New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-02-12
DIR DIPLOMACY IN EUROPE.
50 Our Special Correspondent.
PARIS, Thursday, Jan. Is, 1850.

1 N filed BY new men. Mesrs. Buchanan ana
sale have already resigned; Mr.. Mason has e1-
y,essed his determination 10 do the same wnhe
he others have either sent in their designations or
ere about to do 90.
Mr.. Buchanan resigns for political reasons
shicb are already known. and which leave no re-
uets behind that be should adopt such course.
Mr. Ms,on. ON the contrary, resigns for reasons
,bieb call forth the profoundest sympathy and
wpret Of men of all parties. This gentleman has
A;scbsrged bis duty 40 Minister at the Court OF
ST.. Cloud honestly, faithfully, and with ability
he has exhibited capacity in his official corre-
spopoence which had been previously denie 1 him,
md bis dispatches comparing favOraby with
those of bis pred cessors, do honor to himself
md his country; while in his daily Intercourse
With bis countrymep he has gained nothing but
friends In the midst Of his official duties, and
II time when be had most need Of all bis mental
md bodily vigor, in consequence Of pecuniary
endorsements incidental TO the Office which be
Held and the dependence Of large family, he
was stricken with the most cruel Of malades,
trce, not cutting short his existence, ne 10 yet
xn6t for the active duties OF life. Under these
circumstances it would be a. impossible not to
regret Mr. Masons resignation as to withhold
from bin and his excellent family the deepest and
frapkest sympathy.
Messrs. Souie, Belmont and Owen resign, be-
cause, seeing indications in the Know Nothing
movement in the United States that no capital
il to be made By longer retaining office, aud the
position being losing one in pecuniary point of
view, it would be tho worst OF folly longer to re.
tain IL. In the case Of Mr. Soule, however, there
are additional reasons. In late letter l
expressed the belief and the hope that Mr..
Soule would no longer stand in the way of the
,sttlement of the Black Warrior affair, on basis
which should give satisfaction TO the Cabinets of
Washington and Madrid; but it now appears
that he does not feel willing to present the terms
recommended by bis Government, and the conse-
quence is an open rupture with Mr.. Marcy-a
rupture that cannot fail to grow into fierce war
upop the arrival of Mr. SOue in the Unite ;ates,
and which will LET the public into precious lot
ofsecrets concerning the history of this gentle
mans cial life at Madrid. Mr.. Soule's views
on the Cuban question are infexible, and are in
sion and fllibuster politicians of Louisians, and
the over-zealous red republican party of Europe,
In opposition to the northern conservatism of Mr..
Marcy; and thus an easy and amicable negotla-
ton OF the Cuban difficulty in their hands was i'm
possible. In the appointment of a successor to
Mr.. Soule, the Government would do we'll to keep
in view two facts: He must be natve-bOrn
American, and be must be a 6ghtiDg-man. If he
unites to these, what it is not impossible to find,
talent, discretion and judgment, so much the
better.
Mr. Belmont, too, has hsd ether reasons than
the Know. Nothing movement at home, to make
him grow tired Of his Office. have the best Of
Sessons for believing that the exposures made of
him in his come ction with the Rothschilds and
tie Russian loan business, have been the occasion
Of q secret diplomatic correspondence between
certain Cabinets of Europe, and the institution
of strict inquiry into the truth of the charges
made against him. aud l can say, without max
pc the assertion that it Is the result Of these iu
quiries, that bis diplomatic position at the Hague
has been compromised. and bis quiet, stock job
bing operations smoihered Ills reasons for leav-
ing become at once decidedly good.
Add in Mr.. Owens case, snnui at having nothing
10 do, and being abused for that
In Sardinia, since the alliance has taken place
with the Western Powers, and the noise of war
10 heard through the land, rise has taken place
in the price Of wheat. The consequences have
been an increased demand for onions, and the
threatened resignation of Mr.. Daniels
The resignation Of a majority Of these individ-
nails cannot but relieve the Administration, and
Mr.. Marcy In particular, Of weight Of unessi-
ness which was i'll concealed and hard to bear.
Their conduct has been so openly indscreet, and
90 wanting In propriety, that nothing but the re-
spect which is felt for first class Power could
have prevented most abrupt and to them disa-
greesble, termination of their experiments in
diplomacy. Az it s, their conduct has been the
occasion of frequent reclamations to the Govern
ment at Washington, through the foreign minis
ters who reside there. The French Govern
nent, for instance has at this moment in its pos
session copies of the incendary proclamation of
Ledru Rollip, signed George Sanders, which calls
On the people Of France to arise and assassin
ate the Bonapartes, bearing on their margin
the official at amp Of the American Legation at
London. They were detected in circulation
among the French people, and it was by means OF
the protection given them by the official seal of
the United States that they gained admission into
France and passed into circulation. Copies Of
these documents are at this moment at the De
partment of State in Washington, having been
sent BY the French Government to NJ. Ssrtiges,
with demand for explanations. The explaua-