New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-10-18

few DAYS to the service OF bis country In general.
The first impression on perusing these state
uents lie. tina. the whole story IL hoax or an e1-
,gceration: but We know our correspondent and
hi. relations in Europe too well not 10 be sure
that what be says is simply the serious purpose OF
these itinerant diplomats, at least that he pre-
sert the case for them ss they desire 10 have il
presented to the American public. They wish to
have Us all believe that they have gone to Baden
on very grave and awful concerns and that s
desperate crisis is close at hand for the United
States, and that the pompOus gossiping Of their
well advertised Congress, held between the meii-
cipsl waters Of the morning and the rouge-et-noir
Of the evening, is mighty historical event with
out which the country If not the entire world,
would incontinently 60 t. smash. Thu, will they
recreate Themselves with the varied delights Of
that sristocrstic resort; they will enjoy also the
supreme felicity Of being talked Of BY all Europe
and what thrilling pleasure that lie to such
chap ss Soule and they make hesp Of capital
for the Presidential business at home. Vanity
and snbition-both the passions Of great men-"e
see, can find sweet satisfaction st this famous
Congress. Who would burn to be member
ofitl
The programme Of the conference, as stated BY
our correspondent, comprisesthe Spanish question.
the Central American question and the Chosen
question: but, above ALL the question of an in
creasing insolence of tone toward America on the
part OF the European Governments. The last
point is especially dwelt on as most prominent,
and lite vague character evidently suits the great
Bupcombe purposes Of the occasion. On that all
the bumbug Of SOule, all the vacuity of Mason aud
all the solemn ilanity of Buchanan can have full
swing with some chsnce Of finding a response in
the bosoms of ali the fools on this side Of the
ocean.
But we are told that the United States are very
grssping, and that when the present war is over
and Russia is put in order. the naval power of
France and England will be employed in perform
ing the same Office upon America, and that in this
sort of menaces Europeans are becoming very inso-
lent to our diplomats. As for insoence to these
personages, we fancy they are treated with about
as much courtesy as they deserve, and that if we
send abroad men so entirely unfit as Soule, Mason,
Daniel or Belmont, not to mention other names,
We must expect not only to suffer petty dsgraces,
but TO get into petty inconvenience. And as for
making the troubles of Daniel with his garlic at
Turin or of Soule with his duels at Madrid point
of national honor to be settled by diplomatic
Congressesi in the gambling bells of Baden or else.
where, we presume the people Of this country, not
being generally fools, will prefer some other course
ofaction And as forward being made upon the United
States by France and England, there is nothing
more absurd or improbable. WhatshOuld they make
war on us for To keep us from getting Cuba
That will certainly not be done without some pos
tive danger of that acquisition, and just now
there is not the slightest probability of such
an event. To prevent our annexing
the Sandwich islands, Ridiculous. To prevent
our getting Russian America When such
project comes to exist out of the fertile brain Of
Dr. Cottinan, it will be time to talk of hindering
it's execution. To svenge the folly and crime we
were guilty of at Greytown' That has gone by,
and the English alone have gained by it; they
may then well omit all other retaliation. In
short unless this nation should commit some Of
tense against the peace of the world, so nor
strous as to compel them, France ans-England,
whatever political jealOusies and suspicious they
may feel, will never think of making war on
this country. Indeed, no sane man will sug yest
such probability except TO create political de-
fusion for bis own purposes. Ii would require
some cause far more serious than any that now
exists OF is likely to exist to bring the English
people, or the French either, to consent to war
with country which buys of the one hundred |
and fifty millions worth of merchandise yearly, |
and of the other forty to fifty millions worth.
Let Messrs. Buchanan, Soule, and the others at
tend to their own business, such as it is, at their
posts, obeying the instructions they
may receive from Washington, until they are
turned out Of Office some two years hence, and
they will do themselves and their country less
discredit than by paradng about Europe like
charlstaps, pretending to set up new branch Of
the Government, and to manage the affairs Of a
nation which never desired them to undertake
any such duty.
A STRANGE PREsESTAEST.-The Grand Jury of
Richand District, 5. G., among its presentments, has
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