The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1856-01-11
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ments which have come to hls know ledge.
He says the letter of instructions sent 10
Mr. Buchanan by the last steamer consisted
OF ninety Pnges OF manuscript, aud wh'ie
rey.ying the enlistment matter, iolIy sus-
tans all the positions taken BY MI Gushing
The writer says
oFurther instructions have been prepared
for our Minister in London IN relation 10 Tue
Central Anerlcsn question, containing
is presumed the Presidents ult,matum on
the subject And il csunot be doubted that
tinal noncompliance on the part oi ufea'
Britain, with our demand for the abandon
ment Of the Mosquito Protectorate, viii, IN
the opinion of the Executive, present an nm
mediate occasion for hostiliies. A war with
England csnnot be regarded as an improoa-
HE event The course of the British Foreign
Office wien pressed by our diplomacy, has
exasperaled the administration to very pei.
hcesc degree. They are ready TO pitch IN,
il the people will allow them.
We consider diplomacy as at present
managed, and in ali lis ramihcations, as one
Of .he grand nuisances OF the age. 1t may
be that communications between nations
cannot be otherwise managed. but IT such
be the fact, SO much the worse rs 1t Tor Ina
I manity. The idea OF TWO or three men set
4 Ting, by private notes between themselves
or by conversations conducted in diplomatic
iareon, where each is trying to oyerreaeh
the other by .ubtleties ofspeech, question
about which the large majority OF the PEG
pie know nothing, is one with wnich tue
wofld has certainly had time enough to be-
come familiar. The people know OF DIP
omatio proceedings chiefly through the
wars and sufferings which they have caused
We know that it is necessary .er agents to
negotiate the business which may be trans.
| acted between nations, but we see no ne
| ce,si;y for the continuance of that shroud
i of mystery and those forms OF deceit which
envelope and obstruct the settlement Of in
/ transitional affairs.
i In the present Instance, and while yet
ealnness rules the public mind, there ap-
! pears to be something absolutely absurd IN
/ the notion of Englishmsn and Americans
| commencing TO fight because Mr.. Buchanan
and Lord Clarendon may not be able to ei-
! feet an immediate diplomatic arrangemen Mt
Of certain points in relation to the Mosquito
country, but if during the prolongation Of
the controversy the passions of the people
should be aroused, they would not only cayli
upon the ninth parth Of hair but would
fight for the possession OF even one OF the
interesting insect. after which the territory
in question was named,
The statement tina, Mr.. Buchanan's in
structions contain ninety pages OF manu-
nscript is ominous and certainly Of no good
/ Such an awful amount OF diplomatic verbt'
I age is enough to throw imsenetrable dark.
t ness upon tie clearest subject under ths
sun. The above extract also presumes tha
the steamer took out the President ultE
mptum.s We do not think the warmest ad
mirer of Mr. Pierce. would be willing to risi
him with the question ofpeace or war ever
when assisted BY the shrewder craftsmanship
Of Dir. Marcy or the more military mind
/ SecretaryDavis But this pretence OIL an ut.
matum may be only another diplomatic rus
10 csptivate tie crowd, or make show
effect upon the negotiations at London, An
amer all tie clustering tone of the message
and the excitement kept up by letter-wrl
tiers, We do not think there will be any wal
because the hearts OF the people in bot
counties are against il; and we sncerel
hope that their present decided determine
tions for peace may not be thwarted eithe
i b. the follies or diplomatsts, or the crime
: OF those who arrogate TO themselves 70
{ titles of statesmen.