Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-03-24

persons who feel any interest in the case to the
published report Of the committcez and the
testimony before them, as giving a full and
correct detail of Mr.. Corwin's connection with
the Gardiner claim. that be has actually made
it part of his record, and he again makes the
same reference with the full conviction that
+ nothing can be found there which can in any
way initiate against his statement of the facts.
| AT any rate he should at least be exempted
from the charge of wishing to suppress any
thing which appears in the report and testi-
| Inony, to which he has 50 freely referred for
the full details of the transaction. and shall
not feel himself bound to notice any future re-
marks of that kind.
The del amang the Tailors.-The speech of
our new Diplomatist at Constantinople, on the
occasion of the presentation Of his credentials,
(as reported in the newspapers,) has fairly
killed up a Robbery here, among the diploma.
fists of foreign governments and the members
Of Congress Its eccentricity consists in the fact
that it involves volunteer, and, of course, un-
authori zed judgment of the Government of the
United States 10 the matter of the trouble be-
tween Turkey and Russia. The funny part is
| rs follows, viz
I'm the great struggle in which you are now
C0Sagcu, you DdNc Tue SJmpdtuIeS anu EOO0
wishes of the American nation Tn, policy of
| our Government, while it prevents all national
| interference in European quarrels, can rcvcr
restrain us, a people, for praying that that
arm, be it Christian or be it Mahomctiau may
| be strong which wiclds the sword in a ju.t
cause. That you may succeed in preserving
| the integrity Of an empire which has SO fire.
quently afforded an asylum to the exiled
friends of liberty, is the universal desire of the
| If thc Init tod sato
| We need hardly assure our readers tina,
| the policy of the Government of the United
| States is invariably to abstain from becoming
mixed upin the quarrels of other governments,
even to the extent of retaining from express
sing governmental opinions Oh vexed ques-
tions between them, which can only serve to
produce GOODNESS towards us on the part of either
par TO the difficulty, with which we may
have, as in this case, as little to do as the mar
in the moon. We may add that we take it for
granted that the President just now wishes
heartily that Mr.. Carroll Spence, of Md, who
has thus undertaken to pledge the symrathies
| Of our Government in this matter was quietly
practicing law in Baltimore, as of yore. Among
| the members, we find the impression prevail
| ing, that this ''splurge" Of our unfledged, but
over ambitious diplomatist, is very likely to
| lead to diplom attic explanations with Russia,
| to end in declaration from oEr State Depart
ment, that in this case, that gentleman has di-
p!omatized wholly on his own hook
While we recognize the necessity of filing
| such posts with friends of the party in power
we shall never be able to realize the propriety
| of appointing to such positions, gentlemen
| wholly without experience in public affairs
whose previous ayocations bear no relation to
| those of the statesman or diplomatist Custom,
however, makes it obligatory upon an Admin
| istration to give fat appointments in answer to
the- Shrek Of the Locality" as it we're
That is; to give Maryland's share to those who
| are recommended by Mary lands party leaders
on ethe. side. Of course the members of the
present Administration had not the slightest
| pei sonal knowledge of Mr.. Carroll Spence OF
his antecedents, and were therefore COMPELLED
| to rely upon the representations concerning
him, made by Marylande:s whom they did
| know. We would not like to lie in the shoes
of the prominent Maryland Democratic politi-
clans just now, who endorsed him for the man
Of abiding common sense and statesman like
aeumen, SO necessary to be possessed by the
representative of the G government of the United
States at COnstantinople, at this time
Mr.. Cuttings Desire to Explain The pub.
lie are, no doubt surprised at the account of
the very general indispostion manifested in
| the House Hall yesterday, to have the floor
yielded to Mr.. Cutting to explain points upon
which he was crowded into a corner as it were
| by MIR Breckinridge. 1t is easily explained.
however Thu, it seems to have been q part
| Of Mr.. C's. tactics in the Hall, to refuse the
| hoor for explanation, to gentlemen whose
views or course he might be engaged in crii-
| clsing. He has followed that policy so con-
slstently as to make the fact a subject of gen.
eral conversation among the members, at times
1t is held to be the right of the member being
criticised, to be allowed to explain on points
| where he holds that his views or positions
| have not been correctly set forth in the pre-
| paralon to controvert them; and the practice
| of Mr.. c. is, therefore, a novel ono in the
Hall. Hence the disposition manifested 60
generally to deny him the ordinary privilege
| conceived to be the right of most others We
| take it that the experience of yesterday will
admonish him that practice" in the forum
cannot, lesitimatcly be as sharp, as at the
bar
AN INTERESTING lSTERvIEw.-The Sccre.
tary Of War held talk this morning with
the Omahaas, Missourias and Ottoes now in
Washington. Quite crowd attended to wit.
ness the ceremony. They complained to him
that they were much annoyed by the Sioux
ana other hostile ncighboriug tribes. The
medicine chief endeavored to impress on the
Secretary that no confidence could be placed
in their promises: and that the only way in
which he could hope to make them hearken to
his words would be to q bore out their ears
with hot iron The Secretary promised
them ample pro- co-ion from u S. troops il
they themselves would strictly observe their
obligations under their own treaties with the
United States
The Current Operations Of the Treasury
Dspartment.-On yesterday, the 23d of March,
there were of Treasury Warrants entered on
the books of the Department.
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