Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-08-03

Iumiliariou Of an American Minister.
The fourth session Of the international
Statistical Congress was held in London ON
the 10th ult, IN the great ball Of Kings Col
lege, Somerset House. The delegates from
foreign nations and the colonies were numer-
Gus; Austria, Bavaria Belgium, Brazil, Dem
marx, France, Hamburg, Hanover Holland,
Norway, Prussia Russia, Spain, Switzerland,
Turkey, United States, Australia British
Guiana, Canada, Ceylon, Jamaica, ETC., being
represented The delegates from the United
States were Judge Longstrect and Mr.. Law
renee from Canada Mr. Calf Finance Min
isier. Among the nOhlemen and gentle
men present were Lord Br0ugham, the Earl Of
Salisbury, Earl Sanhope, Mr. Dallas, the
American Minister; Lord Russell, Lord Vane,
Lord Monieagle, Mr. Cowper and other mem-
bers Of Parliament The Inaugural Address,
with which the session was formally opened,
was delivered by the Prince Consort the
President Of the Congress, and was warmly
applauded. A vote Of thanks was moved
by Lord Brougham, and carried by acclama-
ton.
just as The exercises OF the day were
closed, Lord Brougham ayailsd himself of
the occasion to 20 a little out Of his way
then and there to make an example OF our
Minister at tie Court of ST. James To get
the full force OF the hit and humiliation, it
must be borne in mind that the American
Government denies the negro, no matter
what his intelligence, talents and character,
the privilege of citizenship or the capacity to
acquire it; that Mr.. Dallas refuses colored
people wishing to visit the old world the pro-
tection of his eOAntry's flag and the simple
testimonial of a passport that they are Amer
icans-outrages no other civilized Govern
ment on earth or its representative are guilty
Of Under these circumstances, Lord
Brougham administered to Mr. Dallas one of
the most humiliating public rebukes ever
given by one statesman to another, which is
thus stated by the London Times:
Lord Broughain, seeing Mr.. Dallas the
American Minister, present said: hope my
friend Mr.. Dallas will forgive my reminding
him that there is a negro present, a member
Of the Congress. Loud laughter and vocif-
erous cheering
After the cheering had subsided Mr.. Dallas
made no sign, but the negro in question, who
was understood to be a Dr. Delany, rose,
amid loud loud cheers, and said; pray your
Royal Highness will allow me to thank his
lordship, who is always a most unfinching
friend Of the negro, for the observation he
has made, and l assure your Royal Highness
and his lorlship that am a man.
This novel and unexpected incident ELECTED
a round Of cheering very extraordinary for
an assemblage of sedate statisticians.
"Every one enjoyedit pungently remarks
the n. Y Evening Post, " but Mr.. Dallas who
was silent and properly sO-for what had he
to say? Itwas very deliberate insult, but
what was he to do? He could not deny the
fact that there was a negro there; and the
laughter which the remark elected showed
that the audience thought the arrow well di-
rected. The assembly was not a political one,
and therefore the case admits of no call for
explanations nor agitations of the cotton
market. The occasion had evidently been
deliberately chosen by Lord Brougham for
the purpose of making Mr.. Dallas feel the
disgust with which the course pursued by his
government toward colOred people in Europe
has-inspired other nations, and especially the
the class in England with which Mr.. Dallas's
official position brings him most in contact
it was chosen to make public spectacle OF
our Minister; " to roast him, as people some
times /" roast, a person whose manners they
wish to improve, or whose society they wish
to have less of. Asa peer, or as a member
of the British government, he could not reach
Mr.. Dallas, but as a private gentleman as
sembled with other gentlemen, the most dis
tinguished in the kingdom, he could, if the
provOeatiOn was sufficient put Mr.. Dallas
into coventry, and that was evidently the
purpose of this speech. The occasion and the
circumstances all conspire TO convict him Of
malice aforethought.'
alt is painful to have our country, through
its representatives, so humiliated; but what
better method has a foreign gentleman of
bringing public opinion to bear upon those |
we send to associate with them, than was
adopted by Lord Brougham2 He showed to /
Mr. Dallas in an instant by a remark initself /
perfectly true and perfectly inofensive, that
every member Of that distinguished assembly
resented his treatment OF colored people, and /
enjoyed his public humiliation. 4 few such |
scenes would soon either make a foreign min |
ister modify the regulations of his Office, or
drive him out of society. One or the other of |
these results, no doubt, Lord Brougham had |
in contemplation when he thus made
public spectacle of the American minister