New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-02-05
OuR AMATEUR DIPLOMATS.

We weep when We think of what those red.
tapped martyrs, the American Diplomats, have gone
through. Not one of them was ever paid, Mr..
Speaker, the wages of an able-b0dled Consul,
much less the rev ard due that Noachic dove of the
nineteenth century, who carries concord and love
in his bill. When it rains, Sir-which 1t does al
the time in the fog. circled capitals of European
ambassador cannot walk; he must sustain regal
stud and princey equpsge. He has Wits to pay;
the religion Of engraved pasteboard in all its rites,
must be faithfully cODsidered; he must breakfast
out for the peace of the world he must dine oct
for the peace of the world: he must sup out for
the peace of the world; he must dance out the
military lancers for the peace OF the world; lie
must 90 to Court present American citizens,
especially in crno'ine to Majesty for the peace OF
the wori; he must do everything for the Peacs OF
the world, except speak French on the continent
an accomplishment beneath the dignity OF an
American orator and statesman, Mr.. Speaker.
We blush when we think what has been done by
our Resident ambassadors in the modern Casarean
cspital-s capital which seems, pheniI' like 10
have come out of the ashes of sncient Rome, when
those ashes were carted over the Alps, and France
became the "eldest daughter of the Church -
phenix-like, when We encounter that majestic
Arch of Triumph where victory Is vOant and COW
ardice is couchant-or that thousand-mOlten can
non Trsjanesque and Statuesque, proud, imperial,
sullen and sublime column Of the Place Vendome-
or that four mile long palace at Versailles, sacred
to all the glories of France" where the siege OF
Yorckt,un" on the canvass represents Rocham.
beau as First ard Washington as Second Fiddle.
We blush, we gay, when We think what has been
done by our resident Ministers IN that august capital
and for what pay Let that foul bird, sOrdiiness,
bury its head under its wing at the bare recital
There was hs E1cellency the American Envoy
Extraordinary and Minister PlenipOtennary, Lewis
Cass, who was in France, and wrote that pamphlet
aeains. the Thunderer, and got bis sword between
his legs in the august attempt TO bsck out from the
throne, and somehow or other pitched over. Clio
rious old man Wrote and fell for $4,000 year
and $4,000 as outfit Then there was the late
and honored, his Excellency the Envoy Extraordi-
nary. W. X. King, who also did not speak French,
and did as much as Mr.. Cass. Then there was his
EIcellency Richard Rush historical name in our
statesmsnshp, and who was sent TO France; and
then VIM. c. Riyes, another historical name, and
the amount Of their achievements We cannot
stop TO enumerate. And there il jolly old
E1cerency Mason: whist Mason and Ma
sen of the oysters; Mason, who hopes 10 be
able to tutoyer before he is recalled; who has
learned to spell Napoleon with an accent, and can
DO every thing but speak and write the language Of
diplomacy; Mason, who is so popular with the
more heavenly moiety of the race; Macon, who did
not speculate in those bonds; Mason, who has given
up chewing by particular desire Of that ar.
bitter elegantsrium, Blsck George-chewing in the
Imperial presence; Mason, who is salared on tia.
| 81, 600 year Shame shame9 To recount
what Mason has done would Gil circulating H.
brary. There is no interest be does not look after
There are several little items which promise to be
reduced under his able management, TIE day Of
realization being 1889. There Is that odd
little matter Of l,l0o per cent on American
tobacco There is the whole French tsrif,
which excludes everything American in the
same proportion that the American tariff lets in
every thing French nearly free Of duty-the al
yalorsm dodge taken into the bargain. There are
all the medical students hai]ing from America, and
all the ribbon merchants, and tie dentists on the
Rue de Riyol, and the artists % no rue at all, and
the gallant soldiers and gLlanter sailors, and the