The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-07-08

and support the dignity of e county Let US consider
whatour dplomatsts have dons Of late years and what
they have not We need, unhappy, very protracted
retrospect Within the last years have been obliged
70 submit to more insults to pocket atronts make
more apologies 10 admit errors, than any other
nation in century Within that period have Sir
Henry Bulwer ANONYMOUSLY expelled from Spain and Mr.
Champion civiy dismissed from America we have made
every species OF blunde oundered into every species OF
scrape and got out Of them as III got into them
Our representatives parties TO the preparation of
note at Vienna which, intending to the aspiring &C.
MUS Of Russia really gave her all she wanted and after
of ambassadors had thus done his part another
completed the brogo by forcing Russia into the
very moment when our government was earnestly pressing
upon her the necessity OF remaining peace What
picture has Mr. Champion drawn of himself Two mighty
nations are on the eve of quarrel, perhaps of
Neither will recede STEP Each confonts the other with
inyincibe pride and the world trembes for the result
sudden thought strikes able and conscientious minis
ter What if we refer the matter TO arbitraonp No
sooner said than done despatch is written and
the offer madel but the despatch might as well
have been unwritten and the offer unmade for
Mr.. Champion cannot take the trouble to read the
despatch through to the end Some he reads and
he skps as they say at school but unfortunately, that
which he skps b the last expedien except his dis
grace that remained for preserving two continents and
two nom the scourge of internecne war Take
infringing her aws all that needed publicity; at
least all that could be done with safety propety; and
dponatist coDtrives matters i'll that II APP
pears the distribution Of money for the purposes of enlist
ment Is actually traced to his hands These things our
diplomacy do let now what IL cannot II
occupy in quiet times number Of lucrative and honorable
posts but the moment the day OF pressure comes cannot
produce us man tit for the emergency. We needed
minister discreet and courteous shrewd and vigant
represent US in ST. Peersburgh, and rampe out with firm
and and step The ssers Of acc,
task Wesought him, and, hope have found him. but
not in the diplomatic service. We wanted man twelve
years ago to put an end to discord with America and
we found him. not among our diplomatss but among
merchants, and the mission successful 4
We may say, without overweening national pride that
our diplomatic representatives neither represent the steady
good Sense the manly independence Of the English
character Accredited to sovereigns with whose notions
OF government and policy nation has but imperfect
sympathy they seem 10 know no medium between hui
initiating compliance and serve aduation, which
traze influence and degrade our national position
sury opposition and boterous remonstrance which give
deep and we-nered offence and involve us in quarrels
not own. Add to this that to Parliament dipo
riatsts virtually irresponsible Whatever they do
their chiefs bound in honor TO protect them and the gov
eminent of the day must the responsibility for acts
which it authorized or approved. Nor these
gevous and notorious mscarriages be fairly laid to the
fault Of the English nation. The ENJOYS of Russia
the United States must constantly find themselves involved
In difficulties OF their creation for they
ernments rejoicing in manifest destiny" and therefore
not little likely to come into violent collision with the
feelings and interests Of their neghbors But the English
dplomast should have far easier task for he repre-
sens people animated by the most sincere and unaffected
desire to live in peace and good will with all strong
without the wish for aggression and pacific without the
lnputauou OF WeakEcss surely win all THESE advan-
tages not unreasonable in expecting from British
diplomacy far than II has hitherto accomplished and
CHASING ministers who involve such people as ours
in endless difficulties and disputes with those generals who
lead such soldiers ours to repuls failure and dis
aster.
If there were any hope of procuring any substantial
amendment in this matter might indulge In specula-
tons how the diplomatic service might be improved and
rendered little like what profession should be
spendidly remuneated and deeply trusted In the ut
ter prostraton of the reforming spirit however find it
terias we hare and how create a suiciency Of
energy and vigilance greatly and permanently improve
those materials. Tie principle, inen, winch we would
suggest would be to ordinary for ordinary
sons and employ extraordinary persons for extraordinary
emergencies The common business of mission Just
well be done by acommon-pace charge by first
rate politician who Is indeed unless very superior TO the
preudices and ptopenses Of his class rather TO cut out
work himself Butwhen emergency really does arise the
very worst person to exercise preponderang influence at
foreign Is the in the complete knowledge Of
whose wesknesses obles and personalities the representa-
tive character is lost and the personal friend acquaini
alone remains Had sent Of ablest public
negotiate with America the matters became
serious is 1t not reasonable TO suppose that might have
spoken with more weight and succeeded in making for
ourselves better terms than those have been obliged TO
Temple for fortnight Naples might he not plead be-
half Of Poerio with weight and than
present envoy and not conceivable that greater in
uence could be welded the Of Tuscany than that
exerted with such uniform Ill by present repre-
sentave2 The only way make the toerable Is
to treat IL what IL has proved itself beuterly
quail 10 deal with difficulties and 10 supply It's manifest
defects by the clumsy but effective remedy have
tured TO suggest