New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-06-09
American Diplomacy.

OF those to whom the administration OF
our affairs at home s now inrus.ed have heretofore
taken occasion 20 express opinion Of those VINO re-
present abroad we will only remark that with a few
honorable exceptions they are not the men whom we
have above deneated the men OF progress and the
sgehey not up 20 the exgencies OF the day-they
are not the opponents Of Democratic principles, nor do
they watch with keen and jealous eyes the aggressive
pr5eress of its opposite. Our Charge at Rome is an
honorable exception but them again. be is Demo
crst He has found the proper way TO make the Amer
can name respected 10 protect American rights, and
10 shelter beneath the folds of the American banner
the fugitive and the oppressed-and all without
committing himself or emhroing bis country IN
disputes with the government to which he Is
accredited But for most Of the others-savc az
assisting at some sumptuous banquet, sojournng
at some aristocrac hail. bguring at some royal re-
cepton-we rarely hear Of them We do not object to
our representatives abroad make respectable or
dgni6ed appearance Rccep. the hosptsues and re-
tsn the ciVes extended to them by foreign courts or
kings These things should they do and not leave the
other important, weizhtier matters undone. But
we do say that American diplomacy abroad In us pres
ent hands, generally affords bu. insufficient exposi
ton Of true democratic principle and but small sale
guard against the subtitle encroschments OF It's opposite
gives but inadequate protection 70 rights procures
little extension of privileges Offers little succor to
the wesk and little solsce to oppressed humanity In
word it Is the cold, conservative arstocratc diploma
cy of Whggsry. Democratic diplomacy, conducted BY
Democratic men, would place US In a more exalted,
denifed imposing sittude-in a relation more bene.
hcent and useful ~ the world
Remarks.
Comparisons are proverbially unsavory;
but, as The Union will have them, we cannot re-
fuse. Major Cass is our personal friend, to whom
we are under obi cations for valued acts of perso-
nal kindness so we will only say that assuming
that he deserves all the praises bestowed on him
above, he is not an honorable exception to the
general character Of our representatives abroad,
and would be foremost to dsclam any such in
vidious distinction. With regard to our other
diplomatists, we readily enter upon the compari-
son suggested by The Union.
At Paris, Richard Rush was our last Demo-
cratic ambassador, and has been succeeded by
WILLIAM {. RIyEs. We should be very glad to
take the verdict of the Republicans of France on
their respective services to the Of Liberty in
Europe. At Berlin our last Democratic Envoy was
Edrard A. flanagan; who has been succeeded
by DANIEL ID. BARNARD; we should like to have
the Liberals OF Germany say which of these two,
if either, has dsgraced and degraded "the Amsrl-
can name" there. At Vienna, Democracy was
represented by William III. Stiles, as Whggery
now is by CHARLES J. MCCURDY; we know that IT
either of them has damaged the cause of Freedom
in Europe, it is not Mr.. McCurdy. At Turin, IA
most vital point,) tho Democratic Charge was
Nathaniel Niles his Wing successor is WILLIAM
b. KINNEY and we Know ID was matter of sur
prise even to Austrian diplomacy that so bitter
and preudiced an enemy of European liberation
as Niles should have been kept there as repre-
sentative of this country during tho eyentful year
1913; while Mr. Kinney is in fact and in reputa-
ton warm and wise supporter of the Liberal
cause. AT the Hague, Democracy had us repre-
scented by Auguste Ddrezae; whom Whiggery has
replaced by GEORGE FoLsoM-but Mr.. ID. is dead.
At Naples, Democracy was last exemplifed by
William II. Polk whom Whiggery has replaced
by EDWARD JOY MORRIS; one of these men GER
tainly soiled the American name by the life he led
in Naples and that one is not E. Joy Morris.
We will thank The Union to take the testimony
of Americans who have recently been in Italy on
this point.
We are not affirming that American princi-
Piles might not be more ably and reputably repre-
scented in Europe than they now are; for there
are points at which we think Improvement might
be made but this we do say, that if Democracy
undertakes to improve on the character of our
present Representatives in Europe, it will have to
employ far better material than that of which its
last Diplomats were composed. Whatever else
may be doubtful, thsre is no mistake in this.