Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-07-07
Washington News.

Washington News
GAMMoN.-The newspaper stories of
terrible troubles between Messrs. Bu-
chanan and Marcy, relative to the extent
OF powers to be accorded to the former
in England, are simply the result of the
great scarcity of what is technically
termed Washington News" There are
at this point many excellent and talented
gentlemen, whose profession it is to en-
Tighten outside barbarians in every direc-
ton relative to what may be going on
here. Write something startling they
must, or risk going to bed supperless not
long hence. Some very ardent friends of
MIR. Buchanan-more to his annoyance,
certainly, than to that of any other gen.
tleman-have undertaken to account for
his acceptance of the position he holds,
which, next to the Presidency itself, is as
honorable and important as any other
under the Government of the United
States, by insisting that, to influence him
to do so, the extraordinary inducement of
entire exemption from responsibility to
the Department Of State-or in other
words, to the Executive of the United
States-was iproffered. Acting on this
hint, our brethren of the distant press
stationed here are merely building card
houses; amusing the public in their con-
struction to-day, to enable them to afford
as much amusement tomorrow in pulling
them down. The idea of a squabble be-
tween Messrs. Buchanan and Marcy, the
two most experienced, effective, sagacious,
and thoroughly schooled statesmen of
their party, over the question of the rights
and duties Of minister plenipotentiary,
is simply preposterous. ~
The public abroad may rely on it, that
there is as little truth in the intimation
that Secretary Marcy has undertaken to
cramp Mr.. Buchanan in his position in
London, as in that saying in effect that
Mr.. Buchanan demands powers at war
with the philosophy of the whole diplo-
matte machinery of this and every other
civilized government. ~ !. .
We have just now most important
questions in issue with Britain. They re-.
quire the services ofthe very ablest Ameri-
can statesman who can be spared to go
abroad. So, MIR. Buchanan, approaching
the necessities of the State, and the Presi-
dent approaching his peculiar fitness for
the occasion, he is soon to 60 to London,
to carry out at that point the views and
policy ofhis Government at home which
he can do, or we may not reason from the
anticedents of our public men, better than
any other member of the Democratic party
of the day, more especially, as, of all De-
mocratic public men, he can be most re-
lied on not to violate the rules governing
the intercourse of gentlemen in his posi-
ton with the authorities whose duty it is
to plan the points he is dispatched to &C
complish. & r-o@ .4a p: .tr.f-
MIR. CHAMPION, the British minister,
visited Admiral Seymourlast week, though
the fact is denied by Washington CORES
pondents. His journeynominallyto New
York was to that end only. 1t was un-
dertaken after consultation with our Gov
eminent. He is as anxious to prevent a
collision as they are, in the belief. as they
believe, that the fisheries question involves
no seriously threatening point. Our i'm
preston is that he will succeed in iuduc-
ing the Admiral to bear and forbear until
Secretary Marcy, Mr.. Buchanan and him
self can solve the questions IN issue to the
satisfaction of both, Governments. We
have every reason to believe that instead
of squabbling andquarrelling as represen-
ted, Messrs. Buchanan and Marcy are
constantly laying heads together in this
matter the former giving the bensdt. Of