Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1858-12-04

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Extension Of DipIon,aey--A New Placer
[ for American Bellies.
! The New York Herald says thereesnt Develops
ments Of the policy Of the barbarous naiions-Eng
land, France, Russia and the United States of
/ America bid fair to make some magnificent addi-
tiOns to the diplomatic corps Of Paris, London ST.
/ Petersburg and Washington. The powerful and
/ Populous Orientsl natioBs-China. Japan, Turkey
aud Persis-hage at last succumbed in a degree,
/ to the innovations Of the Western Powers, and
through the perseverance, Of European. and Ameri-
/ can negOtiators have been persuaded &c commence
the work Of Orientalizing the Europeans and Ameri
caOs BY an interchange Of the ideas, the products,
the habits, manners and customs common to all
parties. The labOrs of Mr.. Townsend Harris, our
Consul General in Japan, have put the erOEning
point upon the exertiOns Of the diplOmatists at
Tien>tsin. This work of Mr.. Harris, commenced
with the railway, teegraphie apparatus daguerreO-
type materials, and other diabolical Western limo
vatiOns left in japan by Perry, and now concluded
50 well, provides, among other things, that there
shall be japanese mission to Washington; and
according to the Consurs account, the arrival of
such legation may be confidently expected before
the end Of the approaching year. The British Am
bassador, Elgin stipulated in the tresty Of Ten,
tsn that there should be Chinese mission 10 LOn>
don, and as Mr. Reed was careful to insert in his
treaty that the Uaited States should be treated ia
every respect as well as the most favored nation,
it would seem to be quite certain thai the represen
alive Of the Son of the Sun and the Uncle Of the
Moon will before many months have passed, be
asked to dine at the While House, and shake his
pigai over the people Of the United States in Con
gress assembled. The Ottoman Porte, the legit~
innate representative Of the Commander Of the
Faithful, hath likewise fallen away from the strict
law which is laid down in the Koran. The Sultan
of Turkey wears the trOwsers Of the Frank, dimes
the British Minister. aud wife in The sacred prs>
Oinets Of the harem, visits an American man>of>
war, and desires hat the Flag Officer Of the squad
ron shall particularly report the fact to the Press
ident of the Uniied States. It is further under
stood that in view of the fact thai many Americans
are residing in the East either for business or in
struction or pleasure and that our Oriental trade
is becoming more and more important every wear,
the President will recommend to Congress in his
next message the propriety of sending mission to
Persia, which courtesy would undoubtedly be re-
eiproeated in the highest style Of Ispahan. So
We expect to see in Washington, before great
while the diplomatic corps reinforced by represents
atives from China Japan, Turkey and Persis, the
four leading Eastern Powers, occupying, with re-
gard to Asia, the position that England, France,
Russia and the United States enjoy in the Western
world
The commercial importance Of this movement is
thoroughly understood. Bat the world is not altos
gether mercantile, and in the interchange Of the
thoughts Of nations there sre social and political
problems, we'll as the laws Of trade, to be con-
sidared. The Eastern Powers regard Us as barba,
rian9 They would prefer to let US die in our igno<
rance; but, on the principle Of anything for quiet
life, they submit to our pertuacily, and trust to
Orientalize US. The Turk, however, has already
become half Persian in his clothes, and looks adj
mirlngly upon a Yankee ship and Yankee crew.
VIII it be SO with the magncos of Ispahan, Of Pc
kin and of JeddO? We shall see
Whatever may be the result, the circumstances
are curious enough The Persian Ambassador to
Paris brought only modest suite Of forty or fftv
persons; but We get further East the population
besomes more dense, and men are counted by the
hundreds or thousands. A Chiuaman in high office
never goes abrord officially without being followed
BY train equal in numbers to a Fourth Of July
procession in country village; and japanese
Councillor Of State travels about with a suite
Of ten thousand persons Some general idea of
the magnieence of Eastern potentates even in this
age, may be gathered from the foregoing facts
and one may imagine what an excitement the Chi,
nese p!eniPOtentiary with al his feathers buttons
and tails; the Persian diplomat with his splendid
cashmeres, and the Japanese with his long train of
followers, would make among our exeiiable people
Imagine the landing Of the japanese ambassador
at the Battery, from Of cur national ships, in
full STATE. What q tremendous reception be would
have? What an awful array Of resolutions would be
adopted BY he Common COuncil What scenes in
the Governors Room at the City Hail. What vis-
ions Of fat jobs would dawn upon the brains of our
Trtuous municipal rulers In fact, what grand
time we would have all round!
Again, the subject is Of the highest import to the
fashionable world Latterly some of our prettiest,
most dsague and cleverest bellies have foundnothiuq
good enough for them at home and have tried the
experiment Of amalganaticg with and anuexiag to
eligible foreign Powers. Several European diplo>
mats have carried off valuable prizes il the shape
Of Yankee wives; but the supply is not yet sxhaus-
ted. There is splendid opening for the deserted
Ariadnss with the Oriental legations All the per-
attached to them will have fabulous wealth, Of
course; and as for pedgrses, they can 20 back no.
body knows how many thousand years Then they
have such astonishing silks such lots Of gems such
ravishng aud such extraordinary lot Of
pretty things of all kinds which they will bring with
them for presents that the prospect is some hing mag
nifceut. The beauty and intelligence of the Ameri~
can women are universally acknowledged; why
should they not eaptiva'e the OrisDtals: Who
shall say that Fifth avenue queen shall not reign
in the gardens Of Ispahan, or give the law in the
imperial palace Of Jeddo, or sport her eaiqus with
hrty>six oars in the sparkling waters Of the Gol>
den Horn or introduce fashionable Christianity and
eTiuOline at the time in the first society Of Pc
KIM It's splendid chance for some Of our fsmis
nine philosophers, and we have no doubt that they
will 20 in for il with that entbusiaau vvhicb IL Al,