Washington telegraph., 1853-11-30
"A Model Modern Diplomatic
address,.

"A uG feSSs
Has any one discovered the man ,,,h,
the speech OF Hon. Solon Borand. u. s M;n;star
70 Nicaragua. on his presentation to the pas,Jat
OF that hepublice We have had some ;ntent;on
VI oherihg reward for the enterprising ind;ydn-
az az oae the absurdity of the offer restrained ne in
the venture. and though some davs have al.as.I
SINCE the speech. in all its formidable slong;t,,5a
latltude and piatitule has been spread hafora ,hn
American people, still have no idea that ar
wardly digest il. au anu IN
ihe speech was delivered aft Monaona ., +ho
ldth - ot september before the President General
Chanorro and his Cabinet By a great etIort of
energy we have been enabled to glance over .ba
document sufficiently 10 take in the heads of tbe
diSc9orse winch, we @ctlcula.e.n must have fax
en- a5out one hour and tllrtv-five minutes IL, tb
delivery. 1t sets out with five minutes yvortb IF
sou sawder 20 the government and people of Nj
caragua Then it proceeds to condoIe xvisb tha
natioh on account of lis iuvenlity.and rronounccs
IL scarcely out of the cradle OF infancy. certainI,
not beyond the stage of early boyhoodD It COM
ioftS Nicaragua with the hope that it soor may
be advanced to the dignity of trousers and
then points out the progress of the United States
"hlch II calls. however. "a sister repnblic" thus
confusing the sexes and embarrassing the analogy
t.iat the Nlcaraguans might have discovered. i
theT had understood English and Borlancese
The United States Minister to the Rennbli. of
Nicaragua then proceeds into a moral and inlagi-
native essay the delivery of which must have
consumed a5cuf eighteen and a halt minutes in
the course OF which he makes use of a bold and
hl@h!y original figure derived from the Dead Sea
fruits, which according to poetica frliterers. turn
to ashes on the lips There is another striking
melaphorder from the unusual phenomenon
OF light breaking through clouds on the horizon.
and from the associations connected with these
Illustrations, Mr. Borland nterprets the sentiments
OF the people OF the United States towards the
people OF Nicaragua, and he proceeds to extend
to them the hand of friendship, and to welcome
them into the family of American nations''
he next twenty minutes, or half yard. of the
oraton to the Nicaraguans, is not easily ANALYSED
or dgested; it ls indeed. quite ndgestible but il
lets out the idea that the q. s. are soon to be in
advance of all the world, and the Minister pro-
ceeds to give the CentIa! Americans lesson in
history, geology; geography, and the use OF the
globes. The portion devoted to the history topo
graphy and boundaries of Kentucky and Ohio.
seems peculiarly fitted to illustrate diplomatic
presentation address. and the knowledge of geon-
raphy exhibited is quite creditable to an ex-Sena
tor of the U. States The issue of this portion of
the Grafton is comforting promise to Nicaragua.
that. If she behaves herself. she may become .the
Ohio of the worldn which seems to be the Iofti-
est flight of Mr.. Borlands hopes for all outside
nations.
After handsome puff to the Nicarguan Minis
ter of Foreign Affairs, by way of paving him for
a puff which that gentleman had given to the
President of the U. States, Mr. Borland proceeds
to enlighten the Central Americans. throuob
their President. by an exposition of the Monroe
Doctrine, and this lands him into dissertation
which might pass for "A Revised and Abridged
History OF the u S.. expressly prepared for the use
of schools in Nicaragua, and for enlightening the
minds of the Central Americans on the doctrines
of Young America, by the Hon. Soor Borland
U. s. Minister to the Republic of Nicaragua. p
In the progress of this History chapter is devo-
4ol4 ~ u
be pretty complete, only one piece of oversight
occurring to us. This is. that Mr.. Borland Who'll
ly omits to inform the President of Nicaragua of
the most prominent ideas of the present admins
tration. He does not show as he ought to have
shown, that the great object of the powers at
Washington Is to supervise the appointment of
clerks, porters. and messengers in the custom
houses and postoffices of the country. Nor does
he explain how it is absolutely necessary for the
safety of the Republic, that Free Sellers could be
appointed in New York and Free Sellers could
not be appointed IN Boston. But Mr.. B. is to De
excused for these omissions; the ideas were en-
tirely too grand to be introduced into an Grafton
already crowded with other topics, and he was
right to reserve them for future occasion. when
these great features of american policy'' NAV
be made the themes OF special history.
The division of the address devoted to the Mon
roe doctrines and President Pierce, is estimated
to have caused consumption of time.in its deliv-
cry, OF thirty-two minutes and quarter The
orator then gives account of the anne exation of
Texas and recites solemnly that he, when in the
Senate of the United States. heard the British
Minister say the words highly novel and
impressive-no more nor less than these-~The
United States are a grasping people," How pro-
found an effect must have been produced b. the
utterance of the quotation from the British Min
ister by the lips of Borland into the ears of Cen
tral America! After this comes an abridged his
tory of the with Mexieo-estimated to d.
mount to fourteen and half niinutes,-and then
comes peroration of five minutes devoted to the
Kingdom OF the Mosquitoes, and several frightiul
insinuations about the Queen of England With
a grand flourish of the American flag the Grafton
then closes. The effect of it. says an ear witness
who survived it, was unprecedented and this
we eaH readily believe.