New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-06-14
AMERICAN AFFAIR IN PARIS.
From o., own ConespOnd,nt


PsRIs May 81, sGl.
Although il seems like sending coas 10 Newcastle
n send accounts Of American patriotic mec'r8r "
New-York, it is Git say word about our last one III
Paris. Organized by DIR. Evans, and other OF our
countrymen residing here, II opened in The t'se o
breakfast, 10 which about one hundred uni ffy men
and women sst down a., "Wednesday a, the Hotel de
Louvre. Among q e guests were Mnhte's Dayton,
Cassius NJ. C,,v. and Burhngame, Of the Diplomatic
,ervice Jolu C. Fremont of tie service Of his coun-
try An liberty; the Rev. Drs. MeCliniock, Lameon
lParisian retdeu,), ard Mr. Tbayer from Msssachu-
s,tts, traveliDgl, Of the Gospel Alter The VieIua'
aud drina, the company was diSesed into
an Americ n NEE ting by the appointment
of Elliot c. Cowdin rs Chairman, and the sPsshihY
began 10 continue with other interruption than Tire
heatiest applause for tvo hours and half What the
diplomats and Chairman said you 1ill find in GGhg-
nam Of Yesterday. And 60 you viii hud there wba'
Fremont sstd the brieiest Of tie reported speeches,
the mott earnestly applauded The least rhetorical and
most effective of all Of them. WiLuont rhetonca!
flourish his b. d, clencled 10 bis chair without Ses-
ture every word was unGeIscnred "A. u re, by the
very ean e.t eoIcentIaed Ok Of The compact nan,
on whom all eys--some Of Them mostly glist enig-
wee fixed iut.nily. American folks who want io rec
him for lbe next few months must look for bin IA the
neighborhood of an American flag in camp or fed; If
tey are anxious to zee THE c0nc.nered couutensDce Of
hin, they had better let on the South aide OF ia
po,iriUn hAey 10 juslify ,lieir anxiety. You have
al eady aied him Major-G,uersl et boe that
Government will auIicIsie the people 10 confirming
the nomination
Ths brief-speakng, magnetic man, sacrificing large
k 10 u
simple fixed des 10 defend ia flag. and takes with
him, on will presently baye follow bin, about $3.50 90
worth Of rled cannon and small arms 81 belp illustrate
his idea. speak what know, though no, from him.
If the country thinks thst it does not need his military
knowledge ard what in The clso, ia OF even greater
worth his magnetic ndividualism 10 ho naor General
way. then il will have the Pathfinder in the path IT
patriotic duty standing at IL Southern most advanced
pot, pcnuo with priyate's mnsket and bay ouet
fixed lie is. IN slenuefs and purity Of purP"se, in
veor Of action aud in Tie rsrer vostily more difficult
virtue of seli-sacl7hec, onr American G,Tibald lie
viii wesh-he is # fast col,re, red white and blne,
uee bim not use him. mi,use liu-u'ske hum Major
General, dom Ike him anything, try 10 unuase him,
IL you feel like quarre.ug with nature and destiny
you will have him and count on him. On ns patriot
ism and ambition as on Ganbslde. For h- ambit N
is excessive SID will work Itself ont; you cannot
ALLEVIATE rim mr. suppress him. His motto lie the zane
a. that Of The Low. soldiefs in Baltimore, lei Diea,
and he lc,H approve IL. ! speak what know not
from him, but Of hun.
To retain 20 our bre8kia-, dessert Of patriotic elo-
ane co ai the Hotel ia Louvre. u WAS curious 10 see
Burlingame rale 81 first be TO aodresss hundred
ana iily quietly seated mildly digesing men and wo-
mep-ths man VINO freely offered h.s breast 40 mark
10 Broohss rife, q balwurk Of free speech Against
Southern chiyalTc sassins. Yet more striking was
tlo broken elocuton OF Ca-sius Clay. Galgnans ~.
Iort gives bic sentiments and lie word, bu not lis al
most confined uuerance o. thtn. Cash. Clay" was
more scared than Burngume-was usf simply fright
eued into shocking bad grammar md rs'orical lman-
ag, retreats from md Of period 10 another, aud
10 the occasional gramlcaca routing OF whole a sen
tence. almost Wished the credI, Of he kentuckia
champion Of free speech, IT. vt "a, tho lower
end of the Al w,uld decbhrgc revolver n, him.
that HE exl-,able neRhbor. Dr. MoChDtcck, would
in lack OF Bowie, stiek fruit knife into he ribs u
bring up he &C 1rsle. Tien be wo,h Layo spoken
glibiy enough. Dd,bury says thAt Clay finding
himself br aking down 10 The fin. ddt Of hs letter 10
TIE london Tsc, order,d up one of The servants a,
Morley aud hired him 10 throw ielpols aud tbings
from the other corner Of be room while b. wrote Tie
Ms. thst got print in that journal.
Apfopos Of Tie Taaes Jet us note, parenlbet csly,
here several thngs as hat fyst, The Load)b Timo IL
animm.nsely able and Influential jour1al, bu, that II is
no, the accepted pouhpiece Of all EnsIsbmeu, nor Of
the Englisb Govern n' secoad tfAt iii, r,prcr.ns
the cotton and oiheg material interest, u Engih folly
aud oyrrlookso ignores moral ard rpvely political
phases Of our ime7cGa Quer.oa, il l. in thir r,sycct
NJ Last fair enough: il 9aaes room Ia II, columns for
md irlu
Argument in favor Of United sties mai nalily,
and treats their contributors With a, leasl personal
eourt.sy We cannot lsk all foreigners to be our p.r.
tisans. Bet noc, nTd'y, tlst the most OF the hex,
.bes, and most representative Eu1ish journals
arc on our eide. lie articles on the AIneri-
can question in The DAILY Mas for example, for tue
past Elk weeks far their spirii and rurpose Co.
hsd boon welcome contributions 10 the columns OF IhE
TRrruSr, OF Of any osh,r oJal American Newspaper.
Note. foay9ly. that The Loadon Times Of to-day,
greatly influential aud iDdicaliye ~ it si H. occu.
pes petition u The English newspaper press whether
as teacher or interpreter OF The English mind, far i'll
feIor 10 whit tiled ten yeags ago two years ago. Its
circulation ID considerably SURPASSED to-day ny TIE 1ee
Ryaph fornsaiee. There IN current eAoessive over
rating Of the influence aDI Of the aEnRs OF The Lon
don T.mes. And lest It be though, thai speak here
without book, consult, ny way OF testing the uutn-
fness of the frs, part Of this proposition, the flee Of
The London Times for the past six years, aud compare
your reading Of It's most laundering articles during
that period with the Of English policy through
European hiaoIy for that period.
Your correspondent is utterly in accord with the
writer Of one Of the editorials in THK TRIBUNE that
there has been great waste of rhetoric the ques
ton of what England or any other European power
would or would not do in regard to domestic quar-
rel. Woe to the strongest Of them that dares TO