New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-01-23

most overwhelming testimony had bee, obtained.
1t is justified by all the recognized usages Of dip,o
macy and is free from every appearance o. rash
ness or hostile feeling.
Now that the Presidents organ has verified Al
thoritatively oil the important information first dis
closed through this correspondence hco reeks ago.
relative to the dismissal of the British Minister and
the state of the negotiations with England, the
public will BE- better able TO appreciate how much
credit the absurd rumOrs and specuaiiOns, and fab
rications which appeared in other New-York pa
pers were entitled TO receive and how much au-
thorty similar conjcctures in the same channels
NAV hereafter claim. Such facts speak stronger
than words.
Mr.. Buchanan's letters received hero give no
assurances of any early prospect of peace being
entertained by the British Ministry. On the con-
trary, they indicate that preparations upon an I'M
precedented scale are making for naval demon
sration as soon as navigation opens, and that the
effort of England will be to redeem on the sea the
inferiority which she has exhibited on land, by
contract with her ally, in this gigantic struggle.
1t is well understood, too, from the dispatches
by the America to the diplomatic corps, that
Louis Napoleon is seeking by every means Of ad-
dress and ingenious expedient TO extrcate France
from the war, having attained the first geat OBJ
iect OF reyyng the prestige of his name on his own
person. and finding that further prosecution OF
the contest must be attended with a cost Of men
and money for which he is not quite prepared.
The sudden alliance by which hereditary foes
were united may yet be as suddenly sundered
There is no moral union between France and En-
gland. and no element of political cohesion, but
one of temporary policy. Louis Napoleon has
achieved his purpose in this convenient alliance,
and may not hesitate to discard it now that 1t is no
longer useful.
The Administration is much troubled about the
appointment of successor to Mr.. Buchanan. He
has repeatedly and recently asked TO be relieved
of the mission, but has remained since the re-
cept of his letter of recall in December, because
there was no Secretary of Legation to assume its
functions. Both these Offices are now properly
vacant. though Mr.. Buchanan consents to oficiate
temporarily Ii has been suggested in high places
that Mr.. Campbell, the Consul at London. may be
accredited as charge dafaires. for the purpose of
relieving Mr.. Buchanan, and allowing the Presi-
dent more time to make the appointments. In
truth the most material and urgent matters Of
this mission are to be determined here in Washing
ton within the next few months, and formal chan
mel of communication on the other side oil that
will be needed for some time to come. The great
labor of all the negotiations has fallen upon Mr.
Marcy from the outset as his instructions and cor.
respondence have shown, although others have
found it profitable to appropriate the honors of his
sagacity and craftsmanship.
After the Senate went into Executive Session
to-day, Lord John Russell's dspatcht to Mr.. Cramp.
ton, OF the 18th Of January, 1853, was communi-
Gated by the President, in conformity with the
resolution offered by Mr.. Clayton week ago.
At the time this dispatch was written Lord John
WAS at the head Of the Foreign Office 10 Aber-
deems ministry He directed Mr. Champion to
hans nf tat
These facts give peculiar significance to it's con.
cessiOns and declarations; the most important Of
which is, that the British Government intended
strictly to carry out the Treaty Of Washington
of April, 1850, and to assume no sovereignty,
direct or indirect, in Central America. Taken in
connection with the subsequent admission of Lord
Aberdeen to Mr. Buchanan, that Great Britain had
no real right to RuataD, and was prepared to
relinquish the pretension, this paper becomes Of
peculiar moment just now, and may BIO employed
as fair set off to the lofty manifestoes Of Lord
Clarendon Oh the Central American Question.
The admission of Lord Aberdeen, to which have
Just referred, does not appear In the CORE
spOndence accompany ing the Presidents Message,
but it is known to exist, and might probably be
had by call from the Senate in Executive Session.
Reasons of delicate courtesy to the retired Pre-
mer, perhaps, induced its suppression from the
public papers sent to Congress. THERE'S no doubt,
if Lord Aberdeen had remained longer in office,
this complicated question would nave Deen ad)uSt6d
to the satisfaction of both Governments.
The telegraphic announcement of another bloody
collision in Kansas has renewed the anxieties hero
tofore felt of serious conflict in that Territory;
but the last experience should admonish against
forming any decisive opinion upon the present
difficulty until more complete intelligence can be
received. Several Senators to-day suggested the
propriety of calling upon the President to induce
him to employ the military in resisting any renewal
of the inyasiOns from Missouri, and In protecting
the peace. But the idea was abandoned, for its
mpracticability under existing circumstances, and
with the limited information now here. The opin-
ion is gravely entertained by leading men from tho
South, that Kansas will be the field Of civil war
before the year closes and the purpose Of collect
ing force from different Southern States, is By
no means secret. While they cOneede that Kan
sas is likely to become a Free State, they arc
determined to prevent that contamination if it DO
possible. General Cass is preparing himself for
speech upon the question of Slavery as it relates
70 the Territores-his Squatter dOctrine-and this
last news will give it increased interest. Missouri
has illustrated his idea in q manner which was
hardly contemplated when the sanction Of popular
sovereignty was 80 unfortunately invoked.