The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-12-27
AFT AIRs IN EUROPE.


Our London Correspondence.
LosDoS, Dec. 4, 1854.
The cssba Question and the Altered Position Of the
Administration Our Minisfers 10 Losdon, Paris
and Madrid-P,obabis Resignation Of Mr.. Souie
Mr.. Pierce Movements Of George Sanders,
%s.. &c.
Those wro have any knowledge Of Pierce aud his
cewaIdy crew viii not be surprised TO learn chat
they have f6aiiy aud unressrvedly surrendered the
Cuba question.
Dispatches from Washington have been received
here In answer to the 70 ommendasi,a OF The minis
ters eorferercs at Ostend, repudis.ing the saggss
tsEs Of rms Minister'S and taking he very opposite
view.
Mr.. soule Is directed to withdraw any and every
propsition tending 70 the acquisition Of Caba, aud
to narrow down his diplomatic efforts To tho aimpe
question Of begging her most Catholic Majesty 10
gsaeious,y give power to the Captain Gsnszal 80
fetsle all petty difficulties that may arise between
insignificant Yankees and the sublime authorities OF
the island. The Americans in Eurose who are
really anxious for the acquisition Of Cuba, de-
lighted at the inglorious retreat of own mbecie
and cowardly government.
they see in Is the only safety for the question. a.
the administration Of General Pierce Is 80 justly
odcus that noshiuR recommended or managei
b. it oorld fail of disgrace. 1t il uyon tie lips OF
that Cuba will be oure OF certainty nov that it
ID cfemtsfrassei Of such tisachsrous AMI hatefu
Influences.
Sou.e's fisnds say shst he will Immediately re
sign. II the winter had not SIT in, Mr.. Ba ehsnan
would go ONE without waiting for ais successor
As il s he ssks to be relieved a. once, and in
formed ihs IN at Washington that lis remaining an
icDger 81 ,he Court Of IS. James be Of NO poss
biz use to his country. No highspirited America
eoul0 hee'n to imagine the insulting snnoyaneest
which tur most discreet and able ministers abroa
have been sohjected a. the hands Of Marcy and hi
eosoju'0rs, wherever raid ministers dared to
sb0~ tSaf they thought they mad thing {, do 70
: benefit ler couasry.
As Anne Iicans Se al regard IL as = most
fortunate thing that the Soule and Louis Ma.
Every ole tell that 10 have given Gen. Pierce ths
chance 10 say word 10 the affair was to disgrace
us forever before the world, and lay US open TO
and low, in Europe. II England and France were
no; now cutsed with the fools VIII are pouting out
the blood and treasure Of those two nasl0ns with
pch reckless prodiga,y, We should have the fleets
OF the belle 0Atascs swarming about the West To-
dies ard taking surveys Of our own coast Tbs
prompt action Of our cautious but firm aad truly
American minister's, Buchanan and Mason, in re-
b. second as least far ~ their influence could
pIevsD arose not merely from the necessity OF
pIomps action in the premises hut from their JUS
tiled conviction that the cabinet q. Washington
wss CIPHER without unit.
understand that George Sanders is vel salts
fed with the way things have turned. He he's gone
home in company with George W. Kendall, of the
New Oreans Picoyune, by way OF thu West In
dia Islands, st. Thomas, Jamaica and Cuba, taking
. sharp look all around, (and George see good
ways when be screws up his keen gray eyes.) and
he knows that issnds-sOme islands--ara coming
largely into the NJ 1t Presidential campagn as ma
AZ A.uo
started yet. Young America will take care not TO
neglect them, you may believe me. Sanders and
Kendall win reach New Orleans about the first day
Those formerly fierce rivals Soule aud SlideIl, are
row both IN favor Of Buchanan for the next Presi-
dercy, % are nearly all the Americans who are or
have been lately in Europe. As Old Buck was al.
ways favorie in New Orleans, he will have but
6ttle opposition there, these factions being hsr-
moDized. shall not be surprised to learn that
Sanders Southern trip has something to do with
Buchanan movement. 1t ia no secret here that they
have become warm friends, upon their intimate In.
terehange of visas during the pas year. II will, 10
doubt ap strap to you, but IL is understood
here, that Nh. Buchals1 has sustained Sanders il
his wncle course in Londcn--the n01-inter 7ensicn
letter TO the European democrats the vic dca
tiOn of the hight of asylum in his Sviss ad iress
The fiepdly tus candid letter 70 the French repub
Heals; even be much decussed letters to the HERALD
which have been charged az the cause OF mis- rsjec
ticB by the Senate.
) To Their ast days Sanders was trusted fav,rt
Of both Clay aud Calhoun. For though, a. demo-
GRAFT he opposed Mr.. Clay in the elections, yst tn
gallant Harry uld appreciate generous opponent,
and Sanders won the frieDd ship of those great
state b. HE ardent devotion TO the interests of
avewsl Of his principles. Today the high. minded
James Buchanan av0 vs that IL was only misunder.
standing fJom ignorsuce Of the man that ever put
opposition between him and George Sanders.
While the great lights Of the republican party
. In Europe Ldru Roln, Mszzini, KoAuth, Victor
Hugo Louis Blanc, Herxer she Russian, Worcell
th< Pele, and Ruge the Germsn-regard our friend
sDst asasm in the light Of his liberal AID broai
Americanism, they have cured many errors OF
>Opinion in regard to America and Americans. The
value of this may not be inappreciable in the
coming whirl of the year 1855. Meanwhile, hurra
LONDON, Friday, Dec. s, 1854.
The Treaty bstsceen Austria and the Western
Poscers-Summary Of N-Chances for and
against Peace-Later from Sebastopol- The
SouN Affair Saydsnian Nt,cs-Ronse, &c.
The treaty concluded at Vienna on the I'd Of De-
. cember, between Austria and the Western Powers,
10 still the all absorbing topic of conversation in
every circle, political and commercial. The actual
text Of this treaty has not been made public, and
some days viii probably elapse before 1t is. You
win find various versions in the different London
papers, and warn you against them. The version
IN the Times is incorrect. l have every reason 10
believe that all the essential points Of this treaty
are contained in the following summary Of it -
The treaty by repeating and recording the
declarations and the principal Of conference OF
Vienna, well as the declarations and engagements
contained the notes exchanged the sth Of August
1854, between the high contracting parties
1t maintains the four points Of guarantee the
cessary basis Of peace at the time that il
and recognizes to each Of the Powers the faculty of
tending them by additional conditions
Austria binds herself TO France and England, she
had already done to Turkey by the treaty OF the 14th of
june, 1854 to occupy the Prncpaes for the purpose
OF repulsng the Russian troops, II they attempt to
enter them.
Austria prociaims the right as justly belonging to
Turkey and to the allies Of making all the movements
which may suit them for the purpose OF attacking either
the Russian troops or the Russian territory.
H. IN consequence Of her attitude the Prncipalties
or for any other cause Austria should find herself at
war with Russia the alliance, offensive and defensive
between her, France, and England shall be
by the fact Of the