New-York daily tribune., 1861-08-25

lhe existence Of party NAV be an iaeyi able acias
No NJ but In times Ike these we have
energies OF the country are needed for its aavaioo
aud should be devoted 70 that end
farty ieellng being visible under existing crcun-
the Confederate States committed an error - ~
any election of President The patronags sssa.a.Ss -
that Office though curtaied by cons,isuiior. 4 si
To cbviate this result it was proposed by soma that
instead Of eectipg President, the duties Of that ofcs
should devolve upon the Oldest Senator II may uot
be too late yet TO adopt this suggestion The end Of
Government is the happiness and wellbeipg Of the
people, add the means best adapted TO secure that end
those which should commend themselves to general
favor. we are entering upon new career; zee
wheren the old system has failed and ace should profit
By the failure for our future guidance. The Yankee
Executive has swallowed up the liberties Of the
Yankee nation. We have fears of like result
from President Davis; but we cannot foresee when o
Lincoln my emerge from the womb OF sin and eorrup-
ton. Better guard against the possibility while there
is yet time.
THE MARKETS.
No change in the aspect of business in prices has
occurred our last report Bacon continues scarce,
and now commands higher prices than at any time
since the commencemen Of the war. The same re-
mark is applicable to butter. We trust that the fsrm
In The grszing portions Of the State viii give n-
s o,sasd attention 70 e Oa 1r wasf %
demand for butter in this city, for consumption snd
shipment to the South, will be unexamped. Let thoss
who undertake to provide for this demand zee that tho
butter s well pressed. Corn is very dull The quota
tons are SO 62.c. Corn Meslciy bolted-is selling
at 75c Groceries and Flour remain "a last quoted.
There has been only one sale of Wheat, 80 far as We
can hear. The milles, with one exception. we be.
heye, decline 20 purchase al any price, but express
Willingness to grind wheat upon toll, or, ia other
words, TO exchange -four for wheat, upon the terus
heretofore indicated.
THE FoRgGY coSsULs.
From The ChdyiestoI Mercayy
ar We N
Of the European Powers How long are CDR Com
nissioners to remain at the Courts OF England and
France as I" d'stiagushed citizens 4" Of the states
from which they hail How loLg are the officials OF
the British, French, and other European Govern
ments, accredited to the Government of tho United
States that were, and hold the exequators OF the
Lincoln Administration, to be suffered to remain
among u.s. the Representatives Of their Governments
executing all the duties Of their various offcesl We
have British, French, and Spanish as well a. other
European Consuls among us, follling their various
missions and attending 70 the interests OF the countries
they represent without let or bindrance; yet Com
missoners, clothed with the authority Of free ADD in
dependent people to treat with their Goyernments
told, in gnmstakabie Language, that they cannot re-
cognize their autboriy-ihat we are not Yet al nde
pendent naton-that they must starry at Jericho
until their boards are grown
Why, when our Commissioners were refused 10 bs
heard, as the representatives, Of nation, were they
not recalled aud the representatives here Of tbose Tor
on nations given to understand that the several crd
nances of Recession passed by the Southern indpend
ent States deprived their respective exeqoaurs OF
vitality and the execution OF their Offices within the
seeded territory became impossible Why were they
not told distinguished subjects OF those foreign
Powers resident among u.s. that they woud be per-
nted 20 remain but recognized the representatives
Of foreign Powers they would Lot be Tosay the
least il appears TO inconsistent IN Us to allow our
representatives 10 be denied their due positions AZ
those foreign courts, and ye suffer those Powers 10
retain among us their agents accredited 10 Govern
ment which has ceased 20 exist II Is time that this
matter should be attended to.
1t il tire that those foreign Powers should know
that their Consuis 10 the United States must go 70 the
United States, il they can find such place and THAI
they can no longer exercise the functions OF their
Offices within tho territory OF the Confederate States
We are surely not afraid nor in any wise chary the
score OF complaining the difficulties OF the Lincela
Government. We have officials az this time bold
ing Office under the lincoln Govenment. The Post.
masters Collectors, and Others, have long sircs re:
office under the Abolition Administrator, bus YET 20
do suffer these foreign officials 10 exereis: the duties
of their offices In Our midst,
IL is true that our Commissioners have experienced
eyiity at those foreign Courts distinguished citi-
zens :" but for that We, nation, have not TO make
debt with which we have nothing to do. As our
representatives they have not been receiYed-tbs fa
we all know--and they sbould not have remained an
hour after they had learned the positions they occupied
Ii NAV he shat they construed some mods aud wuk1
which they received, and understood them 10 nesa
that they sbonld not leave yet awhile, nor return 70
the Government that sent them bet us ut once IN
Eruct Commissioners to come hone; lei us say 70
the foreign Consuls now remaining among ", tpat ~
private citizens or distinguished subjects Of foreign
bowers they are entitled TO all the cvity and poute
attention thn gentlemen entitled TO receive As long
as they choose TO remain among us, but That on the
Goth day of last December their functions casaed a.
representatives Of their respective Governments