfortune to be utterly igao-
rant of diplomatic history. If he had read over
the records Of diplomacy for the last forty years,
he would have known that there is not single
precedent justfyIng the dismissal Of Poussn. We
have already shown that the letters of our Minis
ter Mr.. Rives, to the French government, in $780,
were decidedly more open to complaint than those
of Pcessin. If we go back to the period between
1890 and 1912, we shall find much more and much
stronger language employed in the diplomatic cor.
respondence between the agents OF foreign go-
vernments and our own Had Mr.. Clayton been
| cognizant of these facts, he might possibly have
avoided the late ridiculous explosion But the
prime difficulty with him lies in his tmidity and
trembling, when he should be bold in his martial
bravery, when il is not needed and in his natural
feebleness of character. Hence he has been
consciously led asiray from the right track by the
old campagners In European tactics, who, of all
things, have most reason 10 fear a lasting friend
chip between France and the United States. Still
there is a chance for Improvement But who Is
the "locoioco in disguised" Is he still alive