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
morning, touching the secret springs of the
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 o more interesting, in
struc tive, clear and luminous letter, upon the
important subjects which it discusses, than this
invaluable letter furnished by our oorrespon-
dent in the premises, from A. Dudley Mann.
Mark the date of this letter-Paris, Febru-
airy Z, ls53-anterior to the Inauguration of
Pierce or the proclamation of his Cabinet. Oh
serve how succinctly the author chalks out the
foreign policy Of the administrations reform
in the costume Of our diplomats to the true
democratic standard-no association beyond
the forms Of politeness with the diplomatic
lacquies of the European monsrchies-no SYM
patty with Continental administrative
sympathy with the red republicans and social
lists active filibustering propagandism, &C
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
chip Of the old block, well satisfied that ait
would rebound TO the glory Of Gen. Pierce's
administration !" and above all, "a death
blow y mark that-"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 70 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 Soule 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, 1858, 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 perfect gem, this
most extraordinary letter-the real Kohi-Noo
of the diplomatic jewels of the State Depart
ment IL must be viewed from various points
to discover all its beauties It was Marcy's
Koh-i-Noor. 1t has fallen into our possession,
and we cheerfully give it to the sovereign
American people as New Years present II
is the real mountain of light"
The ADMINISTRATION AND THE FRENCH Mrs.
soN.-The half dozen organs of the admins.