New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-01-15

give bim L near, near II anu SUI An"" ing sos
"whst it wss-uDdentsndiug not his missioo-
Ignorant of every thing connected With il re-
"newed laughter he arrived Ia the Baitio-lhat
American steamer the stipend Of which bad been
"stopped-he arrived in the Mersey one bright
October day, and they were scarce in this city
"[renewed laushterl when there opened before
"his vision-he the commercial representative
"of bis country llsushterl-accredited to
1.-THE create 81 commercial mart In the world-docks
shippng-shippDg that absolutely seemed to
I" lin, when be hrst ents red the Mersey, to BE-
amphibous rosrs Of laughter, it vent so far up
" into the town. Laughter Thought he to
" himself, Have these people over here, from
90 whom have de,cended, got so far ahead OF US
9" on the other side that they can make ships sail
Z" on dry land Roars oflaughter. And when
the old Captain Joe Comstock fred of those two
guns, he began to reflect and found himself in
the great commercial emporium of England with
"a very strong desire to resign and go home
renewed laughter, and cries of No, no ], for
she had no mere idea that he ras fit for tis station
than that he rds fitted TO be, thieh he did NOT sr
"pea to be shortly. first ministsr to Pop: Plus q
Rome laughter; but good wife consoled him
:" and told him she though, h, ,coHH get It.
Laughter. He had since examined the statistics
81 of the port and be believed that for every rock
I" and brick of all the formidable masonry in Liver
spool, the United States had contributed three
" fifths Of the whole amount Of the coats. Oh,
"'oh, andlaugbter. He was, therefore, proudto
"speak TO the toast Of The Town and Trade Of
az Liverpool"
When Tucker sat down, be undoubtedly left
upon the minds Of the practical English men Of
business about him feeling Of astonishment that
even by an accident, among so sharp people as
We are, such . man should have got such place
How much more astoDished would they have been
to know that it is the rule Of our Pro-Slaveray De-
Docracy 10 send PleIipOtentiaries to France who
speak only the Tennesseean language; Ministers to
Spain limited in their converse to the Iowsn
tongue; ambassadors to Austria Russia and Por-
tugal not in the least polyglotta save in the dia-
lects of Southern plantation or the Pewter Mug;
that it is the policy Of that Democracy to confer
most important foreign commercial trusts, not
upon merchants, but ciientess County. Court law
yers or decsyed Ward politicians; to send IRISH
men as Consuls to ports where the language Of
business is wholly Italian; TO reward Germans with
conmlships in harbors where merchants speak
Spanish only; in word, never - put " the right
"man in the right place" but invariably the wrong
one.
"A commentary on the speech from which we
have quoted is afforded by our telegrsphc CORE
spondent at Washington, who writes that Mr..
" Beverly Tucker, our Consul at Liverpool is
"here, seeking an increase Of salary. He does not
propose to resign" We have nothing further to
say save to remark that the salary attached to the
Liverpool Consulship is 81 800 year, and to echo
the words, IAN increased"