New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-07-17
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1857
The United States Government: hos n.He ENJOYS ~
,raoIdinary and Ministers PIempotentary; e.S' fee'
Ministers Resident; trO Comnis. ionsrs eereH Secre-
tares OF Legation, and one Special Envoy to Chna-
Also salaried Consuls. General a, salaries Oh
81 eco in Havana TO $1,000 at Frankfort; eighty first
class Consus, at from q 500 each in Liverpool AMI
London 10 Al 900 each in Stuttgart and Prince Ed
vaid's leland; three frst-class Commercial Agents,
two at 81 COO and at GEO; thirtyfve second
class Con.us at from 81 goo to $500 EACH and six sec
ond class Commercial Agents, at from 81 900 each to
AGO. Foreign diplomatic intercourse during 1857 will
cost the United States 81 600 900. This is about
one-fth OF the amount paid by England for the
service. But then arises the open question, Are the
citizens Of the United States efficiently served in
foreign countries, by diplomatic ministers and agents,
az Great Britain is
There is one important particular 10 which the Brit
ish diplomatic service differs from the American This
is the granting of life pensions to retired dpomatsts.
was re commended, far back as 1929 that no diplo
n a,st should have apension until fifteen years from
the date of hs first commission nor until he had actu
aly served ten years that rst-cass pension f2OOO
per snnum) could only be granted on three years
actual embassadorship abroad 500 to ENJOYS and
Ministers slcdlef Coui'rt o"oi
five wears of such service; 81 600 year to those for
n Ike period at smaller Courts; and $500 o year for
the last class under like restrctions-the pensions TO
cease on refusal of the holder to proceed mission
n high or higher than he retired on, and to be sus
pended OF abated if he held any other office of prof,
under the Crown. But the Committee of 1881, Will
ndorsipg the Report of 1925 denounced the princpl
OF any diplomatist who had private fortune bein
hal Ia oil ~
length Of his service.
Objections were taken to most of these suggestions
particularly to that which forfeited pension If tn
recipent disqualified by i'll health, it might bel re
fused return to active service also, to not granhnS
the pension fthe party had pecunlarN means without
it, pension is held reward of past services, and
il would be absurd to say to ones valet john your
half year is upj but cannot pay you any wages, for
know that your uncle died last month and left you
flOO: so don't come to for money, you don't want
it." No doubt John would say, You have nothing
70 do with my uncle; brushed your coat and cleaned
your shoes aud that is all you have right to know
about the NATTER The end was the suggestion was
not followed up. The present scale of diplomatic pen
sors las fixed in 1928 is as follows:
First class three years residence ambassador 200
second class fye years residence a. Enyoy.. go
Tn ella
Fourth class five years residence as Minser... TO
No pension can be granted to any person until afe
Il wears from the date Of his first commission, nor un
less he shall have actually served 10 years. The total
charge for diplomatic salaries and pensions restricted
nv law to ESQ 900 per annum and the amount annu-
ay paid out of this on account of pensions is about
$4,000.
leading disadvantage, viewing diplomacy as a
,rboIo ia that ambassadors commonly neglect
great duty. Suppose that Mr.. Cass or Lord Claren.
don were to visit Paris and arriving at the hotel OF
Mr. Mason or Lord COwley, were to ask, Now, what
il the position of France What is the actual state OF
her resources What is the tendency of her opinions?
What the feelings in the various classes of her society
and of her proyinces1 VIVA. are the chances OF the
present regime in the event of the Emperors death
What reply could either ambassador give! Not
very exact one in all like hood for the chance is that
neither MIR. Mason nor Lord Cowley had formed an
opinion on the subject or collected materials Oh which
an opinion could be formed. Either would be able to
speak, no doubt, on the leading paragraph in the
Menieur Of that day but a. to hiviDg knowledge OF
the country and its prospects, so as to be practically
useful il is TO be feared that the return would be
mil"
Our Executive is about making numerous diplomatic
appointments. Let us hope-but we can scarcely &c
meet it-that it will in each case appoint what John
Bull, across the water now calls "the right man in
the right place" In diplomacy the blunders of an in
capable or ignorant may touch the honor credit
of the country may involve heavy loss of life and
property may drop into quarrel more easily en-
tered into than got out Of, with success. We are
anxious to learn who are Mr.. Buchanans picked
dplomatists.