Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1856-07-11
rRrrupU OF AMERICAN DIPLOMACY.

TRIUMPH OF AMERICAN DlfLOMaCi.
For the first time since the Treaty Of independence
this country achieved dponatic victory over Great
Britain in the settlement OF the enlistment cnnr"Yer-
sy Any person familiar with the history vi the
United S,ntes will readily admit that 10 their nego-
ta,ions with the British government they have been
invariably beaten and compelled to accept humia-
ting and unsatisfactory conditions Even the war OF
1872 while it ciosal glnrousy for American Prov
ess was tcrianated by Treaty which offered 10 re.
paraton of tha wrongs md no concession of the
principle, on account Of which we took up arms.
At last American diplomacy is triumphant over
English inso!cnce and cunning. aud though wo would
indulge in no unworthy display OF exutston, we may
Yet congratulate the country on th:l victory without
4 p8ral,el. Il is not cxtr.vasant concclt of ua-
tlunal vanity; it Is the uu:TGrsa judgment OF the
world, it is tho c@C:aut confession Of England herself
rhat she 10 at last defeated and huniliated by the
diplomacy OF the American Democracy.
The article in another column from n Paris paper
exhibits the opinion of the FEonch press the con-
ruson of the controversy between England and the
United States 1t not only comedies an American
triumph but taunts Gnd reproaches tha British gov
ernlnert III any other than generous or amiable
temper.
The British journals universally confess ther de-
feat-some with the candid avowal o! conscious er-
ror; others in a sucn spirit of resentment and re-
vense. The I|m-s says: "Whenever Englishmen
and Americans lneet-w ..her abroad or in British
possessions there will Ds dSyui,ed consciousness
of trumoh on the on, s!,l. and i'll smlthercd scntI
uenta of rcvongeful humiliation on the other" The
UuIsG Sprr;ce Gazette, the organ Of the Army and
Navy, employs even more explic, and emphatic lam
cuage to express It's Indignant. sense Of une1pinted
insult. Thua "Tho greatest iniionity that one nnn
c,n suffer from another has been received by Eng
land from Ancricsn plain French, the co"n dc p'ed
qp dcrf5frr!-yct En-, ,iand pockets the aifronf and
remains apparently upon good terms with the teI"w
who /. ,p.y c!uck!inr Il. the surcess OF his expert
luentaI bu!!y,.." When We reco!lect how England
exult. in the humiliation inflicted upon the United
States by the A4!burton Trna.y-how the instrument
Of our d.f.rt appIaltsl in Plrliament-a pass
IN exprs.j: o satisfaction at the Iarly sentence Of
r,.,ribufivu Justice. will not he condemned an in
dricrta reprogch upon ir!len foe.
M doubt Mr. Marcy eajoy5 the auccess Of h!s di-
plnnacy with gui7t but sincere satisfaction. And
we'll he may; for lie is tina first assert tho s-
prem,.y OF American spirit and genius in the field of
negotiation. He has achieved signal victory over
the hitherto invincble dpi"macy of GreHt Britain,
has rcpased our ancient enemy on their own ground
and with their chosen weapons. There are many of
no mean repute who doubted the issue OF the con-
A;c now Success approves the sagaclty OF our Sec
re,ary. Tho British Minister is n. badly beaten in
the result OF his controversy, as ne was surpassed in
.l,r ability with which il was conducted.