The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-10-16


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building row in course OF erect on as House OF Re
fuge for Juvenile Del nquentsan insti luton which
win be OF great Ii poitaoce.
wepublish this morning an exceedingly interesting
letter from our correspondent in Minnesota, contain
ing the treaty ego lated by Governor German with
the winnebago indians, and the speeches of the
Commissioners and leading chiefs. By this treaty
lie government obtains rearly million acres of
prairie and timber land having front on she Mis-
sissippi of about sixty miles.
The leading fancy stocks advanced fraction yes
terdsy, with large transactions There were large
sales OF -four and wheat. without any material varia
ton in prices. Cotton sold at half cent per pound
decline. FIeighis were firmer. The steamship Baltic
for Liverpool, yesterday carried ont nearly mdllon
principally in gold ingots.
Our Foreign Missions md Misrepresenta-
lions Abroad.
Everybody knows how the domestic Offices Oh
Stale have been llled under the present ad-
ministration. 1t were waste of breath now TO
add a single criticism TO the volumes OF censure
which they have generally provoked. Let US
turn TO the foreign appointments which are
now nearly complete. and consider them as
whole.
Complicated and momentous as our foreign
policy has recently become, the choice OF our
European representatives required at least as
much caution and judgment as the division OF
the spoils at home. Our national interests i'm
peratively demanded the services OF shrewd,
experienced diplomatists in all the continental
Courts. American honor, not less than Ameri-
can commercial prospects, called for selection
Of men whose ability and character were likely
to Go justice to their country. There was hard
ly a Court in Europe where the post Of ambas-
sador or charge was likely to be sinecure.
The protection of citizens travelling abroad,
the superintendent of our commercial relations
with foreign nations, and the proper represen-
tation of the republican principle abroad, were
duties which none but men of The first standing
and reputation were able adequately to dis
charge. At no period in our history had these
duties assumed more formidable character
than at the time when General Pierce was in
aueurated President; and it must have been
source Of lively satisfaction to him to reflect
that, owing to the dispersion Of the wing party
and the great unanimity among his supporters.
wide field, comprising nearly all the eminent
men Of the country. was laid open for his choice.
All the talent in the land was at the command
of the administration.
How has it availed itself Of the advan-
tage? The answer is but too simple. With
few exceptions all the European en-
bassies have been filed with unfit, in
10 ufah To .ix-a
the new Cabinet fair trial and an indulgent
recognition Of the difficulties which surrounded
it, in the shape of unredeemed pledges and
crowds Of hungry ofice-seekers, induced many
to overlook the errors Of the earlier nomina-
tons Many true friends Of the country were
persuaded, in the hope Of better things in the
future, to repress the sorrow they felt at the
lamentable want Of Judgment evinced by til.
administration in their frss selections OF foreign
ministers. One was passed over in silence
another was but family censured the people
hoping steadfastly that those which were to
follow would atone for all The list is now
complete. We have nothing further to hope or
expect. And it would be rank dishonesty to-
day 10 hide the fact that the nominations, as a
whole, are worse than the bitterest Toe to the
administration could have anticipated.
We need not here recspitulate the considers
tons which invest our embassy to Spain with
peculiar Importance at the present moment. II
there was mission requiring judgment. dis
erection, diplomatic experience, and high per.
sonal character, it was sssuredly that to Mad
rid. Whom have the administration chosen to
I'll it! A Frenchman-eypelled from his coun-
try in consequence Of his red-republicanism-
man Of average talent at the bar. bat whose
political principles are a mystery to the public
and puzzle to his friends-whose public life
has consisted in few weeks presence in the
Senate, where he was sent by mistake-whose
only claim to notoriety is a flibustero speech.
worthy Of lieutenant of Lopez-whose con-
duct, both previous to and since his nomination
has completely destroyed any former repute he
may have had for judgment and discretion.
Such is the man who--with fifteen millions in
one hand, and war in the other-has been sent
to negotiate with the government Of Spain for
the acquisition Of Cuba
France. too, required man OF extensive
commercial knowledge and shrewd political
skill. Louis Napoleon is plainly enough plot
ting mischief to this country, and it behoyes us
that be be watched. Our commercial relations
with that empire stand on q most unequal foot
ing Was Mr.. Mason-.a good-tempered, easy
going old gentleman who knows as much Of
French and diplomacy az Of Sanscrit-the only
man that could be found for this important
Office?
Perhaps the most incomprehelsible Of all the
extraordinary foreign appointments made by
the present administration is that Of Mr.. Bel
mont to the Court at the Hague. Had there
been but two men in the country between whom
it was possible to choose-tbe one plain
doyn.east Yankee without learning know
ledge, experience, or any earthly qualification
to recommend him. and the other Mr.. Belmont
IL moull assureily have been the duty of the