Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1860-01-12

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The French Nission.
The telegraph reports that the President hs
rendered the vacant mission to France to the lIo'
cHaRLxs JAnss FAULKNER, OF this Stsse-th
same who va. defeated for Congress last Sprin
in District which gave IAtsber . thousand ms
iority for Governor. We suppose this is all righ
at least II 10 all right in the Administration cod
Of morals. The President has shown solic'sud
in taking care Of those who are politically wound
ea or killed in HE service, which certainly speak
wall for his humanity. howsver mach IL mfs ez
hibit a contempt for, and defiance Of, the popu
lar will One woald naturally suppose that
man whom the people had condemned As . repre-
sensitive in Congress, would hardly be accounted
At for representing the nation ut large at the mos
elegant capital Of Europe But Dir. buchanan
not only in this instance bat in many others. has
shown q contempt for tbs voice Of the people
which. for a modern Dcmoerat 10 absolutely re-
fre.hinr Probably the President in his old are.
feel. pieasurabs satisfaction in returning to the
Federal prjndices Of his early you,h-and. hav-
ing secared the object Of his ambition by preach
ing Democracy to the masses Cor nearly half .
ceu,ary, indemni6es himself. now that he has The
power 10 do 20, hy exhibiting q soveres" con-
temp. for them. We have no objection.
Al all events, the Old pounion has no reason
10 complain Of the Presidential distribution of di-
nlom.tic faycr, She holds already the drs'-cln.s
mission 10 Brazil AMI the second class to Sardinia
besides consulships and charge ships innumeraeio
The mi.sisn 10 France Is an additional dignity
conc.rrcd upon Virginia which shows that Old
Buck has not forgotten the State which nominated
him at the Cincinnati Convention. II there be
complaints and growlings al all, in respect OF this
last appointmens, they will most likely come from
tho Empire State Of New Tork--wherc three en-
terprising oitissns, Ex-Sensor Dix, Judge Reose-
welt, and Charles 0Connor are understood to have
been eager aspirants for the honor. The first Of
these, indeed, had the pro~ise Of this same mis-
sion FROM ,Psrcc--sut the Virginia Democracy
blocked the game by exposing such evidence Of
the Senatot's Freesoilism a. completely unnerved
the President. and caused him to fall back with
prsipita.e haste upon Judge Mason. Roosevelt
has been Quisted by tho District Attorneyship of
New York, and O'Conuor has voluntarily spoiled
his own chances by making a speech in Now
York the other day which shocked the Northern
Democracy by its conservative sentiments. The
coast being thus leh clear Tor Faulkner. wo are
not surprised at the telsgraphie announcement of
his nomination.
We suppose, too, that 90 Car As the duties Of the
Office are concerned, the dsfeated member from
he Berkeley District 10 oOapstsnt to their dis.
charge. We do notknow what are his lingunl ac
quirsments--bu even II he 10 totally ignorant Of
the language Of tho court 70 which he is accredt-
ed, he will be At no disadvantage, in this respect.
rs compared with most Of our ether representa-
tives in foreign lands. IL the President be per
mttsd to attach 10 the missien his trumvira,e Of
special favorites, the Chsvaliers Grund, Fleurot
and Wyckof. there will DO NO difficulty in respec,
of easy communication with the Imperial Gov
eminent. Each Of these worthless jabbers French
with facility whiohwould put to the blush even
the Choctaw disbursements Of our friend Albert
Pike, of Arkansas.
1t appears, however, that the Senate has not yet
confirmed the Presidential nomination Of the Che
Waller Grund to the 4Iavrc COnsulship-nn it ia
even intinated that such . thing is of rather
doubtful occurrence Our minister to France, i'll
such an event, wiq have to fall back upon wyck-
off and Flsurct The former has returned just in
the nick Of time, AID surrendered his commission
Of rowing diplomat, at the Insignificant remune-
ration of eight dollars q day and al expenses
paid. The laucr-is already somewh here in France.
with tho dignity of thu United States. represented
by diplomatic commission, in tho pocket Of his
pantaioons Backed by two such powerful aids,
we are willing to trust the new appon,ec to worry
through tire brief yearwhioh intervenes. before Il
change of Administration viii necessitate his re
turn to the suburban delights Of the very respcc,a
bic village of Martinsburg.
On the whole, than. we beg 10 assure Mr.. Bu
chanan that he may at once dismiss all the appre
tensions he may have with respect to our arpro
val OF the new appointment or those member
Of Congress who fell heavily, in tho support of hi
Administrstien, Faulkner fell heaviest of ALL bar
ring. perhaps, the Rev. Jehu G. Jones. Jehu
now consoling himself, and stadying philosophy
among the bloody hustriaus At an expense to on
common uacle Of only seventeen thousand dollar
- year. 1t 10 nOshing more than tho fair thin
that Faulkner shoud. at the same expense, IL,
suage the anguish Of Congressional defeat Ami
The pleasant Parterres Of Paris, the Bots do b.,
logne, and the other snyirons of the French cap
tai
From Washington.
The correspondent Of the Phildelphia Pre-