The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-10-23

ANOTHER DrLoMATIc RUPTURE AT WASHINGTON
The Secretary of State seems to have partlality
tor hot water He has no sooner ended the war
with Field Marshal White and the Round Island
ers, than he gets into squabble with Poussln,
Billy Bowlegs, and the Sambo King of Nicaragua.
Indeed, after sharp correspondence with various
powers and potentates all round the world, nclud-
Ing the "gemmen OBJ color" and stopping short
only at Cape Horn, he turns his attention to the
diplomacy of the Home Department; and the
suit is even more conclusive of the want of wisdom
and sound discretion in our diplomatic Secretary,
than any of his repeated bunders in diplomatic
science. A few days ago, we received the follow
ing diplomatic despatch from the State Depart
ment:-
DEPARTMENT or STATE,
WAsuiNGToS, 10th October, lS49
Proprietor Nec York Herald. New York CITY
SIR-I am directed to inform you that the subscrp-
ton to your paper the part Of this department. is
You are requested to transmit your account to the
date OF the reception of this notice for payment.
am, Sir, very respectfully,
Your obedieat servant,
WM. c. ZANTZINGER, Agent.
Here, as usual, the Secretary of State sets out
under a misapprehension of his subject. There Is
no subscription in the case. For ten or twelve
years past, we have sent the Herald 10 the White
House and the heads of departments, :" without
money, and without price" They have been at
the head four free list, and from the single desire OF
enlightening them in their action upon great con-
stitutional and international questions, and upon
all questions affecting the policy of the Home De-
partment. In this duty we have sometimes scored
Van Buren,, and Tyler, and Polk, pretty sharply,
and have repeated the prescription of catharuc
or a blister, according to the symptoms with very
satisfactory results. They never stopped the pa
per, or thought of stopping it. They rather recog-
Missed it a source of useful information not TO
be dispensad with on any terms, and they were
welcome to it, free of charge. 1t has been re-
guar contribution to the government Of our daily
labors, involving the labor of several hundred as
sstants, in all quarters of the world. Our cores
pondence has been, in many respects, as useful to
the government as extra corps of consular
agents, with the advantage Of no expense. Yet
Mr.. Clayton seems determined to remain in his
ignorance, and with strange ingratitude, re-
fuses all our good intentions to enlighten him. He
is determined to blink the question of his want of
information, and shuts his eyes against our instruc-
tons. He WON'T take the medicine, and he don't get
any better. But we shall stick to him. He need not
send us our passports for we don't intend to use
them With so many difficulties yet to settle, it
would be uncharitabe to abandon our hopeful
pupil just now. We have hopes Of him yet. He
must stand square up to Mosquito Sambo. II will
not do to back out from dark mulatto IN PASTE
board crown. Our Secretary has little constlu-
tional weakness that way, and Is apt to be taken
in with counterfeit. Here, then, he requires
good advice, and 1t shall be no fault of ours if he
does not get it. We shall send HIM the Herald
lie may take an appeal to Mr.. Collamer but he
is bound to read the paper. The only account
which we have to "transmit," is very bad ac-
count of his diplomacy. Let him settle it with
Nicaragua, and we shall give HIM clean receipt
Will he do 1t