New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-07-25
% come Of the dynasty which now afllicts the

70 come Of the dynasty which now ahlicts Inc
country.
An the stories thst Mr.. McLane mas sent
treaty here, are inventions. He has informed tue
Government Of 8 project that would b. accePtAole
a. Juarez, but tie conditions are such ~ 10 procure
any serious negotiations. 1bs Administration
could no: take bic terms gff, because they ~
yoye obligation, for which 1t Is ia no way prepared
and furnish no such consideration 4, would ensole
the act 10 be- justified. Ii long since predicted
In this correspondence that the whole scheme
would fail ara that Mr.. McI.,ne would return
disappointed and Disguised. All the Information
since then has tended 10 strengthen thit opin'"h'
and the lsst twice. confirm il c)ncluslsely to my
mind The sh.ms of diplomacy msy continue {"
u.ual. but they will be followed by no material re-
suits. There are Dot brains enough here To grasp
the Mexican problem, as might easily bs supposed,
wren lie Government is admins erred upon t1e
rule which is applied n Ward politics, and WITH
about the same measure Of ability and principle,
though rot altogether with the success which ls
witnessed in Neg-iork.
TIE President compimented Mr.. Bdrrlnger OF
North Carolina. an e1-Member of Congress, whom
Gen. Taylor sent az Minister to Madrid, with the
offer of the Mission Ia Nicaragua, which he po-
ltely declined, not caring 10 identify bis political
fortunes with snaky and sinking concern. ms
generous overture, which has gwen mortal ofirnse
10 the faithful is supposed 10 have been suggested
bv Mr. BuchaDan's recent vi.i, 70 North CarOllns.
when Mr.. Barrpger was appointed Ia mike the II
tciai welcome at Raleigh, and which be did with
becoming libsrahty OF thought and expression.
The heavy annual volume issued by the Depart
rlent Of State, under resolution at the Senate,
and called " Commercial Relations" "a just out,
and furnishes another Illustration of the vast and
extravaeant expenditure, for the most worthless
matter. IL is a quart0 of more than 6OO pages,
published in the best style, compiled principally
from the correspondence of our consus and the
European publications which are accessible to
every newspaper. There are not twenty pages in
the whole book that viii repay careful perusal, for
all the matter that may be entitled TO any sort Of
attention has long since appeared in a more trust
worthy and accessible form. This ia one Of the
gIossests abuses of the publishing system here, and
ought To be stopped, II It be at all desirable to cur
tail unnecessary expenditures.
The Clerk of the State Department, who has
this special business IN charge, took occasion
in an Grafton on the ith, inst. 70 sssail and de-
nounce Senators and others opposed 10 the Admin
i.tration in the most offensive terms, and repro
duced bis insolent defamation in The Constitution
few days afterwsrd. Now while freedom of
speech is entitled to every proper liberation, obtru-
sye Impertlnence on the part OF one Who draws his
pay by the votes of those whom he abused and
who belonged TO a coordinate branch of the Gov
ernment is stretching tine liberty into license, as
nay be discovered when the appropriation for an
other volume of this trash il again under consdera-
ton. We shall then see if any party or interest in
the Senate viii defend such insulting reflections at
the hands of the clerks ia the public Departments.
A decent regard for public opinion should aave
forbidden such conduct; but as that seems II have
been ignored, some other protection may be more
efectua