The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-05-22

men are unacceptable and their removal
is refused, they ought 70 be turned sdrift.
Demands and apologies are exhausted or II
there be any apology jet required on either
side ii is, perhaps IN apology from Gen.
James Watson Webb to Lord Clarendon for
misleading him in the outset 70 these Ameri-
can enlistment experiments. We shre~diy
suspect that Gen. Webb 10 the real origin of
this imbroglio, in his representation, perhaps,
to Lord Clarendon ct his d,uner table Of the
ABILITIES tor collecting warlike troops for the
Crimea from the abundant floating military
materials of the United States.
We hope that the one days grace secured
by Mr.. Pierce in the suppression Of Claren-
dcn's letter will have answered the purpose Of
that cool and deliberate Cabinet consultation
essential to final decision upon this misera-
BILE farce, one way or the otner. Consistency
requires the dismissal Of the offenders In the
premises Policy and fear may dictate another
course. In any event, believing that Mr.
Pierce has made all the capital for Buncombe
that can be made Of this Champion imoroglio,
(sman as the stock in trade may be,) there can
be no longer necessity for Withholding YER
dict till after the Cincinnati Convention.
Diplomacy or the Pierce Adnainissrseion.
We publish elsewhere a series of letters
from Mr.. Marcy on the subject of the late
revolution in Nicaragua And We congratu-
late the administration on the figure they make
in this interesting correspondence.
In December, 1855, Mr.. Marcy, writing to
Senior Eissari, Minister from Guatemala,
rather apologies for not having been able to
prevent the departure of Walker and his
party from California. In the same month he
writes an insulting letter to Mr.. French, al
luding to Walker and his government as "the
persons who now claim to exercise the politi-
cal power in the State Of Nicaragua" In
February, 1856, similar sentiments are ex-
pressed in q g. cond letter to French. Through
out these letters, the refusal Of the United
States government to recognise Rivss or
Walker is based upon the assertion that Mr..
Pierce has no information that their govern
ment has received the approval or sanction OF
the people of the State of Nicaragua. We do
not intend to lay stress upon the wrongful
ness of this pharmaceutical or assumed-or
to point out the absurdity of disturbing the
relations between the United States and Mic !.
ragua because the President cannot or will
not obtain information which every well con-
Quoted newspaper possesses. On that point the
administration has not friend.
But when the time does come for the reeog-
milton Of the Padre Will, how it is justified?
Why, the President. of course, has ascertained
to use the words of Aarcy's letter to
French-that "the citizens of Nicaragua or Q
considerable part Of them have expressed
their approval Of or acquiescence in the pre-
sent condition Of the political affairs of Mica
ragua." No other condition than this would
justify the step. Nothing short Of thorough
information with regard to the feelings Of
the people would authorize the President to
do in May what he refused to do in De-
cember and February. Now, whence was
this information derived? In the letter of
Padre Will, dated 14th Of May, we find it
stated that the frat election in Nicaragua
since the revolution was to begin on the &C.
cond Sunday in April The Padre evidently
did not know anything OF its result; as he
says it "began;" and in the southern depart
ments Of the State, as he very properly re-
msrke, the war precluded the possibility Of
any balloting. Now, elections are not only
the surest but the only mode of ascertaining
the feelings ard opinions Of q people. As,
election since the revolution, it is quite absurd
to say that any information with regard to
their seRtim ents can be possessed by any one.
They may be in favor Of Walker; they may
be against him-no one can tell, any more
than Mr.. Marcy could when he refused to re-
cognise French on the ground that he lacked
information on that very point.
What language is adequate to describe such
pitiiul pettifogging as this? Could anything
belittle the country more outrageously THAI
this cringing to foreign opinions on the one
side, to domestic political feuds on the other?
Just az Mr.. Pierce refused to receive French
for fear Of the London Times just SO he receiv-
ed Will for tear Of Douglas; and if he could
buy off or head off any one else by it, he would
send Will his passports tomorrow. That man
and that administration do not eeem to have,
| as . Senator says, "the upright form of men,"
they are always bent over, trying to lean on
some one; limping here and there, and lesping
back again, roaring and believing Justify
enough 80 long as no one Is by, but trembling
in every limb and growing monstrously civil
the moment they are looked in the face.
Take, as a measure of their diplomatic cali
bre, the negotiation with Denmark. Before
Mr.. Pierce came into the Presidency, the legal
question with regard to the Sound dues had
been settled. 1t was written that Americans
should pay no more tolls. Well, a correspon-
dence began, in which Of course the Danes
talked away at their ease, making out all sorts
of absurdities, through which every one.eyed
person could see at glance. Rejoinder from
us-notice to Denmark that the treaty is to be
abrogated after such a delay. Then more
letters; more gable about old rights; and o