The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-01-06

The OsTEND REVOLUTIONARY AND PREsIDEN-
TIAL PRoGRAMME-THE KEY TO THE WHOLE
CoNCERN.-Our Washington advices of this
European policy Of the administration and the
Ostend coalition and programme for the Presi-
dency, throw food Of light upon the whole
subject We venture to say that the archives
Of the State Department, public and secret in
cluded, do not contain a more interesting, in
struc tive, clear and luminous letter, upon the
important subjects which it discusses, than this
invaluable letter furnished by our correspon-
dent in the premises, from A. Dudley Mann.
Mark the date of this letter-Paris, Febru-
airy Z, 1853-anterior to the Inauguration Of
Pierce or the proclamation of his Cabinet. Oh
serve how euccinctly the author chalks out the
foreign policy Of the administrations reform
democratic standard-no association beyond
the forms Of politeness with the diplomatic
lacquies of the European monarchies-no SYM
pathy with Continental aristocrats-
sympathy with the red republicans and social
lists active flibustering propagandism, ac-
cording to the plan laid down by Kossuth--
open contempt for Louis Napoleon, and .
league with the socialists to put him down
the most positive and independent democratic
disregard Of all the social usages Of the Euro
pean courts the snug little post Of Secretary
ship Of the Paris Legation to Willie, "tho-
roughly qualified to discharge its duties," as a
chip Of the old block, well satisfied that ait
l., 4hn - Cav
administration !" and above all, "a death
blow mark hat-"a death blow to the
American aristocracy, the goldfish aristocracy,
no doubt,) which has exercised so baneful an
influence, adverse to our institutions and our
interests, in Paris"
Such is the skeleton outline Of the diplomatic
programme of A. Dudley Mann, within month
before the PRONUNCIATION Of the inaugural. Aud
we see the whole of it carried out, except the
appointment of Willie; and with regard 10 the
disposition of that young gentleman we are
still in doubt. A better arrangement than that
proposed, was, perhaps, adopted in the appoint
ment of Willie's governor as under Secretary
of State But, otherwise, the programme Of
Mr.. Mann is the master key to the European
policy Of Gen. Pierce. It gives us the origin
Of Marcy's circular on diplomatic coats and
breeches-it explains the squabbles Of SoulG at
Madrid, and with Louis Napoleon, the red repub-
lican proclamations Of Sanders, the quarrel be-
tween Sickles and Peabody and it betrays the
master spirit Of the Ostend convention and its
European revolutionary and American Presi-
Dental platform. After reading this letter Of
February, 1853, not another word Of explanation
is needed to account for the presence Of A. Dud-
ley Mann in Europe in 1854, pending the Os-
tend convention, or for his return after the
dispersion Of that mysterious conference. This
letter explainsit all.
We cannot do full justice to this remarkable
letter at single sitting. After our readers
have digested it, in connection with all our pre-
vious disclosures Of the Ostend league, we shall
recur to it again. 1t is a perfect gem, this
most extraordinary letter-thc real Koh -i-Noor
Of the diplomatic jewels of the State Depart
ment. II must be viewed from various points
to discover all its beauties. II was Marcy &
Koh-i-Noor. 1t has fallen into our possession,
and we cheerfully give 1t to the sovereign
American people as New Years present It
is the real "mountain Of light"