New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-01-03
THE ENLISTMENT DIFFICULTY.

Ii is impossible carefully to peruse the Message
of President Pierce without feeling that whether
its presentation before the organization of the
House was regular not, there are important
circumstances which required its delivery at this
time.
1t is now some three months since tho Admins
traton found it necessary to invite the attention OF
the British Government to the open and hagrant
violation of our laws by certain of their function
aries in this country, and to require, we presume,
that PREPARATION always accorded by one nation I'M
der such unpleasant circumstances to another with
which it may be on relations of friendliness.
1t can hardly be possible that within
that time full opportunity has not been
given 10 Great Britain to tender any
extenuating explanation the case might admit.
Indeed, so clear and amply substantiated has been
the proof Of violation of our laws against the
British Minister and several of the British consuls,
that we cannot imagine that even the well-prac-
tieed ingenuity of Lord Clarendon could possibly
devise the smallest pretext of justification for
their buu2ering mishap. Nor does it add much
10 the case of the Palmerston Cabinet that un-
der these circumstances the Press as usual was
appealed to, and "a series of clustering and bull
living attacks were let off in The London Times, to
intimdate our Government, and, if possible, excite
public opinion in this country against its course.
1t is needless to say that this all in vain.
Mr.. Barclay, too, invented the brig Maury to save
himself and his friends if possible but the device
only recOiled upon the inventor. And now, if
we read Alright the Specification OF the Message,
the Administration have come to the determine
ton to bring this prolonged controversy to an end
by demanding peremptorily the recall of the offend
ing parties. Why else should the Message be
brought out precisely ON such day as to be sure
OF going to Europe by yesterdays steamer ? Does
not that fact show that it was intended not
only to enlightcn Congress and the people
of this country to the views of the Executive
on this important question, but was also addressed
TO the public opinion ofEurope as classification of
an important act, definitely resolved on, and put in
train of execution We pretend to no special gift
of insight into diplomatic secrets, but unless we
are entirely deceived TO the indications furnished
by the delivery and the contents of the Message,
the Administration have at last. so far as in them
lies, determined upon the only msnly and proper
course in the premises. However, few weeks now
must settle the question and show us. whether
Messrs. CHAMPION, Barclay, Mathew, and the
others, are TO BE- allowed to continue in their
places or not AS far as Mr.. Champion is con-
cerned, ii is said that he is already making prepa
ratiOns for departure; and if be goes it is impos-
sible that his subordinates should not go with him.
Indeed, the removal of these gentlemen appears so
much matter of certainty in some quarters, tina
Sir Gore Ouseley is alresdy freely named as Mr.
Crampton's successor. We do not, however at
rach the smallest weight TO the rumor Sir Cor
Ouseey, in the first place is hostile in politics to tn
Palmerston Government but he is Mr.. Champions
inferior in ability and though from long residence
i'll Southern America supposed to be familiar with
sfairs on this side the Atlantic, he is of too dull
parts to light England out of its present difficulties
II is much more probable that the facile and mel
lifuous diplomat whom Mr.. Champion succeeded.
will in turn cross the again his successor
II Lord Palmerston sends anybody in the place of
the unlucky Champion, it is likely to be Sir Henry
BulNer