The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1855-02-07

We HiHlSSil anu Ills Ptiaoial -
recr As a diplomatist, as was predicted BY q
WHO were acquainted with that gentleman an
his peculiar disposition, proved a failure-th
most utter failure ever known-he not having
even a solitary instance been able TO ad lust an
of the thousand difficulties that exist betWee
the United States and Spain, OF to obtain re
dress for any Of the many o~utrages and insult
put upon Americans by the Spanish author1
tics. Of all the Pierce o~ffice-holders Mr.. Soul
has proven the most incompetent, and We ar
at a loss to imagine, as no opportunity will pre-
sent itself for years for him to again get int
congress, how he will occupy histime whenh
reaches home, and has eased his mind by pub
fishing the promised expose.
Our worthy brother ofthe Commercial Bal
letin, speaking on the subject, says, Mr.. Soul
discovered that he was not sustained at home
that his efforts to accomplish, what was tht
main object of his mission. the acquisition o
Cuba, we're not in future to receive the supper
Of the administration; that the president hae
abandoned bis foreign policy; that upon this
cardinal question the cabinet was divided; tina
NJ. Pierce was a mere cypher in the govern,
ment, and that Mr.. soule was to be made a
scape-goat. Mr.. soule, whatever may be his
faults, is a man of will, decision and indepen-
dence; and will not be used as a tool; he is
anything than plant 81 plastic; he resigned his
post As minister to Spain, simply because the
administration abandoned the policy which,
more than any one measure, was instrumental
in bringing it into power, and of which poll
cy Mr.. Soule was the most distinguished expo
nent. We, ofcourse, are not disposed to find
fault with Mr.. Pierce for his return to the peace
policy; OH the contrary, we commend him for
yielding to The pacific, and, therefore, the wiser
%eounsels that have luckily prevailed in bis cab
met. We, Of all nations in the world, should
proyoeations Of any kind which can, or
by a emotec chance may, eyentuate in war
We are cmphatically a country Of peace; for
peace is the grand and constituent element of
our prosperity. Except when our national hon
o. is implicated, we have no occasion to resort
To such an extreme arbitramcnt, either to main
our equilibrium in the national scales, by
preserving, what the governments Of Europe
,all the 'balance of power" or to appeal to the
fears Of other nations TO command their respect
md good will. Wa is often an indispensable
,csort for monarchics; the ultima ratio regum
q support their tottering thrones, and divert
he minds ofthcir oppressed subjects from re-
ocllion and revolution. We need no such dam
serous pastimes to quell and quiet intestine dis
Election, or to vindieate national character, Or
9 maintain territorial integrity. By moral
ather than physical strength, lin which latter
cement we are not laeking,) we can always
ommand peace with all nations. But there's
large and influential portion of the democratic
arty--quondam friends of general Pierce t
those voices are still for war, and who will not |
lccumb to his peace policy. They have watch
! for some time his ~tortuous and coquetting t.
purse; the plain-spokcn part Of them, whose C.
fspeech have not been suppressed with b
easury pap, have made no bones Of treating C,
$ vacillating imbccility with unqualified con- VI
mpt; for it is a noted fact, that the most We Il
.mcnt dcnouncers Of president Pierce are hi
those who were his most strenuous sup ks
They have been duped and cheated cl
his fair and plausible professions; and, like til
dupes with the least modicum of sensibility m
t., they are aroused to a sense of conscious fiji
and ESTABLISHMENT. They feel deeply and tn
ldIctlvely, and they feed their revenge by p;
using him most Justify. The Charleston R
(the late John G. Calhoun's organ I'll
icb, IN our foreign relations, is one. of the &C
conservative journals in the country, SYM "
deeply with Mr.. soule under the pain n,
circumstances which will attend his return W
The United States; while at the same timeit o.
lde1nns in unqualified language, the conduct CT
MIR. soule as a dlplomatist, and the entire 81
10y Of the administration in reference to the m
pa question. Thc Mercury reminds US ofall ri
prestige and INTERPRETATION which marked Of
Soule's appointment, and the confident Ct
st Of his friends, and of theparty with which m
permitted his name to be associated, that the NJ
~ulsition Of Cuba would crown his diplomacy. NJ
adverts to the faux pas Of the junta.speech, IN
New York, and the indiscrcct, i'll timed doc. lo
es promulgated in advance, woundihg to the IL
stillan pride; all of which disqualified him it
successful negotiator for the special object n;
lis mission. But, notwithstanding the fai- n
! of Mr. Soule, and his return shorn of his in
lors and influence, the Mercury hopes that nj
will be received with open arms, and the re
I q public service thrown open wide to him.
his the Mercury will be disappointed; there b,
5ot, nor will there be, room for the ex-min- g,
+ for some years to come; for his formidable an
4 has just been elected to the senate of the in
ted States for six years. Mr.. Soule will til
e ID s'bidc his time and exercise a deal Of tn
before Ills time comes; although it is th
that q number Of the gentleman,s So
%esright friends contemplate to run him for eff
ern5r at the ensuing election.
HE r. w. G. lodge I. O. O. +. of the State TO
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