The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1849-09-12

IMPORTANT, IF TRuE-The Boston Traveller
announces, on the authority of private letter re-
eeived by the last steamer from Europe, that the
Frsnch Government received the news of the APP
nointnent of Mr. Rives with great displeasure and
that il is understood that they will not permit nm
IN exereise his functions as Minister. Dir. Riyes
has sailed on his mission. The grounds ior this
refusal are only eurmsed perhaps the refusal itself
is merely a surmse, although we cannot know this
without having the name Of the authority Tor the
statement and the grounds Of his belief The
motive assigned as probable is, that the French
Government retains its irritation at the supposed
revelations in relation to the dispatches Of Mr.
Rivss when Minister in the time Of Louis Philippe
and Gen jackson, in which he communicated bis
success in having obtained the naturalization Of
Is COO 600 Of francs for spoliations on our com
merce. There was a great deal OF very unneces-
sary political talk with the opposition Of that day,
about the imprudence Of Mr.. Rives, and he was
stoutly defended by the administration. The OPP
position of this day, who were, many Of them at
least, the administration men of that, have shown
themselves not unwilling to revive the old subject
for political effect and to discover, at this late
date, that Mr.. Rives was very csnsurable. But
we do not believe that the French Government
wants to recall any old matter like that, so far as
10 make it cause Of ill-blood with America We
do not doubt that Louis Napoleon and his advisers
entertain very Ungracious feelings towards us. A
successful republic is, to that ape Of royaIism, a
source Of perpetual reproach for his own broken
faith and dishonest aims. The alliance Of the
Russian and Austrian despotiams is more congenial
10 his hopes than sympathy with American princi'
pies. Hence we expect nothing from him which
would offend the absoutists whom he is constantly
counting. Indeed we should not be surprised at
positive slight to mark how alien are his sympathie
from any thing really and practically republican
But the rejection of Mr.. Rives, for matter so lon
passed, under dynasty which has been remove
from favor in France, and under the sanction of a
administration long since passed away here-a mat
ter that was in Itself unworthy Of notice-wou
be too ridiculous even for the present French Cab
met We win not believe them capable Of sucl
absurdity until we hear that il has been carried
into effect The right Of the French Government
to decline receiving any individual Minister will
not be denied. We do not remember any diplo
matte example; but there have been, we know
reflsals BY foreign governments to recognize par
ticular persons, as Consuis, on individual ground
Of objection. Mr.. Pearce, Of Baltimore, was sen
by Gen. jackson to Bremen, and that city woul
not receive him because as a tobacco dealer
Baltimore he had contracted debts to Bremen mel
chants, although he had been discharged undo
the insolvent laws Of Maryland. Gen. Jackso
accordingly sent another Consul. 1t might not b.
under the law of nations, cause of national 0
fence that the French should refuse to recogni7
Mr.. Rives but under the circumstances, and 0
such pretences, it would be manifestation of ho'
tile feeling, sign of the disposition to cayil an
irritate, which could not fail to arouse fierce re
sentiments among our people, and TO widen sti
further the republic of Washington from that gov
eminent which seems to fawn upon despotism an
frown upon the struggling masses of Europe, in Il
abused name o. French Republic.