New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-08-13


t;sry. and our ambassadors Extraordinary have
manual, Of as much authority with them az Zen.
SCOTS is with the infantry Should they not be
taught to 20 through their PAGES, their genune1'
ions. their advances and their retreats How
much have we suffered in the estimation OF polite
Europe for the want Of such work, to the CON-
pilaton Of which we do respectfully beg Mr. Peter
Farley to devote bis declining yearsi Might not
such q volume however elementary in its incul-
cations, have shown to John Randolph Of
Roanoke (clarun ct venerable nomen J, the I'M
propriety of approaching, in pair Of buckskin
breeche., the enthroned Majesty Of Muscovy or
Of falling before royalty upon bis hnees' For
performing these two feats, the Lord Of Roanake
drew sic, 900 from the Treasury, and, for want OF
proper instruction, did his country no conceivable
service whatever. Might not such q volume have
saved Minister Hannegan from devoting himself
mora TO Bscchus than to Vatel, Pufendorf and
Wheaton, and from being kicked out Of the prin'
cipal tavems near the Court to which ne was
accredited Might not such volume have pre-
served James Buchanan with due reverence his
name is here mentOned) from the gross impro'
priety Of the Ostend Conference Might not such
volume have persuaded certain Secretary OF
Legation not to desecrste the sacred seal OF
Columbia Might it not have wheedled and
coa1ed another Secretary of Legation into paying
his debts before leaving Parisl Shopmen would
not then have inquired of every American custo-
mer when the American Diplomatist intended to
return. When are we to have "The Diplomatist's
Own BoOk"1
We are led to make these remarks BY seeing
mentioned in the newspapers painful error into
which the Honorable John Y. Mason, the august
representative Of this country near the Court OF
Louis Bouaparte, was recently betrayed. We
wish to speak with tenderness of Mr.. Mason, be-
cause, notwithstanding his innocence of the YER
nacular of Gaul, he has shown great desire to &C.
quit himself creditably by indaing himself, upon
court days, with the small clothes and cocked-hat
prescribed by the late Mr.. Marcy. 1t is also un-
derstood that he would rather stay than come
home; that he not an ardent devotee Of the prin-
ciple ofrotaton; and that, for resgnins, he will
zee Mr.. Buchanan - first. But this is weak
ness which he shares with our whole diplomatic
body. In fact, we think We can hear Mr.. Ba.
chsnan chanting to our friend, Mr.. Cass
"why don. the men resign my ca'''
Each seems coming TO the point,
But never SENDS liDe''
Mr.. Buchanan ought not to be so impatient.
Suppose he were abroad and didn't want to come
home How would he like to DO pricked in the
sensitive parts Of his physique
But the reader may fancy that zoe are never COM
ing to the point. 1t is not point at all 1t is tho
back Of q chair. OF a chair, we believe, at the
Tuieries. And chair with an Empress in it
an Empress descended from Scotch merchant and
an HidalRo of the blaest blood Of Spain. Near
that chair, thus occupied sits the representative OF
the United States Of America. Perhaps he Is
standing, but that makes no difference, as the back
Of the chair might have been high one. lie might
bave been mastcsting the weed of his State, but
details are denied US! Suddenly he throws his arm
sb ut the back of the chair of H. S. NJ. Heavens
what next7 Will not that arm descend upon that
snowy ard van. like neck, which we have all so
much admired in engravings! Good gracious
what might have follOwed1 From the chalrback
to the other back, and 80 on! Depend upon it we
were only saved by good luck from war which no
treaty could have averted.
so Diamond Diamond thu little knowest
" what mischief thou hast done! - said Newton,
when an i'll conditioned cur upset candle, and
thus burned all his crooked mathematical COM
puiatiors. 90 John Y. Mason" say We,
:. thou little knowest what mischief thou vert in
danger Of doing" The venerable Benton said Of
john &" If the man has belly full of oysters
AID hand full of cards, he asks nothing
uore." The crusaceOus sOlace at least must have
been wanting upon that fatal night and if that
hard had been " going it better on mary pair,"
We should have been saved from this national
discredit
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