New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-06-13
(CIRcULAR.'
TO COSsrLS OF TIE UNITED STATES.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE WASHINGTON June l.


themselves at their posts. w. L. MARCY
(uRcULAR)
SST' OIL s ~ IE wsENGyoN lam. 1883
has been represented to this department upoa author
ity which deemed undoubted that American COnsuls are
in the habit Of employ ing foreign clerks to assist in toe dis
charge OF cor suar duties. This is practice no longer
be coun RANGED Where it is practicable Other than
czeD- Of the United States to be hereafter entrusted
with the performance of any consular act You will &C.
cordngy within reasonable time after the receipt Of this
cusr make the changes hereby required and receive
into your service consular clerks who allegiance to
this Government am also carefully lard the records OF
inc theo states eommitleu 10 your keePlug s tne 20
rusa of aliens Should circumstances prevent strict CON
pance with this regulation you will at report the fact
10 this department and explain the reasons thereof
1nconvenencts may result from this equation to Con
u where the English language not that OF the country
in which the Cons al is situated but if hs be not acquainted
with such language at the time of receiving the appoint
nent it is pre- umed that he will soon acquire sufficient
knowledge Of it for the management of his official bust
Wherever the consulate be- most of the business will
BE- conducted in English and with citizens of the United
States Moreover, he will find in most foreign countries
young Amer DESTROYS perhaps of such employment
be afford them and in all respects capable Of perform
ing the duties required to his satisfaction.
The President in the performance Of his duties conceiyes
that be has alter alive but to manifest his decided sap
probation of the antAmericau practices and tendencies
which but too palpable in consular department
There many of citizens young men at nome aud
abroad who anxious of acquiring knowledge of one
another of the continental languages of Europe-a
knowledge which in after years, would be valuable to the
government and 10 the people,, and IL Is recO nnend
I'd to coDsus procure such assistants, confident
that they will be found equally ehectual AMI more trust
worthy
The commanders of our mercantile marine the sailors by
whom is manned. well as other citizens having bus
ness with our consuaes will find IL pleasant to tran
ssc il with ubordnaes who are their own c,untrymen,
than with for gneTs differing from them much IN man
Ders as Lar guake
Upon examination is und that returns have been
received from several Of consuates and that in
Of those transmitted there apparently irregularities in
the statements required TO be made semi annually to this
department Ii there be but solitary fee paid at consul
late dunugs tweVt monh it must be- reported in future;
If be received that fact must be also reported In
every instance where official service performed the
81 will be particular 10 include the amount therefor
in bis reports this d. partmeI The omission TO make
the reports required by instructions, will be regarded
sufficient cause for removals from effice
There reason to believe that abuses practised to
derabe extent in many places and particularly in the
South If Euro pc Of fees for vericaOns OF
passports which igtt be dispensed with the depart
inert is informed that consus of the United States have
connyed the demands by the authorities Of certain cities
in the Italian States and other places where their consul
established for consular vises in order to derive
benz h from the fees coDseque nt thereOm Ii this be true
il j. IN abuse and when known will BIZ punished invariably
with mstntsne, deprivation of office. Slch procedure
would be alike osrepuab'e to the conuls themselves and
to the republic which tOlerates II.
Unlike the custom observed at the British foreign office
and the preecures IN France passports gwen by
this department. to citizens tree OF cost This IS also
the rule at legations at which no charge permitted
TO he made for Nises
Happily for our people we know nothing of the system
in interior intercourse, Of passports ioreignsr may
travel unmoested from the eastern confines OF Mains 70
the western borders of Oregon without airing with him
any protection whatever from his Government but as
other nations have the undoubted right to regulate their in
terua a airs ia such manner they may think proper in
the commercial and other intercourse OF our citizens with
their Inhabitants unless their regulations shall conflict with
treaty siipulstoos and international usages d.
nothing than afford to cOnntrymen travelling
abroad all the facilities at the disposal Of their Govern
ment not suffering them to be subjected 10 any wrong
far as this department can prevent it, by our own or foreign
BY an act of Congress of April H. 1872 Consas are au
hOrized 10 receive for suthencaDg under the consular
zeal every protest declaration deposition or other act,
which such captains masters mariners seamen passenger
merchants, others citizens If the United States,
nay respectively choose to make, the OF two dOar"
The words or others clearly establish the right of
consul when application made to him 20 that end to
demand two dollars for pssspo-ss also for rise to one
because th. consular seal necessarily yed to
authenticate the act THAI portion of the circular there
fore which was issued by this department under date Of
June % 1890 pstrucng consus thai charge is to %
made for passports is hereby revoked.
Where there is legation of the United States and
consulate at the same place, consu not authorized
hereafter TO issue or wise passports This duty devoyes
upon the legat as the higher authority Of the two.
Ills department is informed tina, III some countries our
consuls tbk TO mpar dignity and importance TO the place
where the business Of the consult transacted by calling
ii La ChaHoeilert" and tbs clerk in their employment
lie Chdactf' This done without any warrant in law
by Instructions it is rot ia harmony with the usages n
Their country Ii led to it by desire to initiate what they
abroad the motive tor ii is reprehensibe as the
pracuce.
CoDsus instructed TO keep their offices open for the
transaction OF official business from o'clock IN she morn
rg until o'clock in the afternoon. They vii not DO At
liberty hereae 20 40 ent themselves from their consular
districts unless upon leave obtained from this epartneni
which will only be given in urgent and for Compare
lively short periods.
In al that relates to scientific discoveries progress in
the arts TO agricultural developments and TO general sa
bstc5 In foreign countries consus requested 10 com
nunicste freely and frequently with tbs department.
Apart iron their more formal duties they "A y in this
confer singular advantages upon the Union II is in
contemplation 10 propose 10 Congress at its next session
the information received before tbat time be deemed u
GENTLY valuable 70 warrant the application, 70 pubh an
nuay Tor The public eye volume containing extracts
from consular dispatches
All The Instructions heretofore issued from this depart
mtut 10 r. ALTON 70 consular Uniform ale hereby revoked
Neiher the p!opTety the utility OF any regulation on
III. SUBJECT Is perceived.
No law prescJibes 10 civil officers at hOme-no usage
warrants any such mere external distinction and could
not be assumed by fancon@ues 1t home, without ofsncs
to The public taste.
When Consuls appoint Vice Ccnsus or Consular Agent
which, il is scarcely necessary remark should be cit
Gems Of the United States they required 10 conmun
Cate the fact 10 this department.
HE aoregong Instructions applicable 10 tlcs-Con-
suls, Commercial Agents and Vice Commercial Agssts
and the strict observance Of bsm enoned by me Pres
dent OF the United States w. l.. MARCY
The word Statistics originated by Sir John SIN
clair Of Scotland during the FIRST part OF the present cen
fury He also first exemped the importance OF the sci
ence-fOr il is now no less than science-by publishing
the most complete tabular view OF the condition OF Scot
e nnN Annl